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China’s soy crushers may be facing a winter without US beans
Just days before the start of the US export season for soybeans, the world’s top importer does not appear to have bought a single American…
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Seatrium falls by nearly 4% as Keppel’s arbitration for claim in Brazil corruption case begins
Shares of Seatrium fell by close to 4 per cent in early trade on Wednesday (Aug 27), a day after news broke that Keppel will begin…
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SD Guthrie plans industrial park in Malaysia’s data centre hub
SD Guthrie, the world’s biggest oil palm planter by acreage, is positioning itself to tap into the data-centre boom as it looks to develop…
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Some FEMA staffers put on administrative leave after signing dissent letter
Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on…
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Gold edges lower as US dollar firms, but Fed turmoil limits losses
Gold prices edged lower on Wednesday (Aug 27), pressured by an uptick in the US dollar, although renewed concerns over the US central…
Business
Prudential H1 new business profit up 12% at US$1.26 billion
The growth is supported by higher annual premium equivalent sales and margin expansion Prudential on Wednesday (Aug 27) announced that its…
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SingPost introduces new postal service for firms as tariff exemption for sending low-value goods to the US set to end on Aug 29
Singapore Post (SingPost) has introduced a new service for corporate customers to send parcels to the US after suspending standard postal…
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Australian grocer Woolworths posts 19% drop in annual profit
RALIA’S Woolworths Group reported a 19 per cent drop in its full-year underlying profit on Wednesday, as lower spending by customers…
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Australia housing dysfunction mirrored in central bank’s blowout rebuild
When Australia’s central bank resolved to refurbish its 1960s-era Sydney headquarters in 2018, it hardly expected the project would fall…
Fashion
Apple to hold fall event on Sep 9, new iPhones expected
The company is expected to showcase new entry-level, high-end Apple Watches, upgraded iPad Pros and a faster version of the Vision Pro…
Business
Kroger lays off 1,000 corporate workers in cost-cutting move
Kroger is laying off nearly 1,000 corporate employees as the grocery-store operator moves to trim costs and simplify its business…
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Trump's concern over South Korean church raids sparked fears of 'Zelenskyy moment'
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said his staff feared that President Trump would ambush him about his government's raids on churches…
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Trump's law enforcement surge is alienating D.C. residents, senior officers say
A pair of senior Washington, D.C., police commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the ongoing federal law enforcement surge in the nation's…
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The Inherent Strangeness of Trump’s Executive Order on Flag-Burning
Typically, presidents who push the constitutional envelope like to insist that they are doing no such thing. Here, that instinct has been…
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Trump explodes over lack of progress on Ukraine talks: 'It's all bull----'
President Trump expressed disgust Tuesday over the lack of meaningful progress on bilateral talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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Trump sets record for his longest televised appearance with three-hour Cabinet meeting
President Trump on Tuesday set a record for his longest televised appearance by presiding over a three-hour-and-17-minute Cabinet meeting…
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Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role
A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his…
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FBI whistleblowers' settlement finalized by Justice Department, bureau
Nearly a dozen FBI whistleblowers who say they endured retaliation during the Biden administration inked agreements on Monday with the FBI…
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Trump's order on flag burning could return the question to the Supreme Court
The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that if it were up to him, he would jail "every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo…
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After Trump's DOGE action, 300 million people's Social Security data is at risk, whistleblower says
More than 300 million Americans' Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded…
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The Myth That Democrats ‘Go High’ Is in Desperate Need of Busting
Nate Silver seems somehow unfamiliar with the decade of remorseless political warfare waged by Democrats. Here’s a refresher. Source link
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Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the U.S. draws MAGA backlash
President Donald Trump seemingly caught his loyal conservative base off guard and sparked backlash by saying he would allow 600,000…
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Virginia's high school abortion scandal sends tremors through governor's race
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is borrowing a page from Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign playbook by leaning into parental rights…
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Commerce Secretary Lutnick hints at U.S. government stake in defense contractors
The Trump administration is having a lively debate about whether the government should take a stake in companies that serve as top defense…