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Raffles Education jumps 19% on debt conversion; special dividend plan
Shares of Raffles Education surged over 19 per cent on Friday (Oct 31) morning after the company announced a debt conversion plan. It…
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US candy makers haunted by Halloween discounts as retailers scare up sales
US retailers are discounting some Hershey candy ahead of Halloween on Friday, the confectioner’s biggest holiday, after it hiked prices…
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China to buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans this season, Bessent says
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of American soybeans during the…
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SIA earnings likely to stay ‘pressured’ despite over 380,000 discounted tickets: analysts
Concerns around passenger yield, drag from the crash of Air India flight 171 and rising non-fuel costs could weigh heavier Singapore…
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CapitaLand India Trust Q3 total property income up 10% at 5.1 billion rupees
This is due to higher rental income from existing properties and income contributions from acquisitions and completed developments, says…
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Netflix announces ten-for-one stock split, shares rise
Trading is expected to begin on a split-adjusted basis at the market open on Nov 17 Netflix on Thursday (Oct 30) announced a ten-for-one…
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US: Wall Street indexes fall as Meta, Microsoft drag, along with Fed rate concerns
WALL Street’s three major indexes lost ground on Thursday with the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 leading losses as Meta and Microsoft…
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Europe: Shares fall as rate uncertainty, earnings sour sentiment
EUROPEAN shares logged their third session of declines on Thursday as uncertainty over the future moves of central banks grew, while…
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Amazon reports cloud unit grew at fastest rate since 2022
The company has invested heavily in data centres and chips to build and operate AI models capable of generating text or images and…
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Staffing shortage at Reagan National affects senators trying to fly home amid shutdown impasse
Senators are starting to feel some personal pain from the shutdown, as many of their scheduled flights home from Washington on Thursday…
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Trump celebrates win against climate 'hoax' after Bill Gates pivots on global warming
President Trump took a victory lap after billionaire Bill Gates lowered the temperature on his global-warming activism by walking back his…
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CNN's Tapper says left-wing indoctrination efforts turning students more conservative
CNN host Jake Tapper said a backlash to leftist indoctrination in schools is driving skeptical Gen-Z students to become more conservative.…
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Small landlords call on HUD to block D.C. rent control bill
A group representing small D.C. landlords petitioned the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday to block city…
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Trump's plan to resume nuke testing raises alarms
President Trump has announced the U.S. will "immediately" resume nuclear weapons testing, a move that alarmed nuclear watchdogs who say…
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Humility Revisited: On Being Conservative
Populists are as vulnerable to magical thinking as ideologized elites, and just as prone to rash action. Source link
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'Wind in his sails': Trump racks up trade deals, delicate China truce on whirlwind Asia tour
President Trump finalized a thorny trade deal with South Korea and secured deals with Southeast Asian nations to keep minerals flowing to…
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Senate votes to nullify global tariffs, completing trifecta of measures against Trump's trade policy
The Senate voted Thursday in a largely symbolic move to terminate the emergency powers that President Trump used to impose tariffs on…
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Universal Music Group settles with AI music startup Udio
Universal Music Group said Wednesday it has reached licensing agreements with artificial intelligence music startup Udio, settling a…
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Mamdani's NYC mayoral run may affect gubernatorial races in N.J.
The ascendance of self-declared socialist Zohran Mamdani of New York City as this year's highest-profile Democratic candidate is…
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Judge accuses DOJ of bullying QueerDoc, rips up subpoena to transgender care clinic
A federal judge has quashed a subpoena the Trump Justice Department issued to QueerDoc, a firm that specializes in telemedicine for…
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Earle-Sears' Virginia campaign bus catches fire
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears' campaign for governor is catching fire -- literally. Source link
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Gov. Moore pledges $10 million for Maryland's food banks amid state of emergency
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency on Day 30 of the government shutdown as federal food aid benefits face a funding…
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What to know about the white South Africans Trump is prioritizing in reduced U.S. refugee quota
U.S. President Donald Trump is prioritizing white South Africans in a dramatically decreased quota of refugees allowed into the United…
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Trump caps refugees at 7,500, earmarks most slots for White South Africans
President Trump set a ceiling for the U.S. to accept no more than 7,500 refugees in fiscal 2026 and said most of those slots should go to…