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YouTube’s new timer wants to save you from yourself
One minute, you’re watching a hilarious or even completely bland YouTube short. The next? You realize you’ve just lost an hour of work…
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South Korea keeps rates on hold but surprises with nod to further cuts
South Korea’s central bank kept policy interest rates unchanged on Thursday (Oct 23), wary of worsening an overheating housing market and…
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Love Island and Big Brother contestants on going back to the 9-5
Ellie had a successful career in accountancy before the Love Island and has now gone back to it. Appearing on reality television and being…
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Singapore 6-month T-bill cut-off yield slides to 1.41%
This is a drop from the 1.44% offered in the last 6-month auction that closed on Oct 9 The latest cut-off yield on Singapore’s six-month…
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French vow to intercept migrant boats hit by delays and political turmoil
Andrew HardingBBC News, in Paris and Gravelines Videos shared with the BBC shows a police boat circling a small boat in a shallow canal…
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EXCLUSIVE: Ganni and Vestiaire Collective Team to Launch Instant Resale; New CEO Bernard Osta Talks Resale as a Service Strategy
PARIS — In a move that blends Scandi style with circular fashion, Danish label Ganni has teamed with French resale giant Vestiaire…
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Former Citi banker gets longest sentence in S$3 billion money laundering scandal
A former wealth banker at Citigroup got the longest sentence in Singapore’s biggest money laundering case for his role in aiding the…
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Former Citi banker Wang Qiming gets longest sentence in S$3 billion money laundering scandal
A former wealth banker at Citigroup got the longest sentence in Singapore’s biggest money laundering case for his role in aiding the…
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Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara hires 2 executives from Singapore’s GIC
Indonesian sovereign wealth fund Danantara has hired two former GIC investment professionals to lead its global private market coverage,…
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Nomura CEO seeks to tap more private market bets from Japanese
Nomura Holdings’ chief executive officer sees more scope to get business from Japanese investors who are looking to private markets as a…
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Hyflux ex-company secretary testifies 2 lawyers involved in preference shares document
Officers from banks that had earlier considered providing project financing for the Tuaspring project have been lined up to take the stand…
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Calvin Klein Launches Re-Calvin Take-back Program in the U.S.
Calvin Klein Inc., part of PVH Corp., has launched Re-Calvin, a new take-back program in the U.S. designed to make it easy for customers…
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KidSuper’s Colm Dillane Has Now Written a Coffee-table Book
KidSuper can now add author to his résumé. Colm Dillane, founder and designer of the trendy New York-based brand, has partnered with…
Fashion
Merrell and Gramicci Join Forces on Moab 2 Trail Sneaker
Merrell and Gramicci have joined forces on a new footwear collaboration. The two outdoor brands have teamed up to update Merrell’s…
Culture
Singtel partners Palo Alto Networks to launch quantum-threat protected network
Its hybrid quantum-safe network combines hardware and software methods to protect data against quantum-computing threats Singtel on…
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Singtel partners Palo Alto to launch network against surge of quantum-computing threats
The hybrid network combines hardware and software methods to protect data against such risks Singtel on Thursday (Oct 23) announced the…
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Asia: Crude spikes as Trump threatens Russian giants, stocks turn lower
Crude prices spiked more than two per cent on Thursday after Donald Trump said he would hit two Russian oil companies with hefty…
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US sanctions Russian oil companies after failed Putin talks
Bernd Debusmann Jr,at the White House and Max Matza 'It was time', says Trump on increase in Russia sanctions The US has announced new…
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Paul Walter Hauser Wants Sam Rockwell to Play Lorne Michaels in the Chris Farley Biopic: ‘I’ll Do Matt Foley All Day For You’
Paul Walter Hauser will soon play Chris Farley in Josh Gad‘s biopic about the legendary “Saturday Night Live” cast member, and “The Naked…
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China and US ‘just flexing muscles’ over critical metals, BHP chair says
The US and China are battling to project power as they compete to secure critical minerals supply, the new chair of BHP said on Thursday,…
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Gold’s dip a mere blip in glittering rally hinting at global monetary shift
IT HAS been a banner year for gold bugs. Despite a 5 per cent correction on Oct 21, the yellow metal has been the best-performing asset…
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CapitaLand Malaysia Trust Q3 DPU up 3.7% at 1.11 sen on higher contributions across portfolio
CapitaLand Malaysia Trust (CLMT) on Wednesday (Oct 22) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.11 sen for its third quarter ended Sep…
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Gold eases as dollar firms, focus on US inflation data
Investors have nearly fully priced in a 25-basis-point rate cut at the US Federal Reserve’s meeting next week Gold prices edged lower on…
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Wee Hur unit enters JV to build Wycombe Abbey international school in Singapore
It also plans to consolidate its purpose-built student accommodation assets under a new fund Wee Hur announced on Wednesday (Oct 22) that…