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Cordlife expects to be in the red for FY2024; ‘no assurance’ of profitability in FY2025
PRIVATE cord-blood bank Cordlife expects to post a loss for the 2024 fiscal year due to the financial fallout from lapses discovered in…
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Hamas to free six hostages on Saturday, return four bodies Thursday
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Taps Marcus Stroman to Front Loungewear Launch
Marcus Stroman has a slew of tattoos, everything from the Toronto skyline to self-motivating sayings such as: “Believe in yourself.” And…
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Budget 2025: Tax incentives to beef up equities market could have ‘limited impact’, say industry experts
High-growth companies that are not yet profitable, for example, would find limited benefit from tax breaks The government will introduce…
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German retailer Otto to lay off 480 call centre employees
The logo of the Otto Group is displayed at the company headquarters against a blue sky. Otto, one of Germany's biggest e-commerce players,…
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Goldman hoists gold target to US$3,100 on central-bank demand
GOLDMAN Sachs Group raised its year-end gold target to US$3,100 an ounce on central-bank buying and inflows into bullion-backed…
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Your Business Website: 5 Mistakes That Cost You Customers
Your website is kinda like your business card for the internet. If it’s not working right, you’re probably losing customers, plain and…
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Parkson Retail Asia reports S$5.8 million in Q4 profit
Earnings per share for its continuing operations stands at S$0.0086, down from S$0.0116 previously DEPARTMENT store operator Parkson…
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Gallery: Highlights from the Etihad Young Leaders Summit in New Delhi
Thirty-nine Young Leaders from across India came together in New Delhi for this season's Etihad Young Leaders Summit, an inspirational…
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Robinhood expects to launch crypto products in Singapore in 2025
ROBINHOOD Markets plans to launch Singapore crypto offerings in 2025 through an entity of European digital-assets exchange Bitstamp, which…
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Joor Unveils ‘Joor Discover’ to Simplify Wholesale Matchmaking in the Fashion Industry
Joor, the wholesale management ecosystem for the fashion apparel industry, sees nearly $20 billion in transactions processed annually…
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Singapore shares track regional gains on Tuesday; STI up 0.5%
Across the broader market, advancers outnumber decliners 322 to 231, after 1.4 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion change hands THE Straits…
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From a Nars Developer’s Next Brainchild to Male Grooming’s Latest Emergent — 4 New Beauty Brand Launches to Watch
A slew of new beauty brands are coming to market, with innovations in hair and skin care in particular. Here, four key brand launches of…
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From At-home Devices to Fragrance Mists: Prestige Beauty’s Top 10 Growth Categories, Ranked
What were prestige beauty‘s top sales growth categories in 2024? Data from commerce insights platform Daash Intelligence shows that…
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EXCLUSIVE: Biomaterial Company Gozen Scales Up Lunaform Production With New Factory
PARIS – Biomaterial company Gozen, which is behind the Lunaform material, has opened the doors to its new 40,000-square-foot production…
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Asia: Tech rally helps Hong Kong lead markets higher
HONG Kong resumed its tech-led rally on a healthy day for Asian markets on Tuesday (Feb 18) as a meeting between President Xi Jinping and…
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China’s Sany Heavy Industry aims to raise up to US$1.5 billion in planned Hong Kong listing: sources
CHINESE manufacturer Sany Heavy Industry is planning a listing in Hong Kong that could raise up to US$1.5 billion, two sources familiar…
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HSBC axes 40 dealmakers in Hong Kong as part of revamp to cut costs: source
HSBC has laid off around 40 investment bankers in Hong Kong, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter, as part of a…
Business
Diesel, Maison Margiela, DTC Offset China, Wholesale 2024 Slowdown at OTB
MILAN — Several changes have been taking place within the OTB Group over the last year and in early 2025, and chief executive officer…
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30-Million-Year-Old Hypercarnivore Skull 'Dream Find' For Paleontologists
In Fayum, Egypt, where now lies a barren desert, a lush forest once stood, teeming with life. Paradise for all creatures therein, however,…
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Australian central bank cuts rates for first time since November 2020
Inflation has dropped from a peak of 7.8 per cent in December 2022 and now sits at 2.4 per cent, according to the RBA AUSTRALIA’S central…
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Honda ready to revive takeover talks if Nissan CEO Uchida leaves: report
Nissan’s board of directors has also started informal discussions regarding the timing of Uchida’s departure HONDA Motor will resume talks…
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TPG proposes to privatise Econ Healthcare in S$88 million deal
US private equity firm TPG, through its special purpose vehicle, is looking to take Catalist-listed nursing operator Econ Healthcare…
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Old cremation video in Vietnam unrelated to Taiwanese celebrity's death
After Taiwanese star Barbie Hsu died from pneumonia during a vacation in Japan over the Lunar New Year holiday, social media users falsely…