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Starhill Global Reit posts 1.1% rise in H1 DPU to S$0.018 - The Business Times
STARHILL Global Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) rose 1.1 per cent to S$0.018 for its first half ended…
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Sportswear giants Adidas and Puma weighing job cuts - The Business Times
GERMAN sportswear giants Adidas and Puma have both said they are seeking to reduce costs, including through possible job cuts, as they aim…
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OUE Reit’s H2 DPU increases 8.7% to S$0.0113 - The Business Times
THE distribution per unit (DPU) for OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) rose 8.7 per cent to S$0.0113 for the second half of its…
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Vanke in talks to sell logistics firm stake to GIC: source - The Business Times
INDEBTED property developer China Vanke is in advanced talks to sell a controlling stake in VX Logistics to Singaporean sovereign wealth…
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Alawites wary as a post-Assad Syria takes shape
DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria — In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor…
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Meta, WhatsApp win relief as India tribunal suspends data sharing ban - The Business Times
AN INDIAN tribunal temporarily suspended a five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and owner Meta Platforms, a major relief for the US…
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German housing policy for patients with mental illness under scrutiny
The interior minister of Germany's southern state of Bavaria is to review policies on housing for patients with serious mental illnesses…
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Databricks caps US$15 billion fundraise with Meta as new investor - The Business Times
DATABRICKS, one of the world’s most valuable privately held tech companies, said on Wednesday (Jan 23) that it has raised more than US$15…
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MPACT Q3 DPU falls 9.1% to S$0.02 amid global headwinds - The Business Times
MAPLETREE Pan Asia Commercial Trust’s (MPACT) distribution per unit (DPU) fell 9.1 per cent to S$0.02 for its third quarter ended Dec 31,…
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Suntec Reit’s H2 DPU slides 13.9% to S$0.0315 - The Business Times
SUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Suntec Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) slid 13.9 per cent to S$0.0315 for the second half of 2024…
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Trump’s D.E.I. Order Causes ‘Chaos’ Among Corporate Leaders
More than 200 diversity officers, some from Fortune 500 companies and some from nonprofits, gathered last summer at N.Y.U. School of Law…
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U.S. and Australia have long fought fires together. Climate change threatens joint efforts
MELBOURNE — As flames engulfed swaths of Los Angeles County this month and U.S. fire authorities scrambled to coordinate help from…
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HSBC’s payments app closure puts around 400 jobs at risk: source - The Business Times
Additional lower-ranking job cuts are also expected in the first quarter, with bank management keen to offset headwinds to earnings from…
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ByteDance plans US$20 billion capex in 2025, mostly on AI: sources - The Business Times
BYTEDANCE, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan (S$27.9 billion) in capital expenditure for this year, much of…
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AI spending is set to grow in 2025: report - The Business Times
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) adoption is set to rise as most companies expect to ramp up spending on the technology in their next fiscal…
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Tariffs will leave everyone worse off, Bundesbank chief warns - The Business Times
GERMANY’S top central bank warned against trade levies, a day after US President Donald Trump reiterated a call for the European Union to…
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Japanese investors boost foreign stock purchases on Fed rate-cut hopes - The Business Times
JAPANESE investors raised their holdings in foreign stocks, driven by a benign US core inflation report that fuelled expectations of…
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Cathay Pacific to cut profit payout to staff by around 50% - The Business Times
CATHAY Pacific Airways is planning to slash its profit-share payout to its workers by almost 50 per cent. The Hong Kong carrier is only…
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Asian oil refiners mull run cuts, closures as crude costs soar - The Business Times
A SURGE in the cost of physical crude cargoes as China and India rush to replace Russian flows is prompting refiners in other parts of…
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Hyundai Motor nears GM tie-up deal; sees revenue growth slowing in 2025 - The Business Times
SOUTH Korea’s Hyundai Motor said on Thursday (Jan 23) it is in talks with General Motors to supply commercial electric vehicles to its US…
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Cut-off yield on latest Singapore 1-year T-bill inches up to 2.95% - The Business Times
SINGAPORE’S latest one-year tranche of Treasury bills (T-bills) is offering a cut-off yield of 2.95 per cent, auction results released by…
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Taiwan’s HTC to sell part of XR unit to Google for US$250 million - The Business Times
TAIWAN’S HTC said on Thursday (Jan 23) it will sell part of its unit for extended reality (XR) headsets and glasses to Google for US$250…
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Sembcorp launches short-term mobile solar farm at PSA’s Keppel Terminal - The Business Times
For three years, the renewable energy generated from the farm will be channelled to the national grid A new 18 megawatt-peak ground-mount…
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JPMorgan plans major revamp of Manhattan’s Madison Avenue skyscraper - The Business Times
JPMORGAN Chase is planning a renovation of its old headquarters building at 383 Madison Avenue and will use the space to house…