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Who Knew Sheboygan Is an Art Mecca?
Wisconsin’s Kohler Arts Center does ingenuity with both sparkle and substance. Source link
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Mark Twain Is Still Mocking His Critics
A new biography inexplicably exhumes the book-banning case against Huckleberry Finn. Source link
Business
Olivia Lum trial: What is non-disclosure
After years of struggling with the Tuaspring project, Hyflux was ordered to be wound up in 2021, marking a critical chapter in one of…
Business
Musk’s Starlink courts luxury airlines to grow in-flight Wi-Fi business
For the past three years, Elon Musk has steadily elbowed his way into the booming market for in-flight Wi-Fi, with his Starlink service…
Business
Hyflux’s legal head did not raise issues over non-compliance of listing rules for draft announcement, witness says
The legal head of Hyflux did not raise any issue of non-compliance with the listing rules in a draft of an announcement on the company…
Business
McDonald’s Japan scraps ‘One Piece’ promotion after Pokemon frenzy
NALD’S Japan has cancelled a promotion based on the classic One Piece manga series, after a similar Pokemon-themed campaign sparked a…
Business
Baidu ranks as China’s cheapest Internet stock amid AI concerns
Sharp stock underperformance for Baidu on concerns over its outlook have left it trading at the cheapest valuation among China’s major…
Business
Global beauty firms look to carve up Indian market as ‘last bastion’ of growth
From Japan’s Shiseido to France’s L’Oreal, global cosmetics giants are doubling down on India, betting on the world’s most populous nation…
Business
Bank of Japan chief’s dogged caution tempers board’s hawkish instincts
In 2024, Kazuo Ueda delivered Japan‘s first interest rate hike in 17 years, a bold shift for a central bank once dominated by advocates of…
Business
Australia: Shares hit fresh high on mining and banks boost
AUSTRALIAN shares rose to a record high on Thursday, driven by miners and banks, while investors awaited US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome…
Business
Great Eastern resumes trading after year-long suspension; closes 10% lower than OCBC’s best offer
Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) resumed trading on Thursday (Aug 21), after a proposed bonus share issue lifted its free float above 10 per…
Business
Gold little changed as investors await Jackson Hole remarks
Gold prices were steady on Thursday (Aug 21) as investors awaited cues into the US Federal Reserve’s policy outlook ahead of the Jackson…
Business
Stocks to watch: Sats, Great Eastern, Wing Tai, Beng Kuang Marine, Capital World
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Aug 21): Sats: The airline caterer…
Business
Microsoft curbs early access for Chinese firms to notifications about cybersecurity flaws
Microsoft has curtailed Chinese companies’ access to advance notifications about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its technology after…
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Texas' Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats
Texas Republicans on Wednesday took the first step toward approving new congressional maps that would give their party as many as five new…
Business
Singapore-focused listed companies are having their turn in the spotlight
The oft-heard complaint is that Singapore’s market is too small and, beyond the banks, no one can make much money from investing in it.…
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PlayStation prices rise as US tariffs bite
SONY on Wednesday said it is bumping up the price of PlayStation 5 video game consoles by US$50 in the United States due to a “challenging…
Fashion
Oil prices climb 2% on drop in US crude inventories as investors focus on Ukraine peace push
Oil prices climbed about 2 per cent on Wednesday on a bigger-than-expected weekly drop in US crude inventories as investors awaited the…
Business
US: Wall Street mostly down as tech still under pressure
stocks closed mostly lower on Wednesday as the tech sector remained under pressure while investors kept an eye on retail earnings and…
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Court allows Trump to end deportation amnesty for Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal
A federal appeals court said Wednesday that Homeland Security can move ahead with plans to end long-running deportation amnesties, known…
Business
Hilton Als’s Essential James Baldwin
A hundred and one years after James Baldwin’s birth, the writer has become as much an icon as a public intellectual can be—a status that,…
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Judge denies Justice Department request for Epstein grand jury transcripts
The Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein was denied by a…
Business
Jerome Powell eyes long-awaited rate cut in September
The Federal Reserve is increasingly likely to cut interest rates at its meeting in September, as worries about potential inflation compete…