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Wee Hur shares up 3.4% after property arm named top bidder of Upper Thomson condo site
Shares of Wee Hur jumped 3.4 per cent around midday on Friday (Oct 24) following the news of the group’s property arm and its controlling…
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China deepens push for tech self-reliance ahead of US talks
China vowed to enhance technological self-reliance and grow the domestic market in the next five years, as it looks to both insulate the…
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Fresno Woman, Boyfriend Her Younger Sister and Her Newborn Baby Because She was Jealous of the Attention They Were Getting
A California couple will spend several years behind bars over the double homicide of the woman's younger sister and her newborn baby girl.…
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Indonesia’s Chandra Asri to buy ExxonMobil’s Singapore Esso petrol kiosk chain
Chandra Asri Pacific on Friday (Oct 24) said it would acquire ExxonMobil’s network of Esso-branded retail fuel stations in Singapore. The…
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Abu Dhabi banks lay groundwork for potential risk transfer deals
The global SRT market is set to expand 11% annually on average in the next two years Two of Abu Dhabi’s biggest commercial banks are…
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Asia: Stocks rally as traders cheer Trump-Xi meeting plan
ASIAN markets rallied on Friday after the White House confirmed President Donald Trump would meet China’s Xi Jinping next week, stoking…
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White House warns government shutdown could lead to holiday travel meltdown
The Trump administration and Republican leaders in Congress on Thursday (Oct 23) warned that flight disruptions will increase as a…
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Chauncey Billups Shared Inside Information to Gambling Ring that Trail Blazers Was Planning to Lose Upcoming Game
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups is accused of secretly sharing inside information with gamblers, allegedly revealing…
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Air Canada cuts 400 management positions, or 1% of workforce
Air Canada said on Thursday it cut about 400 management positions, representing about 1 per cent of its workforce, after the country’s…
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Stocks to watch: ST Engineering, UOI, Suntec Reit, OUE Reit, mm2 Asia
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Oct 24): Source link
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US weighs quantum computing boost in effort to counter China
The effort shows how far the administration is willing to take its mandate to combat the rise of geopolitical rivals such as the Asian…
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Intel beats third-quarter profit estimates as cost cuts, investments pay off
INTEL beat expectations for September-quarter profit as CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s drastic cost-cutting measures helped the chipmaker shore up its…
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Blackstone profits soar but lower rates bring scrutiny to credit
The US$1.2 trillion firm is a giant non-bank lender in its own right, with credit dominating flows in the third quarter Blackstone sent…
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Binance founder Zhao wins Trump pardon in latest clemency
The pardon has been widely anticipated by friends, associates and the cryptocurrency industry at large Binance co-founder Zhao Changpeng…
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers calls on Trump to press China's Xi to release activist Jimmy Lai
A bipartisan group of more than 30 senators led by Rick Scott of Florida urged President Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President…
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Target to eliminate 1,800 roles, 8% of headquarters team
Target is eliminating about 8 per cent of corporate roles in its first major restructuring in years, according to a memo viewed by…
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US: Wall Street ends higher amid mixed earnings, Trump-Xi meeting confirmed
Wall Street advanced on Thursday as investors mulled a mixed batch of corporate earnings and shifting geopolitical concerns. All three…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 closes at record high on energy boost, earnings in focus
THE Stoxx 600 index closed at a record high on Thursday, led by gains in energy stocks after the US imposed new sanctions on Russia, while…
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Nokia CEO Hotard compares AI surge to 1990s internet boom, but plays down bubble fears
Hotard’s remarks come amid growing debate over whether the surge in AI investment is sustainable [ESPOO, Finland] Nokia’s CEO Justin…
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Virginia Democrats move to redraw congressional map amid national redistricting battles
Virginia Democrats are launching an effort to redraw the state's congressional districts, positioning themselves in direct response to…
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DHS' Chief Bovino accused of breaking judge's order by using tear gas on Chicago crowd
Journalism advocates on Thursday accused a senior Homeland Security official of personally deploying tear gas into a Chicago protest…
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Trump heads to Asia to build alliances, cut trade deals, go eye-to-eye with China's Xi
President Trump leaves Washington Friday for a whirlwind tour of Asia with an ambitious to-do list of high-stakes meetings, including with…
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Declassified memo shows Biden DOJ's justification for 'Arctic Frost' probe of Trump, Republicans
Then-Attorney General Merrick Garland and then-FBI Director Christopher A. Wray approved a broad criminal investigation into President…
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Trump vows more military strikes on alleged drug smugglers, calls cartels the 'ISIS of the West'
President Trump likened drug cartels to the militant Muslim terrorist groups the U.S. has targeted during the war on terror and vowed to…