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‘Debanking,’ and the Trump Diss Heard Around Davos
Good morning from Davos, Switzerland, on the final day of the World Economic Forum. The hottest chatter over the past 24 hours has been…
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Lian Beng’s Ong family offers to privatise SLB Development at S$0.23 per share - The Business Times
LIAN Beng Group’s board of directors – comprising the controlling Ong family – has proposed to acquire and privatise property developer…
Business
Kazakhstan delays release of Azerbaijan plane black box data
The publication of the black box data from an Azerbaijani plane that crashed in Kazakhstan last month has been delayed, a Kazakh official…
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Wall Street enters darker age with most stock trading now hidden - The Business Times
HERE’S a surprising new fact about the world’s largest and most-liquid public equity market: Most of the activity on it is not public…
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Chevron to Increase Output at Huge Oil Field in Kazakhstan
Chevron said Friday that it had completed an expansion at its Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan intended to increase production this year to…
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Thomson Medical warns of H1 loss on poorer Malaysia performance - The Business Times
THOMSON Medical expects to report a loss after tax for the six months ended Dec 31, 2024, following a preliminary review of the unaudited…
Culture
Japan Foods warns of loss for 9-month period amid lower revenue, higher expenses - The Business Times
This was mainly due to weak sales in November and December 2024, despite a higher number of operating outlets JAPAN Foods expects to…
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Far East Orchard unit acquires additional stake in Woodlands Square for S$25 million - The Business Times
A UNIT of Far East Orchard (FEO) has acquired an additional stake in its commercial property in Woodlands for S$25 million. Woods Square,…
Lifestyle
Cease-fire in Gaza Strip was widely welcomed. It may not last. Here's why.
WASHINGTON — Even before the first phase is completed, the fragile cease-fire agreement that has paused 15 months of war in Gaza between…
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Opinion: It's now clear that America's death penalty is dying one generation at a time
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new…
World
Liza Minnelli’s Desire to Touch
The avant-garde company Heartbeat Opera is engaging in another innovative game of source-text telephone, this time with a new iteration of…
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Sanaz Toossi’s “English” Comes to Broadway
Sanaz Toossi began writing “English,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, now at the Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre, as her…
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The Real-Life Drama of “Dying”
In observational documentaries, one important thing tends to be left unspoken: namely, why the films’ subjects let filmmakers embed in…
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Remembering Garth Hudson, the Man Who Transformed the Band
On Tuesday, Garth Hudson, who played organ, accordion, saxophone, and more as a member of the Band—perhaps still the group that best…
Culture
BMW joins Chinese EV makers in filing EU court challenge to tariffs - The Business Times
BMW has joined Chinese producers in filing a challenge at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against EU tariffs on…
Fashion
Fu Yu board rejected substantial shareholder’s directorship bid due to non-conformance with SGX’s “integrity requirements” - The Business Times
PRECISION plastic components manufacturer Fu Yu Corporation’s board of directors declined to appoint substantial shareholder Victor Lim as…
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Fu Yu board rejects substantial shareholder’s directorship bid due to non-conformance with SGX’s ‘integrity requirements’ - The Business Times
PRECISION plastic components manufacturer Fu Yu Corporation’s board of directors declined to appoint substantial shareholder Victor Lim as…
Culture
Alfa Romeo and Jeep dealership in Singapore to close by June - The Business Times
CAPELLA Auto, the agent for Alfa Romeo and Jeep cars in Singapore, is winding up its business by June and will sell its remaining stock of…
Culture
China firms boost shareholder returns via dividends and buybacks - The Business Times
CHINESE firms are attracting investors with increased dividends and buybacks, spurred by a policy push for corporate governance reforms in…
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ST Engineering Urban Solutions, SP Mobility win tender to deploy public EV charging points - The Business Times
TWO electric vehicle (EV) charging operators won contracts to deploy public EV charging points across Singapore under a tender by the Land…
Business
Video from September 2024 shows 16 abducted children found in Nigeria, not 200
Social media users in Nigeria have shared a video in January 2025 claiming it showed 200 missing children who were found in a house in…
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Bank of Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
In a number of ways, Japan’s economy seems to have gone back in time. Inflation and wage growth are mostly back where they were in the…
Culture
Grab contributed as much as 0.8% of Singapore GDP in 2023: report - The Business Times
RIDE-HAILING company Grab added S$5.2 billion to Singapore’s economy in 2023 through its on-demand services such as ride-hailing and…
Fashion
BYD plans to sell plug-in hybrids in Japan - The Business Times
CHINA’S BYD could start selling its first plug-in hybrid vehicle in Japan this year, the company said on Friday (Jan 24), as it aims to…