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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…
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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…
News
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.…
News
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…
News
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,…
News
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…
News
The Trump DOJ’s Embarrassing Letter in the Tariff Case
The DOJ missive is not a legal argument. It is pure political intimidation. Source link
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Angered by America, India tilts toward China
Is the world's most powerful democracy about to lose the world's most populous democracy? Could be. India has, in the last two days, reset…
News
Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts
A federal judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the…
News
Why They Want You to Think Feudalism Is Bad
A newly surfaced transcript from the Tucker Carlson Show. Source link
Business
Survey finds Federal Student Aid complaints surging amid federal layoffs
Recent surveys show a sharp increase in college administrators complaining about the Federal Student Aid process as the Trump…
News
Musk pauses third-party plan: Report
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has set aside his idea of a third party in exchange for staying in the good graces of Republicans and focusing…
News
White House launches TikTok account amid Trump's extension of grace period from ban
The White House launched TikTok account this week, amid uncertainty about the popular video app's future as a deadline approaches for its…
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National Park rangers face possible prosecution after flying transgender flag at Yosemite
The battle over trans rights is unfolding against the backdrop of one of the most renowned rock climbing destinations in the country.…
News
Trump calls on Fed governor Lisa Cook to resign over mortgage fraud claim
President Trump urged one of the Federal Reserve's governors, Lisa Cook, to resign on Wednesday after a top housing official accused her…
Culture
The Redemption of Chance the Rapper
When Chance the Rapper declared “I met Kanye West, I’m never going to fail” on “Ultralight Beam,” the opener from West’s 2016 album, “The…
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Retailers scramble to adjust to new reality under tariffs
Major retailers say they will increase prices or reorganize their supply chains in response to cost pressures from President Trump's…
News
Trump’s Ukraine Diplomacy
The president’s efforts to make a deal are welcome, but the best hope of bringing a halt to the fighting is to convince Putin that he…
