Politics
Trump’s Tariff Madness Is About One Thing: His Thirst for One-Man Rule
Last weekend, the administration excluded phones, chipmaking, and some computers from his tariffs. Then Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick…
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How the Radical Right Captured the Culture
We’ve learned over the past eight years not so much that conservative content is more appealing, but that it is still trying to make an…
News
An Old Man Dying of Shame in a Red County
My neighbor explains: we live in code: at the center of Pride Month is the call-word DEMON. He has electrified his white picket fence. His…
News
Winter Song
White edges the branches of the morning tree. White crisscrosses the open grave, This unmarked field. At its border, A cicatrix of tracks…
Politics
The Common Thread Between Abrego Garcia and the EPA’s “Gold Bars”
The main connection between the Garcia case and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund case would seem to be the Trump administration’s…
Politics
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Threatens Contempt amid New Warning in Polls
Donald Trump’s illegal deportations are running into more trouble. A federal judge just declared there’s probable cause to find the…
Business
SIA launches joint fare products with All Nippon Airways on Singapore-Japan flights
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will begin operating revenue-sharing flights between Singapore and Japan from…
News
Temu, Shein see US sales surge ahead of small parcel tariff
Online shopping giants Temu and Shein saw their sales rebound in March and April as US shoppers stockpiled products such as makeup brushes…
Business
Asia: Markets boosted by ‘Big Progress’ in Japan tariff talks
Tokyo led stocks higher on Thursday (Apr 17) as optimism over Japan-US trade talks offset Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell’s warning…
Business
Bank of Korea holds rate steady while citing big rise in downside risks
The Bank of Korea (BOK) kept its benchmark interest rate steady while citing a significant increase in downside risks to growth that have…
Business
Frasers Property Industrial enters JV to invest in A$600 million Aussie industrial portfolio
Frasers Property Industrial has entered into a capital partnership with an investment vehicle sponsored by Morgan Stanley Real Estate…
Business
Malaysia Airlines reports lower profit in 2024 amid operational challenges
Malaysia Airlines’ parent company Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) reported a second consecutive annual profit in 2024, but it fell 93 per…
Business
Insurance Claims: The New AI Reality
The world of insurance claims is changing fast, and a big part of that change is artificial intelligence (AI). While some worry that AI…
Business
Olam to sell whole stake in port operator for US$175 million
Agribusiness giant Olam will dispose of its entire stake in port and logistics operator Arise P&L for a US$175 million consideration, as…
Business
CapitaLand Investment launches its first retail Reit in China with assets worth 2.8 billion yuan
CapitaLand Investment (CLI) announced on Thursday (Apr 17) that it intends to launch its first real estate investment trust (Reit) in…
Business
China stares down Boeing parts shortage as Comac stockpiles
China is hunkering down for a trade war winter without American-made jets and aircraft parts. With China banning Boeing jets as part of…
Business
Keppel DC Reit scores higher Q1 DPU of S$0.02503 on acquisitions, strong portfolio performance
Keppel Data Centre Reit (Keppel DC Reit) recorded a higher distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.02503 for the first quarter, up 14.2 per…
Business
Keppel DC Reit Q1 DPU up by 14.2% at S$0.02503 on acquisitions, strong portfolio performance
Keppel Data Centre Reit (Keppel DC Reit) recorded a higher distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.02503 for the first quarter, up 14.2 per…
Business
Keppel Pacific Oak US Reit Q1 distributable income continues slide, tumbling 19.3% to US$9.6 million
Keppel Pacific Oak US Reit (Kore) posted a distributable income of US$9.6 million for its first quarter ended Mar 31, down 19.3 per cent…
Fashion
Temu, Shein slash digital ads as tariffs end cheap shipping from China, data show
The online retailers are cutting ad spending on most platforms, according to two digital marketing firms that measure ad spending Chinese…
Business
AMD says US rule on chips to China could cost it US$800 million
Chip developer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Wednesday (Apr 16) said it expects new US licensing requirements for semiconductors…
Business
Powell says Fed remains in wait-and-see mode; markets processing policy shifts
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday (Apr 16) the Fed would wait for more data on the economy’s direction before…
Business
Europe: Shares close lower as ASML warns US tariffs cloud outlook
European shares closed lower on Wednesday (Apr 16), weighed down by semiconductor-related stocks after the world’s biggest chip-making…
Politics
Trump’s IRS Pick Had Some Interesting People Pay Off His Personal Debt
Shortly after Trump announced Long as his pick to head the IRS, the committee was suddenly flush, taking in $137,000 in under three weeks…