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How banks handle interest rate swings may soon be clearer to investors
Newly proposed rules by International Accounting Standards Board centre on new Risk Mitigation Accounting model The International…
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Man Who Killed Gay Ole Miss Student to Cover Up Sexual Affair, Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison
A Mississippi man was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison after being convicted of murdering a university student to allegedly cover…
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China's LandSpace fails to complete reusable rocket test
The rocket was not able to complete a controlled landing following an initial launch The maiden test of LandSpace’s next-generation…
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Singapore Agritrade Founder Arrested for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud After Five Years on the Run, Faces Cheating Charges
Singapore police announced on Tuesday, December 2, that the founder of commodity trading firm Agritrade has been arrested and charged in…
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Singapore Customs Flags Two New Parcel Scam Variants, Warns Public
Singapore Customs on Wednesday, December 3, alerted the public to two emerging parcel scam variants that have appeared in recent months.…
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Clementi Trailer Fire Leaves 1 Injured and Hospitalised in Singapore
A trailer fire along Clementi Road on Tuesday, December 2, left one person injured and prompted an emergency response from the Singapore…
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Singapore: 43-Year-Old Woman Jailed for Orchestrating Five-Hour Confinement of Debtor in Warehouse
A woman who abducted and restrained her debtor in a dark warehouse for several hours in an attempt to recover a loan of about S$25,000 was…
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HSBC names Brendan Nelson chairman in surprise move
The bank says Nelson’s appointment follows a robust process assessing internal and external candidates HSBC Holdings’ interim chairman…
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Cordlife faces S$5.45 million civil claim from clients over damaged cord blood units
Cordlife Group is facing claims of at least S$5.45 million in damages from clients who stored 109 cord blood units (CBUs) with the…
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Georgia Woman Beat Boyfriend's Toddler to Death Because She 'Resented' the Boy, Wanted a Family with Her Own Child
A woman beat her boyfriend's toddler son to death because she "resented" the boy and wanted to form a family with her own children,…
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Philippines' slow growth raises chance of December rate cut, says central bank chief
Data last month showed annual growth slowed to a four-year low of 4.0% in the third quarter A slower growth outlook for the Philippines…
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Massachusetts Teachers Charged After Video Showed One of Them 'Thrusting' with 14-Year-Old Child on Lap
Two Massachusetts brothers, who worked as elementary school teachers, have been charged with indecent assault of a child. The Boylston…
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Former Sacramento Deputy Who Fatally Stabbed 11-Year-Old Son Lost Job for Overdosing on Drugs He Seized During an Arrest
A former Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy who was shot dead during a police chase after he fatally stabbed his 11-year-old son on…
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Major Chinese banks cut high-yield deposit products to ease margin pressure
Some major Chinese commercial banks have removed five-year, large-scale certificates of deposit that carry a high yield from their…
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GXS cuts about 10% of workforce in rightsizing exercise
Digital bank GXS is cutting 82 jobs or about 10 per cent of its workforce across the group. This exercise is part of the group’s…
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Grab-Singtel’s GXS bank cuts about 10% of workforce as it moves on from early-stage operations
Loss of 82 jobs part of the group’s transition from building a bank to running the operations: CEO Lai Pei-Si Digital bank GXS is cutting…
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Chinese smart glasses firms eye overseas conquest
[HANGZHOU, China] In China, artificial intelligence (AI) glasses let the wearer pay in shops with just a glance at a QR code and a voice…
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Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery combo seen lowering costs for consumers: sources
Alphabet’s YouTube remains the country’s largest streaming platform by viewership Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros…
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MAS EQDP: Manulife Investment Management launches Singapore all-cap fund strategy
Manulife Investment Management said it will launch a fund strategy with an emphasis on Singapore small and mid caps, shortly after it was…
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Most Asian markets rise as traders await key US data
Money markets have put the chances of a Dec 10 cut at around 90%, with another three forecast by the end of next year Markets mostly rose…
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Malaysia palm oil reserves seen at six-year high as exports slump
Palm oil stockpiles in Malaysia surged to the highest in more than six years as exports dropped in November, according to a survey.…
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Apple Tap to Pay now available in Singapore, allowing merchants to use iPhones as contactless payment terminals
The function also supports contactless credit and debit cards from American Express, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay and Visa Apple has…
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Apple Tap to Pay launches in Singapore, allows merchants to use iPhones as contactless payment terminals
The function also supports contactless credit and debit cards from American Express, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay and Visa Apple has…
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Gold flat as investors await US data for rate-cut signals
US rate futures are pricing in an 89% chance of a rate cut in December, according to the CME’s FedWatch tool Gold prices were little…