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Manulife US Reit’s portfolio occupancy falls to 77% in Q3
MANULIFE US Real Estate Investment Trust (MUST) posted a portfolio occupancy of 77 per cent for its third quarter ended September, down…
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Singapore shares open higher on Wednesday; STI up 0.5%
SINGAPORE shares began Wednesday (Nov 6) trading in positive territory, mirroring overnight gains in markets abroad. As at 9.01 am, the…
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Mexico Supreme Court rejects last-ditch effort to limit judicial overhaul
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court dismissed a proposal Tuesday to reduce the scope of a contentious judicial overhaul making all…
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HSBC already fears new downsized London HQ will prove too small
HSBC Holdings is still two years away from a planned move to a smaller City of London headquarters, but executives are already concerned…
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FLCT posts 5.7% drop in H2 DPU to S$0.0332 despite higher revenue
THE manager of Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (FLCT) on Wednesday (Nov 6) reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0332 for the…
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CapitaLand Investment’s 9M revenue holds steady at S$2.1 billion
CAPITALAND Investment (CLI) reported S$2.1 billion in total revenue for the year to date (YTD) ended September, representing a slight…
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Mexico’s Top Court Dismisses Bid to Limit Judicial Overhaul
(Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s Supreme Court dismissed a ruling intended to limit the scope of a judicial overhaul passed by Congress, easing…
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Nation looks to California as Republicans and Democrats fight for control of the House
The fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives remained unresolved Wednesday as votes were still being counted in several…
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FBI, swing-state officials allege Russians behind bomb threats at U.S. polling stations
Federal law enforcement and swing-state election officials reported bomb threats to polling stations on Tuesday, saying they believed the…
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Return-to-office debate: Amazon CEO denies full in-office mandate is ‘backdoor layoff’
AMAZON CEO Andy Jassy said at an all-hands meeting on Tuesday (Nov 5) that the plan to require employees to be in-office five days per…
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Germany, Somalia agree to step up deportations
Germany and Somalia are to cooperate on stepping up the deportation of migrants from the East African country. After a meeting with Somali…
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SingPost’s H1 profit rises 97.3% to S$22.6 million; declares S$0.0034 per share interim dividend
SINGPOST’S net profit for the first half ended September nearly doubled to S$22.6 million on higher revenue. This represented a 97.3 per…
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SingPost’s H1 profit rises 97.3% to S$22.6 million; declares higher interim dividend of S$0.0034 per share
SINGAPORE Post’s (SingPost) net profit for the first half ended September nearly doubled to S$22.6 million on higher revenue. This…
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Stocks to watch: Singtel, Prudential, Singapore Airlines Engineering Company, CapitaLand Investment, SingPost
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Nov 6): Singtel: A China…
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In Kamala Harris' L.A. neighborhood, low-key quiet and cautious optimism
It was Tuesday afternoon, just a few hours before polls were to begin closing on the East Coast, and Kamala Harris’ L.A. neighborhood was…
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Great Eastern posts 52% higher Q3 profit of S$273.4 million
This is driven by contributions from its insurance business and favourable investment performance from shareholders’ funds GREAT Eastern…
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PBOC head vows to boost China countercyclical monetary measures
CHINA’S central bank chief pledged to maintain an accommodative monetary policy stance and to double down on countercyclical adjustments…
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Quincy Jones Had Something for Everyone
In my youth, in the nineteen-nineties, my record-store experiences were governed by what was, or wasn’t, in my pockets. I was a frequent…
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Nvidia rides AI wave to pass Apple as world’s largest company
NVIDIA became the largest company in the world on Tuesday (Nov 5), surpassing Apple and underscoring just how dominant artificial…
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Anxious L.A. voters poured out on this historic election day, even if they couldn't sway the main event
“Nervous.” “Emotional.” “Worried.” “Insecure.” Los Angeles-area voters were feeling much like the rest of the country as election day…
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FBI says hoax bomb threats to several states are from Russian email domains
The FBI says bomb threats made in several states have been deemed non-credible and that they came from Russian email domains. The FBI did…
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Fired Gallant reveals points of contention with Israel's Netanyahu
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday warned of a "moral darkness" in the country after his dismissal by Prime Minister…
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Exit Poll Results: 72% of Americans unhappy with way US is going
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Early exit poll data suggest that 72 percent of Americans who voted in the 2024 election are unhappy…
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Apple to face first EU fine under bloc’s Digital Markets Act
APPLE is set to face the first-ever fine under the European Union’s new digital antitrust rules for Big Tech, representing an escalation…