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Transcript: Trump White House Rages at Pop Star Who Nailed MAGA “Evil”
Because there are certainly enough people who do think that way—who have been taught to feel that the people who oppose them, whether it’s…
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Retail investors push e-commerce platform Meesho’s US$604 million India IPO to full subscription
The company has raised about US$270 million from anchors including Government of Singapore ahead of its IPO Meesho’s US$604 million…
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Asian exchanges play key role in providing global investors with diversification: SGX chief
Loh Boon Chye expects product innovation for derivatives to move towards multi-jurisdictional operations The chief executive officer of…
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Global accounting body IASB consults on new model for assessing bank risks
The model will attempt to replace a transaction-driven view of how banks manage interest rate risks Banks could give investors a clearer…
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Costco Is Coming for Trump. It Wants Its Money Back.
Like those that came before it, Tuesday’s lawsuit argued that the IEEPA tariffs went beyond what Congress had authorized when it enacted…
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The Radical Honesty of Trump’s Racist New Immigration Policy
If you press even a little on any of these claims by Noem, like a blazer that only holds up on camera, they come apart. This asylee, said…
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Climate Change Is Killing the Myth of Los Angeles
L.A. has spent over a century advertising its perfect Mediterranean climate. Now increasingly frequent severe weather events are…
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Arrest Mark Zuckerberg for Child Endangerment
The plaintiffs’ brief alleges that Meta was aware that its platforms were endangering young users, including by exacerbating adolescents’…
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Airbus cuts 2025 delivery target after issues with top-selling jet
Airbus cut its 2025 delivery target to around 790 commercial aircraft on Wednesday (Dec 3), 30 fewer than previously expected, but…
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Singapore’s benchmark STI rises for the sixth day, up 0.4%
Across the broader market, decliners beat gainers 297 to 275, after 1.3 billion securities valued at more than S$1.4 billion are…
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How banks handle interest rate swings may soon be clearer to investors
Newly proposed rules by International Accounting Standards Board centre on new Risk Mitigation Accounting model The International…
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Trump Tirades at Media Darken as MAGA Bloodlust on Bombings Boils Over
Suddenly, on many fronts at once, President Trump and his allies are demonstrating how central sheer sadism is to his agenda—and to how…
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China's LandSpace fails to complete reusable rocket test
The rocket was not able to complete a controlled landing following an initial launch The maiden test of LandSpace’s next-generation…
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HSBC names Brendan Nelson chairman in surprise move
The bank says Nelson’s appointment follows a robust process assessing internal and external candidates HSBC Holdings’ interim chairman…
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Cordlife faces S$5.45 million civil claim from clients over damaged cord blood units
Cordlife Group is facing claims of at least S$5.45 million in damages from clients who stored 109 cord blood units (CBUs) with the…
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Philippines' slow growth raises chance of December rate cut, says central bank chief
Data last month showed annual growth slowed to a four-year low of 4.0% in the third quarter A slower growth outlook for the Philippines…
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Major Chinese banks cut high-yield deposit products to ease margin pressure
Some major Chinese commercial banks have removed five-year, large-scale certificates of deposit that carry a high yield from their…
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Grab-Singtel’s GXS bank cuts about 10% of workforce as it moves on from early-stage operations
Loss of 82 jobs part of the group’s transition from building a bank to running the operations: CEO Lai Pei-Si Digital bank GXS is cutting…
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Chinese smart glasses firms eye overseas conquest
[HANGZHOU, China] In China, artificial intelligence (AI) glasses let the wearer pay in shops with just a glance at a QR code and a voice…
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Most Asian markets rise as traders await key US data
Money markets have put the chances of a Dec 10 cut at around 90%, with another three forecast by the end of next year Markets mostly rose…
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Trump-Backed Republican Wins Special Election—But Just Barely
“Unless this provision is added back into the bill to prevent illegal political weaponization of the intelligence community in our…
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Apple Tap to Pay now available in Singapore, allowing merchants to use iPhones as contactless payment terminals
The function also supports contactless credit and debit cards from American Express, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay and Visa Apple has…
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Adani Group plans US$15 billion India airports expansion by 2030
The Adani Group plans to invest US$15 billion to boost passenger capacity at its airports to 200 million annually in the next five years,…
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Stocks to watch: Far East Group, UltraGreen.ai, Infinity Development
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Dec 3): Far East Group: The company…