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Net-Zero Banking Alliance formally winds down after Wall Street exodus
THE world’s biggest climate alliance for banks said on Friday (Oct 3) that it has ceased operations, bringing to a formal end a project…
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Singapore shares continue to climb; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 336 to 247, as 1.6 billion securities worth S$1.7 billion change hands Singapore stocks…
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Man Ray’s Deadpan Wit on Display at the Met
“When Objects Dream,” the sensational Man Ray show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Feb. 1), is centered on the artist’s refined…
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“After the Hunt” Is a Pleasurably Ludicrous House of Cards
In Luca Guadagnino’s film, Julia Roberts plays a Yale professor forced to choose sides when a student accuses a colleague of sexual…
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Poor Moms and Children Are Caught in the Crossfire of the Shutdown
Unlike the last shutdown, which spanned 35 days from the end of 2018 through the beginning of 2019, the current lapse in government…
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There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.
The problem was arithmetic. Most federal buildings (the Pentagon is an exception) are owned not by the agency situated there but by GSA,…
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How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left
Among the film’s many departures from the novel, one is that it seems to be set approximately in the present—at least to judge from the…
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The Supreme Court Is Creating a King
The conservative justices deferred once again to the Trump administration. “The Government, at this early stage, has made a sufficient…
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Keppel-led consortium appointed for next phase of ammonia power and bunkering project on Jurong Island
The project is part of Singapore’s National Hydrogen Strategy, which was launched in 2022 The Republic has appointed a consortium led by…
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What Is Ezra Klein Thinking?
If we’re looking to rediscover Democratic political strategies that led to durable majoritarian coalitions—and that realigned and expanded…
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Huawei used TSMC, Samsung, SK Hynix components in top AI chips: TechInsights
[WASHINGTON, DC] Huawei Technologies used advanced components from Asia’s largest technology firms in at least some of its leading Ascend…
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Hong Kong stocks retreat from four-year high as investors pocket gains
Hong Kong stocks fell on Friday (Oct 3) as investors locked in gains after the benchmark index hit a new four-year high in the previous…
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Chris Murphy’s Extraordinary New Takedown of Trump Should Wake Up Dems
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut has taken a lead role in forcefully sounding the alarm about Donald Trump. He’s urged Democrats to use…
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From mala to mall: 5 ways Singaporeans are swiping more in Johor
Transactions are up sharply even as the average ticket size dips, suggesting consumers are crossing the Causeway more often and buying…
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Japan faces beer crunch after cyberattack hobbles Asahi’s output
Seven & i Holdings and other retailers in Japan are warning customers of possible Asahi Super Dry beer shortages after a cyberattack…
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Budget Chinese carrier Spring Airlines mulls Hong Kong listing: sources
The airline has been more consistent in posting profit than the country’s main state-run carriers Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines…
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Singapore banks to enforce 24-hour cooling period for digital transactions exceeding 50% of account balance
This is for current and savings accounts, including joint ones, with balances of at least S$50,000 In a move to fortify protections…
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Why the Thai baht is defying economic gravity
The currency has rallied some 5% against the US dollar since Trump’s so-called Liberation Day tariff announcement On its current…
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GIC’s chief investment officer warns of AI bubble risk
If artificial intelligence technology fails to meet the high expectations priced in by the market, it could result in a sudden loss of…
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DBS gains S$26 billion in value, widening lead against OCBC
The bank is more efficiently run versus its peers and has more of a focus to reward shareholders, says Tareck Horchani of Maybank…
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Elon Musk’s US$1 trillion pay plan faces pushback from investors, state officials
Despite reporting record quarterly deliveries, Tesla faces worries that the expiration of the US EV tax credit could turn the buying rush…
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BOJ’s Ueda warns of global uncertainty, keep markets guessing on next hike
Japan’s economy is weathering the hit from US tariffs so far, the governor says Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda said inflation was…
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China trials ‘energy-saving’ underwater data centres
Undersea servers are kept at a low temperature by ocean currents, rather than the energy-intensive air cooling or water evaporation…
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Nomura unit Laser targets Japan’s booming crypto trading market
The news comes with crypto pushing further into mainstream financial services in the country Nomura Holdings plans to expand in Japan’s…