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US: Wall St mixed at start of holiday-shortened week
Wall Street’s main indexes were muted at the start of a holiday-shortened week on Monday (Dec 23), as a stopgap government funding bill…
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Apple approaches US$4 trillion valuation as investors bet on AI momentum
APPLE is closing in on a historic US$4 trillion stock market valuation, powered by investors cheering progress in the company’s…
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Sembcorp makes debut on Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index
Other Singapore companies on the index are CapitaLand Investment, ComfortDelGro, Keppel, ST Engineering, and Wilmar International SEMBCORP…
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Xerox to buy printer maker Lexmark from Chinese owners in US$1.5 billion deal
The office equipment manufacturer has seen its revenue shrink for five straight quarters OFFICE equipment manufacturer Xerox will buy…
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Mets Now 'Most Obvious Fit' For $152 Million All-Star Slugger, Insider Says
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! The New York Mets landed the prize of the offseason by signing outfielder Juan Soto to a record-breaking…
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Does Morality Do Us Any Good?
Sauer, who cautions that his chronological arrangements “shouldn’t be taken too literally,” terms the results of his multidisciplinary…
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Is There Any Escape from the Spotify Syndrome?
Like countless other people around the globe, I stream music, and like more than six hundred million of them I mainly use Spotify.…
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India puts brakes on a 10,000% stock rally over fake disclosures
India’s securities market regulator on Monday (Dec 23) suspended trading in shares of Bharat Global Developers, the latest in a string of…
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SingPost shares tumble over 10%; OCBC lowers target price after fiasco
SOME analysts left their ratings on SingPost unchanged on Monday (Dec 23), although corporate governance issues was raised as a risk…
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Kitten's sleeping position goes viral: "Nap took him"
A cat owner from Houston, Texas, shared a video of her kitten's unusual sleeping position and internet users can't cope with how cute it…
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Chinese EV makers hit EU wall as tariffs inflate cost of imports
CHINESE automakers captured their smallest share of Europe’s electric vehicle (EV) market in eight months after new tariffs added as much…
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JPMorgan exits Australia’s Star Entertainment
JPMORGAN Chase has ceased to be a shareholder in embattled Australian casino operator Star Entertainment, an exchange filing by the gaming…
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Malaysia Airlines grounds new Airbus jet over safety concerns
MALAYSIA Airlines has grounded its new Airbus A330neo jet just days after its maiden flight because of technical issues, local media…
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US investors pay biggest premium for TSMC shares in two months
TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) US-listed shares cost almost 25 per cent more than those in its domestic market at the…
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1MDB takes legal action against Amicorp for allegedly facilitating US$7 billion fraud
The lawsuit seeks damages of more than US$1 billion from the financial services provider SCANDAL-HIT Malaysian state fund 1MDB and its…
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1MDB sues Amicorp for over US$1 billion for allegedly facilitating US$7 billion fraud
The lawsuit seeks damages of more than US$1 billion from the financial services provider SCANDAL-HIT Malaysian state fund 1MDB and its…
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What we know about SingPost’s Parcelgate scandal so far
SINGAPORE Post (SingPost) has fired three of its senior management executives as they were found to be negligent in the handling of…
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Chinese investors buy record amount of Hong Kong stocks via link
MAINLAND Chinese investors snapped up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks as they ramped up exposure to risk assets in the city amid a…
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Nippon Life’s US$12 billion acquisition spree is just beginning
NIPPON Life Insurance has done more than US$12 billion of deals this month alone. Japan’s biggest insurer is not finished yet. Having…
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Japan’s bond market is set to absorb biggest supply in a decade
INVESTORS are set to face the largest supply of Japanese sovereign bonds in at least a decade as the central bank plans to shrink its…
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Video shows light rail system in China's Chongqing, not Japanese train tracks
A video compilation of train tracks switching has been shared more than a thousand times alongside the false claim it showed rail…
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Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line opens after more than a decade of delays
A dozen years after it broke ground, Vietnam’s largest city has unveiled its first mass rapid transit line. Hundreds of people lined up…
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A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here's what you need to know
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the…
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Honda, Nissan formalise merger talks, aim to combine by 2026
Honda Motor and Nissan Motor took their first historic steps toward merging to create a new force in the world’s automotive industry, as…