Business
Mapletree Logistics Trust to divest logistics property in Australia for A$60 million
Its manager says the capital freed up will give MLT room to pursue investment openings in modern, high-spec facilities with more growth…
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Trump's nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism
The director of the agency that produces the nation's jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with…
Business
EC World Reit’s H1 net property income falls 60.3% to S$18.7 million
EC World Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) reported a 60.3 per cent decline in net property income to S$18.7 million in the first half…
News
Cuban exiles honored at Miami's 'Ellis Island of the South' as Trump ramps up immigrant arrests
For decades, its powerful lighthouse illuminated Miami's Biscayne Bay, and during the height of the Cold War, what was known as the…
News
'Woefully out of balance': U.S. debt surpasses $37 trillion
The U.S. national debt has exceeded $37 trillion, raising fears that the country's sea of red ink is rising faster than expected. Source…
Business
AEM net profit more than doubles to S$3.1 million
AEM Holdings posted a 245 per cent increase in net profit to S$3.1 million for the half-year ended Jun 30, from S$895,000 the year before.…
Business
CSE Global H1 earnings up 8.5% to S$16.3 million, boosted by growth of communications business
Technology solutions provider CSE Global reported a profit of S$16.3 million for the first half of FY2025, up 8.5 per cent from the…
Business
Singapore’s KPB Biosciences fails in bid to unfreeze assets in US$830 million Novo Nordisk legal battle
Locally headquartered biotech firm KPB Biosciences has failed to set aside a court order for its assets to be frozen, with the Singapore…
Business
Air Canada flight attendants set 72-hour strike deadline for pay deal
The Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing more than 10,000 Air Canada cabin crew, on Wednesday (Aug 13) gave the airline a…
News
Polanski’s Perfectly Timely J’accuse
An Officer and a Spy parallels the devastating history of the Dreyfus Affair with lawfare. Source link
News
What an Acceptable Russia-Ukraine Deal Might Look Like
The best that can be hoped for is an armistice with an underpinning firm enough to deter Russia from resuming its war when it is ready.…
News
A Tax Law for Manufacturers, but a Trade Policy Against Them
While the OBBBA tries to buoy manufacturing, President Trump’s tariffs are an anvil dragging the sector down. Source link
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New York Is Grappling with Its Own Kind of Mayhem
While Trump cracks down on D.C. violence, Gotham is in a similar situation; crime is dropping, but is still too frequent and arbitrary to…
Business
Good governance for vibrant capital markets: towards a market-centric dynamic index
IN 2024, the Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI) was re-introduced as a dynamic index designed to reflect continuous…
Culture
Coming of Age in Panic Mode
The books of Michael Clune, or at least the ones written for a nonacademic audience, have focussed on very particular chapters of his…
Culture
Adam Friedland’s Comedy of Discomforts
When CBS announced the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” in July, a long-theorized concern came true: the late-night…
Culture
The Revenge of Millennial Cringe
In the summer of 2009, a shambolic Los Angeles band called Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros released a single titled “Home.” A…
Business
China's Tencent revenue grows 15% in Q2 on strong gaming performance
It reported revenue of 184.5 billion yuan (S$32.9 billion), exceeding analyst estimates of 178.5 billion yuan Tencent reported…
Fashion
US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China: sources
US authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk of…
Business
Thailand’s central bank cuts key rate by 25 bps, as expected
Thailand’s central bank lowered its key interest rate by a quarter point on Wednesday (Aug 13), its fourth cut in 10 months as it looks to…
Business
Thailand’s central bank cuts rates to lowest in two years to support growth
Thailand’s central bank lowered its policy rate by a quarter point on Wednesday (Aug 13), its fourth cut in 10 months, to support a…
Business
Japan's Nikkei tops 43,000 for first time ever
Japan’s Nikkei share average breached the 43,000-mark for the first time on Wednesday (Aug 13), with the broader Topix index also scaling…
Business
Paytm shares surge after RBI grants payment aggregator license
Payment aggregators are platforms that provide diverse payments options to customers, including merchants Shares of One 97 Communications…
Business
Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust DPS falls 7% to 0.06553 euro for H1
Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust (Sert) on Wednesday (Aug 13) posted a distribution per stapled security (DPS) of 0.06553 euro for its first…