What States Can Do When Sacred Spaces Are Violated
Ohio’s experience shows that states can successfully enact legislation to increase penalties for church disrupters. Source link
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Trump’s Greenland Pursuit Has Left NATO Damaged
All true partnerships must be built on trust. Source link
This Way to the Socialists’ Ball
The administration’s stances are enough to make even Bernie Sanders blush. Source link
GuocoLand H1 net profit rises 14% to S$85.4 million despite lower revenue
Property developer GuocoLand on Thursday (Jan 29) posted a net profit of S$85.4 million for the six months ended Dec 31, 2025, up 14 per cent from the S$74.6 milllion booked for the…
Silicon Valley is driving users to ditch keyboards and spend hours talking to their tech
Gavin McNamara has abandoned his keyboard and spends all day talking rather than typing. He speaks for hours with his computer and phone, sending emails, writing presentations, posting on…
The Dry January Hangover
“There’s a kind of risk aversion that you tend to associate with liberal politics,” Edward Slingerland, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia and Dartmouth, said, of…
Powell defends independence of Federal Reserve
It will maintain trust in central banks that monetary policy will not be abused for short-term gains that might win elections US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell made a strident case…
PSA, Japan’s Mitsui OSK to set up roll-on, roll-off terminal in Singapore
Move is part of the Japanese shipping firm’s regional strategy to expand its automotive business Japanese shipping firm Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has formed a joint venture with port operator…
CGSI raises target price on OUE Reit to S$0.41 on better-than-expected 2025 earnings, positive outlook
Analysts keep ‘add’ call management’s positive view on rental revisions for commercial assets CGS international raised its target price for OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) to…
Jardine C&C group MD Benjamin Birks to step down in April
Successor has not yet been named, but will be announced in due course. Mainboard-listed Jardine Cycle & Carriage (Jardine C&C) group managing director Benjamin Birks will step down from…
Britain’s Lloyds’ annual profit rises 12%, upgrades guidance
Its profit before tax for 2025: £6.7 billion, up from £5.97 billion the year before and better than the £6.4 billion average of analysts’ forecasts Lloyds Banking Group said on…
SIA and Malaysia Airlines tie-up formalised after Malaysian approval
A joint business partnership between Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines was formalised on Thursday (Jan 29), following Malaysian authorities’ approval earlier this month. Potential…
Forced TikTok US sale may fuel ByteDance’s expansion into Asia: analysts
Other emerging markets have also been identified as potential beneficiaries of the divestment The forced sale of ByteDance’s TikTok in the United States was intended to curb the Chinese…
Bursa Malaysia pivots to larger IPOs as it plays down MSCI-related risks
The exchange’s Q4 net profit is down 11.7% at RM60.8 million amid muted market sentiment Bursa Malaysia is pivoting towards larger, higher-quality initial public offerings (IPOs) to deepen…
Deutsche Bank posts biggest annual profit in nearly two decades a day after police search
The biggest profit since 2007 is a welcome milestone for the bank after a rocky decade Deutsche Bank on Thursday (Jan 29) posted its largest annual profit since 2007 after a…
Singapore, Asia markets steady after Fed pause and MAS hold; spotlight turns to earnings
Investor attention is shifting towards fundamentals and AI-linked growth themes in the region Market reactions in Asia were broadly muted on Thursday (Jan 29) after the US Federal Reserve…
Singapore, Asia markets end largely higher after Fed pause and MAS hold as focus shifts to earnings
Investor attention is shifting towards fundamentals and AI-linked growth themes in the region Markets in Asia broadly gained ground on Thursday (Jan 29) after the US Federal Reserve opted…
AirAsia nears deal for 100 Airbus A220 jets in expansion push
Tthe airline is set to start its Middle East hub in Bahrain as early as this year Low-cost South-east Asian carrier AirAsia is close to finalising an order for around 100 Airbus…
Japan’s Nidec delays results again, vows culture reform after crisis
The company’s founder Shigenobu Nagamori has already stepped down as chairman of the board Japanese electric motor maker Nidec delayed the release of its quarterly results and…
Apac investors most bullish globally on private markets, with nearly half planning to raise allocations
Long-term return expectations and confidence in the illiquidity premium are driving sustained interest Institutional investors in Asia-Pacific (Apac) have the strongest conviction on…
MBS Q4 earnings surpass S$1 billion to set new record
Marina Bay Sands (MBS) delivered “simply the greatest quarter in the history of casino hotels”, said Las Vegas Sands (LVS) chairman and chief executive officer Rob Goldstein in a Wednesday…
One of China’s richest battery tycoons builds US$50 billion empire
Sungrow has the second-biggest market value among all mainland-listed firms seeking H-share listings CAO Renxian is one of China’s richest men in an industry the world cannot live without,…
Federal Reserve’s Powell dodges questions on his future, but has advice for his successor
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stuck mostly to form on Wednesday, deflecting questions from the press about both his future at the central bank and a criminal probe…
Judge blocks DHS from arresting, detaining refugees in Minnesota
A federal judge on Wednesday shut down a new Homeland Security policy that arrested and detained refugees as part of a review of their cases, saying the migrants had "followed the rules"…