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AI boom risks widening gender gap at work, with Gen Z women most exposed: Apac report
Achieving gender equity requires technology and HR teams to work in tandem, says co-founder of advocacy group As artificial intelligence…
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Vietnam Sets Up Securities-Based Framework for Domestic Carbon Trading Ahead of Pilot Launch
Vietnam has introduced a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for its domestic carbon market, integrating the trading of carbon…
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STI breaches 4,900; DBS, OCBC, UOL, Jardine Matheson end at record highs
Singapore shares breached the 4,900 mark on Tuesday (Jan 27), with the record-breaking momentum buoyed by overnight gains on Wall Street,…
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KKR sells Goodpack back to founding Lam family: source
Reusable bulk container provider Goodpack has switched hands once again, with KKR selling its stake back to the founding Lam family in a…
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California Tech CEO Arrested Over Death of Estranged Wife Found at the Bottom of Cliff in San Bernardino Months After She Filed for Divorce
The estranged husband of a Newport Beach woman who was found dead in the San Bernardino Mountains last November was charged with murder…
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Singapore Doctor, 76, Jailed for Molesting Sedated Patient After Colonoscopy
A 76-year-old doctor was sentenced to one week's jail on Tuesday, January 27, after being convicted of molesting a sedated patient…
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Tax transparency and trust in the business ecosystem
Transparency has evolved into a defining pillar of good governance and public accountability MULTINATIONAL corporations worldwide are…
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Singapore Cop Fined, Banned from Driving Over Unauthorised U-Turn That Injured Passenger
A 31-year-old police officer was fined S$5,000 and disqualified from driving for five years after causing a road accident in Geylang that…
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Posts falsely claim Bangladesh train station clip shows Muslims sabotaging Indian train
A video of children tinkering with the coupling of a stationary train has spread among social media posts in Hindu-majority India, where…
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Who Was Tara Arnold? Top Lawyer from Partner of Elite Texas Law Firm Among Six Killed in Private Jet Crash While on Girls Trip to Paris
The wife of a prominent lawyer was among six people who were killed in a devastating private jet crash on a snow-covered airport runway,…
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JD.com’s Jingdong Property files for Hong Kong IPO
Jingdong Property, a Chinese logistics infrastructure manager majority owned by e-commerce major JD.com, has filed for an initial public…
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Malaysia, Mexico most at risk from Japan carry unwind, HSBC says
Traders are on guard for increased volatility in markets ahead of an election on Feb 8 Bond markets in Malaysia and Mexico are among the…
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Kelowna Man Convicted of Killing Woman Days After Meeting Her on First Date After She Insulted Him
A Kelowna man has been found guilty of second-degree murder for bludgeoning a woman to death with a wrench the day after he had met her…
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Bay Area Mayoral Candidate Accused of Killing Wife, Staging Her Death as Suicide
A decade after a California woman was found dead with a gunshot wound and a suicide note beside her body, her husband is accused of her…
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Gregory Bovino Removed from Top Position at Border Patrol as His Social Media Accounts Are Taken Away Amid Fallout Over Alex Pretti Killing
Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who became a prominent figure in President Donald Trump's hardline immigration push, has been…
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Malaysian retailer MR DIY outperforms South-east Asia peers
A major boost for the sector is coming from the government’s cash payout of RM100 to adult citizens, spendable at selected retailers and…
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Highlands Ranch 'Teacher of the Year' Charged with Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Her Student, Pleads Guilty
A former Highlands Ranch teacher charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a student took a deal and pleaded guilty last week to…
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HSBC to close Raffles Place branch on Feb 28
The bank has three other wealth centres in the city-state HSBC Holdings will close a key retail branch in Singapore’s financial district…
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HSBC to shut Raffles Place branch amid deeper push into wealth management
Holdings will close a key retail branch in Singapore’s financial district and open a wealth centre at the same building, as the lender…
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Micron invests US$24 billion to expand Singapore manufacturing complex; 1,600 jobs to be created
This brings the company’s total investments in Singapore to around US$60 billion Semiconductor giant Micron Technology broke ground on…
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Chandra Asri gets US$250 million loan to fund equity in Esso deal
The financing underscores how private credit funds and traditional lenders increasingly operate side-by-side in mergers and acquisitions…
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Shipbuilder Nam Cheong rises 9.3% on US$19.8 million vessel sale
The 11-year-old, 3,000 deadweight tonnage vessel was sold to an Indonesian customer Shares of Nam Cheong rose S$0.10 or 9.3 per cent in…
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UOBKH forecasts STI to hit 5,400 by end-2026; bets on EQDP boost, banking giants
The Straits Times Index (STI) may reach 5,400 points by the end of 2026, driven by policy tailwinds and resilient corporate earnings, said…
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Apollo took loss on zeroed out asset-backed loan deemed safe
Other investors have lost hundreds of millions of US dollars in recent years betting on e-commerce aggregators Apollo Global Management…