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How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits
The Social Security Administration receives billions in free money each year from an unexpected source: undocumented immigrants. This…
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China’s Trade Surplus Reaches Nearly $1 Trillion
China announced on Monday that its trade surplus reached almost $1 trillion last year as its exports swamped the globe, while the…
Business
Malaysia imposes anti-dumping duties on iron, steel imports from four countries
MALAYSIA’S trade ministry said it has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on some flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel…
Business
Prospects for South-east Asia telcos may soften in 2025, but non-core operations could be monetised
Maybank analysts predict 3% year-on-year rise in sector’s mobile and fixed revenue, down from 4% in 2024 SOUTH-EAST Asian telcos have…
Business
Asean telcos face softer 2025 outlook, but asset sales offer silver lining
Maybank analysts predict 3% year-on-year rise in sector’s mobile and fixed revenue, down from 4% in 2024 SOUTH-EAST Asian telcos have…
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A*Star, Grand Venture Technology to develop manufacturing platform for advanced ceramics
GRAND Venture Technology (GVT) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) will be working together to develop a…
Business
Bain matches CC Capital’s A$2.9 billion offer for Insignia
BAIN Capital sweetened its bid for Insignia Financial as takeover activity heats up for the Australian wealth manager. The Boston-based…
Business
BlackRock faces new deadline from US regulator over bank stakes
BLACKROCK is facing a new demand from a top US regulator over its stakes in banks after the asset manager failed to meet a January…
Business
SingPost should have disclosed internal wrongdoing once the facts had been established
Sias should call on Singtel to review the performance of SingPost’s board, and encourage more investors to attend the mail carrier’s next…
Business
Industrial stocks lead the way in 2024; analysts upbeat on banking, tech sectors this year
The benchmark STI has risen 16.9% in 2024, marking its best year since 2017, though market watchers believe there is more room to grow…
Business
Will 2025 herald an IPO revival in China?
PRIVATE equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds in China had another gloomy year in 2024, but many in the industry are hoping that a…
Politics
What Trump Really Wants From Greenland and Panama
It is tempting to discount all of this as trolling because, well, Trump is trolling. We are all experienced hands now when it comes to…
Business
Sunac can’t rule out second offshore debt overhaul
Defaulted property developer Sunac China Holdings said it can’t rule out a second offshore debt restructuring as a prolonged property…
Business
Why Cities Are Getting Rid of Decades-Old Parking Rules
Two billion parking spots dot the country, by some estimates. That’s roughly seven spaces for every car,adding up to an area about the…
Business
Can Poshmark’s Tech Fixes Make Selling Secondhand Clothes Seamless?
Lauren Eager got into thrifting in high school. It was a way to find cheap, interesting clothes while not contributing to the wastefulness…
Business
Buffett's US$277b cash hoard after selling Apple is a warning
Warren Buffett has been selling a lot of stock, and that revelation is inducing his many admirers to follow suit. His Omaha,…
Business
US stock market races reality check in high-bar earnings season
The US stock market’s strongest two-year rally since the dot-com bubble is heading for its next big test as companies start releasing…
Business
Why Singapore is bringing blockchain into mutual funds
Most people see “blockchain” and “funds” in the same sentence and immediately think of pools of money betting on cryptocurrencies such as…
Business
US extends deadline for Nippon Steel to end US Steel bid to June
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved an extension of the deadline for Nippon Steel to abandon its…
Politics
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts
Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to…
Politics
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts
Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to…
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Trump Wants to Buy Greenland, But How Much Would It Actually Cost?
Donald Trump, who has long loved big real estate deals, has made it clear that he’s serious about striking one for Greenland. Never mind…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Launch Could Give SpaceX Some Competition
The foundational building block for Jeff Bezos’ space dreams is finally ready to launch. A New Glenn rocket — built by Blue Origin, the…
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The Right’s Wildfire Lies Spread Faster Than the Flames
This is the playbook we’re going to see for every climate disaster going forward. Rather than acknowledge the role of climate change,…