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Emma Stone’s Apocalyptic Showdown Blooms in “Bugonia”
Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge. He’s…
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A Daring Show Remixes the Monuments of the Confederacy
The first thing you see is a horse’s ass, protruding, upside down, from the thorax of a monster. A man’s arm descends from the beast’s…
News
Richard Move Channels Martha Graham
The New York City shopping scene is nothing if not cyclical; trends have a sneaky way of slinking back, even after being declared dead for…
Business
MAS proposes more measures for investors to seek civil compensation from market misconduct
Proposals aim to facilitate self-organisation, provide access to funding and reduce legal barriers to civil action The Monetary Authority…
Business
Intel shares jump as investments, cost cuts catapult turnaround efforts
INTEL shares surged nearly 9 per cent in premarket trading on Friday (Oct 24) as investors rallied behind CEO Tan Lip-Bu’s aggressive…
Business
JPMorgan to allow Bitcoin and Ether as collateral in crypto push
JPMORGAN Chase & Co plans to allow institutional clients to use their holdings of Bitcoin and Ether as collateral for loans by the end of…
Business
UBS reshuffles leadership as Credit Suisse integration nears end
Lender is in the middle of a battle with the Swiss government over how much capital it needs to set aside to prevent a similar crisis UBS…
Business
HSBC launches ‘entrepreneurial wealth proposition’ in Singapore
A recent report by the lender names the Republic as entrepreneurs’ top destination for wealth and relocation HSBC on Friday (Oct 24)…
News
NY State Trooper Falsely Claimed He Was Shot by a 'Black' Suspect to Impress His Ex-Girlfriend
A former New York state trooper will spend six months in jail after staging his own shooting on duty. Thomas J. Mascia, 28, pleaded guilty…
Business
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…
Business
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…
News
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.…
Business
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…
Business
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…
News
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
Business
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…
News
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…