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UOL to acquire student accommodation property in UK for £43.5 million
Property developer UOL is acquiring a complex of student residential halls from the University of Brighton in the United Kingdom for £43.5…
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Don’t drink this recalled instant coffee from Dollar General. It might contain something dangerous
Of all the things you don’t want to find in a jar of instant coffee, glass is pretty high on the list. But that scenario became more than…
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Yanlord Land back in the black with H1 net profit of 379.2 million yuan
Yanlord Land recorded a net profit of 379.2 million yuan (S$67.8 million) for the first half of 2025, reversing from a net loss of 486…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq retreat from record rally after hot producer inflation data
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq retreated from record highs on Thursday (Aug 14), after a hotter-than-expected producer prices report dampened…
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Ho Bee Land H1 net profit increases over four times to S$49.8 million
Ho Bee Land recorded a net profit of S$49.8 million in the first half of the year, a more than 400 per cent increase from S$8.8 million in…
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Pupil who invented device to help homeless named 'girl of the year'
Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News A Glasgow school pupil has been named among Time magazine's girls of the year for inventing a device to…
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Thai Beverage 9-month Ebitda falls 4% to 45 billion baht
Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) posted a 4 per cent drop in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) to 45 billion…
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Straits Trading reports H1 loss of S$40.8 million
The Straits Trading Company recorded a net loss of S$40.8 million for the first half of 2025, reversing from a net profit of S$5.2 million…
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EXCLUSIVE: Valentino CEO Steps Down
MILAN – Valentino‘s chief executive officer Jacopo Venturini has exited the couture house. His last day was Wednesday. On Thursday,…
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MasterChef: Second contestant edited out of Gregg Wallace and John Torode's final series
A second MasterChef contestant has been edited out of this year's scandal-hit series, BBC News can reveal. A spokesperson for the show's…
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Dezign Format to debut on Catalist on Aug 15 after S$6.5 million IPO
Dezign Format will begin trading on the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) Catalist board when the market opens at 9am on Friday (Aug 15),…
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Hotel Properties is back in the black with S$11.4 million H1 profit
Earnings per share for the period was S$0.0134, up from a loss per share of S$0.0162 in the year before Hotel Properties (HPL), which is…
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VinFast to spin off R&D assets in 39.8 trillion dong deal with founder
The newly-formed company, Novatech Research and Development, will be carved out from VinFast Trading and Production (VFTP) and will…
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OUE back in the black with H1 net profit of S$35.6 million
OUE recorded a net profit of S$35.6 million for the first half of 2025, reversing from the S$96.1 million loss in the year-ago period. The…
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Climate tech startup Brimstone just lost a $189 million DOE grant—but it’s building its first plant anyway
Last year, Cody Finke got game-changing news from the Department of Energy (DOE): his climate tech startup was in line for a $189 million…
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Foxconn sees robust AI demand continuing after Q2 profit tops forecast
Foxconn expects higher third-quarter revenue, it said on Thursday (Aug 14), on robust demand for artificial intelligence servers, which…
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Frencken posts 9.9% rise in H1 profit to S$19.9 million
Semiconductor player Frencken on Thursday (Aug 14) reported a 9.9 per cent increase in profit to S$19.9 million for the first six months…
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Golden Agri-Resources’ H1 net profit rises 56.5% to US$160.3 million
Golden Agri-Resources recorded a net profit of US$160.3 million for the first half of 2025, a 56.5 per cent jump from the year-ago period,…
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Singapore stocks close lower on Thursday, tracking regional losses; STI down 0.4%
Most stocks on the local bourse declined on Thursday (Aug 14), mirroring losses in regional markets, as investors anticipate a potential…
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Great Eastern to resume trading on Aug 21 as bonus issue lifts free float to above 10%
Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) is set to resume trading on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Aug 21, as a proposed bonus share issue will lift…
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Dentsu plans to cut about 3,400 overseas jobs to trim cost
The reduction, focused on headquarters and back-office functions in markets outside of Japan Japanese advertising company Dentsu Group…
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CK Hutchison sees ‘reasonable chance’ of US$22.8 billion ports sale going through
CK Hutchison said on Thursday (Aug 14) its US$22.8 billion ports business sale had a “reasonable chance” of going through after a plan to…
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Sudan war: Children dying of hunger in Darfur's el-Fasher city
Barbara Plett Usher Africa correspondent, BBC News Watch: BBC obtains rare video from inside besieged el-Fasher in Sudan The women at the…
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Insurer Aviva raises dividend after jump in half-year profit
British insurer Aviva raised its interim dividend on Thursday (Aug 14) after reporting a 22 per cent jump in half-year operating profit,…