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House Republicans close out 2025 touting a long list of legislative wins
House Republicans are promoting their accomplishments this year, from stopping massive tax hikes to extra spending on border security, a…
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Markets hover near record levels as Wall Street prepares to close early for Christmas holiday
Wall Street was largely unchanged early Wednesday as markets hovered near record levels on a holiday-shortened trading day. The Dow Jones…
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European shares close at fresh record high as Novo Nordisk drives healthcare boost
EUROPEAN shares closed at a new peak on Tuesday, powered by gains in the healthcare sector, after heavyweight Novo Nordisk clinched US…
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US stocks: S&P registers record close as growth stocks advance
US stocks rose on Tuesday and the S&P 500 notched a closing record after a flurry of economic data that included a reading of economic…
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The Ashes 2025 third Test highlights - day four: England close to Ashes series defeat to Australia
England are on the brink of an Ashes series defeat after Australia's Nathan Lyon breaks their resistance late on the fourth day of the…
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Singapore stocks close flat as regional bourses end higher; STI down 0.02%
City Developments Limited is the top blue-chip gainer on the STI, while Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is the largest decliner Local shares…
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Singapore stocks close flat as regional bourses end higher; STI inches down 0.02%
CDL is the top blue-chip gainer on the STI, while Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is the biggest decliner Local shares closed flat on Friday (Dec…
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TikTok U.S. Joint Venture Deal Set to Close in January With Investors Including Oracle, Silver Lake
TikTok is nearly to the finish line in the video app’s long trek to becoming legal in the U.S. ByteDance and TikTok have signed “binding…
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US stocks close higher fuelled by tech rally, soft inflation data
WALL Street’s main indexes closed higher on Thursday as a soft inflation report fed expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal…
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Rob Reiner’s Close Friends Billy Crystal, Larry David and More Release Statement After Director’s Death: ‘He Was Always At the Top of His Game’
A group of Rob Reiner’s closest friends and collaborators, including Billy Crystal, Larry David, Martin Short and Albert Brooks, released…
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MUFG’s next CEO Hanzawa seeks growth to close gap with global rivals
While widely seen as a safe choice, whether he can further elevate the group with 400 trillion yen in assets will be closely watched…
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US stocks close lower as investors position for busy week of data
WALL Street closed lower on Monday as investors braced for a slew of economic data later this week while assessing reports on Federal…
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January Capital’s private credit fund marks final close at over US$130 million
The fund offers growth-stage, sponsor-backed tech firms in Apac less-dilutive financing through senior secured loans…
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Hongkong Land shares close 3.5% down following news of S$8 billion real estate fund
Shares of Hongkong Land soared as much as 5.5 per cent after the company announced plans to inject its interests in One Raffles Quay,…
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Noodle maker Leong Guan’s shares close 4.3% higher on Catalist debut
The company’s placement of about 20.7 million shares at S$0.23 apiece has brought in S$4.75 million Shares of food manufacturing and…
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US stocks close higher after Fed cuts interest rates
WALL Street ended higher on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point and signalled that it…
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Leon to close stores and cut jobs in restructure
Leon has announced it will close several of its restaurants and cut jobs as part of a major restructure of the High Street food chain. The…
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MPACT subsidiary sells Festival Walk Tower for close to HK$2 billion
The manager of Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT) announced on Wednesday (Dec 10) that its subsidiary – Festival Walk – will sell…
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Singapore stocks close flat ahead of Fed interest rate decision
Singapore stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Dec 10), ahead of a policy decision by the US Federal Reserve. The benchmark Straits Times…
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Temasek-owned SeaTown raises about US$900 million in second close of third private credit fund
This comes four months after its first close of over US$612 million back in August SeaTown, owned by Temasek’s asset management group…
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US stocks close mixed as investors await Fed rate decision
THE S&P 500 ended Tuesday’s session slightly lower as investors anticipated that the Federal Reserve would take a hawkish tone even if it…
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Industrials, automakers drive European shares higher at close
Automakers led sectoral advances, climbing 2.2%, with Porsche and Mercedes-Benz adding 5.7% and 4.4% respectively European shares closed…
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Indexes close higher as data keeps Fed rate cut expectations elevated
US stocks advanced to close higher on Wednesday (Dec 3), as a flurry of economic data kept expectations elevated for an interest rate cut…
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Flying cars are always this close to our Futurama future. Is it time to believe it?
Flying often first requires crawling, in a car, in slow or stopped traffic that eventually treats you to a view of airplanes soaring away…