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UOL to acquire student accommodation property in UK for £43.5 million
Property developer UOL is acquiring a complex of student residential halls from the University of Brighton in the United Kingdom for £43.5…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq retreat from record rally after hot producer inflation data
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq retreated from record highs on Thursday (Aug 14), after a hotter-than-expected producer prices report dampened…
Culture
Roman Polanski’s Self-Centered “An Officer and a Spy”
The prime parallel between the movie “An Officer and a Spy” and the life of its director, Roman Polanski, is obvious but inexact. The…
News
California Gov. Newsom trolls Trump in redistricting fight
Gov. Gavin Newsom is borrowing a page from President Trump to mock the self-proclaimed "Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters" in the ongoing…
Business
Ho Bee Land H1 net profit increases over four times to S$49.8 million
Ho Bee Land recorded a net profit of S$49.8 million in the first half of the year, a more than 400 per cent increase from S$8.8 million in…
News
Wholesale prices rose faster than expected in July, says Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, exceeding Wall Street forecasts and potentially hurting President Trump's push for interest-rate cuts…
Culture
Documentary Film on Oct. 7 Hamas Attack Pulled Toronto Film Festival Because Terrorist Group Didn't Give Footage Permission
A new documentary on the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack against Israel has been pulled from the Toronto International Film Festival after…
Business
Dezign Format to debut on Catalist on Aug 15 after S$6.5 million IPO
Dezign Format will begin trading on the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) Catalist board when the market opens at 9am on Friday (Aug 15),…
Business
Hotel Properties is back in the black with S$11.4 million H1 profit
Earnings per share for the period was S$0.0134, up from a loss per share of S$0.0162 in the year before Hotel Properties (HPL), which is…
Fashion
My Girlfriend Is The Man! Episode 8: Everything We Know So Far
My Girlfriend Is The Man! episode 8 will air on KBS2 on Thursday (August 14) at 9:50 PM KST. The chapter will focus on Kim Ji Hoon, Kang…
Business
Foxconn sees robust AI demand continuing after Q2 profit tops forecast
Foxconn expects higher third-quarter revenue, it said on Thursday (Aug 14), on robust demand for artificial intelligence servers, which…
News
Republicans Should Pass a Reconciliation Bill Sequel
The fiscal, political, and moral case for another round of tax reform. Source link
News
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…
News
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…