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L’Oréal Acquires Color Wow
The beauty dealscape is heating up, with the world’s biggest beauty company getting in on the action again. L’Oréal has signed an…
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Startups are ditching LinkedIn for TikTok to announce funding rounds
The classic funding announcement post is getting the Gen Z treatment. More startups, especially those led by young founders, are moving…
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NATO’s VC fund backs biotech startup for first time
The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) has made its first investment in a biotechnology startup. The alliance’s VC arm announced today that it’s…
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Nations are meeting in Spain to combat poverty, but the U.S. isn’t one of them. Here’s why
Many of the world’s nations are gathering starting Monday in Spain for a high-level conference to tackle the growing gap between rich and…
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Caleres Secures Expanded Credit Facility in Time for Stuart Weitzman Purchase
Caleres Inc. has its financial ducks in a row as it prepares to close on its purchase of the Stuart Weitzman brand. The global footwear…
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Boeing’s US$4.7 billion Spirit deal faces UK antitrust probe
The probe will determine if the deal raises the risk of substantial lessening of competition in the UK Boeing’s US$4.7 billion deal to buy…
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Millennium Hotels and Resorts ties up with German hotelier Maritim in cross-brand loyalty deal
As part of the partnership, both companies will jointly participate in major trade shows and roadshows Millennium Hotels and Resorts has…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open at record levels on trade talk hopes; set for strong quarter
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq opened at fresh record highs on Monday (Jun 30), as optimism over the United States striking trade deals with its…
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Rite Aid store closures: Latest list of doomed locations brings grim total to more than 1,000 pharmacies
The number of Rite Aid stores marked for closure just hit a grim milestone. In a bankruptcy court filing last week, the ill-fated pharmacy…
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Freddy Sim to step down as Creative CEO for health reasons; Tan Jok Tin to serve as interim CEO
The chief executive officer of , Freddy Sim, 67, will step down from his role on Jul 11 for health reasons, shortly after taking on the…
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Creative Technology CEO Freddy Sim to step down for health reasons; Tan Jok Tin will serve as interim CEO
The chief executive officer of , Freddy Sim, will step down from his role on Jul 11 for health reasons, shortly after taking on the top…
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NTT seeks up to US$864 million in data centre Reit's Singapore IPO
[SYDNEY/SINGAPORE] Japanese telecom giant NTT is seeking to raise roughly US$864 million in a Singapore IPO for a data centre Reit if an…
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Trailer: Ryan Gosling Blasts Off Into Space to Save Earth in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Sci-Fi Comedy
Ryan Gosling is heading to space in the first trailer for “Project Hail Mary.” The comedic sci-fi film from Amazon MGM Studios follows…
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US-based I Squared Capital dumps plans to make separate offer for Hong Kong’s HKBN
based infrastructure investment firm I Squared Capital has withdrawn plans to make a takeover offer for Hong Kong’s HKBN, the broadband…
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The sneaky way to to deal with public Wi-Fi restrictions
On a recent flight home to Cincinnati, I found myself in a Wi-Fi pickle. Delta was offering free in-flight Wi-Fi for all SkyMiles members,…
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ECB tweaks strategy to counter sustained inflation swings, either up or down
[SINTRA, Portugal] The European Central Bank pledged on Monday (Jun 30) to react with equal vigour when inflation was too high as when it…
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Another interior fit-out firm eyes Catalist IPO as Dezign Format lodges preliminary prospectus
A second interior fit-out company is preparing to list on the Singapore Exchange’s Catalist board in as many weeks, as Dezign Format Group…
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Mice design-and-build specialist Dezign Format eyes Catalist IPO, lodges preliminary prospectus
A second company in two weeks is preparing to list on the Singapore Exchange’s Catalist board, with Dezign Format Group lodging its…
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ING to cut 230 jobs as it has ‘too many’ managing directors
Groep announced a round of cuts focused on senior staff saying there are just too many of them. The Dutch lender plans to eliminate 230…
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Singapore shares buck regional rally, STI dips 0.1%
Wilmar International’s shares still under pressure, hits a 52-week low at market’s close; OKP and Keong Hong both at 52-week highs…
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Elmore Leonard’s Perfect Pitch
Out of interest, could this be the best beginning to the sixth chapter of any book, by anyone, ever? The girl with the stringy blond hair…
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UK-US tariff deal begins but still no news on steel
A deal to cut import tariffs between the US and UK has come into force, giving British car makers preferential access to the world's…
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Traditional business planning doesn’t cut it anymore. Here’s what leaders should embrace instead
In 2019, a midsized company used a familiar tool: the classic 2×2 scenario matrix. They mapped two axes of uncertainty: economic stability…
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UBS kicks off share buyback programme of up to US$2 billion
Group is launching a programme to repurchase as much as US$2 billion worth of its own shares, it said in a release on Monday (Jun 30). The…