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US: Wall St posts tame gains at open
— Wall Street’s main indexes opened modestly higher on Wednesday (Sep 24) as traders assessed measured comments from US Federal Reserve…
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Aldi just rebranded its private-label products
Aldi is finally putting its name on its products. The grocer, which runs nearly 3,200 stores in the U.S., tells Fast Company that it’s…
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A Classic Beachside Wedding With Tropical Hawaiian Flair at Andaz Maui
Color theme was neutral, white, subtle pink, and blush. The wedding vision was classic, Beachside, Hawaii-influenced, with pops of…
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China Open: Katie Boulter beats Hailey Baptiste in Beijing
Boulter will now face a tough task against Wimbledon and US Open runner-up Amanda Anisimova. She has had a mixed year but, after tweaking…
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As Fed and regional rates fall, Asia’s banks remain attractive yield plays: analysts
Loan growth and risk levels will impact capital availability for dividends in Asean Even as the US Federal Reserve and central banks…
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Job seekers are getting hired faster—for these careers in particular
Some good news on the employment front: Job seekers are getting hired in a shorter period of time while sending fewer applications…
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Free Speech Is the Antidote to Political Violence
For two decades and more, anarchists and members of the Industrial Workers of the World, or IWW, had engaged in a wild set of bombings and…
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Singapore stocks slip as US Fed chair Powell says equities ‘highly valued’; STI drops 0.3%
In the wider market, gainers edge out losers 285 to 270, after 1.6 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion change hands The Straits Times Index…
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OCBC appoints Carina Lee as new group chief risk officer
OCBC has appointed Carina Lee – its current group chief credit officer for the wholesale banking business – as its new group chief risk…
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The AI Hype Index: Cracking the chatbot code
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of…
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How robotics could turn e-waste into a tech goldmine
E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in…
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Nepal Drama ‘Shakti’ Finds Distribution With Buffalo 8 as Country Embraces Change (EXCLUSIVE)
Buffalo 8 has secured distribution rights to “Shakti,” the debut narrative feature from Nepali-American filmmaker Nani Sahra Walker, in a…
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Urgent review ordered into asylum seeker taxi costs
The home secretary has ordered an urgent review into the use and cost of taxis to transfer asylum seekers from their hotels to…
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UBS boosts payouts for US wealth advisers amid intense hiring battle
The move comes after UBS lost several high-profile US wealth adviser teams to rivals or independence UBS Group is raising the payouts…
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Japan's Nikkei closes at record as AI rally helps overcome early losses
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a record high on Wednesday (Sep 24), fighting back from early losses on optimism buoyed by…
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Asia’s real-time payments surge, but gaps persist: StanChart
One common challenge is reconciling payment data, where mandatory fields needed in one country’s transactions differ from those in another…
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Disruption at Stansted Airport with cancelled trains and fire
All trains into London Stansted Airport have been cancelled or disrupted on Wednesday morning due to signalling issues, National Rail has…
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Alibaba launches Qwen3-Max AI model with more than one trillion parameters
The company has announced plans to invest 380 billion yuan in artificial intelligence-related infrastructure over the next three years…
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Alibaba to open new data centres; unveils most powerful AI model
The expansion comes as the company positions AI, which includes cloud, as a core business priority alongside its traditional e-commerce…
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Startup wisdom: 5 prompt engineering tips for vibe coding success
Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great companies. This week, Dainius…
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Australian central bank blasts ASX for trading settlement failures
The Australian Securities Exchange must make “foundational changes” to its governance, culture and risk management after last year’s…
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Stone Island Unveils New York Flagship, Highlights Innovative Materials and Community Engagement
MILAN — Ten years after arriving in SoHo, Stone Island is relocating its New York flagship and continuing the global rollout of the…
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China’s Comac said to slash delivery targets for its C919 jet
The Chinese aircraft maker is seeing bottlenecks in virtually all key parts of its supply chain, hampering its ability to produce jets at…
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Asia: Markets waver after Wall Street retreats from record
EQUITIES wavered on Wednesday following a down day on Wall Street, where worries about high valuations were compounded by mixed messaging…