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US: Wall Street opens higher on rate cut expectations
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday (Sep 16) as investors priced in expected interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve…
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European Shares Slip as Banks, Insurers Fall Ahead of Fed's Rate Decision
European shares fell slightly on Tuesday as cautious sentiment gripped markets ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's closely watched policy…
Culture
Robert Redford Dead: Oscar-Winning Hollywood Icon and 'All the President's Men' Star Dies in His Sleep Aged 89 at His Utah Home
Robert Redford — the two-time Academy Award winner who won hearts in films like "The Way We Were" and "Barefoot in the Park," directed…
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Can You Really Live One Day at a Time?
This summer, I reread the novel “Aurora,” by Kim Stanley Robinson, a science-fiction writer whom I profiled a few years ago. Robinson has…
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Musk answers Tesla’s pay proposal with US$1 billion stock buy
ELON Musk responded to an unprecedented pay proposal from Tesla’s board by buying about US$1 billion worth of shares, sending the stock…
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Indonesia weighs new central bank mandate; rupiah weakens
INDONESIAN lawmakers are weighing changes at the central bank that include a broader mandate and a lower bar for removing senior…
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STI closes flat on Tuesday as regional peers gain
Decliners outnumber advancers 278 to 256 in the broader market with 1.5 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion changing hands The Straits…
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Food-delivery platform foodpanda to rely on affordability, convenience and quick commerce to drive growth
It has been eight months since Bhavani Shankar Mishra took over the hot seat as Singapore managing director for food-delivery platform…
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China's Tencent aims to raise US$1 billion equivalent in dim sum bonds
Chinese gaming and social media leader Tencent Holdings is aiming to raise the equivalent of US$1 billion in a three-tranche offshore yuan…
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Nvidia’s new RTX6000D chip for China finds little favour with major firms: sources
[BEIJING/SHANGHAI] Nvidia’s RTX6000D, its newest artificial intelligence (AI) chip tailored for the Chinese market, has seen only lukewarm…
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Great Eastern jumps nearly 4% to highest price since trading resumption
Its shares were suspended in July 2024 after its free float fell under 10 per cent following a failed takeover bid by its parent OCBC The…
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Great Eastern up 2.7%, hits highest price since trading resumption during market hours
Its shares were suspended in July 2024 after its free float fell under 10% following a failed takeover bid by its parent OCBC Great…
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Australian pension funds to expand use of forex hedging as size grows
Australian pension funds will have to expand the use of foreign exchange hedging as the sector is likely to grow in size to become the…
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Metro soars 10% to near 2-year high on news of strategy revamp
Shares of department store retailer Metro advanced by 10 per cent on Tuesday (Sep 16), following news of its retail strategy revamp. The…
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Metro soars 11% to 2-year high on news of strategy revamp
Shares of department store retailer Metro advanced on Tuesday (Sep 16), following news of its retail strategy revamp. The counter closed…
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Metro soars 6% on news of strategy revamp
The stock hit a two-year high in intraday trade after a BT report on the retailer’s plans to launch new retail concepts Shares of…
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Japan's Nikkei hits record close for fourth day on chip gains ahead of Fed decision
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a record high for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday (Sep 16), as investors scooped up…
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Kansas Man Killed Pregnant Girlfriend After She Took Away His PS4 Controller and Told Him She was Leaving
A 20-year-old Kansas man has pleaded not guilty to murder after being accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend because he "thought she…
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George Zinn: Elderly Political Activist Who Falsely Claimed to Have Shot Charlie Kirk Admits He Did It to Help Real Killer Escape
The elderly political activist who falsely admitted to shooting Charlie Kirk during the conservative figure's event told investigators he…
Business
Serverless by Design: The Multi-Cloud Vision Transforming Retail Tech
Over 90% of the world's data has been generated in just the past two years. It is a statistic that sounds almost absurd, until you picture…
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The Digital Engineer Behind the Curtain: Building Global Supply Chains That Actually Work
Enter any modern pharmacy, electronics store, or car dealership and you will find shelves lined with packaged goods, ready for…
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Hong Kong equity deals boom as Chinese firms rush to market
The city’s benchmark Hang Seng Index is up more than 30% this year, despite a plunge in April that wiped out most of its earlier gains…
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ComfortDelGro, RATP consortium pre-qualifies for Copenhagen Metro bid
KBH Metro Partner, a consortium formed by ComfortDelGro (CDG) and RATP Dev, has been officially pre-qualified to bid for the upcoming…
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Hesai jumps in Hong Kong debut after HK$4.2 billion listing
The company plans to use the proceeds to help lower the manufacturing costs of lidar systems Hesai Group, the world’s largest maker of…