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Supreme Court to hear GOP's challenge to political party spending limits
The Supreme Court will weigh during its next term whether limits on political party spending in coordination with candidates for federal…
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Boeing’s US$4.7 billion Spirit deal faces UK antitrust probe
The probe will determine if the deal raises the risk of substantial lessening of competition in the UK Boeing’s US$4.7 billion deal to buy…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open at record levels on trade talk hopes; set for strong quarter
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq opened at fresh record highs on Monday (Jun 30), as optimism over the United States striking trade deals with its…
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Freddy Sim to step down as Creative CEO for health reasons; Tan Jok Tin to serve as interim CEO
The chief executive officer of , Freddy Sim, 67, will step down from his role on Jul 11 for health reasons, shortly after taking on the…
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US-based I Squared Capital dumps plans to make separate offer for Hong Kong’s HKBN
based infrastructure investment firm I Squared Capital has withdrawn plans to make a takeover offer for Hong Kong’s HKBN, the broadband…
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ECB tweaks strategy to counter sustained inflation swings, either up or down
[SINTRA, Portugal] The European Central Bank pledged on Monday (Jun 30) to react with equal vigour when inflation was too high as when it…
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Mice design-and-build specialist Dezign Format eyes Catalist IPO, lodges preliminary prospectus
A second company in two weeks is preparing to list on the Singapore Exchange’s Catalist board, with Dezign Format Group lodging its…
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Watering Down the SAT Weakens Meritocracy
If we want a society that truly rewards talent and effort, we must preserve and strengthen the tools that make upward mobility possible.…
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Christians Are Being Massacred Globally. The U.S. Must Act
Defenseless Christians in Nigeria and Syria have recently been attacked by extremists intent on purifying those lands for Islam. Source link
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CBO’s Coverage Estimates Merit Skepticism
The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could help realign state interests with the national interest and finally force some fiscal accountability.…
Culture
The Met’s Luminous New Rockefeller Wing Still Casts Some Shadows
It may be the most impressive of the recently modernized colonial collections, far surpassing Berlin’s much criticized Humboldt Forum. One…
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AI is controversial in Hollywood. For China's film business, it's no holds barred
Hollywood’s relationship with artificial intelligence is fraught, as studios balance the need to cut costs with growing concerns from…
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The Argentinean Comic Strip That Galvanized a Generation
A uniformed police officer stands sideways, his head turned to face us. His eyes are unnaturally close together, rendered by the artist as…
Business
Elmore Leonard’s Perfect Pitch
Out of interest, could this be the best beginning to the sixth chapter of any book, by anyone, ever? The girl with the stringy blond hair…
Culture
Is Technology Really Ruining Teens’ Lives?
In early 2021, the journalist Matt Richtel spoke to a father who was a few weeks into a nightmare. Tatnai Burnett was a doctor, his wife…
Culture
What The New Yorker Was Reading in 1925
Several months before the first issue of The New Yorker appeared, Harold Ross’s fund-raising prospectus promised, along with much else,…
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Malika Favre’s “Literary Heights”
For the cover of the July 7 & 14, 2025, special Fiction Issue, the artist Malika Favre chose an unusual setting to portray someone…
Business
UBS kicks off share buyback programme of up to US$2 billion
Group is launching a programme to repurchase as much as US$2 billion worth of its own shares, it said in a release on Monday (Jun 30). The…
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Singaporeans fuel Quayside JBCC sell-out amid Johor’s RTS boom
Singaporean buyers have taken up the lion’s share of all 482 serviced apartments at Quayside JBCC – a new mixed-use project in Johor Bahru…
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China shows off tech resilience in face of trump export controls
As Donald Trump brandishes US export controls on technology as a bargaining chip to wrest supplies of rare earth magnets from Beijing,…
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First train for JB-Singapore Rapid Transit System unveiled; service to start by December 2026
First China-made train for the cross-border rail system to be tested in Singapore, ahead of preparation for passenger service The first…
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India’s Adani Enterprises plans public bond sale
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s flagship company aims to raise 10 billion rupees (S$149.1 million) through the sale of retail bonds, and…
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Canada rescinds tax hitting US tech firms: government
Canada is rescinding taxes impacting US tech firms that had prompted Donald Trump to call off trade talks in retaliation, Ottawa said on…