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Latest Singapore six-month T-bill cut-off yield slides to 1.37%
Figure is down from the 1.41% offered from the last auction that closed on Oct 23 The cut-off yield on Singapore’s latest six-month…
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DBS banks on deposit growth to keep income stable in 2026 as interest rates fall
CEO Tan Su Shan sees opportunities within the equities capital markets and debt capital markets, as corporates return to these markets…
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SoftBank said to have weighed potential takeover of Marvell
The Japanese conglomerate’s push into the space has gone beyond pure mergers and acquisitions. SoftBank Group explored a potential…
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China’s robotaxi firms Pony.AI and WeRide sink on Hong Kong debut
SHARES in Chinese self-driving start-ups Pony.AI and WeRide tumbled on their Hong Kong debuts on Thursday, after raising more than US$1.1…
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Asia: Markets bounce from selloff as US jobs beat forecasts
ASIAN markets rose on Thursday to claw back some of the previous day’s hefty losses as investors tracked a bounce on Wall Street sparked…
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Nissan sells Yokohama headquarters for 97 billion yen as part of restructuring
Nissan Motor said on Thursday it has concluded a 97 billion yen (S$840 million) trust beneficiary rights transfer agreement to sell and…
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Lendlease Reit raises S$280 million in private placement
The manager of Lendlease Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Thursday (Nov 6) announced the completion of a private…
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Tuesday's election wins embolden Democrats in shutdown fight over affordable health care
Senate Democrats are seizing on their party's widespread victories in Tuesday's elections as reason to continue their shutdown fight over…
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Trump administration orders 10% of flights cut at major US airports due to shutdown
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday that he would order 10 per cent of flights at 40 major US airports to be cut…
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Judge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered authorities to improve a Chicago-area immigration facility after a group of detainees sued, alleging…
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Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centres
TECH firms are floating the idea of building data centres in space and tapping into the sun’s energy to meet out-of-this-world power…
Culture
“Peter Hujar’s Day” Gives the Past a New Life
What’s the point of talking pictures if the people in them don’t talk? The characters in Ira Sachs’s films always express themselves…
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'Not happening': Trump's personal plea to kill filibuster falls short among Senate Republicans
President Trump's passionate push for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster as a way to end the shutdown and pass GOP priorities…
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Election wins give Democrats new swagger, reveal Americans' economic angst and dissatisfaction
Democrats' sweep of the off-year elections this week gave the party renewed vigor for battling President Trump and confidence that the…
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In Miami, Trump says he will make 'America affordable again'
President Trump aimed to paint the economy in a good light as he spoke at the American Business Forum in Miami on Wednesday. Source link
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Trump admin notches fewest border encounters with unauthorized migrants in record October
Homeland Security said Wednesday that it has just completed its sixth straight month without catching and releasing any illegal immigrants…
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Europe: Shares close higher with earnings in spotlight; tech stocks waver
EUROPEAN shares recovered towards the close to end higher on Wednesday, after falling earlier in the session when a selloff in technology…
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Virginia voters push back hard on Trump administration efforts to reshape federal government
Not everyone who voted in Northern Virginia in Tuesday's election has felt the impact of President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape the…
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Virginia election winners break race and gender barriers amid national scrutiny on diversity
As the polls closed on Tuesday across Virginia, it quickly became clear it was a night of firsts: Voters overwhelmingly elected a slate of…
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FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets during government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 "high-volume" markets beginning…
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The Administration, for its part, has denied causing widespread harm, even as it has made the scale of the damage harder to…
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Rep. Jared Golden won't seek reelection, ends campaign in Maine
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine said that he will not seek reelection in 2026, dealing a blow to his party a day after it was buoyed…
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Salman Rushdie’s Literary Inspirations
Salman Rushdie prefers not to immerse himself in other people’s writing when he is working on his own. “When I’m writing fiction, I tend…