Culture
Renoir’s Surprising Experiments in Perception
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Culture
Tehching Hsieh Turned Every Second Into Art
At Dia, the cage has been reconstructed in full, complete with Hsieh’s boots and his tally marks gouged into the wall. Every day, Hsieh…
Culture
Rosalía Doesn’t Want to Take It Easy
Sometimes it seems as if everyone wants to be a pop girlie. Last year, Taylor Swift counted herself among the “tortured poets,” but…
Culture
The Bad Show-Biz Dads of “Sentimental Value” and “Jay Kelly”
In new films from Joachim Trier and Noah Baumbach, success in filmmaking proves depressingly incompatible with success in fatherhood.…
Business
Cortina’s H1 profit rises 10% to S$30.5 million amid stronger regional sales
Luxury watch retailer Cortina posted a 10 per cent rise in net profit to S$30.5 million for the six months ended Sep 30, up from S$27.8…
Business
Singapore shares buck regional trend; STI up 0.2%
Across the broader market, decliners outnumber advancers 318 to 233, after 1.3 billion securities worth S$2.2 billion change hands Local…
Business
Netherlands ready to drop Nexperia control if China chip exports resume: sources
The Netherlands is prepared to suspend a so-called ministerial order that gave it control over Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia in a move…
Business
Impact of tariffs, trade restrictions not fully played out, but no systemic risk yet: OCBC
Bank has been able to navigate the uncertainty ‘quite well’, and still sees growth in sectors such as digital infrastructure, says deputy…
Business
AvePoint Q3 earnings jump four times to US$13 million; shares fall on EPS miss
Cybersecurity company AvePoint has posted a 396.8 per cent increase in net profit to US$13 million for its third quarter ended Sep 30,…
Business
JPMorgan’s billionaire clients want sports teams more than fine art
Sports have become more than just a passion investment of the ultra-rich and are now a growing part of their portfolio JPMorgan Chase &…
Business
Singtel unit sells 0.8% stake in Bharti Airtel for about S$1.5 billion, booking estimated S$1.1 billion gain
Singtel announced its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Pastel has raised gross proceeds of about S$1.5 billion from selling a 0.8 per cent…
News
Heritage's antisemitism task force breaks off from foundation, will also probe right-wing threats
The Heritage Foundation's antisemitism task force has split off from the institution "for a season," exiting the conservative think-tank…
Business
Gold gains on softer dollar, increasing bets of Fed rate cut
GOLD rose on Friday as the dollar slid after private-sector job reports indicated weakness in the US labour market increasing expectations…
Business
Asia: Markets drop as valuations and US jobs, rates spook investors
ASIAN stocks tracked Wall Street losses on Friday as investors weighed weak US jobs data against Federal Reserve signals suggesting no…
Business
US to block Nvidia’s sale of scaled-down AI chips to China, The Information reports
THE White House has informed other federal agencies that it will not permit Nvidia to sell its latest scaled-down AI chips to China, The…
Business
Phishing for trouble: The returning physical bank token is no silver bullet
Singapore is looking to implement what would be a world-first national roll-out of bank tokens Physical banking tokens are making a…
Business
Singtel shares end 2.9% higher on Bharti Airtel share sale, talks for data centre deal
Shares of Singtel surged as much as 5.1 per cent on the back of news that one of its units will sell US$1.2 billion worth of Bharti Airtel…
Business
OCBC shares hit record high after Q3 earnings beat expectations; ends 3.4% higher
Shares of OCBC jumped by more than 4 per cent on Friday (Nov 7) morning after the release of its financial results for the third quarter…
Business
Ringgit rises to 13-month high on fading rate-cut view, growth outlook
THE Malaysian ringgit gained to the strongest in more than a year on fading expectations for a central bank interest-rate cut and by…
Business
Stocks to watch: OCBC, Singtel, CLI, Genting Singapore, Yangzijiang Financial, FLCT, Far East Orchard
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Nov 7): Source link
Business
First Brands says it needs US$600 million or ‘it’s game over’
FIRST Brands Group lawyers said the company needs access to its roughly US$600 million of remaining bankruptcy financing to keep the…
News
Rep. Stefanik to announce run for New York governor
Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik is expected to announce a run for New York governor Friday, according to two people familiar with her…
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Social media giants must stand trial on addiction claims
META Platforms, ByteDance, Alphabet and Snap must face trial over claims that they designed social media platforms to addict youths, a…
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No masks for ICE, transgender advocacy: GOP raises alarm over early favorite to succeed Pelosi
Conservatives cheering former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's retirement after 40 years in Congress may want to be careful what they wish…