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A Holiday Gift Guide: Puzzles and Games Galore
For the word gamer with old-school tastes and ample storage space, consider a Monogrammed Deluxe Scrabble set ($170), paired with a leather-bound Scrabble dictionary ($105) to help resolve…
Podcast industry is divided as AI bots flood the airways with thousands of programs
Chatty bots are sharing their hot takes through hundreds of thousands of AI-generated podcasts. And the invasion has just begun. Though their banter can be a bit banal, the AI podcasters’…
Nancy Shaver Is the Real Deal
The choreographer Marla Phelan is interested in the birth of stars—not Barbra Streisand or Lady Gaga but the cosmic kind. Working with the astrophysicist Blakesley Burkhart, she has made…
The Lovably Fragile Exes of “Is This Thing On?”
The invention, though, comes from real life. Alex’s experience is loosely modelled on that of John Bishop, a British pharmaceutical salesman who, with no standup experience, began…
OUE Reit gets S$100 million unsecured loan facility
Proceeds will be used for capital expenditure, working capital and general funding purposes OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (OUE Reit) has entered into a S$100 million unsecured loan…
Singapore stocks gain more ground on Friday; STI up 1.5%
Singapore stocks ended higher on Friday (Dec 12), following regional indices. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 1.5 per cent or 65.62 points to finish at 4,586.45. Meanwhile,…
ST Engineering’s US subsidiary named in lawsuit over UPS plane crash
The lawsuit alleges negligence in maintenance checks by ST Engineering subsidiary VT San Antonio Aerospace ST Engineering’s United States subsidiary, VT San Antonio Aerospace (VT SAA), was…
ST Engineering’s US unit among defendants in UPS plane crash lawsuit
Lawsuit alleges negligence in maintenance checks by subsidiary VT San Antonio Aerospace ST Engineering’s United States subsidiary, VT San Antonio Aerospace (VT SAA), was one of several…
Foxconn to invest US$510 million in Kaohsiung headquarters in Taiwan
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, said on Friday (Dec 12) it will invest US$509.94 million to build its Kaohsiung headquarters in southern Taiwan. That would include…
Malaysian ringgit hits highest in four years on growth optimism
It rose 0.3% versus the greenback to 4.0955 on Friday, the highest since May 2021 The Malaysian ringgit reached the strongest level against the dollar in more than four years, reflecting…
Sumitomo to put US$1.3 billion into India renewable power projects
Sumitomo Corp will invest US$1.3 billion on several Indian renewable power projects, to take advantage of rapid growth in demand from major industrial users. The funds will be invested via…
Seatrium back on track with estimated S$2 billion TenneT order: analysts
Analysts were positive on Seatrium’s latest contract win, stating that the marine engineering company was back on track in terms of its order book. A consortium comprising Seatrium and GE…
Trump strikes conciliatory bipartisan tone at Congressional Ball
President Trump delivered conciliatory remarks at this year's Congressional Ball, welcoming Republicans and Democrats and called for everyone to set "all political differences" aside for…
Trump advocates for primary against Indiana GOP leader who rejected redrawn congressional map
President Trump took a swipe Thursday evening at an Indiana state lawmaker who led a group of Republican senators to reject the redrawn congressional maps that would have produced a 9-0…
Philippine central bank chief tempers hawkish view, sees one more cut
PHILIPPINE central bank Governor Eli Remolona said monetary authorities may cut the benchmark interest rate one more time in the current easing cycle with the economic recovery likely to…
SoftBank eyes data centre group switch as Son hunts for AI
SOFTBANK Group is studying potential acquisitions including data centre operator Switch Inc., as billionaire founder Masayoshi Son ramps up the search for deals that can help it ride the…
Trump issues symbolic pardon of ex-Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters
President Donald Trump issued a symbolic pardon for Tina Peters on Thursday, but it alone won't free the former Colorado elections administrator who was convicted under state laws of…
Hongkong Land shares jump 5.5% on news of S$8 billion real estate fund
Shares of Hong Kong Land soared as much as 5.5 per cent after the company announced plans to inject its interests in One Raffles Quay, MBFC Towers 1 and 2 into a new real estate fund. The…
Trump signs order aimed at curbing state AI laws
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will attempt to preempt a growing number of state laws governing the technology with a…
Trump signs order to block states from regulating AI
President Trump on Thursday directed his administration to block states from regulating artificial intelligence and to create federal guidelines that would dictate the nation's artificial…
Reddit files lawsuit against Australia’s social media ban
Message board website Reddit on Friday filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 as well as its inclusion in it, calling the law an…
Senator says FAA administrator failed to sell multimillion-dollar airline stake as promised
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has not sold off his multimillion-dollar stake in the airline he led since 1999 despite a promise to do so as part of his ethics agreement,…
Lululemon CEO McDonald to step down, shares rise 10%
LULULEMON Athletica said that CEO Calvin McDonald was leaving the company without a replacement and raised its annual profit forecast, sending shares up about 10 per cent in extended trade…