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Microsoft bets office subscribers will pay 30% more for AI tools
MICROSOFT is raising the price of its package of Office apps for consumers, a bet that subscribers will be willing to cough up more for…
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Larger language models are not necessarily better as companies seek returns on AI investments
Small language models – streamlined versions of larger ones – are expected to gain popularity LARGE language models (LLMs) – artificial…
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Who Is Nelle Diala? Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Fired Over 'Little Twerk Before Work' Viral Video, Claps Back with GoFundMe and Calls Out "Sensitivity" [Video]
A flight attendant from Alaska Airlines, Nelle Diala, has found herself at the center of controversy after posting a video of herself…
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Cash App Ordered to Pay $255 Million in Penalties Over Fraud
Cash App, the smartphone payments tool that allows instant money transfers and is popular with young people, has made billions in profits…
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Mets Moving on From Franchise Icon: Report
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Queens might be big enough for more than 2 million residents, but its local baseball team is apparently…
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30-Year Mortgage Rate Rises Above 7% for First Time Since May
The average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages surpassed 7 percent for the first time since May, Freddie Mac reported on Thursday,…
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Chantel Jeffries Faces Backlash For Posting Racy Photos from South Africa Tour While Wildfires Continue to Ravage Los Angeles
Chantel Jeffries appeared out of touch with the current situation in Los Angeles when she shared photos from her latest exotic vacation.…
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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…
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Three O’Clock expands into South Asian market
Vietnamese café chain Three O'Clock is set to expand into the South Asian market after awarding exclusive regional franchise rights to…
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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…
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US: S&P 500 opens slightly higher with focus on earnings, economic data
THE benchmark S&P 500 opened slightly higher on Thursday (Jan 16) following strong gains in the previous session, as investors assessed…
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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…
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Temasek’s Azalea announces CEO Margaret Lui’s retirement; CIO Chue En Yaw 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…
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Honda seeks to buy out Renault’s stake in Nissan, Kyodo reports
HONDA Motor has asked Nissan Motor whether it would be able to acquire Renault’s shareholding, according to a Kyodo News report, as the…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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CDL divests over S$600 million of assets in 2024, including Suzhou project
City Developments Ltd (CDL) achieved total divestments of more than S$600 million in 2024 as part of its capital recycling initiative,…
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A Visionary in Global Education: Dr. Mariam Shaikh’s Journey of Empowerment and Innovation
From Humble Beginnings to Global Leadership Dr. Mariam Shaikh has carved a remarkable path in education, spanning over three decades. From…
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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…
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Alliance Bank Malaysia’s top shareholder Vertical Theme said to be mulling 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…
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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…
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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…