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JPMorgan, Goldman CEOs resist calls to roll back DEI programmes
JPMORGAN Chase and Goldman Sachs are pushing back on demands to roll back their diversity initiatives. In television appearances on…
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Ley Choon surges 15% as investors positive on construction upturn
SHARES of construction and engineering company Ley Choon jumped on Thursday (Jan 23) morning, after The Business Times reported that the…
Business
Singapore shares rise at Thursday’s open; STI up 0.6%
SINGAPORE shares started trading in positive territory on Thursday (Jan 23) morning, mirroring overnight gains in global markets. As at…
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Singapore stocks close higher on Thursday as inflation eases; STI up 0.7%
SINGAPORE stocks ended higher on Thursday (Jan 23), after the Republic reported that full-year inflation in 2024 came in at 2.4 per cent.…
Business
Ascott bags 16 new signings under Oakwood portfolio to tap growing ‘bleisure’ market
ASCOTT, the wholly owned lodging business unit of CapitaLand Investment, has secured 16 new signings under the Oakwood brand in 2024, up…
Business
Microsoft poised to benefit from Stargate joint venture with zero money
WHEN President Donald Trump joined tech executives on Tuesday (Jan 21) to tout a multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence (AI) project…
Business
KKR combines US$157 billion infrastructure, real estate businesses
KKR is moving its infrastructure and real estate assets under the same leadership as it looks to capitalise on converging opportunities…
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Samsung to beat Apple to ultrathin phone with Galaxy S25 Edge
SAMSUNG Electronics plans to launch an ultrathin version of its Galaxy S25 phone in the first half of this year, beating Apple to a…
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Imani Perry on Experimental Histories of Black Life
Imani Perry teaches at Harvard and is the author of “South to America,” a genre-mixing exploration of the American South, and, most…
Business
OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank team up on multibillion-dollar AI project
President Trump on Tuesday announced that OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank are partnering on a venture to direct more than $100 billion toward…
Politics
Mariann Budde: Woke DC Bishop Responds after Trump Slams Her but She Wants One-On-One Meeting in Response to President's Demand for Apology
The woke DC bishop who criticized Donald Trump during his inauguration sermon on Monday has finally responded to the President calling her…
Politics
Trump Faces Legal Pushback Over Birthright Citizenship Order, 22 states File Lawsuits
President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship has sparked major legal challenges. Attorneys general from 18…
Politics
US Gun Violence Prevention Website Taken Down; Visitors Being Redirected to 404 Error Message
The website for the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, previously hosted on the White House site, is now offline. Visitors attempting to…
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The Best Books We Read This Week
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US: Wall St opens higher after Netflix results, Trump's AI investment plans
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jan 22), with the benchmark S&P 500 just shy of a record high, as investors cheered…
Business
Mapletree Industrial Trust posts 1.5% rise in Q3 DPU to S$0.0341
THE distribution per unit (DPU) for Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) rose 1.5 per cent to S$0.0341 for its third quarter ended Dec 31,…
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Michael Scott's Leadership Tips: What 'The Office' Got Right
Michael Scott, the quirky boss from “The Office,” often found himself in awkward situations. Yet, beneath his blunders, there are some…
Business
TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning
TIKTOK owner ByteDance on Wednesday (Jan 22) released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s…
Business
China unveils plan to encourage insurance funds into stock markets
CHINA said on Wednesday (Jan 22) it will guide big state insurers and commercial insurance funds to increase investments in the A-share…
Politics
How the Academy Awards Have Adapted to Catastrophe
Until two weeks ago, Oscar pundits were describing this awards season as “weird.” Unlike last year’s slate, dominated by Barbenheimer, the…
Business
Goldman Sachs starts infrastructure fund for wealthy individuals
GOLDMAN Sachs Group’s alternative investment arm is launching a global infrastructure fund for wealthy individuals, as it ramps up efforts…
Politics
Apple close to deal to lift Indonesian iPhone ban, minister says
INDONESIA is close to a deal with Apple over an investment plan that would lift a ban on iPhone 16 sales in the country, according to a…
Business
Sunway Healthcare picks banks for what could be biggest Malaysia IPO in years
SUNWAY has picked banks including HSBC Holdings and Malayan Banking to help arrange an initial public offering (IPO) of its healthcare…
Politics
Maybank says CSE Global to get a boost as Trump declares a pivot back to oil and gas
US president Donald Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency aimed at boosting oil and gas (O&G) production in the US is set to…