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Newspaper headlines: 'Rachel Reeves' Budget Ledger' and 'Jury trials scrapped'
As you might expect, Wednesday's papers focus heavily on the Budget. The "i" calls it a "moment of truth" for Rachel Reeves. The Guardian…
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China’s GWM targets 300,000 annual production with first Europe car plant
Chinese automakers are increasingly looking to expand overseas as a way of escaping a brutal, prolonged price war touched off by domestic…
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James Bond to Batman: Oscar Winner Chris Corbould Breaks Down the Art of Practical Spectacle at International Film Festival of India
At the International Film Festival of India, Oscar-winning special effects supervisor Chris Corbould pulled back the curtain on four…
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Finale: Who Took Home the Season 34 Mirrorball?
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Tuesday, Nov. 25 finale of “Dancing With the Stars.” “Dancing With the Stars'”…
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RHB initiates coverage on Keppel Infrastructure Trust with ‘buy’ call
The analyst sets a target price of S$0.55 and says the trust should have a ‘modestly growing’ distribution profile RHB on Wednesday (Nov…
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Indonesian fund to raise another 12.6 trillion rupiah from patriot bonds
Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara is raising an additional 12.6 trillion rupiah (S$991 million) through a debt offering to the…
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Asian stocks extend global rally as data boost rate cut hopes
ASIA extended a global equities rally on Wednesday after another round of tepid US data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve…
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South East Asia floods: Scores killed and thousands evacuated from record rainfall
Parts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have killed at least 18 people and prompted authorities to deploy military ships and…
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Maersk sees better safety in Red Sea as it eyes eventual return
Shippers have been routing their vessels around Africa, adding thousands of miles and costs to voyages AP MOLLER-MAERSK said that the…
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Noem gave final approval to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador despite judge's orders
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the final decision to deport Venezuelan gang suspects to El Salvador in March despite a…
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Brookfield builds decarbonisation platform in South-east Asia
This marks its first renewables investments in the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand Brookfield Asset Management has made its first…
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Trump: More Obamacare subsidies 'may be necessary to get something else done'
President Trump late Tuesday disputed reports that he wants to temporarily extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies for two years, but left the…
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Couple rakes in US$9 billion as AI circuit board shares soar 530%
When Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang hosted a private banquet for suppliers in Taiwan in May, the room was packed with some of…
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The story of a K-pop fan: I spent S$2,500 to win a 1.5-minute fancall with my idol
What lengths do K-pop fans go to in order to see their idols? The Business Times looks at three scenarios of how fans engage with K-pop,…
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Chinese bonds see no haven demand from stock losses on PBOC bets
The central bank’s reluctance to ease its policy further remains the core issue weighing on the debt market China’s stock and bond markets…
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Parking inspector and wife arrested for €1m meter theft
A parking inspector and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than €1m (£878,000) from the parking meters of a small…
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Gold drifts higher on US rate cut expectations
Markets are pricing in an 84% chance of a Fed rate cut next month, compared to 50% last week, according to CME Group data Gold prices…
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Seatrium bags new BP contract; lifts order book to more than S$2 billion
Marine engineering company Seatrium on Wednesday (Nov 26) announced that it has been awarded a contract from BP Exploration and Production…
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New Zealand central bank cuts cash rate by 25 bps to 2.25%
Policymakers signal likely end to easing cycle as economy shows early signs of picking up New Zealand’s central bank cut its benchmark…
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New Zealand 'suitcase murders': Woman gets life in prison for killing her two children
A mother in New Zealand who killed her two children and hid their bodies in suitcases has been sentenced to life in prison. Hakyung Lee,…
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We’re drowning in content, but starving for connection.
I feel it—the strain, the fractured attention. The constant tug to check, scroll, click. Everything we want is a tap away. Yet when we…
Culture
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Preview: Where Did We Leave Off at the End of Season 4?
It’s time to start running up that hill again. But since it’s been more than three years since “Stranger Things” aired its fourth season…
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Brookfield, GIC to weigh buyout of National Storage Reit: sources
The volume of mergers and acquisitions involving Australian companies as either targets or sellers has fallen to around US$70 billion this…
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Brookfield, GIC bid for National Storage in A$4 billion deal
The Sydney-listed company operates more than 270 storage centres across Australia and New Zealand — Brookfield Asset Management and…