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Japan’s cash in circulation falls for first time in 18 years in 2025 on BOJ stimulus exit
Japan’s monetary base, or cash in circulation, declined for the first time in 18 years in 2025 as the central bank weaned off massive…
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Samsung likely to flag 160% jump in Q4 profit as AI boom stokes chip prices
Samsung Electronics is expected to flag a 160 per cent jump in its fourth-quarter operating profit spurred by a severe chip shortage that…
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Concord New Energy up over 8% a day after flat debut on SGX
Concord New Energy, Singapore’s first listing of the year, recovered in early trading on Wednesday (Jan 7) following a muted opening on…
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Intel shows off new computers that are central to comeback bid
The performance of the new products is vital to the turnaround plans of the embattled chipmaker Intel showed off laptop computers based on…
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Tesla UK car sales slump 29% in December as competition heats up: data
TESLA’S UK car registrations dropped by more than 29 per cent year-on-year in December, industry data showed on Tuesday, underscoring the…
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Lucid, Nuro, Uber debut robotaxi ahead of launch this year
Lucid Group, Nuro and Uber on Monday (Jan 5) unveiled a production-intent robotaxi, marking a key step towards commercial deployment for…
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Stocks to watch: Creative, iFast, Concord New Energy, Digital Core Reit, Ley Choon
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Jan 6): Creative Technology: Sim Li…
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US auto sales defy regulatory uncertainty to rise 2% in 2025
Sales of new cars in the United States rose about 2 per cent in 2025, defying extraordinary disruptions all year in an industry where…
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AI video generation leads China’s Kuaishou to 84% stock surge
The company has projected US$140 million in annual revenue for 2025 from AI video FEW major companies have tried to pull off a pivot to…
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1,044% toilet paper price jump, 1,500% for face masks: Amazon being sued for pandemic-linked price gouging
A US judge on Monday rejected Amazon.com’s bid to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the online retailer of price gouging…
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Saudi Arabia cuts flagship oil price to Asia for a third month
The International Energy Agency has forecast a glut of about 3.8 million barrels a day for this year Saudi Arabia dropped the price of its…
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Nvidia CEO Huang touts automotive AI at CES talk as competition mounts
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday touted new software the company is releasing for autonomous cars in a keynote at the Consumer…
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UBS raises US$3 billion from sale of Additional Tier 1 bonds
UBS Group sold US$3 billion of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds on Monday (Jan 5) as major banks face modest refinancing needs that are…
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Hyundai unveils new humanoid robot to work in its car factories
The South Korean company plans to invest 125 trillion won in South Korea over the next five years Hyundai Motor’s Boston Dynamics unit…
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How Consent Can—and Cannot—Help Us Have Better Sex
The latest and most vigorous addition to this genre is “Sex Beyond ‘Yes’: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone” (Norton), by Quill Kukla, a…
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A Photographer’s Portraits of Her Dad
In the nineteen-eighties, Janet Delaney took pictures of her father at work, and came to a deeper understanding of who he was. Source link
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Elon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children
Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to…
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Tesla dethroned as the world's top EV maker
Elon Musk’s Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle seller in the world as demand at home has cooled while competition heated up…
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“Young Mothers” Is a Gentle Gift from the Dardenne Brothers
Goodness is not hard to find in “Young Mothers.” The film is set in and around a maternity home in Liège where the staff look after their…
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January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows
Also: “Tartuffe” mania, the guitar stylings of William Tyler and Yasmin Williams, Justin Chang’s movies for a new year, and more. Source…
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The biggest startups raised a record amount in 2025, dominated by AI
The excitement around artificial intelligence led to a record year for certain types of fundraising. Silicon Valley’s AI companies secured…
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Great Brands Start With One Honest Spark
I’ve built and scaled companies long enough to see a pattern: the strongest brands don’t start with a 100-page deck. They start with one…
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A Syllabus of Conservative Thought | National Review
My crash course, in seven units. Source link
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This Long Beach studio is designing America’s cheapest EV truck
In an echoing Long Beach studio, an ambitious team of designers is trying to reinvent how electric vehicles are made. Slate Auto has…