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Why Hawkefest Will Be The Marketing Event of the Year
We’ve all attended numerous marketing conferences over the years—some good, some forgettable, and a rare few that genuinely changed the…
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Tesla offers unprecedented US$1 trillion pay package to Musk
Tesla proposed a new compensation agreement for chief executive officer Elon Musk potentially worth around US$1 trillion, a massive…
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Global markets surge as Wall Street sets another record, ahead of hopes for cuts to U.S. interest rates
World shares rose Friday after U.S. stocks climbed to a record as Wall Street made its final moves ahead of an update on the American job…
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Fall 2025’s Most Exciting Book Releases
This fall promises noteworthy reads across genres. In fiction, “Bunny” author Mona Awad is releasing her follow-up novel “We Love You,…
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SGX moves to ease ETF market-maker rules, match global norms
The move follows measures by the Republic in February to enhance its equities market The Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Friday (Sep 5) said…
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Tesla offers unprecedented US$1 trillion pay package to Elon Musk
The additional shares Musk could receive would push his stake in the EV maker to at least 25% [AUSTIN, Texas] Tesla proposed a new…
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Singapore stocks rally as investors price in September Fed rate cut; STI up 0.2%
The local bourse logged gains for a second straight day on Friday (Sep 5), closing higher alongside regional markets amid expectations…
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How AI is creating a crisis of business sameness
As I type, Microsoft Copilot suggests ways to continue, restructure, or even rewrite this very sentence. On the surface, it feels like a…
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China slaps preliminary duties on EU pork imports
The move deepens a trade dispute with the bloc arising from its tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles China on Friday (Sep 5) placed…
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BMW’s iX3 spearheads multibillion-dollar reboot that takes the fight to Tesla, BYD
On Friday (Sep 5), German luxury carmaker BMW launched its second-generation iX3 – and with it, a sweeping reset strategy to catch up with…
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ByteDance chip design staff suddenly find out they report to Singapore unit: sources
Chip design workers at Chinese tech giant ByteDance, many based in Beijing or Shanghai, unexpectedly found out last week that they are…
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Apple’s India sales hit record US$9 billion after big retail push
Apple’s annual sales in India hit a record of nearly US$9 billion in the last fiscal year, signalling growing consumer demand for its…
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China bonds see renewed selloff after stock market rebound
Chinese government bonds declined in Friday (Sep 5) afternoon trading as an equity rebound extended and higher yields at a longer-dated…
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Why Google’s new Nano Banana means you can never trust a photo you see online again
Despite billions of dollars of AI investment, Google’s Gemini has always struggled with image generation. The company’s Flash 2.5 model…
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Unifrance Rendez-Vous Le Havre Takeaways From Its Big Series, U.S. Market Implosion and How Measuring Streamer Audiences Is Getting Slightly Easier
The Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV market in Le Havre came to a close on Thursday with a celebration of animation, namely the latest season and…
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Nikkei ends at over 2-week high as Trump lowers tariffs on Japanese automobiles
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a more-than two-week high on Friday (Sep 5) as auto shares rose after US President Donald Trump…
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Citi expects global digital asset trades to hit US$2 trillion a day; DBS sees volume surge in H1
In a white paper released this week, Citi projected that in five years, the world will see US$2 trillion in digital assets held or traded…
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Tencent-backed Airwallex acquires OpenPay; move pits it against Stripe Billing
Fintech company Airwallex has acquired OpenPay, a San Francisco-based billing platform that provides subscription management, payment…
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Asia: Markets rally as Chinese stocks selloff eases
ASIAN markets mostly gained on Friday after an intense selloff of Chinese equities stalled this week, with rumours the country’s financial…
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Singapore swim school Fitness Champs splashes into Nasdaq with US$15 million IPO
As a former competitive swimmer who was waiting to enter university, Joyce Lee started freelancing as a swimming instructor in 1999 to…
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Qantas trims executive bonuses by 15% for fiscal 2025 over cyber hack
RALIA’S Qantas Airways has cut short-term bonuses for its top executives and CEO by 15 per cent in fiscal 2025 after a cyber hack earlier…
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Mark Zuckerberg - no, not that one - sues Facebook for account shutdowns
A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform, arguing it keeps suspending his…
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OpenAI set to start mass production of its own AI chips with Broadcom, FT reports
AI is set to produce its own artificial intelligence chip for the first time next year, as the ChatGPT maker attempts to address…
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Broadcom to help OpenAI create AI chip to take on Nvidia
Broadcom is helping OpenAI design and produce an artificial intelligence accelerator from 2026, getting into a lucrative sphere dominated…