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Who is Tan Teck Long, the former DBS veteran who is OCBC’s incoming CEO?
OCBC has announced that its chief executive Helen Wong, 64, will retire on Dec 31, 2025. Its head of global wholesale banking, Tan Teck…
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7 Plus Size Designers Who Have Pioneered Plus Fashion
For far too long, the fashion world felt like an exclusive club, with a narrow definition of beauty and minimal options for anyone outside…
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GameStop’s Nintendo Switch 2 stapler sells for more than $100,000 on eBay after viral mishap
From being the face of memestock mania to going viral for inadvertently stapling the screens of brand-new video game consoles, GameStop is…
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It's 30 Degrees in London—I'm Relying on Zara's Linen to Look Chic and Stay Cool This Weekend
London is set to hit 30 degrees this weekend, and if you're still yet to figure out your heatwave outfit blueprint, I'm hoping this edit…
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Transcript: Stephen Miller Rages at Low Arrests—and Wrecks a MAGA Scam
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 11 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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The Land Where the Vibe Doesn’t Shift
Ireland, unlike its Anglophone peers, is largely untouched by the conservative backlash to progressive overreach. Source link
Business
The real workplace threat isn’t AI. It’s leadership disconnect
The steam engine in the 19th century, the microprocessor chip in the 20th—companies that figured out how to use them thrived; those that…
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MAS, PBOC to deepen collaboration in green and transition finance
The central banks of Singapore and China reaffirmed their commitment to push on with their cooperation in green and transition finance. At…
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MAS, PBOC to deepen cooperation in green and transition finance
The central banks of Singapore and China reaffirmed their commitment to push on with their cooperation in green and transition finance. At…
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Teenage boy found dead in Birmingham Sutton Park lake
Andy Giddings BBC News, West Midlands Josh Tranter BBC Radio WM Reporting from Sutton Park The body of a teenage boy has been recovered…
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Donald Trump Renews Global Trade War With Canada Facing 35% Tariff
President Donald Trump has launched a fresh assault on global trading partners with Canada likely to be among the worst hit. In a letter…
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Singapore stocks notch 5-day rally ahead of GDP data
The local bourse extended its winning streak to end the week on a high note as investment sentiments have been undisturbed by tariff news,…
Culture
What Was Paul Gauguin Looking For?
In June, 1891, Paul Gauguin arrived in Tahiti. He was forty-three. With him—according to Sue Prideaux, whose new biography of Gauguin,…
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Misinformation is already a problem during natural disasters. AI chatbots aren’t helping
When deadly flash floods hit central Texas last week, people on social media site X turned to artificial intelligence chatbot Grok for…
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The EPA’s Lee Zeldin Is Unleashing a Chemical Nightmare
In the days since flash floods killed more than 100 people in Central Texas, various conspiracy theories have circulated on the right…
Culture
An Adolescent Crush That Never Let Up
John Updike’s professional relationship with The New Yorker began in 1954, when he was twenty-two and the magazine published his poem…
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Conor McPherson’s Reliable Treasure
Conor McPherson’s small 1997 masterwork “The Weir” has been one of the most reliable treasures of the Irish Repertory Theatre. First…
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The Arms Race to Kiss Trump’s Ass Has Never Been More Ridiculous
I do not wish to leave out an important branch of this subject, for it is a danger from which princes are with difficulty preserved,…
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What If the Political Pendulum Doesn’t Swing Back?
The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump’s reelection last November. Cable news…
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Trump’s Big Cuts Are Going to Overwhelm Food Banks With Hungry People
“Food shelves would have to have the capacity to welcome twice the volume of meals through their doors, and their shelves, and their…
Business
CGSI downgrades Grab to ‘hold’ with earnings growth expected to slow in H2
CGS International (CGSI) has downgraded its rating on Grab Holdings to “hold” from “add”, anticipating a slowdown in earnings growth in…