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‘A Minecraft Movie’ Arrives as a Surprise Box Office Smash
There are no fail-safe formulas in Hollywood, but this one comes close: Take an established yet underexploited (or musty) cultural…
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Politics
Republicans Want to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Last Forever
When Republicans cut taxes in the past, they did so only temporarily, bowing to Washington’s arcane budget rules that limited how much…
News
Can Using the Light Phone III Help Cure ‘Brain Rot’?
Dear readers, I have a confession: I am suffering from an ailment that the younger ones call “brain rot,” the inability to think deeply…
Politics
Vietnam Urges United States to Delay Imposing Tariffs On It
Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam, has asked President Trump to delay the imposition of tariffs for at least 45 days so the two sides can avert…
Business
PSL becomes Uni-Asia substantial shareholder; Oceanus Group’s Peter Koh adds to stake
Over the four trading sessions from Mar 28 to Apr 3, institutions were net buyers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional inflow of…
News
Cloud Computing Myths Busted
Cloud computing has taken the tech world by storm, offering businesses and individuals a way to access resources and services over the…
Politics
British Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover Pauses Shipments to U.S.
Jaguar Land Rover, the British luxury automaker, said on Saturday that it was pausing shipments to the United States in April, days after…
Business
Family Money Protection: Trust Fund vs. Regular Savings
When it comes to securing your family’s financial future, understanding the differences between family trusts and regular savings accounts…
Politics
A Tariffs Cheat Sheet
It was much worse than expected. President Trump’s attempt to reverse the rules of global trade through sweeping tariffs against dozens of…
Politics
The Fight for the Post-Trump Future Has Already Begun
Is it too soon for any of us to start thinking about the post-Trump future? There are many reasons why the obvious answer is yes. The GOP…
Business
The Fed Isn’t Rushing to Save the Markets This Time
The notion that the Federal Reserve will rush in to rescue investors in a crisis has comforted investors for decades. But in the big…
Politics
Lesotho, a Small African Nation, Expects a Big Hit From Trump’s Tariffs
The nation that the Trump administration slapped with the heftiest tariff this week is a small, rural, landlocked country in southern…
Business
A Sneak Peek Inside Universal’s New Epic Universe Theme Park in Orlando
Believe the hype: Epic Universe, the first major new theme park to open in Central Florida in 26 years, lives up to its name and then…
Business
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink gets 14% compensation bump in 2024
Tthe world’s largest asset manager has also been doling out long-term incentive pay to retain its top brass BlackRock chief executive…
Politics
Opec+ stuns oil market with policy shift to drive down price
For most of this decade, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (Opec+) has been the world’s most stalwart…
Politics
China retaliation on US farm goods hits soybeans, bolstering Brazil
[BEIJING/SINGAPORE] China’s retaliation on Friday (Apr 4) against new US tariffs is poised to accelerate Beijing’s move towards…
Business
Wall Street fears job cuts as dealmaking fizzles in trade war
Up and down Wall Street, executives are starting to come to terms with a new reality: Donald Trump is not delivering the long-awaited…
Business
Microsoft, turning 50, dials up Copilot actions to stay in AI game
Thousands of people swooned in a dark conference hall that felt more like a rock concert when a Microsoft product manager demonstrated the…
Politics
As Markets Plunge Over Trump Tariffs, All Is Calm on Fox News
At 11 a.m. on Friday, the S&P 500 was down about 4 percent, on top of a nearly 5 percent drop the day before. On Fox News, Harris Faulkner…
Business
Walmart denies ABC News report it could join investor group to buy TikTok
Walmart on Friday (Apr 4) denied a report from ABC News that it was considering joining a group of investors to buy short video app…
Politics
Trump Is Defiant as Tariff Moves Roil Markets a Second Day
Two days after President Trump announced his expansive global tariffs, the United States confronted wide-ranging and painful blowback, as…
Business
Fed’s Powell says larger-than-expected tariffs mean higher inflation, slower growth
US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are “larger than expected” and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth…
Business
Europe: Shares confirm correction in worst day since 2020 after China’s tariff response
European shares slumped on Friday (Apr 4), with the benchmark Stoxx 600 and Germany’s DAX confirming correction territory, as China’s…
Business
US: Stock market wipes out over US$5 trillion on Trump’s tariff war
The S&P 500 Index declined to the lowest level in 11 months, slashing US$5.4 trillion in market value in just two sessions as US Federal…