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Singapore’s STI tumbles more than 3% as tariff tensions resume
Singapore shares declined more than 3 per cent after the market opened on Friday (Apr 11), as tariff uncertainty returned. The US…
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Business
Uber’s Annual Lost and Found List Includes a Mannequin Head and Chain Saw
It may surprise some to learn that New York is the most forgetful city when it comes to ride shares. So says Uber, which has released its…
Business
Stocks to watch: Sats, CapitaLand Investment
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Apr 11). Sats: Terminal operator…
Politics
Challenge to Trump’s Tariffs Funded by Groups Linked to Charles Koch and Leonard Leo
Among those opposed to President Trump’s tariffs on imports from China: a legal group funded by some of the biggest names in conservative…
Business
Automotive group Vin’s Holdings aims for greater gains in used car space with IPO
Buoyed by success in the pre-owned car market, Vin’s Holdings (VH) has sought an initial public offering (IPO) to fuel the next stage of…
Culture
Stunt Design Becomes a New Oscars Award Category
There will soon be a new category at the Oscars: achievement in stunt design. Starting with movies released in 2027, for the ceremony the…
Business
Harley-Davidson explores US$1 billion-plus sale of financing arm
Harley-Davidson is exploring options for its financing arm including a sale, which could fetch at least US$1 billion, according to sources…
Business
Chinese tea chain Chagee launches US IPO, defying stock slump
Chagee Holdings, a Chinese bubble tea chain, is seeking to raise US$411 million in an initial public offering (IPO) in the US, despite…
Business
US: S&P 500 ends down 3.5% as stocks resume tariff sell-off
Wall Street stocks suffered another battering on Thursday, giving back a sizeable portion of the prior session’s gains as investors…
Politics
Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms
President Trump is planning to announce new deals with several of the nation’s top law firms requiring them to offer legal support for…
Politics
Trump Insists ‘Everybody’ Wants to Make a Trade Deal With the U.S.
A day after President Trump capitulated on his global reciprocal tariffs, he and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted that one…
Politics
Trump Says He Isn’t Hosting a Birthday Parade. Local Leaders Disagree.
“We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama, and, uh, filled up some areas that we used to have, we didn’t have any longer, but we have them…
Politics
Trump Is Dumb. Is Wall Street Even Dumber?
He may be a political opportunist with a general disinterest in the mechanics of policy and governance, but if you spend even a small…
Business
Stocks Fall as Tariff Pause Fails to Quell Wall Street’s Worries
The stock market resumed its slide on Thursday, as the White House clarified that Chinese imports would face a tariff of 145 percent,…
Politics
Cabot Butter Is Recalled Over Fecal Contamination Risk
Cabot Creamery is voluntarily recalling more than 1,700 pounds of butter in seven states after testing found that the products had…
Politics
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ Trump Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of…
Politics
Two Planes Just Collided. Trump Team Is Arguing With People About it.
“We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama, and, uh, filled up some areas that we used to have, we didn’t have any longer, but we have them…
Politics
Marco Rubio Finally Admits Why Mahmoud Khalil Is Really Being Targeted
The Trump administration’s basis for seeking to strip pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil of his green card amounts to this: He didn’t…
Politics
Trump’s New Theory on Autism Will Make Your Head Explode
President Donald Trump falsely suggested Thursday that autism may be caused by a “shot,” parroting his anti-vax health secretary. During a…
News
Mike Johnson Reveals His Disastrous Plans for Medicaid
“We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama, and, uh, filled up some areas that we used to have, we didn’t have any longer, but we have them…
Politics
Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote
“We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama, and, uh, filled up some areas that we used to have, we didn’t have any longer, but we have them…
Politics
Trump Makes Startling Confession About Takeover of Panama Canal
At the White House Thursday, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump admitted that U.S. troops have been deployed to the Panama…
Politics
Tariff News Is Scant Relief for Restaurants
Every waiter knows the type: the volatile diner who barges in with a list of demands, orders an off-the-menu item that sends the kitchen…
Politics
Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
After China unveiled steep retaliatory tariffs on American exports on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a sharp and…