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Temasek-backed autonomous driving firm Momenta files for Hong Kong IPO: sources
The firm is joining a growing list of Chinese companies aiming to debut in the Asian financial hub Chinese autonomous driving developer…
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Swarovski, Disney Mark 20 Years in Business With Glittering Display at Selfridges’ Corner Shop
SPARKLE PLENTY: Attention all fairy princes and princesses: Swarovski has taken over The Corner Shop, and a suite of windows, at…
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Michael Caine, Sigourney Weaver and Juliette Binoche Among Red Sea Film Festival Honorees
The 2025 Red Sea Film Festival, which kicks off in Jeddah on Thursday, has started to unveil its lineup of honorees. Never ones to shirk…
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Has NTT sparked the long-awaited quantum-computing revolution?
For the past decade, quantum computing has struggled to balance promise and practicality. While the world’s most advanced systems remain…
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Trump’s Hold on the GOP Has Never Been Weaker
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript…
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The Best Podcasts of 2025
Ah, 2025—yet another heck of a year! In the audio realm, as elsewhere, inventiveness is essential during challenging times—so when…
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Transcript: Trump’s Hold on the GOP Has Never Been Weaker
Bacon: Right. They don’t care about high prices. They care about helping their elite friends. Donegan: For you means he’s going to lower…
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Does Olivia Nuzzi Make Good Copy?
In addition to not being a tell-all, “American Canto” is not a book about Trump, nor is it about politics, as Nuzzi establishes in an…
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How Sovereign Wealth Funds Grease Trump’s Kleptocracy
Neither Dmitriev nor the RDIF has much of a reputation in the United States. As recently as October Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…
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Performing personhood has perhaps never been as panoptical, and top of mind, as it is today. Social-media platforms prioritize the…
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Prada, Versace Deal Completed
MILAN – The Prada Group now officially controls the Versace brand, as the closing of the acquisition was reported on Tuesday. The date,…
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Robin Smith: Former England batter dies aged 62
Former England batter Robin Smith has died at the age of 62. Nicknamed 'Judge', Smith played 62 Tests between 1988 and 1996, scoring 4,236…
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STI up 0.3%, amid mixed showing by Singapore shares
Across the broader market, there are 288 gainers and 236 decliners, with 1.3 billion securities valued at about S$1.3 billion transacted…
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STI up 0.3% on Tuesday, amid mixed showing by Singapore shares
Across the broader market, there are 288 gainers and 236 decliners, with 1.3 billion securities valued at about S$1.3 billion transacted…
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Analysts raise CIMB target price on ‘surprise’ capital return initiative
The bank announces it will be returning up to RM2 billion of capital to shareholders by end-2027 Analysts are maintaining their bullish…
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Diddy Jurors Reveal Reasons Behind Mixed Verdict in Netflix Doc: Cassie ‘Wanted to Be With Him,’ and Domestic Violence Wasn’t One of the Charges
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” now streaming on Netflix. There are many voices in the new…
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MIT drug hunters are using AI to design completely new antibiotics
Inside a lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology late last year, scientists gave an AI system a new task: designing entirely new…
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Trump Press Sec Spin Implodes as Fresh Boat Bombing Horrors Rattle GOP
President Trump’s illegal boat bombings just got even worse. We’ve now learned that after demolishing a boat allegedly carrying drug…
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Ex-director and founder of Agritrade International charged for cheating investment platform
The founder and former director of Agritrade International Pte Ltd (AIPL) Ng Say Pek was, on Tuesday (Dec 2), charged in court with 10…
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Trump administration backs Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup lawsuits
The company is facing more than 67,000 such lawsuits in US state and federal courts US President Donald Trump’s administration urged the…
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Saudi National Bank’s US$1 billion loan adds to Middle East spree
Saudi National Bank is seeking a US$1 billion syndicated loan, continuing a borrowing rush by the kingdom’s lenders that are helping…
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Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 750 as one million evacuated
The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rose to 753 on Tuesday, the disaster agency said, with…
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South Korean President Lee calls for harsher penalties after Coupang data breach
Coupang’s top executives were grilled for hours by South Korean lawmakers about their failure to prevent the country’s largest ever data…
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Apac PE executives are the least fazed by geopolitical uncertainty in dealmaking: report
Private equity (PE) executives in the Asia-Pacific are the least fazed by geopolitical uncertainty when it comes to making deals, compared…