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Instagram’s new location sharing map: how it works and how to turn it off
Instagram’s new location-sharing Map feature is raising privacy concerns among some users, who worry their whereabouts could be tracked or…
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River Island allowed to shut shops to stave off collapse
Rachel Clun Business reporter, BBC News River Island has been given the green light to close 33 stores across the UK after the High Court…
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Housing market supply is finally back in these 80 metro areas—and it’s good news for buyers
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During the Pandemic…
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CEO pulled Boeing out of nosedive, but new challenges approach
One year after taking the helm during Boeing’s deepest crisis in decades, CEO Kelly Ortberg has stopped the company’s freefall. Now, he…
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Sri Trang Gloves Q2 earnings drop by 79.6% to 77.1 million baht
Sri Trang Gloves posted a net profit drop of 79.6 per cent year on year to 77.1 million baht (S$3.1 million) for the quarter ended June,…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as Fed shake-up stokes dovish bets
Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Aug 8) as US President Donald Trump’s temporary pick for a Federal Reserve governor post…
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Pinterest is winning over Gen Z and finding success with AI, but the stock price is down double digits today
Pinterest reported its second-quarter earnings on Thursday, August 7, and, in many ways, it was good news—though you wouldn’t know it from…
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Professional Bull Riders Accuses Dr. Phil of ‘Orchestrating’ Merit Street Bankruptcy and Forming New Company to Avoid Paying Creditors
Professional Bull Riders wants to know whether Dr. Phil led his Merit Street Media to file for bankruptcy in a “bad faith” move — while…
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Serena Kerrigan and Neutrogena Turn Up the Heat with 'Bank Your Glow' Steamy Short Story Campaign
If you ask Serena Kerrigan, the multi-hyphenate media personality best known for sharing unfilitered dating commentary with her millions…
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5: Everything You Need to Know About Its Smarter AI, New Features, Google Integration
After weeks of leaks and rumors, OpenAI has officially launched its much-awaited model, GPT-5. The new model brings all of OpenAI's…
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Who is Blake Owens? Tech CEO Receives Pig's Head in Mail to in Chilling Warning Over Real Estate Tech
Blake Owens, a Las Vegas tech entrepreneur, was left in shock on July 29 as he received a creepy delivery after introducing AI tech for…
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The Download: GPT-5 is here, and Intel’s CEO drama
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.…
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US dollar softness to relieve pressure on Asia’s foreign exchange defenders
The worst may be over for Asia’s central banks that have ramped up efforts defending local currencies after a resurgent US dollar and…
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The one part of crypto that’s still in crypto winter
Crypto is booming again. Bitcoin is near record highs, Walmart and Amazon are reportedly exploring stablecoins, Robinhood is tokenizing…
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QAF H1 net profit drops by 69% to S$3.9 million
QAF posted a drop of 69 per cent in its net profit to S$3.9 million for the half-year of FY2025 ended June, impacted by a marginal dip in…
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AMC Networks Streaming Revenue Rises 12% in Q2, U.S. Ad Sales Drop 18%
AMC Networks reported its second-quarter 2025 earnings Friday, revealing an 18% drop in U.S. ad sales but a 12% increase in revenue for…
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Apac Realty’s H1 net profit more than doubles to S$11.3 million on higher home sales
Real estate services player Apac Realty’s net profit more than doubled to S$11.3 million for its first half ended Jun 30, 2025. This was…
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IPO for Centurion’s new Reit at ‘very advanced’ stage, launch likely in September
If all goes well, Centurion Corp may launch the initial public offering (IPO) of its new real estate investment trust (Reit) as soon as…
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Singapore stocks end Friday in the red amid mixed Asia markets; STI down 0.4%
Local stocks ended its rally to close lower on Friday (Aug 8), following a mixed performance across Asian markets as investors navigated a…
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UOB-Kay Hian posts 12.9% lower net profit for H1
Earnings per share for the half-year fell to S$0.106, from S$0.1264 in the year-ago period UOB-KAY Hian posted a 12.9 per cent…
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Hong Leong Finance H1 net profit down 38.7% to S$32.2 million on compressed net interest margins
Hong Leong Finance posted a 38.7 per cent year-on-year fall in net profit to S$32.2 million for the six months ended Jun 30, 2025. This…
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Why space (yes, outer space) is a much bigger business opportunity than you think
Morgan Stanley projects the space economy will hit $1.8 trillion by 2035. Yet most companies still don’t have a strategy for it. Last…
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China July car sales growth slows on weak hybrid demand, price war curbs
China’s car sales growth slowed in July partly due to weaker demand for hybrids, as regulators in the world’s biggest auto market crack…
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China tells brokers to stop touting stablecoins to cool frenzy: sources
China told local brokers and other bodies to stop publishing research or hold seminars to promote stablecoins, seeking to rein in the…