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Mitsubishi Motors considering not joining Nissan-Honda merger, Yomiuri says - The Business Times
MITSUBISHI Motors, a junior partner of Nissan Motor, is considering not joining a planned business merger between Nissan and Honda Motor,…
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Disney raises Bob Iger’s pay by 30%, reflecting turnaround in profit - The Business Times
WALT Disney boosted chief executive officer Bob Iger’s total pay by 30 per cent in fiscal 2024, underscoring his turnaround of the media…
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JPMorgan boosts Jamie Dimon’s pay to US$39 million after record profit - The Business Times
JPMORGAN Chase lifted chief executive officer Jamie Dimon’s pay to US$39 million for 2024, a year in which the biggest US bank beat its…
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Trump Lashes Out at Banks Over Treatment of Conservatives
President Trump took an unexpected swipe on Thursday at the big banks that have cheered his return to office, as he raised longstanding…
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Tiktok weighs non-sale options, ByteDance’s Bill Ford says - The Business Times
BYTEDANCE is exploring a deal to keep TikTok running in the US without selling its operations there, according to board member Bill Ford.…
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CNN eyes 200 job cuts, streaming overhaul - The Business Times
US NEWS network CNN will shed six per cent of staff, some 200 people, the outlet said on Thursday as it embarks on a major shakeup of…
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EV maker Nikola explores sale, partnerships with cash dwindling - The Business Times
NIKOLA is exploring options to stave off a cash crunch, including potentially selling parts or all of the company, according to sources…
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Texas Instruments forecast signals chip slump is persisting - The Business Times
TEXAS Instruments gave a disappointing earnings forecast for the current period, a sign it’s contending with still-sluggish chip demand…
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Boeing forecasts big loss on defence troubles, strike; shares drop 2.5% - The Business Times
BOEING’S loss will exceed expectations when it unveils fourth-quarter results next week, the financially strapped US planemaker said on…
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Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters
In his first term as president, Donald J. Trump targeted what many Republicans consider blatant welfare waste — a rule that gives food…
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Taken captive as a baby, Israelis brace to learn the fate of Hamas’ youngest hostage
TEL AVIV — On lampposts, in shop windows and on smartphone screens across Israel, the posters show a smiling, red-headed baby boy…
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Sacklers Up Their Offer to Settle Purdue Opioids Cases, With a New Condition
Seven months after the Supreme Court struck down a deal that would have resolved thousands of opioid cases against Purdue Pharma, the…
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The 2025 Oscar Nominations and What Should Have Made the List
With the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations, the members of the Academy have, in effect, responded to the natural and political…
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Supreme Court Revives Law Meant to Fight Money Laundering
The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a federal law requiring companies to report information about their owners in an effort to combat…
World
The Long Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Between 1848 and 1852, more than twenty thousand Chinese migrants made their way to San Francisco in search of gold. The vast majority…
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Meet the first couples to wed as Thailand legalizes same-sex marriage
BANGKOK — On the fifth floor of a large Bangkok mall, gay newlyweds milled about on a long rainbow carpet, posing for photographs while…
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Trump's rebuke to 'gender ideology' changes federal policy and sets up clash with California
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s executive order rejecting liberal “gender ideology” and restoring the “biological truth” of two sexes sets…
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Under Trump, we could be flying blind when it comes to bird flu, other infectious diseases
The United States is ground zero for the H5N1 bird flu. Since March 2024, when the virus was first reported in a Texas dairy herd, the…
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CNN Plots Major Overhaul as It Enters a New Trump Era
Mark Thompson has promised to reinvent CNN since he arrived in 2023. Now, he is remaking the network’s TV lineup and its work force.…
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2025 Oscar Nominations: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads the Way With 13
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences showered little-seen movies rooted in progressive politics with nominations for the 97th…
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ChatGPT Is Restored After Hourslong Outage
ChatGPT was disrupted for several hours on Thursday morning, with thousands of users reporting difficulty accessing the chatbot before…
Culture
Cartier appeal helps Richemont reach 100 billion Swiss francs market value - The Business Times
SWISS luxury conglomerate Richemont’s stock market value surpassed 100 billion Swiss francs (S$149.2 billion) for the first time,…
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As N.B.A. Looks to Next Generation, a 7-Foot-4 French Superstar Is Ready
One day last summer, Harrison Barnes, a longtime N.B.A. veteran, was finishing up an off-season workout with Victor Wembanyama, his…
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US: Wall St subdued at open after previous session's jump; earnings in focus - The Business Times
US main stock indexes opened flat to slightly lower on Thursday (Jan 23), as investors paused after Wall Street’s strong performance in…