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Asia: Markets mixed as China-US talks end, eyes on tech earnings
Asian markets were mixed on Wednesday as investors kept tabs on China-US developments after they agreed to further talks to extend their…
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Citigroup hiring for Asia rates, prime teams on hedge fund flows
Citigroup plans to increase headcount in its Asia rates and prime businesses by 5 to 10 per cent over the next year to cope with booming…
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Senate confirms Trump's lawyer Emil Bove to federal appeals court
The Senate on Tuesday voted to install Emil Bove to a lifetime seat on a federal appeals court, shunting aside Democrats' complaints and…
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Seatrium halts trading of shares ahead of H1 earnings
This is coming one day before it is due to announce its first-half earnings – on Jul 31 Seatrium called for trading of its shares to be…
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Keppel Reit H1 DPU falls by 2.9% to S$0.0272
Keppel Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Wednesday (Jul 30) reported a 2.9 per cent decline in its distribution per unit (DPU) for…
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Mondelez beats second-quarter estimates on strong international demand
CADBURY-PARENT Mondelez International beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue and profit on Tuesday, supported by steady…
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Far East Hospitality Trust H1 DPS falls 9.2% to S$0.0178
Distribution to stapled security holders drops 8.7% to S$36 million from S$39.5 million Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) posted a 9.2 per…
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YouTube plans to use AI to detect if US viewers are under 18
Alphabet’s YouTube will soon begin using artificial intelligence (AI) to determine whether viewers in the US are under the age of 18,…
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ICE says detained Maine police officer overstayed visa. The chief says he cleared a federal check
The chief of police in a Maine resort town has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of…
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Susan Monarez confirmed as Trump's CDC director
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump's director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
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Los Angeles County seeks ordinance preventing law enforcement from concealing their identities
Los Angeles County leaders want to prohibit law enforcement officers from concealing their identities while on duty, a response to recent…
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Senate Republicans explore extreme measures to end Democrats' blockade of Trump nominees
Senate Republicans, frustrated with Democrats' refusal to fast-track any of President Trump's nominees, are considering last-ditch options…
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Kamala Harris’s Mentor Pours Cold Water on Her Gubernatorial Plans
Willie Brown doesn’t think that the former vice president should seek to make a comeback in California. Source link
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Wife of Marine Corps veteran released from ICE custody after advocacy from GOP Senator's office
A Marine Corps veteran's wife has been released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention following advocacy from Sen. John…
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The Worst Decision Yet on Funding Planned Parenthood
The latest decision in the Planned Parenthood case is a sloppy stew of logical fallacies. Source link
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Palmer Luckey's Anduril leads second quarter surge for venture capital in greater L.A.
Venture capital investments in the Greater Los Angeles region more than doubled to $5.8 billion in the second quarter, compared to a year…
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EPA announces plan to repeal 'twisted' Obama-era endangerment finding
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding that the federal government…
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Republican state officials call on firms to prove that they've abandoned woke investing
Financial officers representing 21 red states said Tuesday that if investment firms want to conduct business with their states, they need…
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Secret Service agent protecting Trump tried to sneak wife on plane to Scotland
President Trump on Tuesday confirmed reports that a Secret Service agent tried to sneak his wife onto a transport plane accompanying Air…
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The Fantastically Daft Meltdown over Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans
It takes a special kind of hysteric to observe a time-tested marketing formula in action and think: eugenics. Source link
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Trump says Virginia Giuffre was among the workers Epstein stole from him
President Trump said Tuesday that Virginia Giuffre, perhaps the most well-known of Jeffrey Epstein's sex abuse victims, had been a…
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Everyone’s Just Going Crazy
American mass culture has rapidly been replaced by giant buzzing colonies of internet influencers. Source link
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Israel’s Side of the Story
There is real hardship in Gaza, but the situation on the ground is more complicated than Israel’s critics make it out to be. Source link
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Foes of Trump's tariffs get their day in court and a shot at unraveling his trade deals
President Trump's unilateral power to impose tariffs on other nations will be hotly debated before a federal appeals court on Thursday, a…