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Lego Black Market Fetches Big Prices for Little Plastic Bricks
It’s one Lego kit, a collection of small plastic bricks and related accessories. What could it cost? The answer, it turns out, could be…
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Palantir Lands Fast-Track NATO Deal for AI Battlefield Tech
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) just locked in a new deal with NATO's Communications and Information Agency to roll out its Maven…
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Bavarian premier suffers gastrointestinal infection on India visit
Bavarian Premier Markus Söder has been forced to cancel a visit to the southern Indian state of Karnataka after contracting a…
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Delaware Business: Why Companies Love This Tiny State
Delaware might be small, but it’s a giant when it comes to business. This tiny state has become a go-to spot for companies looking to…
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Apple takes top spot for first-quarter smartphone sales, data shows
Apple took the top spot for global smartphone sales in the first quarter on the back of the iPhone 16’s launch and strong demand in…
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US: Nasdaq leads Wall Street higher at open after tariff break for electronics
Wall Street’s main indexes leapt at the open on Monday (Apr 14), with the tech-heavy Nasdaq up over 2 per cent, as investors welcomed the…
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Opec cuts 2025 oil demand forecast over US tariffs
It expects demand to grow by 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2025, down from a previous forecast of 1.4 million bpd Opec slightly…
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Great Eastern chairman declines to speculate on potential delisting at AGM
Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) chairman Soon Tit Koon said that he does not wish to speculate on the potential delisting of the insurer, as…
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Women’s health supplement brand Moom Health bags S$3.5 million funding
Investors include Eu Yan Sang founders’ family office and investment firm backed by Wilmar International co-founder and chairman Kuok…
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Bruised dollar languishes near three-year lows on tariff anxiety
The dollar drifted lower on Monday (Apr 14), while the Japanese yen and the euro progressed higher as investor confidence in the world’s…
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New Google Earth photos capture China's nuclear submarine force
Recently updated satellite imagery has captured the latest development of a Chinese naval base, which hosts the country's nuclear-powered…
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South Africa reopens inquest into apartheid-era death of Nobel winner Luthuli, 58 years later
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African prosecutors on Monday reopened an inquest into the apartheid-era death of Nobel Peace Prize winner…
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Homeowners are being blocked from equity "safe haven," expert warns
A series of "negative credit shocks," coupled with high interest rates, is blocking millions of American homeowners from accessing their…
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Goldman Sachs’ profit jumps as traders deliver gains
Goldman Sachs reported a 15 per cent rise in first-quarter profit as market volatility led to record revenue in equities trading and…
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Transcript: Trump Henchwoman Alina Habba’s Vile New Threat is Ominous
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 14 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing On Europe’s Military Spending Boom
During a 24-hour swing through Copenhagen last month, Eric Slesinger met with engineers making maritime drones, developers of war-planning…
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Should you file if you can't pay your taxes? (Yes—here's why)
The April 15 tax filing deadline is one day away, and failing to file your tax return on time can lead to financial penalties. While many…
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Wilmar maintains innocence after Indonesian judges who acquitted it are arrested on corruption charges
Wilmar International maintained its innocence after four judges who cleared it – as well as two other palm oil companies – in a corruption…
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Wilmar maintains innocence after Indonesian judges who acquitted it arrested on corruption charges
Wilmar International maintained its innocence after four judges who cleared it – as well as two other palm oil companies – in a corruption…
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Will We Let Easter Work on Us This Time?
The Passion, Pope Francis, and living like Jesus Source link
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Careless Tax Reform Could Destroy a Lifeline for the Poor
Higher taxes don’t just ‘eat the rich,’ contrary to what we hear so often. Source link
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Abrego Garcia Should Be Returned from El Salvador
The Salvadoran national and the U.S. government’s disputed claims should both be sorted out via a lawful process here in the United…
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Does a Fetus Have Constitutional Rights?
In the first two years after the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, the number of abortions performed annually…