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Asian shares near record high on AI optimism, dollar up on receding Fed cut bets
Asian stocks advanced on Friday as the artificial intelligence boom regained momentum, while the dollar held near a six-week high after…
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SID launches platform for listcos’ board chairs as Value Unlock programme opens for applications
The SID Chairpersons Guild complements the national effort to strengthen the development of Singapore’s equities market Board chairs of…
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Cuba counts cost of alliance after 32 troops killed in Venezuela
Will GrantBBC's Cuba correspondent in Havana Watch: Public pay their respects to Cubans killed in Venezuela during US raid From sunrise,…
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Australian dollar holds ground as US dollar firms, eyeing small weekly gains
THE Australian dollar held its ground on Friday, lifted by a rebound in global stocks and unfazed by a firmer US dollar on the back of…
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Nigel Farage gains another Tory in his 'biggest coup' so far
The key moment of Robert Jenrick's defection to Reform UK had it all. It was politics at its most raw: where choreography hasn't had time…
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Newspaper headlines: 'Sacked Jenrick defects' and 'Traitories'
21 minutes ago Share Save Share Save Sign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox. Related Internet Links Daily…
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Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act to quell anti-ICE protests in Minnesota
US President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act to quell unrest over federal immigration enforcement…
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Singtel-owned NCS names Sam Liew as CEO as Ng Kuo Pin steps down
Singtel’s subsidiary NCS on Friday (Jan 16) announced that Ng Kuo Pin will step down as chief executive officer on Apr 1 after seven years…
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HSBC to conduct ‘strategic review’ of HSBC Life
HSBC said on Friday (Jan 16) that it would conduct a strategic review HSBC Life, its insurance manufacturing business in Singapore. The…
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HSBC weighs future of Singapore life insurance business as analysts assess impact on wealth strategy
The bank says this comes under the group’s global ‘ongoing simplification’ drive HSBC said on Friday (Jan 16) that it would conduct a…
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Senate passes three-bill spending package, marking halfway point of delayed appropriations process
The Senate on Thursday cleared a three-bill spending package that passed the House last week, sending the measure to President Trump for…
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‘Culinary Class Wars’ Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix With Team-Based Format
Netflix is moving forward with a third season of Korean cooking competition “Culinary Class Wars,” implementing a sweeping format change…
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Seatrium end-customer gets reprieve after judge rejects Trump’s wind farm ban
Empire Wind developer Equinor says it would lose over US$1b in contracts if project does not restart soon US President Donald Trump’s…
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A Romantic Pastel Garden Celebration with European Flair at The Biltmore
A soft and romantic palette of powder blue, blush pink, peach, ivory, and delicate touches of lavender, accented with greenery and…
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Stocks to watch: Keppel, SIA, Clar, Clint, Lum Chang Holdings, United Hampshire US Reit
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Jan 16): Keppel: The asset manager on…
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CapitaLand Ascendas Reit buys US property from DHL unit for S$94.5 million
The manager of CapitaLand Ascendas Reit (Clar) on Friday (Jan 16) announced its purchase of a logistics property in Columbus, Ohio, in the…
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A long-held tenet of Asia’s markets is suddenly breaking apart
In many ways, the AI infrastructure trade is the biggest swing factor when it comes to the outlook for Asian stocks A breakdown in the…
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Actor Timothy Busfield charged with sexually abusing boys on TV series set
Actor Timothy Busfield has made his first court appearance after turning himself in on criminal charges that he allegedly sexually abused…
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ECB on a steady rate path for now but Fed tussle a risk, chief economist warns
The European Central Bank will not debate any rate change in the near term if the economy stays on course, but new shocks, like a…
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US asks allies to step up measures on Chinese minerals
America has been pressing some European Union member states to sign bilateral memorandums of understanding The US will convene dozens of…
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‘Daily Show’ Host Michael Kosta Joins Tracy Morgan Series ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ as Guest Star (EXCLUSIVE)
“Daily Show” host Michael Kosta will play a different type of anchor on Tracy Morgan’s “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” premiering…
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Trump threatens Insurrection Act as protesters, politicians rail against ICE raids in Minneapolis
Another ICE-involved shooting has put Minneapolis on edge, left both a federal officer and a migrant hospitalized, and drawn a new warning…
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'We'd been on high alert' - How Jenrick's dramatic defection unfolded
Joe PikePolitics correspondent On Wednesday afternoon in a large wood-panelled room in parliament, Robert Jenrick was sitting alongside…
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Bank of Japan is said to heighten focus on price impact of weak yen
Bank of Japan (BOJ) officials are paying increasing attention to the yen’s potential impact on inflation, with possible implications for…