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Sarkozy enters jail over campaign financing - France's first ex-president behind bars
Paul KirbyEurope digital editor and Hugh Schofieldin Paris Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he…
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Swiss Watch Exports to U.S. Halved in September
PARIS – The U.S. lost its crown as the top market for Swiss watch exports in September. Exports to the country slumped 55.6 percent in the…
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Sea CEO Forrest Li sees path to US$1 trillion market cap with help of AI
But the company is battling deep-pocketed global challengers, including TikTok Shop and Lazada SEA founder Forrest Li told employees that…
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Shares of doormaker surge 50% as it secures planning permit for student accommodation in Australia
Shares of Singapore doormaker HS Optimus surged on Tuesday (Oct 21), after it secured a permit for a 14-storey purpose-built student…
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Shares of doormaker surge as it secures planning permit for student accommodation in Australia
Shares of Singapore doormaker HS Optimus surged on Tuesday (Oct 21), after it secured a permit for a 14-storey purpose-built student…
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EXCLUSIVE: Puma Pumps Up Innovation Focus With Opening of New Los Angeles Office
Puma has opened the doors to its new creative and innovation hub in Los Angeles. Located in West Hollywood, the new two-story,…
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Rhode Goes Global With Sephora U.K. Debut
LONDON — Rhode’s Hailey Bieber and Lauren Ratner are taking their billion-dollar beauty brand into new territory outside North America.…
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Amazon services 'recovering' as Snapchat and banks among sites hit by outage
Liv McMahonTechnology reporter and Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent Amazon Web Services (AWS) said late Monday that it…
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Gold hovers near record high on safe-haven demand, US rate-cut bets
The shutdown has delayed key economic data releases, leaving investors and policymakers in a data vacuum ahead of the Federal Reserve’s…
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Arm expands AI licensing program to boost on-device AI market share
The Flexible Access program allows companies to use its chip design tools and training for little or no cost, enabling them to build and…
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Mandarin Oriental shares surge 36.7% on privatisation offer, Jardine Matheson up 7%
Shares of hotel chain Mandarin Oriental surged 36.7 per cent on Tuesday (Oct 21) on the back of a privatisation offer from controlling…
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Mandarin Oriental shares surge 36.3% on privatisation offer, Jardine Matheson up 7.5%
Shares of hotel chain Mandarin Oriental surged as much as 36.7 per cent on Tuesday (Oct 21) on the back of a privatisation offer from…
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Mandarin Oriental shares surge 36.3% on privatisation offer, Jardine Matheson up 7.8%
Shares of hotel chain Mandarin Oriental surged as much as 36.7 per cent on Tuesday (Oct 21) on the back of a privatisation offer from…
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Palace likely to face questions about what it knew in Andrew scandal
Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent Buckingham Palace may have hoped that Prince Andrew giving up his titles might decisively draw a line…
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BHP bets on iron ore resilience despite China slowdown; Q1 output misses
BHP Group on Tuesday struck an upbeat note on global iron ore demand even as it warned of cooling growth in China, while first-quarter…
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Stocks to watch: Genting Singapore, Jardine Matheson, Mandarin Oriental, Parkway Life Reit
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Oct 21): Genting Singapore: The…
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Ripple-tied treasury firm to raise over US$1 billion to go public
The companies have funded tens of billions of US dollars purchases of their target tokens and enjoyed hefty premiums when investors were…
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Chip crunch: how the AI boom is stoking prices of less trendy memory
The global rush by chipmakers to produce artificial intelligence (AI) chips is tightening supply of less glamorous chips used in…
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Nomura asset’s new Japan retirement help team is run by retirees
Among the risks that investors in the country face are demographic trends such as shrinking birthrates, an ageing population and longer…
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China scraps platinum tax break for state-owned giant
Currently, China Platinum is the only entity allowed to import the metal without paying a 13% VAT China will phase out a long-standing…
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Deals for startups reach record in Japan before listing curbs
Regulators warn that they could delist firms that fail to reach a market value of 10 billion yen within five years going public A plan to…
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Genomics giant Illumina to boost Singapore headcount by 25%, doubles down on local R&D
US-based company is developing next-generation sequencers, using AI models in the Republic to speed up diagnostics and lower healthcare…
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Catalist stocks ride on renewed market interest, but more needs to be done to spur mainboard transfers
Challenges faced in transitioning include low liquidity, limited visibility and investor perception issues, which hinder capital raising…
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IG Singapore seeks to broaden appeal beyond CFD trading under new CEO Gavin Chia
The firm plans to add new products, improve its app experience and step up investor education Online brokerage IG Singapore is moving…