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UnitedHealth’s Revenues Rise, in First Earnings Report Since CEO’s Killing
UnitedHealth Group reported on Thursday that it earned less than expected this past quarter, citing higher medical costs and pressure on…
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Toyota Truck Unit Will Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Emissions Fraud Case
Toyota Motors’ trucking unit has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $1.6 billion in civil and criminal penalties for…
News
The Cost of Surviving a Wildfire
Some losses are incalculable. For Ms. Lavasani, it’s the photo albums of her two daughters, Xena and Rezvon, both now grown, that she…
Business
A First-Day Trump Order: A Federal Stockpile of Bitcoin?
A pair of 50-page policy proposals laying out the plan in detail. Discussions about the specifics with President-elect Donald J. Trump and…
News
Nintendo Switch 2 Is Announced With a 2025 Release Date
Nintendo on Thursday announced a successor to its popular Switch console in a short video that showcased the new hardware. The Switch 2…
Politics
The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’
After Donald J. Trump entered the White House in 2017, The Washington Post adopted a slogan that underscored the newspaper’s traditional…
Business
CEO of Temasek’s Azalea to retire, with CIO set to succeed her
CEO Margaret Lui’s retirement will mark the end of her 40-year career with the Temasek group Azalea Investment Management’s chief…
Politics
What Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury Pick, Might Get Asked Today
A test for Trump’s cabinet pick For businesses and markets, perhaps the most important of the hearings for the incoming Trump…
Business
Mapletree Logistics Trust to sell Tuas property for S$11.18 million, 39.8% above valuation
The property comprises a three-storey cargo lift warehouse and factory building with an ancillary office Mapletree Logistics Trust’s (MLT)…
Business
HSBC warns of bonus cuts as cost of restructuring looms
HSBC Holdings is set to buck an industrywide trend of higher banker bonuses as it gears up for a multibillion-US dollar cost reduction…
Business
BP cuts over 5% of workforce in CEO cost cut drive
BP announced on Thursday (Jan 16) that it will cut around 4,700 staff, or over 5 per cent of its total workforce, as part of CEO Murray…
Business
Alliance Bank’s top shareholder Vertical Theme is said to consider sale to DBS
INVESTMENT management firm Vertical Theme is planning to seek approval in the coming weeks to start talks about selling its stake in…
News
On TikTok, Users Thumb Their Noses at Looming Ban
Over the last week, the videos started appearing on TikTok from users across the United States. They all made fun of the same thing: how…
Politics
Trump Treasury Pick Scott Bessent to Face Grilling
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, will face questions from lawmakers on Thursday about how he…
News
Amid Warnings About Alcohol and Cancer, the N.A. Drinks Industry Could Get a Boost
Business is booming for Per Se’s drinks. Its nonalcoholic hibiscus margarita can be found on restaurant menus in the Minneapolis and St.…
Politics
What to Know About the E.V. Tax Credit That Trump Might Repeal
Sales of electric vehicles have been rising steadily over the past few years, in part because of a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 that…
Business
Sias questions Fu Yu board on controlling shareholder’s bid to remove IDs due to company’s performance
THE Securities Investors Association (Singapore), or Sias, has asked precision plastics manufacturer Fu Yu Corporation’s board to…
Business
Simba gains ground against incumbent telcos in 2024: Opensignal
SIMBA has gained about two subscribers from incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs) for every subscriber lost, suggesting that the…
Business
DBS may declare special dividend of S$0.50 a share, raise ordinary DPS to S$0.60: CGSI
DBS may declare a special dividend of S$0.50 a share for the fourth quarter of FY2024 as well as raise its ordinary dividend per share to…
Business
TSMC profit beats estimates after year of rapid AI-driven growth
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) profit in the December quarter topped estimates with a 57 per cent rise, giving a…
Business
TSMC reports net profit rose 57% in fourth quarter amid surging AI technology demand
TAIWANESE chipmaking giant TSMC on Thursday (Jan 16) announced a better-than-expected net profit for the fourth quarter as it benefits…
Politics
Latest Singapore 6-month T-bill cut-off yield slips to 2.99%
THE cut-off yield on Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) fell to 2.99 per cent, based on auction results released by the…
Lifestyle
Meet Japan’s Original Decluttering Guru (No, Not That One)
Before Marie Kondo captured the world’s attention with her exhortations to rid ourselves of items that did not “spark joy,” there was…
Business
Fidelity launches key China fund in bet on retirement boom
FIDELITY International, one of the world’s biggest pension managers, is taking a key first step in the Chinese market to tap a growing…