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‘Conjuring: Last Rites’ Scares Up Second Biggest Global Horror Opening Ever With $187 Million
“The Conjuring: Last Rites” towered over the worldwide box office with $187 million, cementing by far the best start for the occult-titled…
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Box Office: ‘Conjuring: The Last Rites’ Stuns With Series-Best $83 Million Debut
“Conjuring: The Last Rites” has resurrected the box office, collecting a sensational $83 million in its first weekend of release. That’s a…
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Box Office: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Makes Franchise-Best $8.5 Million in Previews, Biggest for a Horror Movie This Year
It’s time for one last scare. The hit horror franchise “The Conjuring” is summoning up its fourth and final movie, titled “Last Rites,” at…
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Singapore swim school Fitness Champs splashes into Nasdaq with US$15 million IPO
As a former competitive swimmer who was waiting to enter university, Joyce Lee started freelancing as a swimming instructor in 1999 to…
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Rubio announces $13.5 million for Ecuador to combat drug violence
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a substantial payment aimed at assisting Ecuadorian authorities in fighting violence coming from…
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ST Engineering will invest S$250 million to drive robotics solutions for complex challenges
ST Engineering is pouring S$250 million over the next five years into a programme that will drive physical artificial intelligence (AI)…
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EXCLUSIVE: W Hotels Debuts $100 Million Union Square Flagship
Twenty-six years after W Hotels ignited the lifestyle hotel movement, the brand is undergoing its most significant evolution yet. The…
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Toyota announces $792 million EV investment in Czech Republic
Japanese carmaker Toyota said on Wednesday it will invest 680 million euros ($792 million) on a new production line in the Czech Republic…
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Keppel DC Reit acquires remaining stake in 2 data centres from sponsor Keppel for S$8.4 million
The manager of Keppel DC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has acquired the 51 per cent remaining interest in two artificial…
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GE Aerospace’s Singapore and Malaysia projects to enjoy ‘significant portion’ of new US$75 million investment
Aviation giant GE Aerospace on Wednesday (Sep 3) announced plans to invest US$75 million across its Asia-Pacific (Apac) maintenance,…
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Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fine of up to S$1 million
Singapore police have ordered Meta to implement anti-scam measures against advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages…
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Hyflux got only S$150 million bank loan for S$890 million project because of cash flow concerns
Even after Hyflux won its bid for the S$890 million Tuaspring project in March 2011, it managed to secure only a S$150 million bank loan.…
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Cardi B Found Not Liable in $24 Million Assault Lawsuit
A Los Angeles jury has cleared Cardi B of assault accusations from a security guard that originally sued her for $24 million over the…
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Centurion unit acquires Johor dorm operator for RM110.8 million, ups bed capacity by 25%
A unit of dormitory operator Centurion Corporation has acquired another dormitory operator in Johor for RM110.8 million (SG$33.2 million),…
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Census Bureau data reveals U.S. labor force has lost over 1.2 million immigrants
It’s tomato season and Lidia is harvesting on farms in California’s Central Valley. She is also anxious. Attention from U.S. Immigration…
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1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows
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Box Office: ‘Weapons’ Tops Sleepy Labor Day Weekend With $12.8 Million, ‘Jaws’ 50th Anniversary Re-Release Beats ‘Caught Stealing,’ ‘The Roses’
Hollywood didn’t have a lot to celebrate during a muted Labor Day holiday weekend, as “Weapons,” now in its fourth weekend of release,…
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MetaOptics eyes S$6 million in gross proceeds from IPO, to trade on SGX Catalist on Sep 9
Home-grown semiconductor optics startup MetaOptics intends to raise some S$6 million in gross proceeds from its initial public offering…
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ComfortDelGro buys rest of CityCab shares for S$116.3 million from ST Engineering unit
Transport giant ComfortDelGro (CDG) acquired on Monday (Sep 1) all of ST Engineering Land Systems’ shares in taxi operator CityCab for a…
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding soars 6.5% on the back of new orders worth US$920 million
Shares of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding soared 6.5 per cent shortly after market open on Monday (Sep 1) on the back of its announcement that it…
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Oxley Holdings H2 loss narrows to S$8.3 million on higher revenue
Its loss per share stood (LPS) at S$0.002, against a LPS of S$0.0224 in H2 of FY2024 Property developer Oxley Holdings on Friday (Aug 29)…
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GuocoLand unit divests Thistle Johor Bahru hotel for RM150 million
The group is expected to enjoy a net gain of about RM35 million upon completion of the sale Property developer GuocoLand is selling the…
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Ridley Scott Is ‘Proud’ He Turned Down $20 Million to Direct ‘Terminator 3’: ‘I Thought “F— Me.” But I Couldn’t Do It. It’s Not My Thing’
After directing iconic films like “Alien,” “Blade Runner” and “Gladiator,” Ridley Scott revealed that he nearly stepped into the world of…
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GuocoLand falls by nearly 3% after reporting slump in H2 net profit to S$32.4 million
Shares of GuocoLand tumbled by close to 3 per cent on Friday (Aug 29) morning following the announcement of its net profit for the…