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Wall St gains after stronger-than-expected jobs report
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Feb 11) following a stronger-than-expected jobs data that pointed to a resilient US…
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Soilbuild Construction bags new contracts totalling S$158 million
The deals enhance revenue visibility and bring group’s order book value to around S$1.07 billion as at end-December Soilbuild Construction…
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World’s biggest nickel mine in Indonesia told to cut output
Its 2026 quota is 12 million tonnes of ore production, down from 42 million tonnes in 2025 The world’s biggest nickel mine in Indonesia…
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Deutsche Bank looks to boost loans for rich clients’ sports bets
Billionaires with sports investments include India’s Mukesh Ambani, France’s Bernard Arnault and Josh Harris in the US Deutsche Bank is…
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Starhill Global Reit CEO and executive director Ho Sing to step down in August
Hospitality veteran Ho Sing is retiring and will step down as the chief executive officer and executive director of Starhill Global Real…
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Benefits of Maintaining an Organized Property
Organized property is a term widely used but hardly understood. What is organized property? By definition, it is land or real estate that…
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AI Won’t Replace Trust in Marketing
Generative AI is impressive, but it still misses what matters most in marketing: trust. That’s my stance, and it comes from hard-won…
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“The President’s Cake” Is a Neorealist Treasure from Iraq
In the city, the story splits in half: Lamia gets separated from Bibi (for reasons I wouldn’t dare disclose) and searches for the one…
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The Movie That Inspired Gregory Bovino to Join Border Patrol
For all the scenes of jeeps raising dust in the desert and migrants wading through the Rio Grande, “The Border” is something of a…
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'Ass power!' Hundreds gather in L.A. to play a video game about donkeys and the resistance
The donkeys are pissed off. Put upon, out of work and victims of decades-long systemic abuse, it’s time, they have decided, to protest.…
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Trial starts in L.A. lawsuit alleging Instagram and YouTube knew apps harmed kids
A landmark civil trial that will ask jurors to decide whether social media companies can be held liable for pushing a product that they…
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“Industry” Is a Study in Wasted Youths
In the new season of the hit HBO series, its young protagonists have left the trading floor that made them. Their second acts are…
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AI’s latest 20-something billionaire got his start at L.A. garage sales
The man set to become one of the world’s youngest artificial intelligence billionaires started his entrepreneurial journey as a bored…
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What Do We Want from a Protest Song?
He is also sitting in front of a screen. “Am I the only one willin’ to bleed / Or take a bullet for bein’ free / Screamin’ ‘What the…
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Oil prices climb on worries of possible Iran-US conflict
Oil prices settled higher on Friday (Feb 6), reversing earlier losses as traders worried that this week’s talks between the US and Iran…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 rebounds in broad based gains; Stellantis plunge drags auto stocks
Europe’s benchmark share index rose on Friday (Feb 6) in a largely broad-based rebound from the prior session’s losses, as investors…
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US: Dow closes above 50,000, Nvidia soars as traders focus on AI spending
The Dow Jones Industrial Average blew past the historic 50,000 mark on Friday (Feb 6) and the S&P 500 ended sharply higher, as Nvidia and…
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More than 200 attacks on refugees in Germany in Q4, data shows
Attacks against refugees continue unabated in Germany, with 204 crimes recorded in the fourth quarter of 2025 outside of refugee shelters,…
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7 reasons raising too much money too soon makes you weaker
There is a moment many founders quietly fantasize about. The big check clears. The bank balance looks real. You finally feel like you can…
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Snow clearing dispute in Germany escalates into machete attack
A snow clearing operation in eastern Germany got out of hand when a violent argument broke out between two neighbours. In the town of…
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7 reasons founders confuse lean with cheap
At some point early on, almost every founder convinces themselves they are being “lean” when what they are really doing is just avoiding…
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Keke Palmer Does Logomania in Gucci for 'The Burbs' Premiere
Keke Palmer embraced logomania in allover Gucci for Thursday night’s premiere of “The ‘Burbs” in Los Angeles. Wearing a look curated by…
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How to validate a service business idea with minimal investment
You have an idea you cannot shake. It feels obvious, useful, maybe even inevitable. But you also know that building a service business on…
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CAN 2025 - Morocco: Senegalese fans go on hunger strike
CAN 2025: Detained in Morocco, Senegalese supporters reach breaking point CAN 2025 - Morocco: Senegalese fans go on hunger strike The…