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Thai baht rises to highest since 2022 on trade optimism, inflows
Thailand’s baht rose to the highest in more than three years on growing optimism over trade negotiations, the return of foreign stock…
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ST Engineering up 7.3% on Q2 contract wins
ST Engineering soared on Thursday (Jul 24) morning after the group announced that it bagged S$4.7 billion in contracts for Q2 2025. As at…
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ST Engineering climbs 8.1% to record high on Q2 contract wins
The counter is up 91.2% year to date from its S$4.66 closing price on Dec 31, 2024 Shares of ST Engineering soared on Thursday (Jul 24)…
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‘South Park’ Season 27 Premiere Puts Donald Trump in Bed With Satan
“South Park” kicked off its 27th season on Wednesday night, and in the debut episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone literally put Donald…
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Rate cuts seen lifting Philippine bonds from Asia’s lowest ranks
Philippine bonds are poised to rebound from the bottom of Asia’s debt rankings, thanks to the central bank’s room to cut rates and their…
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Marina Bay Sands H1 revenue rises 17% to US$2.6 billion as travel spend in Asia expands
Adjusted property Ebitda rose 23.8% to US$1.4 billion, up from US$1.1 billion in the first half of 2024 Net revenue for Marina Bay Sands…
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ECB expected to hold rates as more Trump tariffs loom
The European Central Bank looks set to keep interest rates unchanged on Thursday while the introduction of higher US tariffs threatened by…
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Columbia University to pay Trump admin $200m to settle dispute
Columbia University has agreed to pay $200m (£147m) to President Donald Trump's administration over accusations it failed to protect its…
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Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal’s Pushing Buttons Studios Boards Venice-Bound ‘Secrets of a Mountain Serpent’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal have come aboard as producers on “Secrets of a Mountain Serpent” through their banner Pushing Buttons Studios,…
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Elite UK Reit to convert Scotland property into student housing by September 2027
The manager of Elite UK Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Thursday (Jul 24) announced that it has received planning approval to…
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Australia lifts trade barriers on US beef
Australia said on Thursday it would lift trade barriers on beef from the United States, removing a major point of friction between…
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How Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath found their sound - and invented heavy metal
Mark Savage Music Correspondent If you saw Black Sabbath's first ever gig, you wouldn't have recognised greatness. Back in 1968, they had…
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Appeals Court rules Trump's birthright citizenship order violates Constitution
President Trump's attempt to block the U.S. from recognizing birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants runs afoul of…
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Gold flat as easing trade tensions offset boost from soft US dollar
Gold prices held steady on Thursday (Jul 24) after a sharp drop in the previous session, as easing trade tensions dented demand for…
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Japan trade deal sparks hope for US investors, frustration for automakers
Shares of General Motors, Ford Motor and Jeep-maker Stellantis, some of the biggest automakers in the US, rallied on Wednesday after news…
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AMD CEO sees chips from TSMC’s US plant costing 5% to 20% more
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) chief executive officer Lisa Su said that the chips her company gets from supplier Taiwan Semiconductor…
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ST Group Food moves to liquidate UK unit that operates Gong Cha brand in the country
Catalist-listed ST Group Food plans to liquidate its indirect subsidiary in the UK, GCTea Outlets 2B, which operates a food and beverage…
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LISTEN: How Noah Hawley and FX Brought ‘Alien: Earth’ to Life; Kevin Feige Gets Candid as Comic Con Approaches
About eight years ago, multihyphenate Noah Hawley wrote a five-page pitch for FX on what he would do with the “Alien” franchise if he ever…
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Stocks to watch: ST Engineering, MPACT, MLT, Digital Core Reit, Sabana Reit, OUE Reit
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Thursday (Jul 24): ST Engineering: The group…
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Macquarie’s quarterly profit falls, CFO Harvey decides to step down
RALIA’S top investment bank, Macquarie Group, reported a decline in first-quarter net profit on Thursday and announced that chief…
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Japan’s Topix hits record high in trade deal afterglow
— Japan’s Topix iindex rose to a record high on Thursday and the Nikkei share average hit a new one-year peak, as stocks rallied for a…
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Trump weighed Nvidia breakup but was told it’d be ‘hard’
US President Donald Trump said he considered attempting to break up Nvidia to increase competition in artificial intelligence (AI) chips…
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Michael Jackson Biopic Moves to April
The Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” will open in standard theaters and in Imax worldwide on April 24, moving from its earlier October…