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Xiaomi billionaire touts new Chinese chip in tech showcase
Xiaomi’s billionaire founder outlined plans Thursday (May 22) to outfit its top-end devices with advanced homegrown mobile processors,…
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Politics
Watchdog recommends axing 11 government properties including several agencies' headquarters in D.C.
An independent federal watchdog with a mandate to trim the government of underused properties has proposed 11 sites for disposal. Source…
Business
Apac family offices favour developed market equities, bonds: UBS report
Family offices (FOs) in the Asia-Pacific favoured equities and bonds from developed markets in 2024 and plan to increase their strategic…
Business
Public Schools Robbed Children of Learning and Earnings. They Should Pay Kids Back
A national effort to compensate Americans affected by prolonged pandemic-era public school closures and other education policy failures is…
News
Amy Sherald at the Whitney: Far More Than Michelle Obama’s Portrait
She’s a talented artist, but she needs to avoid rich, white, liberal groupthink, since it’ll ruin her work. Source link
Business
Singapore shares slide in tandem with regional bourses and Wall Street
Decliners beat gainers 288 to 178 across the broader Singapore market, with 1.1 billion of securities valued at S$1.4 billion changing…
Business
Singapore shares slide in tandem with regional bourses and Wall Street; STI drops 0.1%
Decliners beat gainers 288 to 178 across the broader Singapore market, with 1.1 billion securities valued at S$1.4 billion changing hands…
News
Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber Star in a Pair of Psychosexual Slugfests
“The new wine has burst the old bottles,” the playwright August Strindberg wrote, in a bullish preface to his 1888 play “Miss Julie,”…
News
In Chicago, Will the Pope Bump Last?
In Chicago, people are very excited about Pope Leo XIV, or Father Bob, as those who’ve known Robert Francis Prevost a long time…
Culture
Can these short films convince people that AI is a force for good?
MOUNTAIN VIEW — For decades, Hollywood directors including Stanley Kubrick, James Cameron and Alex Garland have cast artificial…
Business
What Casey Means and MAHA Want You to Fear
If you close your eyes and imagine an up-from-the-bootstraps embodiment of boomer triumphalism—the ambitious young technocrat of a systems…
Business
Lenovo reports 64% profit decline in fourth quarter
China’s Lenovo, the world’s largest personal computer manufacturer, on Thursday reported a worse-than-expected 64 per cent fall in…
Business
Goldman Sachs combines Asia investment banking units, names Drayton APAC head
Goldman Sachs is bringing together previously separately-managed three Asian investment banking businesses into one unit to integrate its…
Business
Former central bank deputy governor to head Bank of China: sources
China will appoint financial veteran Liu Guiping as chairman of Bank of China (BOC), the nation’s fourth-largest state-owned bank, two…
Politics
US accepts Qatar luxury jet as Trump’s new Air Force One
The Defense Department formally accepted a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar to temporarily serve as the new Air Force One for US…
Business
CPF Special, MediSave and Retirement Accounts’ interest rate remains at 4% for Q3 2025
The interest rate for the Central Provident Fund’s (CPF) Special, MediSave and Retirement Accounts (SMRA) will remain at 4 per cent per…
Politics
Asia: Equities track Wall Street sell-off as US deficit fears grow
Asian equities sank and Treasuries remained under pressure following sharp losses on Wall Street fuelled by US economy fears as Donald…
Politics
House Republicans tweak 'big, beautiful bill' ahead of floor vote
House Republicans late Wednesday unveiled changes to the massive bill carrying President Trump's agenda, as they prepare for a floor vote…
Business
Bank of Japan policymaker rules out intervention to stem bond yield spike
Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday (May 22) he saw no need for the central bank to intervene in the bond market to…
Business
Singtel jumps 3.6% on S$0.10 per share dividend, S$2 billion share buyback plan
Company’s shares hit their highest price in more than 5 years as telco returns to the black with S$2.8 billion H2 net profit Shares of…
Business
Ringgit may gain most in South-east Asia on exporter conversion
Malaysia’s ringgit stands to gain the most among its South-east Asian peers if the nation’s exporters convert their overseas earnings to…
Politics
Judge orders Trump administration to continue 'DEI' grant for school desegregation aid
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration wrongly shut down a grant to promote desegregation of schools in the South…
Business
Dollar-store billionaire poised to emerge from Malaysia IPO
A discount chain with signature red storefronts has drawn legions of Malaysians looking for good deals – and made its founder a…
Business
Singtel initiates its first share buyback programme of up to S$2 billion; incorporates cloud business
The buyback will be delivered over the course of three years until financial year 2028 and involves the purchase of shares in the open…