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iPhone parts maker Murata eyes supply chain shifts towards India
APPLE iPhone components maker Murata Manufacturing is weighing whether to move some of its production capacity to India, reflecting a…
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PGA Tour and LIV Golf Look for Merger Deal Under Trump
The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund are racing to reshape their plans to combine their rival golf circuits, emboldened…
Politics
Safe-haven gold hovers near record high on Trump tariff worries
GOLD held steady near a record high on Wednesday (Feb 19), with investors closely watching US President Donald Trump’s tariff strategies…
Politics
Right-Wing Media Praises U.S.-Russia Talks as ‘Breath of Fresh Air’
News that the Trump administration had agreed with Russia to try to negotiate a peace settlement for Ukraine, without including Ukraine in…
Business
Norinchukin CEO plans to resign after massive bond losses
A government panel of experts has urged Norinchukin to diversify its bond-heavy portfolio and bring in more outside talent NORINCHUKIN…
Business
HSBC to sell Bahrain retail banking operations as restructuring progresses
The deal will see a transfer of retail loans, deposits and accounts of about 76,000 customers to BBK HSBC on Tuesday (Feb 18) agreed to…
Business
Stocks to watch: UOB, Singtel, Parkson Retail Asia, Cordlife
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Feb 19). UOB: The lender on…
Politics
Senate Confirms Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
The Senate on Tuesday voted 51 to 45 to confirm Howard Lutnick to be President Trump’s commerce secretary, putting in place one of the…
Business
UOB beats expectations with Q4 profit up 8.6% to S$1.52 billion; announces S$3 billion capital distribution package
The lender has proposed a final dividend of S$0.92 per share and special dividend of S$0.50 per ordinary share UOB on Wednesday (Feb 19)…
Business
BP weighs sale of Castrol lubricants unit amid Elliott push
BP, IN which activist investor Elliott Investment Management has built up a nearly 5 per cent stake, is considering a potential sale of…
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Dickson Despommier, Who Championed Farming in Skyscrapers, Dies at 84
Dickson Despommier, a microbiologist who proposed that cities should grow food in high-rises, popularizing the term “vertical farming” —…
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KFC shifts US headquarters from Kentucky to Texas
FRIED chicken restaurant giant KFC will be moving its US headquarters from Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, its parent company said…
Politics
Trump Reveals Extreme Tariffs Plan Guaranteed to Make Things Worse
Trump on Tuesday announced he would unveil an aggressive set of tariffs, confirming the worst fears of manufacturers across the auto,…
Business
Toyota is backing LG battery plant with US$1.5 billion order
TOYOTA Motor has agreed to shift a US$1.5 billion order with LG Energy Solution to bolster operations at a Michigan battery plant after…
Business
RFK Jr. Names First Targets in Chilling Speech as Health Secretary
Now that he has been confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to put his frightening ideas about…
Politics
Trump Breaks Major Campaign Promise With Toothless IVF Executive Order
SSA has other means of combatting this issue. Since 2015, the SSA has had a policy of automatically terminating entitlement to…
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Stephen Miller Crashes Out Trying to Defend DOGE
SSA has other means of combatting this issue. Since 2015, the SSA has had a policy of automatically terminating entitlement to…
Politics
Trump Guts Crucial OPM Team as Elon Musk Gains Even More Power
The Trump administration has fired members of the “privacy team” at the Office of Personnel Management, a move that will hinder public…
Politics
Trump Press Secretary Hit With Embarrassing Fact-Check on Fraud Claim
“We had that a couple months ago, long before this other discussion. So, I don’t think that had anything to do with that,” Homan insisted.…
Politics
Trump Saved Eric Adams’s Bacon—and Put the Country Up for Sale
Given that Adams is hardly guaranteed reelection as New York mayor, his likelihood of someday ascending to the presidency seems a stretch.…
Business
OpenAI’s Former Chief Technology Officer Starts Her Own Company
Mira Murati, the former chief technology of OpenAI who unexpectedly left the company in September, has helped found a new artificial…
News
Family Files Claims Against U.S. for Washington Plane Crash
The family of one of the 67 victims of a plane crash last month near Washington filed two legal claims against the federal government on…
Politics
DOJ Lawyers Admit Trump’s DOGE Purges Are Too Chaotic Even for Them
These employees included people working on improving health care, regulating food packaging, or responding to infectious-disease…
Politics
Trump’s Rift With Europe Adds Fuel to a Rally in Defense Stocks
European defense stocks continued their rally on Tuesday, as President Trump’s threats to reduce American military support to the…