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Our Favorite “Only in New York” Spots
“Only in New York” may be a cliché, but only because it’s so true. For Goings On, in our New York-themed centenary issue, we asked staff…
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Analysts raise price targets on DBS after Q1 earnings
Analysts raised price targets for shares of DBS, following its first quarter results release on Thursday (May 8). The bank’s net profit at…
News
Germany’s DAX Index hits record high after tariffs round trip
Germany’s DAX Index became the first major European gauge to surpass its March record high, recouping all declines sparked by US President…
Business
Sembcorp, Aster sign over S$650 million in energy and utilities deals for regional projects
Both also ink an MOU to explore strategic initiatives across Singapore, Indonesia and rest of South-east Asia Energy provider Sembcorp…
Business
Foreign banks sell record Indian sovereign debt as tensions rise
Foreign banks sold a record amount of Indian government bonds on Thursday (May 8), as a growing border conflict with Pakistan weighs on…
Business
China’s top chipmaker SMIC plunges after projecting lower sales
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) plunged on Friday (May 9) after China’s leading chipmaker warned sales could…
Business
OCBC keeps 2025 guidance, but loan growth targets could be buffeted by headwinds: CEO Helen Wong
OCBC is keeping its financial targets for 2025, but noted that its loan growth guidance of a mid-single digit will likely see the most…
Business
Direct impact of trade tariffs affects about 3% of OCBC’s loan book; portfolio remains ‘resilient’
Current trade tariffs are expected to have a “first-order impact” on 3 per cent of OCBC’s loan book, group chief financial officer Goh…
Business
Asia: Stocks lifted by hopes for US-China talks after UK deal
Most Asian equities rose on Friday (May 9) on growing optimism that the worst of US President Donald Trump’s trade war is past after he…
Fashion
From Apple to GM, tariffs to cost companies tens of billions
From Apple to General Motors (GM), corporate America is bracing for tens of billions of US dollars in damages from Trump’s trade war – and…
Fashion
How the Singapore dollar could perform against the greenback this year
Fading US exceptionalism could pave the way for further appreciation of the Singapore dollar against the greenback, said analysts. The…
Business
Frasers Property H1 profit rises 147.6% to S$142.2 million on tax reversal
Frasers Property posted a 147.6 per cent jump in net profit to S$142.2 million for the first half ended Mar 31, 2025, from S$57.4 million…
Business
ST Engineering posts 8% rise in Q1 revenue to S$2.9 billion
ST Engineering’s revenue rose 8 per cent to S$2.9 billion for the first quarter ended March, from S$2.7 billion in the corresponding…
News
A Day in the Live-Streamed Life of Donald Trump
In Donald Trump’s first term, he reinvented many things about how the job of President was done. The strictly scheduled day of his…
Business
OCBC Q1 profit falls 5% to S$1.88 billion; beats expectations
OCBC’s net profit for the first quarter fell on lower net interest income and higher operating expenses. Net profit for the three months…
News
Trump says he's naming Fox News host, former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in D.C.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to be…
News
An American Pope: Welcome Leo XIV
We hope Leo XIV brings peace within the church even as he calls for peace outside of it. Source link
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Melania Trump hosts White House event to unveil Barbara Bush postage stamp
In the White House's East Room on a rainy Thursday, first lady Melania Trump and members of the Bush family gathered to unveil a U.S…
News
DHS says 600,000 migrants turned around in Mexico after Trump took over
As many as 600,000 migrants who had been heading for the U.S. turned around when they realized President Trump had closed the border,…
News
Trump to end spending on Biden-era digital equity law, calling it 'racist and illegal'
President Trump said he is ending the Biden-era Digital Equity Act, intended to provide digital service to lower-income communities, to…
News
FEMA chief out after disagreeing with Trump on the future of the agency
Cameron Hamilton was out Thursday as acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a day after he delivered testimony to…
News
With Brian Kemp Out for 2026, Georgia Is on My Mind
Instead of asking why Kemp wouldn’t want to run for Senate, it makes more sense to ask why he would. Source link
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House Republicans search for waste to cut in food stamp program
House Republicans' search for waste and fraud to cut from federal spending put them on a crash course with food stamps, a massive program…
News
Trump again urges ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war, threatens sanctions
President Trump on Thursday called for a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, threatening to impose sanctions on both countries if…