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Amazon’s AWS to invest US$11 billion in Georgia to boost AI infrastructure development
AMAZON.COM said on Tuesday (Jan 7) that its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), plans to invest about US$11 billion to…
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Nigerian atheist freed from prison but fears for his life
A prominent Nigerian atheist, who has just been freed after serving more than four years in prison for blasphemy, is now living in a safe…
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Gold flat as US yields, dollar rise on strong data
GOLD prices were flat on Wednesday (Jan 8), pressured by higher yields and a stronger dollar after US data suggested the Federal Reserve…
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JPMorgan quits climate finance group, following Citi, Bank of America
JPMORGAN Chase just became the last of Wall Street’s biggest banks to abandon the industry’s largest climate-finance alliance. The No 1 US…
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Cordlife’s Teo Tong Kooi resigns as chairman; Zhai Lingyun steps up
EMBATTLED cord-blood bank Cordlife Group announced on Wednesday (Jan 8) that Zhai Lingyun, the company’s non-independent non-executive…
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Winter storm watch: Map shows where Texans advised to delay "all travel"
Portions of Texas are under a winter storm watch starting on Wednesday until Friday and the National Weather Service (NWS) is advising…
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China’s richest regions cut electricity prices to protect industries
MORE Chinese regions are cutting electricity prices to help out their embattled industries, which is likely to worsen the squeeze on…
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STI ends up 1.5%; banks, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding lead gains
SINGAPORE shares ended higher on Wednesday (Jan 8), led by gains in the local banks and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. The Straits Times Index…
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ExxonMobil signals weaker performance across the board to hurt Q4 profits
EXXONMOBIL signalled on Tuesday that sharply lower oil refining profits and weakness across all its businesses would reduce its…
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Hong Kong banks hoard record piles of cash as economy sputters
HONG Kong banks are hoarding cash and liquidity despite calls by the government to help out struggling small businesses with funding to…
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Stoneweg E-Reit’s portfolio value inches up 0.3% in H2 2024
STONEWEG European Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Stoneweg E-Reit) portfolio valuations crept up 0.3 per cent for the second half of the…
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Aileen Cannon has "no basis" to block Jack Smith's report: Legal analyst
A legal analyst slammed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday, shortly after Cannon temporarily blocked the release of special…
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Samsung Q4 profit outlook misses estimates by large margin as chip issues drag
SAMSUNG Electronics released on Wednesday a fourth-quarter operating profit estimate that missed analyst estimates by a large margin, as…
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Singapore engages Australia to study social media age limits
SINGAPORE’S government is open to instituting minimum-age laws for social media use and is in talks with counterparts in Australia over…
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Stocks to watch: SingPost, Centurion, Stoneweg E-Reit
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Jan 8): Source link
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TVs get smarter as makers cater to AI lifestyles
DAZZLING televisions that routinely star at the Consumer Electronics Show that opened in Las Vegas on Tuesday (Jan 7) are getting ever…
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US blacklist of China’s tech giants risks faster decoupling
THE US’s latest move to expand its list of Chinese military companies risks doing more than tanking the shares of some of its most…
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Giants Sign Future Hall of Famer to 1-Year Contract: Report
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! The San Francisco Giants, having fallen short in their pursuit of free agent right-hander Corbin Burnes,…
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Panasonic teams up with Anthropic, aims for 30% of sales from AI
PANASONIC Holdings will embrace artificial intelligence (AI) technology across its hardware and software businesses and team up with…
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Toyota invests $44.4M in private Japanese spaceflight company
Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda announces the automaker's $44.4 million investment in private space technology during the…
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Trump’s Dubai billionaire ally vows US$20 billion for data centres
SINCE Donald Trump was first elected in 2016, Hussain Sajwani, the head of Damac Group, wanted the world to know he was the US president’s…
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Trump, Dubai billionaire unveil US$20 billion for data centres
PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump announced an investment of at least US$20 billion from Hussain Sajwani, the head of Damac Group, to build new…
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Honda unveils first US-made EVs, plans for high-performance chip
HONDA Motor debuted prototypes of its two latest electric vehicles (EVs) – a sedan and an SUV – with a new software operating system that…
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'All hell will break out': 3 foreign policy takeaways from Trump
WASHINGTON — Although President-elect Donald Trump will not take office for almost two weeks, he is already making his “America First”…