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Some Online Scam Victims Can Now Seek Tax Relief on Firmer Ground
Victims of sophisticated online scams are often dealt a double whammy. Not only is their money forever gone, but these stolen sums often…
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The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft…
Politics
JD Vance’s Lies About Wrongly Deported Man Get Even More Blatant
JD Vance can’t stop insisting on the lie that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a dangerous gang member who can’t be returned to the United States…
Politics
Trump Eyes Next Victims for the Chopping Block: Entire Embassies
“He was in our country illegally, he’s from El Salvador, was born in El Salvador, and oh, the media forgot to mention, he is an MS-13 gang…
Politics
Trump’s Revenge on Harvard Is Even More Pathetic Than It Seems
Trump is increasing his threats against Harvard University after the school refused to set up an admissions council to bring in MAGA…
Business
Japfa shareholders approve privatisation offer
Japfa’s shareholders approved the scheme resolution proposed by family members of the agri-food company’s founder to take the business…
Politics
DOGE Seems to Be Stealing Sensitive Labor Data, Whistlebower Says
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is very likely stealing sensitive labor data from the National Labor Relations Board,…
Politics
Trump Just Blew up Own Deportation Excuse With Columbia Student Arrest
“He was in our country illegally, he’s from El Salvador, was born in El Salvador, and oh, the media forgot to mention, he is an MS-13 gang…
Politics
Trump’s Tariff Threat for Drug imports Poses Big Political Risks
President Trump’s decision to move a step closer to imposing tariffs on imported medicines poses considerable political risk, because…
Politics
ICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s TV Obsession Is Pissing Off Everyone
Kristi Noem is obsessed with being the face of Homeland Security, and it’s starting to annoy officials across White House agencies. The…
Politics
AOC Asks MTG One Damning Question on Tariffs
At a rally in Nampa, Idaho, on Monday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a message for her colleague, Representative Marjorie…
Business
Stocks Edge Higher as Investors Assess Tariff Scenarios
Stocks inched higher in early trading on Tuesday, as the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff rollout continues to spur volatility in the…
Politics
Trump Attorney General Dodges Crucial Question on Deporting Citizens
“He was in our country illegally, he’s from El Salvador, was born in El Salvador, and oh, the media forgot to mention, he is an MS-13 gang…
Business
Sabana Reit reports 26.5% higher Q1 DPU at S$0.0086 on 22% higher NPI
Sabana Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (Sabana Reit) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0086 for the quarter ended Mar…
Politics
Transcript: Trump’s Angry New Rants to Media Flout SCOTUS Openly
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 15 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
Business
Sats unit bags 5 year contract with Emirates SkyCargo at Frankfurt Airport
The freight handler now provides specialised gateway services at 21 stations across the airline’s global network Sats’ subsidiary…
Business
Crypto firm Bitdeer prioritises mining to weather tariff turmoil
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining firm Bitdeer Technologies Group is doubling down on its self-mining operations while pushing ahead with plans…
Business
Scott Bessent Is Not Our Economic Savior
It’s not clear that Bessent is in charge of other economic policies. Back in October, he told the Financial Times that he did not believe…
Politics
What’s the Matter with Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi?
Neither writer was ever a doctrinaire leftist, but it is fair to say that, even when criticizing Democrats and liberals (for example, for…
Politics
What If David Mamet Was Always a MAGA Fanboy?
Except, ever since seeing this new production of Glengarry, I have found myself thinking a heretical thought. What if we have been wrong…
Business
Honda to make 90% of US sales locally by relocating Mexico, Canada production, Nikkei reports
The automaker plans to increase US vehicle production by as much as 30% over two to three years Honda is considering switching some car…
Business
Singapore shares and STI continue to rally on Tuesday, tracking regional indices
The Straits Times Index (STI) continued to rally, tracking regional indices on Tuesday (Apr 15). The STI closed up 2.1 per cent or 75.81…
Business
Global real estate recovery to speed up growth in MSCI’s private-market indices
Index provider MSCI sees a recovery in global real estate fuelling faster growth in its private-market indices in the coming years, after…
Business
Frasers Property sees several senior management changes: source
Several of Frasers Property’s senior management team will be leaving the company, including group chief operating officer (COO) Anthony…