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Shutdown: Why I Worry That the Democrats Are Screwing It Up Again
“The question about the misappropriation of funds, the cutting of programs, the federal firings—all of those things are already illegal.…
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Fake actor deepens anxiety over AI in Hollywood
Scary. Terrifying. Deeply misguided. Those were among the visceral reactions this week from Emily Blunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Natasha Lyonne…
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GOP Senator: Project 2025 Creator Has Dreamt About This Since Puberty
It’s not just consumers who would be sold short. Independent pharmacists have voiced concerns that the service could hurt their…
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Scott Bessent Embarrassed on Air as He Tries to Deflect Farmer Crisis
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made an eyebrow-raising claim about the soybean crisis on CNBC’s Squawk Box Thursday. In recent years,…
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Trump Blames Democrats for Shutdown. Americans Blame Him.
Lutnick expressed his belief that Epstein blackmailed powerful individuals in his social circle by videotaping them during massages: “They…
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Karoline Leavitt Says It’s OK to Target Americans Repped by Democrats
The Trump administration is doubling down on its shutdown ultimatum to Democrats: Surrender to our backward austerity bill, or we’ll rip…
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Tesla sales surge to record on rush to snag US tax credit
The deliveries tally offers a preview of the earnings results the company will report Oct 22 Tesla reported a surprise increase in…
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TrumpRx Could Let Government Steal All Your Data, Legal Expert Warns
Lutnick expressed his belief that Epstein blackmailed powerful individuals in his social circle by videotaping them during massages: “They…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit intraday record highs as rate-cut hopes Trump shutdown jitters
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit intraday record highs at market open on Thursday (Oct 2), on the back of renewed expectations for interest…
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UOL, SingLand and CapitaLand complete S$810 million Thomson View en bloc deal
The residents stand to receive between S$2.2 million and S$4.9 million each, depending on the size of their unit The S$810 million sale of…
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Asia’s carbon market struggles with fragmentation, lack of integrity: panel
Varied capabilities of participating companies, diversity of region said to make standardisation challenging Efforts to standardise the…
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The Download: RIP EV tax credits, and OpenAI’s new valuation
1 OpenAI has become the world’s most valuable startup Move aside, SpaceX. (Bloomberg $) + OpenAI is now valued at an eye-watering $500…
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy Occidental’s chemical unit for US$9.7 billion
OxyChem is set to be Berkshire’s largest acquisition since it took over the insurer Alleghany in 2022 Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway…
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A Springtime Fairytale of Couture Romance at Château Challain
As the planner and designer behind this luxury editorial at the iconic Château Challain in the heart of the Loire Valley, Amanda of AMV…
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Musk becomes first person to hit US$500 billion net worth, Forbes list shows
Elon Musk on Wednesday (Oct 1) became the first person to surpass US$500 billion in net worth, powered by a rebound in Tesla’s share price…
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SIT and Nvidia to jointly train 200 AI specialists over three years
The collaboration aims to bridge the talent gap between artificial intelligence research and enterprise application A new training…
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Microsoft bets US$33 billion on neoclouds like Nebius to ease AI crunch: sources
Microsoft’s deal with neocloud company Nebius Group will provide computing power to internal teams creating large language models and a…
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Ziplines, DJs and Trump: Singapore’s crypto conference has attendees roaring
From making predictions about a multi-trillion stablecoin market to praising US President Donald Trump for his support of the crypto…
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The stars are aligning for Lendlease Reit to transform into a pure-play retail landlord
The potential sale of the trust’s Sky Complex office property and acquisition of PLQ Mall should excite unitholders Lendlease Global…
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Emma Watson Cannot Have It Both Ways in Her Feud with J. K. Rowling
The famous author, naturally, saw right through the actress’s artifice. Source link
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The Great Relearning
We are caught in a cycle of forgetting, then rediscovering, society’s most obvious lessons. Source link
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States Should Beware Legal ‘Double-Dipping’
Amid an ethics epidemic, states should kick the tires on outside counsel contracts. Source link
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Argentina’s Need for ‘Politics Without Romance’
Argentina requires profound structural changes that go beyond Milei himself. Source link
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The Unexpected Sweetness of Bill and Ted’s “Waiting for Godot”
The jokes started before rehearsals did. “Waiting for Bill and Ted”; “Bill and Ted’s Existentialist Adventure”; “Party On, Godot!” How…