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Europe: Shares recover as easing US bank jitters drive risk appetite
EUROPEAN shares closed higher on Monday, as initial concerns over the stability of the US banking sector eased, while fresh comments from…
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Apple hits first record of 2025 as iPhone optimism fuels rebound
The iPhone maker has soared more than 50%, finally turning positive for the year in late September Apple shares hit their first record of…
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Danielle Bernstein’s Wedding-type Designer Responds to Social Media Pushback
As an influencer, entrepreneur and founder of @shopweworewhat, Danielle Bernstein understands the power of style and the unwieldiness of…
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PM Pham Minh Chinh Says Vietnam's Economy Surpasses US$500 Billion in 2025
During the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly on Monday, October 20, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that the…
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Wilmar Indonesia unit general manager charged over sugar imports
The unlawful raw sugar imports have allegedly caused state losses amounting to 578 billion rupiah The general manager of Wilmar…
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US: Stocks rise to open big earnings week
WALL Street stocks rose early Monday (Oct 20) as markets looked ahead to a heavy week of corporate earnings and monitored the positioning…
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Why did Amazon's AWS outage disrupt Snapchat, Ring and many other services?
People struggled to access social media app Snapchat, online game Fortnite, payments app Venmo and other popular online services on Monday…
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Christoph Niemann’s “Market Shift”
For the cover of the October 27, 2025, Money Issue, the artist Christoph Niemann set out to visualize how the preposterously rich pay a…
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Vietnam stocks slump after state media report on alleged bond irregularities
Vietnam’s main stock index fell to its lowest closing level in a month on Monday (Oct 20) after state media reported the results of a…
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Global companies hit by more than US$35 billion in US tariffs, but outlook stabilising
GLOBAL companies have flagged more than US$35 billion in costs from US tariffs heading into third-quarter earnings, but many are lowering…
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Coinbase, Fortnite among services hit by global outage of Amazon’s cloud unit
AMAZON’S cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday (Oct 20), causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world…
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Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
Crypto exchange Coinbase, as well as games Fortnite and Roblox, were among those affected MANY popular Internet services, from streaming…
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Stellantis, China’s Pony AI to test robotaxis in Europe
Stellantis plans to team up with Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI to start testing autonomous vans in Luxembourg. The agreement involves…
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Emirates NBD plans to invest US$3 billion in India’s RBL Bank
Emirates NBD bank will invest as much as US$3.1 billion in India’s RBL Bank in the biggest foreign investments in the country’s financial…
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Gold holds drop as traders focus on US-China trade, credit woes
Gold steadied following a sharp drop for precious metals on Friday (Oct 17), with traders weighing the latest developments in trade…
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China's Sany Heavy Industry seeking up to HK$12.4 billion in HK listing
Sany Heavy Industry is seeking to raise as much as HK$12.4 billion (S$2.1 billion) through its Hong Kong listing, a filing showed on…
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Kering agrees to sell beauty division to L’Oreal in partnership
Kering SA agreed to sell its beauty division to L’Oreal SA as part of a long-term strategic alliance, with chief executive Luca de Meo…
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S&P 500 rally may stall with breakdown of key support levels
THE US stock market experienced a recent notable pullback, driven primarily by escalating trade tensions between the US and China. On Oct…
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Staying resilient and redefining hospitality for a new era
WHEN Carolyn Choo entered Worldwide Hotels Group (WWHG) in 2002, the family business was under immense financial and legal pressure amid a…
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Shaping lives through learning innovation
PATRICK Cheo’s entrepreneurial journey has been defined by grit, foresight and a deep belief in the power of education to transform lives.…
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Wee Hur gears up for growth with bigger ambitions
Group’s chiefs consider its workers’ dormitory and construction businesses as key drivers of future growth Property developer Wee Hur is…
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Institutional investors will have key role to play if the run in smaller-cap stocks is to continue
Next 50 indices in their current form are likely to be just as effective in promoting market discipline among smaller-cap companies as the…
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S-Reits expected to deliver stable Q3 earnings on easing debt costs
More Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts are expected to deliver year-on-year DPU growth helped by a decline in average…
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L’Oréal and Kering Enter Into Joint Beauty Venture
Kering and L’Oréal have made it official: The two French giants said Sunday that they are forming a long-term strategic partnership in…