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Trump Should Back Doctor Visits for Abortion Drugs
Joe Biden discarded a policy that had stood for nearly all of Barack Obama’s presidency and all of Trump’s first term. Source link
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Business
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq opens higher as Apple, Amazon forecasts lift mood
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Friday (Oct 31) after upbeat forecasts from Apple and Amazon helped calm nerves, a day after…
Business
Data storage firms Western Digital, Seagate soar on AI-driven demand spike
Shares of data storage companies such as Seagate and Western Digital (WDC) have sharply outperformed the broader market this year, powered…
Fashion
CapitaLand Ascendas Reit’s portfolio occupancy dips to 91.3% in Q3; rental reversion slows
Occupancy in Singapore slipped 0.8 percentage point quarter on quarter and fell two percentage points in the US CapitaLand Ascendas Reit…
Business
ExxonMobil beats Q3 profit estimates on higher Guyana, Permian production
ExxonMobil beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter earnings on Friday (Oct 31), underpinned by higher oil and gas production in…
News
Yes, Test Our Nukes
It would represent an advance for the U.S. nuclear deterrent and a victory of common sense over superstition. Source link
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Trump’s Cease-Fire with China
It was probably the best that could be expected from the bad options. Source link
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This Halloween, Treat Yourself to a Neglected Horror Masterpiece
The Empty Man is the rarest of films in the genre — one whose horror comes from its ideas, not jump scares. Source link
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Virginians Now Know Exactly Who Jay Jones Is
Every so often, a reporter uncovers information that pierces a candidate’s consultant-spun veil and exposes their true character. Source…
News
We Need a President to Make Congress Great Again
So long as the congressional parties are just pawns or enemies of the president, only a president can restore Congress. Source link
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The Week: Trump, Xi, and the Art of the Deal
Plus: Remembering Lost in Space’s June Lockhart. Source link
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Where’s the Off-Year Blue Wave?
Democratic nominees should be easily dominating their contests next week, but polls suggest that’s not the case. Source link
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Auction Bids Against Polarization
A moral human comedy restores what’s been stolen from us. Source link
Culture
Laurie Metcalf’s Stunning Return to Broadway in “Little Bear Ridge Road”
Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road,” directed by Joe Mantello at the Booth, on Broadway, is a small, quiet drama set in a large,…
Culture
Winter Culture Previews
Lorde, Clipse, Sudan Archives There’s a little something for everyone sprinkled across this winter’s slate of shows in contemporary music.…
Culture
Claire-Louise Bennett’s Misanthropic Breakup Novel
And the narrator, despite her waning attraction, continues to call and write to him. She is recalcitrant as a rule. This is a woman who,…
Business
Nexperia cuts wafer supplies to Chinese plant, ratcheting up chip disruptions
The move comes after the Dutch chipmaker’s Chinese unit resumed supplying semiconductors to local customers [BEIJING/TAIPEI] Dutch…
News
Singapore registry adds 94 ships in September, bucks declining trend since 2016 amid US-China port fees
Shipowners reflagging their fleet to the Republic in an attempt to navigate geopolitical tensions The ship registry of Singapore saw a…
News
Singapore registry adds 94 ships in September, bucks declining trend since 2016, as US and China tussle over port fees
Shipowners reflagging their fleet to the Republic in an attempt to navigate geopolitical tensions The ship registry of Singapore saw a…
Business
Lenskart starts taking orders for 72.8 billion rupees India IPO
Lenskart Solutions began taking public orders for an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise as much as 72.8 billion rupees (S$1.1…
Business
Asia: Markets mostly up on heels of Apple, Amazon earnings
ASIAN stock markets mostly rose Friday morning, with a surge in Japanese shares coming after better-than-expected earnings reports from US…
Business
Ford to invest 32.5 billion rupees in India defying Trump’s local push
More recently, other US companies have been building up their manufacturing presence in India, despite the political tension Ford Motor…
Business
Raffles Education jumps 19% on debt conversion; special dividend plan
Shares of Raffles Education surged over 19 per cent on Friday (Oct 31) morning after the company announced a debt conversion plan. It…
Business
US candy makers haunted by Halloween discounts as retailers scare up sales
US retailers are discounting some Hershey candy ahead of Halloween on Friday, the confectioner’s biggest holiday, after it hiked prices…