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Meta opens Facebook Marketplace to rivals in EU antitrust clash
Facebook said that despite the changes, it continues to disagree with the European Commission’s decision last year, which saw Meta…
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Politics
Trump’s Phone Call With Putin Leaves Europe Reeling
“Come and testify in front of the American people under oath, because we want to know what you’re up to,” Stansbury said in a direct…
Politics
Trump’s Guantánamo Plan for Immigrants Is Confusing Everyone
Donald Trump’s plan to send undocumented immigrants to Guantánamo Bay has left officials in the Departments of Homeland Security and…
Business
Civmec’s H1 FY2025 net profit falls 16.9% to A$26.5m
CONSTRUCTION and engineering services provider Civmec posted a net profit of A$26.5 million for the H1 FY2025, marking a 16.9 per cent…
Politics
Transcript: Trump Press Sec’s Tirade over New Legal Losses Is Ominous
Litman: Yeah. One of the cases you mentioned where the Trump administration was told No by a federal court is where they announced we’re…
Business
US Bitcoin miners disrupted by Chinese supplier under scrutiny
CRYPTO miners in the US are experiencing delays receiving deliveries of new equipment, threatening their competitiveness and profit…
Politics
Federal Workers’ Unions Are Waging the Fight of Their Lives
On Monday, a federal judge further delayed a deferred resignation proposal by the Trump administration. This came two weeks after the…
News
D.C. Plane Crash Warnings Were Years in the Making
In many ways, the issues at Reagan National’s control tower are emblematic of the fraying safety net that protects air travel throughout…
Politics
How Trump Is Gutting Regulatory Agencies Like the SEC, CFPB and EEOC
The Trump administration is rapidly delivering wins to American companies by rolling back regulations, pausing investigations and…
News
Help! Our Paris Rental Apartment Was Robbed and Airbnb Won’t Compensate Us.
Dear Tripped Up, In June 2023, we stayed six nights in an Airbnb apartment in Paris, and it was trouble from the start. The electricity…
Business
MAS review group proposes tax perks to boost Singapore’s equities market; more details on Feb 21
THE Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) equities market review group proposes to introduce tax incentives to spur more listings and…
Business
Barclays sets new performance goals as 2024 pretax profit rises
BARCLAYS upped its 2025 performance guidance on Thursday (Feb 13) after posting a 24 per cent rise in annual pretax profit for 2024 that…
Business
Alibaba to partner with Apple on AI features, sending shares to 3-year high
ALIBABA will partner with Apple to support iPhones’ AI services offering in China, its chairman said on Thursday (Feb 13), a move likely…
Business
Honda and Nissan say merger talks called off
Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan confirmed on Thursday (Feb 13) they had scrapped merger talks announced in December, ending a tie-up…
Politics
Taiwan Prepares for Trump’s Tariffs, and a Changed Washington
Not so long ago, Taiwan basked in seemingly boundless, bipartisan support in Washington, where the island has long been regarded as a…
Business
Britain’s Economy Squeezes Out 0.1% Growth
The British economy eked out growth at the end of last year, data published on Thursday showed, slightly easing the pressure on the…
Business
Sony hikes profit forecast on strong gaming business
It expects a net profit of 1.08 trillion yen (S$9.44 billion) in the year ending March 31, compared with an earlier projection of 980…
Business
Former intern becomes billionaire in Australia pharmacy merger
A corporate tie-up in Australia will produce a parade of fortunes in an industry hardly known for extravagance. More than 100 shareholders…
Business
Siemens posts better than expected profit despite weakness at factory automation
Siemens reported an 8% drop in industrial profit to 2.52 billion euros (S$3.54 billion), beating forecasts for 2.44 billion euros Siemens…
Business
Honda and Nissan Scrap $50 Billion Merger Plan
A $50 billion merger between Honda Motor and Nissan Motor, which would have established one of the world’s largest auto groups, has been…
Politics
Latest Singapore six-month T-bill cut-off yield drops to 2.9%
THE cut-off yield for Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) fell to 2.9 per cent, based on auction results released by the…
Business
Jollibee shares jump after foreign ownership limit scrapped
SHARES of Jollibee Foods climbed more than 5 per cent on Thursday (Feb 13) after the Philippines’ top restaurant operator said it has…
Business
Ong Beng Seng’s HPL Shifts Focus to Orchard Road Post-Cuscaden Exit
HOTEL Properties Ltd (HPL), the real estate player owned by tycoon Ong Beng Seng, will focus on developing its assets and holdings after…
Business
UAE company plans nuclear power plant in Indonesia
EMIRATES Global Aluminium (EGA) plans to build a nuclear power plant with a capacity of up to five gigawatts in Indonesia, the Indonesian…