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Is Xi’s Sudden Embrace of Business for Real? China Is Left Guessing.
When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, made his entrance at a symposium with a group of top entrepreneurs this week, he seemed to be in good…
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US Treasuries end week on high note on demand for safer bets
A LATE rally in the US Treasury market pushed the yield on 10-year notes lower for a sixth-straight week as traders hunt for safety amid…
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On $15 a month, Venezuela's teachers live hand to mouth
With a monthly salary of $15, a teacher in Venezuela earns nowhere near enough to cover their basic food necessities, never mind rent or…
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Shocking NL Club Linked To Potential Blockbuster Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Deal
By Zach Pressnell is a Newsweek contributor based in Columbus, Ohio. His focus is MLB content. He has an extensive knowledge of…
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Secretive X-37B space plane shares first images from orbit; see photos
The US Space Force's secret space plane, the X-37B, shared an image from orbit for the first time. The reusable orbital test vehicle…
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Mastercard wins UK court nod for £200 million deal to end £10 billion class action claim
MASTERCARD won a London court’s approval for the 200 million euros (S$279.44 million) agreed to pay to end a high profile class action…
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Oil settles down US$2, posting weekly loss as Middle East risk premium fades
OIL prices settled down more than US$2 a barrel on Friday (Feb 21), posting a weekly decline as investors grappled with a fading Middle…
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Gold eases from record high on profit-taking, eyes eighth weekly gain
GOLD prices eased on Friday (Feb 21) as investors booked profits from the previous session’s record high, but were set for an eighth…
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US dollar recovers as markets in consolidation mode; pares gains after data
THE US dollar rose against a broad range of currencies on Friday (Feb 21), partly retracing losses versus the yen as investors…
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Greenback recovers as markets in consolidation mode; pares gains after data
The US dollar rose against a broad range of currencies on Friday (Feb 21) including the euro, sterling and those tied to commodities such…
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Stock Market Sees Biggest Declines of Trump’s Presidency So Far
Stocks slumped on Friday, with the S&P 500 wiping out almost all of its gains since President Trump took office last month, after a widely…
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US: Wall Street ends sharply lower on mounting concerns over economy, tariffs
US stocks tumbled on Friday (Feb 21), extending their sell-off in the wake of dour economic reports and closing the book on a…
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Map shows states with the worst health care
Health care costs have been surging in the U.S., leading to some patients being unable to afford treatments, even if they have an…
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DOGE stimulus check creator came up with plan in a dream
The concept of distributing stimulus checks from government savings might sound like a vision from a dream—and for James Fishback, the…
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US: Wall St opens mixed after Thursday’s fall; UnitedHealth drops
WALL Street’s main indexes opened mixed on Friday (Feb 21), a day after Walmart’s dour forecast hit sentiment, while UnitedHealth slid…
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Coinbase Says S.E.C. Will Drop Crypto Lawsuit
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had agreed to drop its lawsuit against the…
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Profits, Not D.E.I., Are Why Companies Exist
A prominent group of chief executives said almost six years ago that making profits for shareholders was only part of their business — and…
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Fluidstack in talks to raise $200m
Fluidstack, a British startup specialising in cloud-computing services for AI, is in discussions with investors to secure up to $200m in…
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Hong Leong Finance posts 10% rise in H2 profit to S$51.5 million, as net interest margin expands
HONG Leong Finance posted a 10 per cent rise in net profit to S$51.5 million for the six months ended December 2024. This was driven by an…
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US homebuilders near S&P 500 bottom on high rates and tariff fears
INVESTORS are ditching US homebuilder stocks at a record pace as elevated borrowing costs bruise the industry’s prospects and signal that…
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Disclosure-based regulatory system and investor protection ‘not mutually exclusive’: Chee Hong Tat
THE move towards a more disclosure-based regulatory system for Singapore’s equity market does not mean that protection for investors will…
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Singapore unveils S$5 billion boost for fund managers, other moves to revive equities market
SINGAPORE’S capital markets look set to receive a liquidity boost,following the announcement on Friday (Feb 21) of a S$5 billion…
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Will Walmart Be a Leader in Abandoning Corporate Wokeness?
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Riverstone posts 3.7% Q4 profit rise, proposes special dividend amid semicon recovery
GLOVEMAKER Riverstone posted a 3.7 per cent rise in net profit to RM70 million (S$21.2 million) for the three months ended December 2024,…