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Alibaba, Xiaohongshu in tie-up as China e-commerce competition intensifies
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is partnering with popular content platform Xiaohongshu to allow users on Xiaohongshu to directly click…
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Business
WeightWatchers Files for Bankruptcy to Reduce $1 Billion in Debt
WeightWatchers, a 62-year-old health and wellness company that has faced stiff competition from new weight-loss drugs and programs, filed…
Politics
Trump’s Odd New Tariff Musings Show How Badly He’s Screwing His Voters
Thanks to President Trump’s policies, a confluence of events is set to absolutely clobber rural America. First there’s Trump’s trade war.…
News
Electronic Health Records: The Digital Switch
Switching to electronic health records (EHR) can feel like a huge leap for many healthcare practices. It’s not just about going digital;…
News
New Singapore GasCo entity to centralise gas procurement; ex-Pavilion Energy chief Alan Heng to lead outfit
Singapore has established a new government-owned entity to centralise natural gas procurement, and has appointed Alan Heng, who previously…
News
BMW sticks to 2025 outlook, but warns US tariffs will bite this quarter
Most of BMW’s rivals, including Mercedes-Benz, Ford and Stellantis, have all pulled their 2025 forecasts German premium carmaker BMW on…
Business
China Cuts Interest Rates to Shore Up Economy Hit by Trade War
China’s central bank cut interest rates and made it easier on Wednesday for banks to increase lending and pump more money into the…
Politics
Temu, Shein see US sales drop in week after tariff price hikes
Shein Group and Temu saw double-digit sales declines in the week after they raised retail prices to cover the costs of increased US…
Politics
Latest Singapore six-month T-bill cut-off yield falls to 2.3%
The cut-off yield for Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) fell to 2.3 per cent, according to auction results released by…
Business
Amazon’s Zoox to scale up robotaxi production for US expansion
ON’S self-driving start-up Zoox will increase production next year as it ramps up plans for a commercial rollout of its robotaxi fleet in…
News
Asian airlines re-route, cancel flights due to India-Pakistan fighting
Several Asian airlines said on Wednesday they were re-routing or cancelling flights to and from Europe because of fighting between India…
News
SIA and Scoot among Asia airlines rerouting flights amid flare-up in India-Pakistan hostilities
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its budget arm Scoot have stopped flying over Pakistan airspace after fighting broke out between the country…
Business
Why China Is Investing So Much Money in Moroccan Factories
When Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, returned from the Group of 20 summit in Brazil last November, he made a stopover in Casablanca, where…
Business
Asia: Stocks rise as China-US trade talks boost optimism
Asian equities rose on Wednesday after China and the United States said they would hold trade talks at the weekend, fanning optimism that…
Business
Investors flocked to these Singapore stocks in April
Traders rode a wave of sharp swings in Singapore stocks in April, as tariff-driven volatility pushed investors into risk-off mode and to…
Politics
Elon Musk Tried Keeping Issues at His Texas Mansion Private, Emails Show
Few people want beefs with their neighbors to become public. That includes Elon Musk. In March, Mr. Musk’s team lobbied officials in the…
Business
Acrophyte Hospitality Trust Q1 revenue falls 7.7% to US$33.5 million
Acrophyte Hospitality Trust’s revenue for the first quarter of 2025 fell 7.7 per cent to US$33.5 million, from US$36.2 million in Q1 2024.…
Business
UOB misses expectations with Q1 profit flat at S$1.49 billion
UOB’s net profit for its first quarter was flat amid broad-based growth, it said on Wednesday (May 7). Net profit for the three months…
Politics
Europe: German stocks cut losses as Merz elected as chancellor after initial setback
GERMAN shares trimmed early losses on Tuesday after conservative leader Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor during a second vote in…
Politics
Chinese Imports to US Hit 20-Year Low as Tariffs Sink In
The share of U.S. imports from China in the first quarter of the year fell to its lowest point in over 20 years, as the high tariffs…
Politics
Pam Bondi Hops on Board Trump’s Alcatraz Delusion Train
The president’s Make Alcatraz Great Again pitch just got more fuel from one of his subordinates. Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested…
Politics
Transgender Rights Are in Grave Peril at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is currently debating whether to treat gender identity as a suspect classification, in the pending case United States v.…
Politics
Senate Confirms Frank Bisignano as Social Security Commissioner
The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Frank Bisignano as commissioner of the Social Security Administration, which has been thrown into…
Politics
Trump Team Scrambles for Reason Not to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia
“Respectfully, Canadians’ view on this is not going to change, on the fifty-first state,” Carney said as Trump grimaced beside him.…