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Birmingham bin strike to continue as deal rejected
Aida Fofana BBC News, West Midlands A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to continue after the latest pay offer by the city…
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Delaware Business: Why Companies Love This Tiny State
Delaware might be small, but it’s a giant when it comes to business. This tiny state has become a go-to spot for companies looking to…
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Apple takes top spot for first-quarter smartphone sales, data shows
Apple took the top spot for global smartphone sales in the first quarter on the back of the iPhone 16’s launch and strong demand in…
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How to Plan a Wedding on a Budget—Without Losing the Magic
As Emmy Award-winning actress Niecy Nash once said, “Falling in love was the easy part; planning a wedding—yikes!” If you’ve ever tried to…
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US: Nasdaq leads Wall Street higher at open after tariff break for electronics
Wall Street’s main indexes leapt at the open on Monday (Apr 14), with the tech-heavy Nasdaq up over 2 per cent, as investors welcomed the…
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Great Eastern chairman declines to speculate on potential delisting at AGM
Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) chairman Soon Tit Koon said that he does not wish to speculate on the potential delisting of the insurer, as…
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Women’s health supplement brand Moom Health bags S$3.5 million funding
Investors include Eu Yan Sang founders’ family office and investment firm backed by Wilmar International co-founder and chairman Kuok…
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Goldman Sachs’ profit jumps as traders deliver gains
Goldman Sachs reported a 15 per cent rise in first-quarter profit as market volatility led to record revenue in equities trading and…
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Singapore shares and STI close higher on Monday, mirroring regional indices
Across the broader market, advancers outnumber decliners 377 to 181 after 1.1 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion change hands The Straits…
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HPL jumps 5.5% after announcing that Ong Beng Seng will step down as managing director
Shares of Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) rose on Monday (Apr 14) by over 5 per cent, following the company’s announcement that property…
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Temasek-backed ABC Impact finishes final close of second fund with more than US$600 million
Asia-focused private equity firm ABC Impact completed the final closing of its second fund, which is backed by Temasek, at more than…
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Qatar to invest US$2 billion in Indonesia sovereign wealth fund
Prabowo is on a five-nation tour of the Middle East, visiting the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt, Qatar and Jordan to boost bilateral…
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These China sectors and stocks are bucking the trend amid market volatility
Global markets have been nothing but volatile on the back of tariff-induced swings – but China stocks were an outlier last week. From Apr…
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Tenants enlist health professionals in Peabody mouldy homes fight
Meghan Owen Work and Money Correspondent, BBC London "We're treated like peasants. Like we're not good enough to live in decent homes,"…
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Shine On: More Watch-centric News In Geneva
GENEVA — While Watches and Wonders dominated the first week of April, presentations and other events flourished throughout the city for…
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OCI is said to put brakes on Malaysia IPO plan on market turmoil
The polysilicon industry has struggled with a huge surplus, with far too much capacity built relative to demand, resulting in prices of…
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Lost Lionesses play 'is coming home' to Bedfordshire, writer says
Alex Pope BBC News, Bedfordshire A theatrical production about the rebellious, unofficial England side that competed in the 1971 Women's…
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Aimee Lou Wood calls SNL White Lotus sketch 'mean and unfunny'
The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood has called a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch that impersonated her using exaggerated prosthetic teeth…
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Upgrading Paragon as part of a listed Reit
As the local bourse waits for potential new real estate investment trust (Reit) listings to materialise, Paragon Reit,which went public in…
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Indonesia’s foreign reserves hit record high despite rupiah rout
Domestic concerns, such as the fiscal outlook and slowing economic growth amid President Prabowo Subianto’s shuffling of policy…
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Tiffany & Co. Opens Largest European Flagship in Milan
MILAN —Tiffany & Co. inaugurated its largest store in Europe here during Milan Design Week — which is also the flagship that displays the…
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Shein’s IPO Valuation Hinges on Trump’s De Minimis Ban on China
LONDON— Shein’s pursuit of a London IPO got a green light from the U.K.’s financial watchdog Financial Conduct Authority on Friday. First…
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GXS acquires fintech Validus’ Singapore business to boost business banking offerings
GXS Bank announced on Monday (Apr 14) that it has acquired digital lending platform Validus Investment’s Singapore business. The all-cash…
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Asia: Stocks rise on electronics tariffs exemption, gold hits new high
Asian stocks rose on Monday as trade war fears were tempered by Donald Trump’s announcement of tariff exemptions for electronics, though…