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What 29 rejections taught me about raising startup capital
If you’re a founder, raising money is as high stakes as it gets. For a startup, capital can be the difference between scaling and failing.…
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Gold Prices Surge as Middle East Tensions Rise and Rate Cut Hopes Grow
Markets jittered on Friday as new tensions in the Middle East sent tremors through global finance. Investors fled to gold as a haven in a…
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GCHQ intern who took secret data home jailed
A GCHQ intern who endangered national security, risked exposing 17 colleagues, and "threw away" thousands of hours of work when he took…
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‘The Boys’ Star Antony Starr Reveals His Top Homelander Moments From the Series: ‘Oh, My God, We Can Go There’
Antony Starr has seen his fair share of murder, disembowelment and uncomfortable milk drinking across four seasons of Amazon Prime Video’s…
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Why is my hay fever so bad this year?
Philippa Roxby and Smitha Mundasad Health reporters Pollen levels are forecast to be high or very high in many parts of the UK over the…
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Archer Aviation secures $850 million after Trump orders boost for electric air taxis
Air taxi maker Archer Aviation on Thursday said it raised $850 million in funding following executive orders signed by U.S. President…
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Shein's planned Hong Kong listing to benefit from wider capital pool, analysts say
Shein’s planned listing in Hong Kong will help the online fast-fashion retailer avoid sharp investor scrutiny of its supply chains while…
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US: Wall St opens lower as Israel-Iran conflict hits risk appetite
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday (Jun 13) after Israel’s deadly strike on Iranian nuclear facilities inflamed tensions in…
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Steve Madden’s Sweet Spot: Dress Shoes, ‘Dupe Culture’ and TikTok Fame
On the heels of its namesake’s viral podcast, Steve Madden Ltd. is getting a lot of attention these days — from TikTok to Wall Street. As…
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Alibaba movie unit’s pivot, rebrand bring US$2 billion value gain
DAMAI Entertainment Holdings, formerly Alibaba Pictures Group, is shifting its focus from movies production to faster-growing…
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Thakral associate GemLife inks underwriting agreement for Australian IPO launching ‘very shortly’
The company holds an effective interest of 31.7 per cent in GemLife, a lifestyle resorts business in Australia Mainboard-listed Thakral…
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Hong Kong-listed ESR gets shareholders’ nod for privatisation
Shareholders of ESR Group on Friday (Jun 13) approved the scheme resolution proposed by a consortium of investors to acquire and privatise…
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The startup that wants to fix everything you hate about video calls
In summer 2020, former Evernote CEO Phil Libin launched Mmhmm, a software tool designed to make video presentations look polished, even if…
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Google Cloud and Digital Industry Singapore launch programme to spearhead AI development among companies
Digitally-mature companies keen on doing more in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) will now have the opportunity to tap a new…
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Maybank downgrades Thai retail sector on weak sales, consumption
Maybank Investment Bank has downgraded Thailand’s retail sector to “neutral” amid weak consumption and falling same store sales growth…
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Celine Song’s Materialists Tries to Subvert the Rom-Com
In Lucy’s line of work, everything begins with the quantitative. Client lists of nonnegotiables read like a barrage of demographic data,…
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Singapore shares fall on Friday amid Middle East tensions; STI down 0.3%
Dip mirrors loss in global equity markets on fears Israel’s strikes on Iran could stoke wider regional conflict Local stocks ended lower…
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Novo Nordisk overtakes SAP as Europe’s most valuable company
Novo Nordisk reclaimed its position as Europe’s most valuable public company, overtaking software developer SAP. Shares in the Danish…
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Chinese firms may join group seeking to buy Li Ka-shing’s ports: sources
China’s largest shipping company is among the firms in talks to invest in a multinational consortium seeking to buy billionaire Li…
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Five Modes Boutiques Reopen Under New Italian Company
MILAN – Italian retailer Modes is back in business, under a new, recently formed entity called Garments Milano. The new company has leased…
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Middle East tensions hit Asian and Asean markets; oil and gold prices spike
A wave of geopolitical panic swept across Asian markets on Friday (Jun 13), after Israel launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military…
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Opinion: Space startups are pivoting to defence. That’s great for innovation
A few months ago, at the SmallSat Symposium, a panel issued a sobering warning to space startups: do not chase defence dollars at the…
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Asian Markets Sell Off as Middle East Tensions Spike and Oil Prices Surge
Asian traders woke to a nervous open on Friday after oil surged and Wall Street futures sank following reports that Israel had carried out…
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OCBC users hit by log-in, payment issues; services restored by 2.30 pm
More than 1,000 outage reports are lodged on tracking site Downdetector from around 11 am Customers of OCBC experienced difficulties…