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The diplomatic efforts that paved the way for a possible Trump-Putin meeting on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in latest bid by the White House to broker an end to…
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Corporations Have a Responsibility to Not Fleece Taxpayers
In conversations about corporate social responsibility, cronyism is often left out. It shouldn’t be. Source link
Business
US: Wall Street opens higher on tariff exemption hopes
Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Aug 7), buoyed by optimism that major technology companies could avoid US President…
Business
Riverstone Q2 earnings fall 37.4% to RM45.4 million
Gloves maker Riverstone Holdings posted a 37.4 per cent year on year drop in net profit to RM45.4 million (S$13.8 million) for the quarter…
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Trump urges Intel CEO to resign immediately, calls him ‘conflicted’
President Donald Trump called on the chief executive officer of Intel to resign because of what he called conflicts of interest. “The CEO…
Business
Bank of England cuts rates to 4% after narrow 5-4 vote
The Bank of England (BOE) cut interest rates on Thursday (Aug 7) but four of its nine policymakers – worried about high inflation – sought…
Business
Genting Singapore H1 profit falls 34% to S$234.7 million on weaker gaming, room revenue
Resort and casino operator Genting Singapore reported a 34 per cent drop in profit for the first half of the year to S$234.7 million.…
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Don’t Abandon mRNA
Along with other actions, RFK’s move on mRNA paints a portrait of a longtime vaccine skeptic pursuing exactly the agenda he said he would.…
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The Trump IRS and the GOP Congress Should Make Taxes Easy Again
There’s plenty that new IRS Commissioner Billy Long can do to make the tax system easier for people to manage. Source link
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Democrats Should Follow the Seinfeld Principle
They have fallen into the profanity trap. Source link
Business
The Expectation of Price Controls and Federal Investment in Defense-Critical Minerals
One obvious problem is dependence on subsidized Chinese minerals. A less obvious one is the expectation of future price controls. Source…
Business
Chinese drone maker DJI shut out of Washington with US market at risk
Chinese-owned and operated DJI Technologies is up against an end-of-year deadline to keep its US business alive, and the drone maker is…
Culture
A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an…
Culture
“Thirty-Three,” by D. S. Waldman
Could be half my life, I said, could be all of it. Could be a third, Gabby said. Source link
Culture
What Happens to Public Media Now?
When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, he remarked that…
Culture
A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an…
Business
Mining giants squeeze dividends with an eye toward funding growth
So far this earnings season, large miners are paying out their lowest dividends in years, as mineral prices slip and they need to retain…
Business
Singapore new corporate debt issuance up 34% to S$308 billion in 2024
The corporate debt market saw robust growth in 2024, with new debt issuances rising 34 per cent year on year to S$308 billion. This…
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Japan’s steel output may sink to lowest since 1968 as US tariff risks loom
Kobe Steel, Japan’s No 3 steelmaker, on Thursday (Aug 7) reported a 3 per cent fall in quarterly crude steel output due to lower prices…
Business
DBS looks to volume growth to mitigate falling interest rates; stock soars to record high, hits S$50 mark
Shares of DBS soared to a record high on Thursday (Aug 7) – briefly hitting a milestone S$50 mark – as South-east Asia’s biggest lender…
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Toyota braces for 1.4 trillion yen hit from US tariff turmoil
Toyota Motor lowered its annual guidance as it warned of a 1.4 trillion yen (S$12 billion) hit to its bottomline from US tariffs that have…
Business
Siemens revenue climbs on robust demand for rail products
Like most manufacturers, the German manufacturer is also contending with higher tariffs Siemens’s revenue and orders rose in its fiscal…
Business
VietJet to hire more than 5,000 new Thai staff for expansion
VietJet Aviation plans to employ more than 5,000 new staff in Thailand as Vietnam’s biggest budget carrier accelerates flight and route…
Business
Sony lifts outlook on entertainment demand despite tariff threat
The company’s image sensors business faces weak handset demand as well as seismic shifts in the supply chain Sony Group raised its…