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Long-term mortgage rate ticks up slightly to 6.16%
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week to just above its 2025 low. The average long-term mortgage rate rose to…
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Anta Sports Resurfaces as Puma’s Potential White Knight
How much is Puma SE worth? Chinese firm Anta Sports reportedly has made an offer to acquire the 29 percent stake owned by Artémis. Founded…
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Puma Taps JD Sports, Adidas Alum Nadia Kokni as VP of Global Brand Marketing
Just months after reorganizing its brand marketing division, Puma has hired Nadia Kokni as its new vice president of global brand…
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Louis Koo’s ‘Back to the Past’ Sets North American Release With Well Go USA
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to “Back to the Past,” the continuation of Hong Kong’s 2001…
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L Catterton Forms Strategic Partnership With C-beauty Group Mao Geping
L Catterton, the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-backed private equity firm, has signed a strategic cooperation framework with Mao…
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CES 2026: Uncomfortable truths facing media and marketing
As CES 2026 gets underway, Havas Media Network North America is publishing its 2026 Predictions Forecast, outlining the forces we believe…
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Wall St opens lower; defence firms up as Trump calls for budget boost
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Jan 8), as investors turned cautious ahead of Friday’s crucial nonfarm payrolls…
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Morgan Stanley boosts managing director ranks after dealmaking revival
Wall Street expects another strong year as equity markets hit record highs and interest rates decline Morgan Stanley elevated 184…
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Aura Blockchain Consortium Appoints Lalique Executive CEO
MILAN – The Aura Blockchain Consortium has named Marcel Härtlein its new chief executive officer and general secretary. Härtlein was…
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ChatGPT Health has arrived
I’ve said this many times: the products we see on the market are rarely visionary leaps. Most of the time, they are mirrors. They reflect…
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China Aviation Oil confirms Sinopec merger with parent CNAF
State administrators have given the nod for the merger following deliberation, says CAO The parent company of China Aviation Oil (CAO)…
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DBS lays groundwork for significant risk transfers: sources
South-east Asia’s largest bank held preliminary talks with funds investing in SRTs DBS Group Holdings is weighing a foray into the market…
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India defends antitrust penalty law in Apple fight
The watchdog says it could compute penalties from global turnover, but only sought “India-specific financial details” A law used to…
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Subsidiaries of Dasin Retail Trust manager receive court summonses over Companies Act breaches
Charges involve failing to hold AGMs and lodge financial results for FY2022 and FY2023 Four subsidiaries of Dasin Retail Trust’s…
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Hang Seng Bank shareholders approve HSBC’s US$13.6 billion buyout proposal
Hong Kong’s high court will decide in a hearing on Jan 23 whether the take-private plan can be executed Hang Seng Bank shareholders on…
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Anne Lamott’s Battle Against Writer’s Block
every form of mental illness … surfaces, leaping out of water like trout: the delusions, hypochondria, the grandiosity, the self-loathing,…
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Geo Energy buys majority stake in two Indonesian shipping companies for US$127.5 million
Indonesian coal producer Geo Energy said on Thursday (Jan 8) that it has completed its acquisition of majority stakes in two Indonesian…
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Singapore stocks track regional decline; STI down 0.2%
Across the broader market, gainers trail losers 271 to 300, after 1.4 billion securities worth S$1.7 billion change hands Singapore stocks…
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Singapore stocks track regional declines; STI down 0.2%
Across the broader market, gainers trail losers 271 to 300, after 1.4 billion securities worth S$1.7 billion change hands Singapore stocks…
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IWF finds sexual imagery of children which 'appears to have been' made by Grok
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) charity says its analysts have discovered "criminal imagery" of girls aged between 11 and 13 which…
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Inside Singapore’s AI bootcamp to retrain 35,000 bankers
The Government is working hand in glove with the country’s largest banks to teach new technology skills Kelvin Chiang knew the five…
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Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing reports jump in quarterly profit, raises annual forecast
It benefits from strong sales at home, and expansions in Europe and North America The Japanese operator of the Uniqlo clothing brand, Fast…
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Terry Yorath: Leeds and Wales legend dies aged 75
Former Leeds United and Wales midfielder Terry Yorath has died at the age of 75 following a short illness. Yorath scored 11 goals in 199…
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UI Boustead said to seek US$700 million Singapore IPO in March
The real estate investment trust unit of Boustead Singapore will begin taking investor orders as soon as next month UI Boustead Reit is…