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Republicans Should Pass a Reconciliation Bill Sequel
The fiscal, political, and moral case for another round of tax reform. Source link
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The Smithsonian Should Ditch the Ideology and Keep the History
If done wisely, the White House’s review of museum materials could remove countless progressive distortions of the American story. Source…
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The National Debt Just Eclipsed $37 Trillion: Here’s What We Should Do About That
The solution here is politically difficult, but it is not complicated. Source link
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Santa Fe: From Frayed Pueblo to Victorian to Pueblo Revival to Art Draw
And a visit to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Source link
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The Tragedy of the Computer Science Major
Turns out that learning how to code isn’t all it was cracked up to be. Source link
Business
Singapore stocks close lower on Thursday, tracking regional losses; STI down 0.4%
Most stocks on the local bourse declined on Thursday (Aug 14), mirroring losses in regional markets, as investors anticipate a potential…
Culture
“An Open Heart,” by Jamil Jan Kochai
This is the seventh story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series. Read the entire series, and our Flash Fiction from previous years,…
Fashion
Over 160 Blizzard workers in Irvine join union as gaming-industry labor movement expands
More than 160 workers at video game company Blizzard Entertainment have voted to unionize. The workers, who produce in-house cinematics,…
Business
Dentsu plans to cut about 3,400 overseas jobs to trim cost
The reduction, focused on headquarters and back-office functions in markets outside of Japan Japanese advertising company Dentsu Group…
Fashion
Improved KrisFlyer redemption scheme for Scoot is “win-win” for SIA group: analysts
A new airline-miles redemption scheme on budget airline Scoot for members of KrisFlyer, the loyalty programme for Singapore Airlines, is a…
Business
Jollibee posts record sales as China business recovers
Top Philippine restaurant operator says net income rises 5.6% to 3.2 billion pesos in April-to-June quarter Top Philippine restaurant…
Business
China Aviation Oil H1 profit rises 18.4% to US$50 million on higher gross profit and associates’ share of results
Asia-Pacific’s largest physical jet fuel buyer China Aviation Oil (CAO) posted a net profit of US$50 million for the first half of its…
Business
Tencent’s AI restraint shows risk of Alibaba, JD food war
China’s biggest tech companies are bouncing back after years on the ropes with outsized ambitions to dominate in everything from robots…
Business
Geely profit beats estimates amid reshuffle, sector scrutiny
Geely Automobile Holdings’ first-half profit beat estimates as sales soared and the carmaker sought to reduce costs, even as the wider…
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Latest Singapore six-month T-bill cut-off yield declines to 1.59%
Auction receives S$17.9 billion in applications for the S$7.5 billion on offer, representing a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.39 The cut-off…
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South Korea to announce plan to restructure petrochemical sector facing ‘grave’ situation
South Korea’s government will announce a plan this month to restructure the country’s petrochemical sector, which is in a “grave”…
Business
Shares of UOL, PropNex surge 5% following H1 results
Shares of Singapore Exchange (SGX)-listed real estate companies in Singapore such as UOL Group and PropNex rose by more than 5 per cent in…
Business
Lenovo’s profit beats estimates with PC growth and AI demand
US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on imports from some trading partners and declared plans for a 100% levy on chips, raising…
Business
ST Engineering falls 6.3% despite higher first-half profit; stock had surged over 80% year to date
Shares of ST Engineering tumbled shortly after trading started on Thursday (Aug 14) despite the group announcing better first-half results…
Business
CapitaLand Investment drops 3.5% on lower H1 earnings
At the midday trading break, its shares were down by 4.3% at S$2.70 – their lowest price in more than a month Shares of CapitaLand…
Business
Q&M Dental H1 profit tumbles 60% to S$3.9 million
Q&M Dental’s net profit fell 60 per cent to S$3.9 million for its first half ended Jun 30, 2025, from S$9.7 million in the year-ago…
Business
Starbucks struggles to find a new identity in cutthroat China
When a group of private equity investors and Chinese technology companies were asked for ideas on how they would revive Starbucks’s…
Business
Starbucks struggles to find a new identity in cut-throat China
When a group of private equity investors and Chinese technology companies were asked for ideas on how they would revive Starbucks’s…
Business
ST Engineering H1 earnings up 19.7% at S$402.8 million on back of defence demand in Europe, Middle East
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) on Thursday (Aug 14) posted a 19.7 per cent increase in net profit to S$402.8 million…