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Trademark or Copyright? Don't Pick Wrong!
Deciding between trademark and copyright can be a bit of a head-scratcher, but it’s super important for anyone creating stuff or running a…
Kim Browne
Kim Browne is an L'Officiel Lifestyle editor whose work focuses primarily on lifestyle and contemporary culture.
Her stories explore lifestyle developments, success stories, cultural conversations, and subjects that resonate with modern readers.
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Politics
Trump Escalates His War on D.E.I.
Crackdown President Trump made clear for months that he would take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives when he took office.…
Business
ChatGPT Outage Reported by Thousands of Users
ChatGPT appeared to be disrupted Thursday morning, as thousands of users reported problems with the site. The website Down Detector showed…
Business
Korea Zinc Shareholder Meeting Takes a Dramatic Turn
For months, the fight for management control of Korea Zinc, a leading metals producer, between its two founding families seemed headed for…
Business
Starhill Global Reit posts 1.1% rise in H1 DPU to S$0.018
STARHILL Global Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) rose 1.1 per cent to S$0.018 for its first half ended…
Business
OUE Reit’s H2 DPU rises 8.7% to S$0.0113
THE distribution per unit (DPU) for OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) rose 8.7 per cent to S$0.0113 for the second half of its…
Business
China’s Vanke in talks to sell logistics firm stake to GIC: source
INDEBTED property developer China Vanke is in advanced talks to sell a controlling stake in VX Logistics to Singaporean sovereign wealth…
News
A Test So Hard No AI System Can Pass It — Yet
If you’re looking for a new reason to be nervous about artificial intelligence, try this: Some of the smartest humans in the world are…
Business
Databricks caps US$15 billion fundraise with meta as new investor
DATABRICKS, one of the world’s most valuable privately held tech companies, said on Wednesday (Jan 23) that it has raised more than US$15…
Business
MPACT Q3 DPU falls 9.1% to S$0.02 amid global headwinds
MAPLETREE Pan Asia Commercial Trust’s (MPACT) distribution per unit (DPU) fell 9.1 per cent to S$0.02 for its third quarter ended Dec 31,…
Business
Suntec Reit’s H2 DPU slides 13.9% to S$0.0315
SUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Suntec Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) slid 13.9 per cent to S$0.0315 for the second half of 2024…
Politics
Trump’s D.E.I. Order Causes ‘Chaos’ Among Corporate Leaders
More than 200 diversity officers, some from Fortune 500 companies and some from nonprofits, gathered last summer at N.Y.U. School of Law…
News
Will Dress Shirts Return to the Office?
Jim Moore, GQ’s creative director at large, said he had recently noticed point-collar dress shirts coming back into fashion, a style he…
News
British Airways Destroyed Our Guitar and Won’t Pay Up
Dear Tripped Up, I’m a co-owner of Luaka Bop, a New York-based record label, and last June was accompanying the Staples Jr. Singers, a…
Business
HSBC’s payments app closure puts around 400 jobs at risk: source
HSBC has decided to shutter its international payments app Zing, potentially triggering around 400 job losses, a source familiar with the…
Politics
Tariffs will leave everyone worse off, Bundesbank chief warns
GERMANY’S top central bank warned against trade levies, a day after US President Donald Trump reiterated a call for the European Union to…
Business
Japanese investors boost foreign stock purchases on Fed rate-cut hopes
JAPANESE investors raised their holdings in foreign stocks, driven by a benign US core inflation report that fuelled expectations of…
Business
Cathay Pacific to cut profit payout to staff by around 50%
CATHAY Pacific Airways is planning to slash its profit-share payout to its workers by almost 50 per cent. The Hong Kong carrier is only…
News
Cut-off yield on latest Singapore 1-year T-bill inches up to 2.95%
This is up from 2.71% offered in the previous auction that closed in October last year SINGAPORE’S latest one-year tranche of Treasury…
Business
Taiwan’s HTC to sell part of XR unit to Google for US$250 million
TAIWAN’S HTC said on Thursday (Jan 23) it will sell part of its unit for extended reality (XR) headsets and glasses to Google for US$250…
Politics
Spain Seeks to Curb Short-Term Rentals Amid Growing Housing Crisis
The Spanish government is moving to rein in real estate purchases by foreigners and curb the spread of short-term rentals, part of a…
News
Victor Wembanyama Prepares to Become ‘Genuine’ Face of the N.B.A.
One day last summer, Harrison Barnes, a longtime N.B.A. veteran, was finishing up an off-season workout with Victor Wembanyama, his…
Business
JPMorgan plans major revamp of Madison Avenue skyscraper
JPMORGAN Chase is planning a renovation of its old headquarters building at 383 Madison Avenue and will use the space to house…
Business
JPMorgan plans major revamp of Manhattan’s Madison Avenue skyscraper
JPMORGAN Chase is planning a renovation of its old headquarters building at 383 Madison Avenue and will use the space to house…