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What Happens to Global Trade If ‘the W.T.O. Is Toast’?
When President Trump announced he would impose new tariffs on imports from countries around the world, he launched a frontal attack on the…
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Trump Pushes Tariff Threats on Global Scale
President Trump is pursuing a far more aggressive trade policy than he embraced in his first term, allowing his unfettered instincts about…
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Power surge: IEA projects sharp rise in global electricity demand
Researchers at the International Energy Agency project a surge in global demand for electricity in the coming three years as electric…
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Trump Kicks Off Global Chaos With New Tariff Announcement
The virulent vaccine conspiracy theorist faced a slew of criticism throughout his confirmation hearings, including condemnation for making…
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Indonesia says UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium plans nuclear power plant
UAE firm Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) plans to build a nuclear power plant with a capacity of up to five gigawatts in Indonesia, the…
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Chevron to lay off up to 20% of global workforce
CHEVRON will lay off 15 to 20 per cent of its global workforce by the end of 2026, the US oil company said on Wednesday (Feb 12) as it…
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Global car tariff pain spreads from Asia to the US
AUTO stocks around the world slumped on Monday (Feb 10) after US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs threatened to cut into sales from…
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Lendlease Global Commercial Reit appoints Guy Alexander Cawthra as CEO
LENDLEASE Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (LReit) has appointed Guy Alexander Cawthra as its new chief executive, effective…
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Sony to offer PlayStation Plus users five-day extension after global outage
SONY said on Sunday (Feb 9) that all PlayStation Plus members would automatically receive an additional five days of service, after a…
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Column: Trump and Musk crippled our most important global aid agency. The consequences are grim
It’s probably too soon to claim Elon Musk has babies’ blood on his hands for effectively shuttering America’s most consequential foreign…
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HSBC’s head of global banking for Asia-Pacific is exiting lender
HSBC Holdings’s head of global banking for Asia-Pacific, Christina Ma, is leaving the bank, according to people familiar with matter, as…
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With Gaza rehab and other global policy ideas, Trump goes from America First to America Everywhere
President Donald Trump promised voters an administration that wouldn't waste precious American lives and taxpayer treasure on far-off wars…
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Stocks to watch: CapitaLand Investment, Suntec Reit, Keppel Infrastructure Trust, Lendlease Global Reit
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Feb 4). CapitaLand Investment (CLI):…
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MUFG looks beyond record profits to win global investors
AS JAPAN’S biggest bank heads for record profit that surpasses even its own projections, one thing is on the mind of its chief financial…
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Lendlease Global Commercial Reit reports 14.3% lower H1 DPU of S$0.018
LENDLEASE Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust’s (Lendlease Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) fell 14.3 per cent to S$0.018 for…
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Global Markets Brace for Fallout From Trump Tariffs
Markets around the world braced for volatile trading on Monday as investors began to assess the potential fallout from President Trump’s…
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Trump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
President Trump’s move this weekend to slap sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China is threatening to fracture the global trading…
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High Stakes for Global Companies in Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats
Mexico’s pitch to companies considering the American market was simple. Worried about vulnerable supply chains? Need to reduce your…
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Who is Liang Wenfeng? Computer Geek Behind 2-year-old Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek that Disrupted Global Market
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has shaken the tech world in just 24 hours. Founded by Liang Wenfeng, the two-year-old company caused ripples…
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DeepSeek Faces Major Cyberattack After Wall Street Debut, Limits New Users Amid Privacy Concerns and Global Tech Stock Slump
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek announced a temporary halt on user registrations following a large-scale cyberattack on its services. This…
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Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI
ALPHABET’S Google, already facing an unprecedented regulatory onslaught, is looking to shape public perception and policies on artificial…
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How Software Engineer Asish Pradhan Architects Multi-Cloud Solutions for Global Enterprises
When a global enterprise's technology fails, the cost can run into millions of dollars per hour. Asish Pradhan has made it his mission to…
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LNG firm Venture Global gets US$1.75 billion in year’s biggest IPO
VENTURE Global raised US$1.75 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), pricing its shares in the middle of a marketed range. The…
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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…