Business
GuocoLand H1 profit up 13 per cent to S$74.6 million
PROPERTY developer GuocoLand reported a net profit of S$74.6 million for the first half ended Dec 31, 2024, up 13 per cent year on year…
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DeepSeek’s Direct Challenge to Antitrust Orthodoxy
The Chinese company’s R1 sent shockwaves through the tech world. Source link
Politics
The Persecuted Must Survive the Wrecking Ball
JD Vance suggests that religious freedom worldwide is a priority for the second Trump administration. Source link
News
Now Is the Time to Defund Planned Parenthood
It would be another major step in establishing a culture of human dignity and ensuring every citizen’s unalienable rights. Source link
Politics
Republicans Should Keep Taxes Simple
Injecting new carve-outs into the code would undermine one of the great successes of President Trump’s first term. Source link
Politics
Trump’s Countermarch Through the Institutions
For those keeping score, it’s Trump 1, Marcuse 0. Source link
News
The Profile Hemingway Could Never Live Down
Throughout the profile, Hemingway, drinking hard, employs a kind of skin-tightening lingo that he called “Indian Talk.” It wouldn’t have…
News
The Art of the Crossword
How do you build a crossword? In this hour-long seminar, the puzzle constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub provide a hands-on guide,…
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Fifty Weird Years of “Saturday Night Live”
It is customary for a person in a situation like mine—preparing to hold forth on “Saturday Night Live”—to divulge which performers would…
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Rea Irvin’s “Eustace Tilley” at One Hundred
A hundred years ago, The New Yorker emerged from the Jazz Age dreams of two young journalists, Jane Grant and Harold Ross. Fresh from…
Culture
The Uneven Cross-Cultural Comedy of “Paddington in Peru” and “Universal Language”
Not every filmmaker is a cinephile, but, among those who are, that passion can manifest itself in unexpected ways. The driving pleasure of…
News
Lost and Found: A Newly Discovered Poem by Robert Frost
“Nothing New” was written in 1918, not long before “Dust of Snow,” which was first published in an English magazine, in 1920, under a…
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A Visit to Madam Bedi: A Personal History by Tara Westover
My friend Sukrit invited me to India. His mother lived in Delhi. He said I should get out of England and give my eyes something new to…
News
Innovation Centres in Singapore are Doing Many Interesting Things
AFTER Procter & Gamble (P&G) launched the Olay Super Serum in the United States in 2023, the product shot to pole position among serums…
Business
‘I’ll give it my best shot’: incoming DBS CEO Tan Su Shan eyes growth in high ROE businesses
INCOMING DBS chief executive Tan Su Shan said she will focus on growing businesses that provide a high return on equity (ROE), when she…
Business
Dongfeng jumps on bets consolidation will sweep China car market
DONGFENG Motor Group surged almost 90 per cent in Hong Kong after the Chinese automaker said its parent company plans to restructure, a…
Business
Bitcoin hoarder’s stock soars 4,000% in Japan on crypto rally
THE ripple effects of US President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda are fuelling a surge in Bitcoin demand in Japan, where one hotelier’s…
Politics
Trump directs treasury to stop minting pennies, citing rising cost
President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the…
Business
DeepSeek sparks hope for renaissance in China’s tech megacaps
THE rise of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek is forcing investors to re-evaluate the nation’s leading Internet…
Business
Singapore’s STI breaks through to a new record as banks hit fresh highs
The three banks, which contribute to about half of the STI, have hit highs multiple times in the past year SINGAPORE’s Straits Times Index…
Business
DBS announces capital return dividend; to pay S$1,000 bonus to all staff except senior managers
DBS has set aside S$32 million to be issued as special one-time bonus of S$1,000 to all staff except senior managers, it said on Monday…
Business
DBS crosses S$46 for first time to hit new high on strong results and capital return dividend plan
SHARES of DBS rose to a historic level after it announced a capital return dividend of S$0.15 per share per quarter to be paid out over…
Business
DBS crosses S$46 for first time on strong results, capital return dividend plan
SHARES of DBS rose to a historic level after it announced an additional dividend payout for FY2025 on top of its regular dividends,…
Business
DBS shares vault past S$46 in intraday trading on strong results, capital return dividend plan
SHARES of DBS rose to a historic level after it announced an additional dividend payout for FY2025 on top of its regular dividends,…