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US dollar set for best week in a month on cautious Fed outlook for 2025
The US dollar headed for its best weekly performance in a month on Friday (Dec 13), as investors priced in the possibility of the Federal…
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US foreign investment panel split on Nippon-US Steel deal: FT
THE US Treasury has informed Japan’s Nippon Steel that the panel reviewing its proposed US$14.9 billion purchase of US Steel has not yet…
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Tuan Sing CEO and director add to stakes
Over the five trading sessions from Dec 6 to 12, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, leading to a net institutional outflow…
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The Fall of Bashar al-Assad, in Photos
On November 29, Syrian rebels breached the western limits of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city in the north, which had suffered the greatest…
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How GOP Senators Are Secretly Getting Ready to Surrender to Trump
As TNR’s Timothy Noah notes, many of the latter ones are political appointees, so by definition, they are not members of the “deep state.”…
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US court rejects Tiktok request to temporarily halt pending US ban
A US appeals court on Friday (Dec 13) rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent…
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Allianz scraps proposed acquisition of Singapore’s Income Insurance: source
Allianz has scrapped a proposed US$1.5 billion euro (S$2.1 billion) acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in Singaporean firm Income…
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Trump Suddenly Changes His Tune With New Daylight Savings Time Promise
But their moral ground for pushing the ban was seemingly less focused on protecting children’s health than it was on actually creating…
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Oil up 2%, settles at 3-week high as more sanctions loom on Russia, Iran
Oil prices climbed about 2 per cent on Friday (Dec 13) to settle at a three-week high, on expectations that additional sanctions on Russia…
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Dr. Oz Exposed for Colossal, Multimillion Dollar Conflict of Interest
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the daytime television host Donald Trump has picked to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), may have a…
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Elon Musk and His Nemesis Have One Thing in Common
Doing so would radically alter the playing field for the burgeoning automated vehicle industry, decreasing transparency and making it more…
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Texas Expands Its Horrific Anti-Abortion Crusade Beyond State Lines
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken the Lone Star State’s abortion battle to the national stage, suing a New York doctor for…
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Trump Prepares to Wreck Economy With Alarming Bank Regulator Plan
“Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is…
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NYT Sparks Backlash After Inane Op-Ed by UnitedHealth Group CEO
“Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is…
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“A Little Shallow”: Tulsi Gabbard Face-Plants With Senate Republicans
“Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is…
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Republicans Are Once Again Embracing a Vigilante
“Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is…
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RFK Jr.’s Right-Hand Man Exposed Trying to Abolish Polio Vaccine
“Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is…
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NRIC should not be treated as sensitive unique identifiers: MDDI
NATIONAL Registration Identity Card (NRIC) numbers should not be treated as sensitive, and instead be viewed as full names currently are,…
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Why the Hell Did Biden Commute Sentence of “Kids for Cash” Judge?
Buried in the massive list of nearly 1,500 people whose criminal sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden Thursday is the name of a…
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Trump Team Wants to Destroy Pesky Rule Tesla Hates
“Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is…
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The Trump Era Came Into Sharper View This Week. God Help Us.
But at this point a campaign is mostly about gestures and stagecraft. The Harris campaign could use some events that create mojo. A…
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Jeff Bezos Bends the Knee to Trump as Amazon Plans Hefty Donation
“Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is…
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Currencies drop as China disappointment rattles emerging markets
EMERGING-market currencies in Asia and the South African rand retreated as China’s policy makers appeared to disappoint investors…
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Stamford Tyres H1 profit tumbles 75% to S$401,000 on increased expenses
Revenue falls 1.2 per cent to S$94.5 million but other expenses shoot up 80.3 per cent to S$2.9 million TYRE and wheel distributor…