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J Balvin’s Vision Comes Into Focus With Eyewear Brand, Nrgy
J Balvin is bringing energy to eyewear. The global musician is adding eyewear design to his list of talents, which currently goes beyond…
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Alessandra Rich Drops Summer Party-ready Capsule With Net-a-porter
PARTY TIME: The Kate Middleton-approved Italian fashion label Alessandra Rich on Monday dropped an exclusive capsule collection for…
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Champion Signs License for Official NFL Apparel
Champion has now secured the rights to produce licensed apparel for the NFL, adding to its existing portfolio of league partnerships,…
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Oil prices hold gains ahead of US-China trade talks
Inflation data from China on Monday morning will give a reading of domestic demand in the world’s largest crude importer Oil prices held…
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MoneyHero expands into digital assets in partnership with OSL
This is to satisfy Hong Kong’s growing interest in digital assets and increasing demand for diversified financial solutions MoneyHero…
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Income Insurance chairman Ronald Ong to retire from role after seven years at helm
Income Insurance chairman Ronald Ong, 69, will retire from his role after seven years at the helm, the company announced on Monday (Jun…
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Asia: Markets rally ahead of latest China-US trade talks
Stocks rallied on Monday (Jun 9) on hopes that a fresh round of China-US trade talks later in the day will ease tensions between the…
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‘Most unloved bonds’ turn routine US auction into crucial test
Global investor pushback against long-term government debt is turning what normally would be a routine US bond auction into one of the…
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UK proposes wider ban on destructive bottom trawling
A ban on a "destructive" type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government…
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Original ‘Hamilton’ Cast on Reuniting to Perform at the Tony Awards: ‘It’s a Reminder of the Genius of That Show’
Christopher Jackson found it hard to sleep the past few nights in anticipation of being back in “the room where it happens” — otherwise…
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Summer Game Fest, State of Unreal, Xbox Games Showcase Highlights and More (Gaming News Roundup)
This week was a big one for the gaming industry with major announcements made out of a combination of in-person and digital events,…
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Gold falls on strong US jobs data and improved trade outlook
Gold prices fell on Monday (Jun 9) as a stronger-than-expected US jobs report cooled expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal…
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LA protests: How city erupted over rumours of hardware store raid
Christal Hayes BBC News Reporting from Paramount, California The National Guard clashed with people protesting against immigration raids…
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CapitaLand Investment expands fund with Japan asset acquisition at 30 billion yen
CapitaLand Investment (CLI) on Monday (Jun 9) announced that it secured additional capital commitments from new and existing institutional…
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Japan confirms GDP contraction, backing Bank of Japan’s cautious stance
Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter, a revised estimate confirmed on Monday (Jun 9), weakness that supports the Bank of…
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Why Imagine Dragons Brothers’ Indie Gaming Studio Is Launching With a Capture the Flag Video Game
Founded by brothers Dan and Mac Reynolds, the lead singer and manager, respectively, of the band Imagine Dragons, new indie game studio…
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China says it may speed up rare earths application approvals from EU
China is willing to accelerate the examination and approval of rare earth exports to European Union firms and will also deliver a verdict…
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Activists say Israeli troops have boarded aid ship bound for Gaza
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. "Connection has been lost" on the…
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‘Very clever’; ‘lost confidence’: Shareholders react to OCBC’s latest exit offer for Great Eastern
OCBC on Friday (Jun 6) made a conditional exit offer at S$30.15 per share for the 6.28 per cent stake in Great Eastern it does not own, in…
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BYD unleashes an EV industry reckoning that alarms Beijing
The price war engulfing China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has sent share prices tumbling and prompted an unusual level of…
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Nurses to vote on pay deal as potential strike looms
Almost 350,000 nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be asked to vote from Monday on a 3.6% pay increase. The Royal…
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Starmer calls on Nvidia’s Huang to train up Britons on AI
The initiative is backed by major tech companies IBM, QinetiQ and Microsoft, the government said, as well as BT and defence manufacturer…
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Stocks to watch: OCBC, CapitaLand Investment, Sasseur Reit, Thakral
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Jun 9). OCBC: The bank has made a…
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Private assets giant Brookfield expects alternative investments to replace public markets in 25 years
Bruce Flatt, the billionaire chief executive officer of Toronto-based Brookfield, is understandably bullish on the prospects of…