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Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway mandates banks for yen bond deal
WARREN Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is planning to sell yen bonds in the global markets, after the billionaire revealed that the firm is…
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Business
Keppel divests entire stake in Vietnam’s Palm City for 2.6 trillion dong
Global asset manager Keppel, through its real estate division, has divested its entire 42 per cent stake in South Rach Chiec City – the…
Business
Cordlife served two letters of demand from customers; any settlement likely to hit group’s finances
One group of clients seeking damages under contract breach, negligence; the other wants warranties and cost compensation Cordlife received…
Business
OpenAI finalizes a record $40-billion funding round
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, said it has finalized a funding round that will bring in $40 billion from…
Business
Stocks to watch: Keppel, CapitaLand Ascendas Reit, YZJ Financial, KIT, Boustead, Cordlife
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of its securities on Tuesday (Apr 1). Keppel: The global asset…
Business
Musk’s XAI deal offers unexpected win for X investors
Elon Musk just acquired the social network formerly known as Twitter for the second time in three years. Musk, the world’s richest person,…
Business
OpenAI to raise US$40 billion in SoftBank-led new funding
OPENAI said on Monday it would raise US$40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group at a US$300 billion valuation to advance…
Business
OpenAI finalises US$40 billion funding at US$300 billion value
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, said it has finalised a funding round that will bring in US$40 billion from…
News
Fighting Elon Musk, One Tesla Dealership at a Time
On Saturday, as Elon Musk was making headlines for his continued efforts at DOGE and dodging a lawsuit for offering money to Wisconsin…
News
Oil prices climb 2% to five-week high on Russia, Iran supply worries
OIL prices climbed about 2 per cent to a five-week high on Monday on worries supplies could decline if US President Donald Trump follows…
Business
DBS, UOB, OCBC chiefs’ salary packages still lag global peers
The trio of local banks on the STI are smaller in terms of revenue, but appear to be making their money work harder Piyush Gupta, who on…
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Who is Nikita Casap? Wisconsin Teen Accused of Murdering Parents and Living with their Bodies for Weeks Also Discussed Plans to Assassinate President Trump with Someone in Russia
A Wisconsin teen, Nikita Casap, has been charged with the brutal murders of his mother and stepfather, whose bodies were discovered in…
News
Elon Musk DOGE to Target Members of Congress Who Got 'Strangely Wealthy' Despite Modest Public Salaries
The world's richest man is desperate to figure out how lawmakers on Capitol Hill got "strangely wealthy" despite earning modest public…
News
Virginia Giuffre: Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Says She Has Just Days to Live after Being Bus Hit Her Vehicle as She Suffered Kidney Failure
Virginia Giuffre, the most prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse who has accused influential figures of sex trafficking, claims…
Culture
Li’l Kayla Endures It All
“Precious Rubbish,” a début graphic novel by Kayla E., a book designer turned cartoonist, delivers an unflinching look at the author’s…
Business
Renault, Nissan further loosen ties to support Japanese firm's turnaround
Automakers Renault and Nissan said on Monday (Mar 31) they had agreed to further amend their two-decade-old partnership to allow for a…
Business
US: Wall Street opens sharply lower on tariff worries
US stock indexes opened sharply lower on Monday (Mar 31) as investors shied away from risky assets on mounting concerns that the Trump…
Fashion
Chinese contractor of collapsed Bangkok building under scrutiny
In promotional material posted on its official social media channels in 2024, China Railway No10 Engineering Group declared that its first…
Lifestyle
Want to be bossed around by an algorithm? Try L.A.’s 'first full-scale AI powered gym'
The genius knows all. It knows my height, my weight, my hydration, my cardio stamina — even, regrettably, my body’s visceral fat…
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Why the Court Hit the Brakes on School Desegregation
This is structural racism: the system is not self-correcting. Government has to intervene to break the cycle, and that is something that…
News
It’s Always the Other Side That’s Been Brainwashed
It wasn’t so long ago that respectable psychologists didn’t really talk about “brainwashing.” The term had the slightly kitschy flavor of…
Culture
Joan Didion’s Notes on Therapy
Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne met in the late fifties, when she was working at Vogue and he at Time. They married in 1964, and in…
Business
ECB’s Lagarde says keeping inflation in check is a ‘constant battle’
President Christine Lagarde said that the European Central Bank can’t relent on inflation, with the US administration’s trade policy…
News
Oklahoma Cop Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Woman During Traffic Stop, Threatening to Put Her in Jail if She Didn't Engage in Sexual Act
An Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman after a traffic stop. According to the…