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Frasers Centrepoint Trust preferential offering 24.8% oversubscribed
Its manager raises total of S$421.3 million from the offering and a private placement that closed on Mar 26 The manager of Frasers…
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White House press secretary says Trump backing Hegseth following latest Signal app allegations
President Trump is backing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following reports that he included his wife, brother and lawyer in a private…
Business
US: Wall Street opens lower as Trump takes aim at Powell
Wall Street’s main indexes opened down on Monday (Apr 21) after US President Donald Trump’s renewed attacks against Federal Reserve chair…
Politics
Republicans must resolve three conflicts to pass Trump's agenda
Congressional Republicans have set conflicting goals that will make negotiating a budget reconciliation package for enacting President…
Politics
More Democrats make pilgrimage to try to see Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Four House Democrats announced Monday that they had arrived in El Salvador to try to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the deported MS-13 gang…
Business
Singapore stocks rise on Monday as STI extends rally
The Straits Times Index (STI) continued to rally on Monday (Apr 21) as Asian indices closed mixed amid traders tracking the tariff talks.…
Business
Parkway Life Reit to exit Malaysia
The manager of Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (PLife Reit) announced on Monday (Apr 21) that the healthcare Reit is selling…
Business
Huawei readies new AI chip for mass shipment as China seeks Nvidia alternatives: sources
[SINGAPORE/BEIJING] Huawei Technologies plans to begin mass shipments of its advanced 910C artificial intelligence chip to Chinese…
Politics
Trump Could Have a Strong Case to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status
Thanks to a 1983 opinion widely hailed by progressives at the time, the administration could be on solid ground. Source link
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The European Union Attempts to Extend Its Regulatory Tentacles
The EU has gone far beyond what was agreed to in Paris. Source link
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Was the Civil War Inevitable?
Out of guilt or amnesia, we tend to treat wars, in retrospect, as natural disasters: terrible but somehow inevitable, beyond anyone’s…
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How Much Should You Know About Your Child Before He’s Born?
When the writer Amanda Hess was twenty-nine weeks pregnant with her first child, her doctor, looking at an ultrasound, “saw something he…
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The Quest to Build a Perfect Protein Bar
In the past seventy-five years in America, the nutritional bar has gone from niche to mainstream. In the fifties, Bob Hoffman, of York,…
Business
CATL teases five-minute EV charging with longer range than BYD
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, the world’s biggest producer of batteries for electric vehicles, unveiled the latest versions of…
Business
Sias urges Sin Heng Heavy Machinery shareholders to reject Tal United’s voluntary unconditional cash offer
The bid from Tal United to acquire Sin Heng Heavy Machinery at S$0.58 a share mid-last month has been described as a “lowball offer” by…
Business
Sias urges Sin Heng Heavy Machinery shareholders to reject Tal United’s offer, citing 41% discount to NAV
The investors’ watchdog says the offer is ‘not fair and not reasonable’ Source link
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At China auto show, EV makers to grapple with autonomous-tech crackdown, launch Tesla ‘killers’
More than 70 Chinese and international automotive brands will showcase more than 100 new or refreshed models at the Shanghai auto show…
Business
Vietnam central bank preparing restructuring plan for troubled lender SCB
Vietnam’s central bank is drafting a plan to restructure the troubled Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), the lender at the centre…
Business
JD.com to add 100,000 delivery riders in China to take on Meituan
The move is a response to a rival forbidding riders from accepting delivery orders from JD, the company says .com plans to add 100,000…
Politics
DHL to stop global shipments worth over US$800 to US consumers
Global shipping giant DHL will “temporarily” suspend the shipping of parcels worth more than US$800 from businesses to individuals in the…
Business
China keeps lending rates steady; trade war raises bets for stimulus
China kept benchmark lending rates steady on Monday (Apr 21) for the sixth successive month, matching market expectations.…
Business
Pete Hegseth had second Signal chat where he shared Yemen strike details with relatives: Report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of…