Business
Creditors file over S$198m in claims against troubled Qoo10, but only S$34,650 recovered
More than S$198 million in claims have been submitted by creditors to the liquidator of beleaguered online marketplace Qoo10, but only…
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Culture
“Being Maria” Brings Maria Schneider’s Traumatic Career to Light
When Film Forum showed “Last Tango in Paris” this past December, as part of a Marlon Brando retrospective, the venue’s web page for the…
News
US: Wall Street slips as Fed boost proves short-lived
US stock indexes opened lower on Thursday (Mar 20), as worries about the fallout of US tariff policies returned a... Source link
Culture
Could We Store Our Data in DNA?
A zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes. That’s a lot—but, according to one estimate, humanity will produce a hundred and eighty zettabytes of…
Business
Bank of England keeps rates on hold
The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.5 per cent and warned against assumptions that they would be cut over its next few meetings…
Business
Singapore shares rise after Fed rate cut pause; STI up 0.6%
Shares on the Singapore bourse ended higher on Thursday (Mar 20), following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to hold off on interest-rate…
Business
CK Hutchison warns of geopolitical risks as profit falls and ports deal upsets China
CK Hutchison Holdings warned of geopolitical risks to global trade, as the Hong Kong conglomerate reported weaker-than-expected profit and…
Culture
“Purpose” on Broadway and “Vanya” Downtown
Last season, the playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins had a Broadway hit at Second Stage’s Hayes Theatre with his Tony Award-winning…
Culture
The Game Designer Playing Through His Own Psyche
A little more than a decade ago, the video-game designer Davey Wreden experienced a crippling success. In October, 2013, he and a…
Fashion
Mitsubishi Motors to outsource EV production to Taiwan's Foxconn
Mitsubishi Motors wants to lower production costs and shorten the development period for its product lineup Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors, a…
Business
UK posts strong wage growth ahead of BOE rate decision
UK wage growth held at its highest level in nine months and employment rose, evidence of resilient demand for workers that will likely…
Business
Hong Kong caps IPO margin loans amid heated retail demand
The move is a response to a recent IPO market frenzy that triggered first-day share price pops and concerns about retail investors getting…
Fashion
Why billionaire Li-Ka-shing’s Panama ports deal infuriated China
Billionaire Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has found himself in the middle of the China-US geopolitical tussle after announcing a deal to…
Business
ST Engineering on a tear; stock hits successive highs and is now more expensive than DBS and other leading blue chips
Analysts were bullish on ST Engineering, hiking their target prices for the counter as they cited a positive outlook and strong growth…
Business
Google launches US$499 Pixel 9a, rivalling Apple’s iPhone 16e
Alphabet’s Google launched a redesigned version of its budget Pixel phone, upgrading the chip and battery life weeks after Apple’s…
Business
Prudential eyes growth in India as it posts 2% decline in new business profit for FY2024
New business profit in Singapore is up 15%, underpinned by 11% increase in annual premium equivalent sales Prudential is betting on India…
Business
HSBC’s revamp of key Asia division costs women senior roles
A global overhaul at HSBC Holdings has seen female executives in Asia lose out after the lender asked managers to reapply for senior roles…
Business
Ripple Labs says US SEC ends appeal over crypto oversight
Since US President Donald Trump began his second White House term in January, the SEC has retreated on crypto oversight Ripple Labs said…
Business
Oil rises on US fuel demand, Fed rate decision caps gains
Oil prices edged up on Wednesday (Mar 19) after US government data showed a draw in fuel inventories, but the Federal Reserve’s decision…
Business
US Fed holds rates again, flags increased economic uncertainty
The US Federal Reserve paused interest rate cuts again on Wednesday (Mar 19) and noted an increase in economic uncertainty, as it…
Culture
“Who by Fire” Is a Brilliant Drama of Male Rage at Its Most Elemental
The Québécois director Philippe Lesage began making documentaries in the early two-thousands. He has since switched to narrative features,…
Culture
Laurie Santos’s Pursuit of Happiness
Laurie Santos, a cognitive scientist at Yale, teaches the most popular course in the university’s three-hundred-year history, Psychology…
Culture
The Ecstatic Intimacies of Joe Brainard
“I am a sucker for people who seem to do what they do just for you (me).” The artist and writer Joe Brainard dashed off this thought in…
News
Hollywood creatives urge government to defend copyright laws against AI
More than 400 Hollywood creatives, including director Guillermo del Toro and actors Cynthia Erivo and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, are urging the…