Business
Samsung expects record Q4 operating profit, beating expectations
Samsung Electronics on Thursday projected a 208 per cent jump in fourth-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, beating analysts’…
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Business
Jefferies takes US$30 million hit on First Brands as profit drops
Jefferies Financial Group posted a drop in quarterly profit as the bank took a US$30 million pre-tax loss tied to the collapse of…
News
Oil falls after Trump reveals plan for Venezuelan oil
Oil prices fell on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump’s plan to refine and sell Venezuelan crude oil raised concerns about the…
Culture
Reading for the New Year: Part Two
To start the new year, New Yorker writers are looking back on the last one, sifting through the vast number of books they encountered in…
News
The Trump Administration Goes Full Tinfoil Hat in Its Revisionist History of January 6
This odious document should never have been published, much less on the taxpayer-funded White House website. Source link
News
At 92, Judge Hellerstein Should Not Preside over the Maduro Case
This is no case for a judge who could be pushing 94 by the time a jury is selected. Source link
Business
Chinese AI server leader xFusion hires investment bank in first step towards listing
The Chinese authorities have fast-tracked IPOs in the AI and chipmaking sectors due to US’ curbs on high-tech exports China’s leading…
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Zimbabwe on the Hudson
Zohran Mamdani’s housing official represents a tradition that has ruined countries. Source link
Fashion
Chinese refiners expected to replace Venezuelan oil with Iranian crude
Analysts say the Venezuela drama hits ‘teapots’ the hardest, and do not foresee them bidding up for unsanctioned barrels Chinese…
News
US seizing Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit
The United States is attempting to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela after a more than two-week-long pursuit…
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US seizes Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit
It appears to be the first time in recent memory that the US military seizes a Russian-flagged vessel The US seized a Russian-flagged oil…
Business
Holiday shoppers spent a record amount online, searching out deals amid economic anxiety
Consumers splurged this last holiday season, enticed by good deals even as they worried about growth and inflation. Online shoppers spent…
Business
Frasers Centrepoint Trust secures S$400 million green loan facility
This involves term loan and revolving credit facilities from DBS, OCBC and Maybank Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) has entered into a…
Business
Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid as risky leveraged buyout
Warner Bros Discovery’s board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised…
News
Mamdani’s Commie Housing Official Is a Lunatic
If her ideas are put into action, the usual catastrophic consequences will ensue. Source link
Culture
Nouvelle Vague Finds the Secret of Filmmaking
Richard Linklater salutes Godard, redeems himself. Source link
News
The Perils of Killing the Already Dead
He goes on to say that to behead a corpse is to follow the path of Satan, and that it is God, not a lip-smacking corpse, who holds power…
News
Contributor: Tech can avert catastrophic fires. What's missing is coordination
A year ago Los Angeles woke up to a red sky. Schools closed, and families packed into cars not knowing when or if they would return. In…
News
ICE’s New-Age Propaganda
For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Brady Brickner-Wood is filling in for Kyle Chayka. Late last year, the White House’s social-media…
Business
Auto dealer Tan Chong expects HK$327 million in gains from investments in 2025
Automotive group Tan Chong International said on Wednesday (Jan 7) that it expects to record an unaudited gain of HK$327 million (S$53.8…
Fashion
China targets online commerce battles in latest regulatory salvo
China unveiled broad regulations on Wednesday (Jan 7) that ban major platforms such as Alibaba Group Holding from coercing online…
Business
Cathay United Bank grants Marco Polo Marine unit long-tenor facility for NT$4.7 billion research vessel project
The group previously said it would finance the project through internal cashflows and not require any project-specific debt Marco Polo…
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A Look into the Mind of the Mamdani Marxist
The elevation of figures such as the fanatical Cea Weaver has been edifying. Source link