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Apple’s India sales hit record US$9 billion after big retail push
Apple’s annual sales in India hit a record of nearly US$9 billion in the last fiscal year, signalling growing consumer demand for its…
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Michael Kors Goes Big With Paris Pop-up
FRINGE BENEFITS: If you had to describe the Michael Kors pop-up at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées in Paris as a Tom Hanks movie, it…
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Big Food goes small: Kraft Heinz bets on simplicity to boost shares
Investment bankers had pitched a breakup to Kraft Heinz for years without success, sources said. The company finally agreed to a split…
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Google keeps Chrome and Apple deal but must share data in big antitrust ruling
GOOGLE won’t have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with US…
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Taiwan’s life insurers see big drop in currency hedging costs
The Taiwan dollar’s recent weakness and the resulting return of carry trades are quickly driving down local life insurers’ hedging costs.…
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Celebrating the Decline of Big Labor | National Review
For the first time, the share of U.S. workers who are union members has fallen below 10 percent. Source link
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Does Big Labor Truly Represent the American Worker? | National Review
Those hoping to hear workers’ voices need to find an alternative to union bosses, who have shown they barely speak for their members, much…
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Hyphens Pharma bets big on Asean’s medical aesthetics boom
Catalist-listed Hyphens Pharma wants to ride on the growing medical aesthetics market across South-east Asia, with the aim of becoming the…
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STI rises 0.1% despite US big tech sell-off
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 277 to 256, with 1.48 billion securities worth S$1.49 billion changing hands Equities in…
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Options traders brace for Big Tech sell-off with ‘disaster’ puts
Options traders are increasingly nervous about a plunge in technology stocks in the coming weeks and are grabbing insurance to protect…
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Who Was Thongbue Wongbandue? New Jersey Retiree Dies While Trying to Meet Meta AI Chatbot 'Big sis Billie' Thinking Her to be Real NY Woman
An elderly New Jersey man with cognitive issues died while trying to meet an AI chatbot he mistook for a real woman in New York City,…
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Gold poised for weekly fall as bets fade for big Fed rate cut
Gold was subdued on Friday (Aug 15) and was heading for a weekly fall, as hotter-than-expected US inflation data dented expectations for a…
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Hedge funds shift bets to double down on Big Tech amid AI boom
Wall Street’s largest hedge funds, Bridgewater Associates, Tiger Global Management and Discovery Capital, increased their exposure to Big…
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Inventing Climate Liability: An International Court’s Big Adventure | National Review
Climate adaptation and mitigation require technological innovation and economic growth, not legal warfare between nations. Source link
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Israeli Takeover of Gaza Would Be a Big Risk | National Review
Israel’s war against Hamas remains well-justified, but there is a danger of entrenching there. Source link
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‘We are a big tanker; we are shifting’: UOB’s Wee Ee Cheong takes long-term view on trade loans
Trade loans remain a relatively small portion of UOB’s total portfolio, but their contribution to the bank’s balance sheet is expected to…
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Texas Millionaire Gored to Death by Buffalo He was Stalking During Big Game Hunt in South Africa
An American millionaire and big game hunter has died after being killed by a cape buffalo during a hunting trip in South Africa. Asher…
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The AI race has big tech spending US$344 billion this year
If there’s any lesson to take from the spending plans issued by the world’s largest technology companies over the past two weeks, it’s to…
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Hong Kong to let big funds secure bigger proportions of listings
Starting next week, the maximum percentage of shares that can be allocated to retail investors will be lowered to 35%, down from 50%…
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StanChart CEO says ‘shame on’ big banks quitting net zero group
The chief executive officer of Standard Chartered, Bill Winters, has some strong words for banks that have recently walked back their…
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Samsung’s big Tesla order fuels recovery bets despite chip woes
Samsung Electronics’ surprise US$16.5 billion chipmaking deal with Tesla has breathed new life into a foundry business all but written off…
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US: Stocks retreat ahead of Fed decision, big tech earnings
Wall Street stocks retreated on Tuesday as markets digested major merger announcements and monitored US-China trade talks ahead of big…
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Overlooked Details in a Big Beautiful Law
They may not garner the same attention as the tax cuts or Medicaid reforms, but their consequences ought to be big — and beautiful. Source…
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Alibaba cloud visionary expects big shakeup after OpenAI hype
OpenAI’s ChatGPT started a revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) development and investment. Yet nine-tenths of the technology and…