Business
Wave of director acquisitions as local rally takes a breather
Over the five trading sessions from Aug 15 to 21, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflow of…
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Business
Databricks to buy Sequoia-backed Tecton in AI agent push
Databricks will acquire machine learning startup Tecton to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) agent offerings, the latest in a string…
Politics
Trump announces U.S. stake in Intel
President Trump announced Friday that the government had reached a deal to secure a 10% stake in technology company Intel. Source link
Politics
Texas Gov. Abbott celebrates passage of 'One Big Beautiful' redistricting map
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to sign the new congressional map after it was approved just hours earlier by the state Senate. Source link
Politics
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from custody
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal immigrant the government says is a dangerous MS-13 migrant smuggler and whom Democrats say is a wronged…
News
We Shouldn’t Be Designing Babies
Coming off the jeans vs. genes non-scandal, the push for comprehensive embryo screening should make alarm bells go off. Source link
Culture
A Visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Fabulous building, good art, and an idiotic hit job on American treasures over slavery, equality, and Columbus Source link
News
The High Femme Dystopia of Star Amerasu
If the recent embrace of seemingly—and only seemingly—autonomous machines is any indication, something much less chic than the future…
News
The Vibrant, Disappearing World of India’s Photo Studios
The Jagdish Photo Studio in Manori appeared to Ketaki Sheth as a kind of apparition. A photographer from Mumbai, Sheth owns a home in the…
News
My Mother, New Orleans
My father, who was born in New Orleans and who died there just last year, used to always say, “Funny that they call this the Big Easy.” In…
News
Boeing, striking defence workers union to start talks on Aug 25
The company has held informal discussions with labour leaders since the strike began Boeing and union leaders representing striking…
Business
China’s Dongfeng plans to list EV unit, take rest private
Dongfeng Motor Group plans to withdraw its Hong Kong shares in a new twist on a long-awaited restructuring, part of a transaction that…
Business
ECB officials sticking to steady-rates plan after trade deal
European Central Bank (ECB) officials are increasingly convinced they can keep interest rates unchanged in September, according to sources…
Business
Zoom has biggest rally in a year after giving strong forecast
Zoom Communications shares soared as much as 9.8 per cent after the company delivered a stronger-than-expected forecast, suggesting that…
Business
Ransomware hack hit Orange telecom, data published on dark web
Telecommunications companies are attractive targets for hackers as they store valuable financial information on customers as well as…
Politics
Trump turns $11.1B in U.S. government funds into a 10% stake in downtrodden Intel
President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a…
Politics
Trump says he'll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline
President Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company "highly overrated" and…
Business
Raffles Education receives letter of demand for 33.7 million yuan from Chinese company
The group believes that the claim, which relates to a 2021 equity transfer, is ‘without merit’ Raffles Education has received a letter of…
News
TikTok UK shifts to AI moderation, hundreds of jobs at risk
Social media platform TikTok announced on Friday (Aug 22) it will restructure its UK trust and safety operations, putting several hundred…
Politics
No, America Should Not Take Ukraine as Its Permanent Dependent
Not even to end the war. Source link
Politics
Trump DOJ Has FBI Search John Bolton’s Home
The president is still playing with fire. Source link
Politics
It’s Past Time for Congress to Insist upon Enforcement of Its TikTok Law
The law is clear, and the president is defying it. ByteDance must sell TikTok. Source link
Business
Japan's 30-year yields hit all-time high ahead of Powell speech
Japanese 30-year government bond yields climbed to a fresh all-time peak on Friday (Aug 22), tracking a rise in US Treasury yields as…
News
Video: California and Texas Face Off in Redistricting Fight
new video loaded: California and Texas Face Off in Redistricting Fight By Laurel Rosenhall, David Goodman, Rebecca Suner, Leila Medina and…