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Thai currency’s rise is fuelled by a soft US dollar, recent Fed easing and sharp acceleration in gold prices The baht’s rally has pushed it to hit records and outshine regional peers as…
DFI Retail Group’s beauty and health brand Mannings on Wednesday (Dec 17) announced the closure of all its stores across mainland China, citing “consumer behaviour” changes. The chain,…
Estimated net proceeds of S$15.3 million will be used to repay working capital loans owed to LHN Group and for general working capital purposes Coliwoo has entered into a…
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law Thursday, ensuring the Pentagon gets a whopping $901 billion for fiscal year 2026. Source link
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Dec 19): Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust (Sert): The managers of Sert on Friday said that…
The Pentagon is now barred from carrying out painful experiments on dogs and cats, thanks to new language in the defense policy bill President Trump signed Thursday. Source link
The city-state’s rally has a ‘long way to go’, says the bank, which is also ‘overweight’ on Vietnamese equities Asean equities will be at an inflexion point in 2026, with a recovery in…
The New York-based bank has invested heavily in AI and culture transformation and is ready for its next phase of change, says Vince in an exclusive interview Three years into its 10-year…
Nike’s stock is down 13% so far this year, on track for a fourth straight year of declines Nike is running out of time to prove its China playbook works. The US sportswear giant’s sixth…
TIKTOK chief executive officer Shou Chew told employees that the social media app’s parent company, ByteDance, signed binding agreements to create a US joint venture majority-owned by…
THE US Department of Energy said on Thursday it has signed agreements with 24 organisations, including tech giants such as Microsoft, Google and Nvidia, to advance the Genesis Mission. The…
FEDERAL Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Thursday fresh inflation data is “good” and if it can be sustained it should help open the door for more interest rate…
An illegal immigrant who was out on the streets after Fairfax County authorities refused to turn him over to ICE now stands accused of killing another man. Source link
A New York Times spokesperson told WIRED in a statement that Brooks “regularly attends events to speak with noted and important business leaders to inform his columns” and that Brooks had…
The days of Republicans’ hard stances against marijuana have seemingly gone up in smoke. On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order to reschedule marijuana as a Schedule III…
President Trump on Thursday vowed to return American astronauts to the moon by 2028 and establish an outpost there through NASA's Artemis space program. Source link
It lifted its 2026 revenue outlook, calling for 5 to 6 per cent year-over-year growth FEDEX posted higher second-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday and lifted the low end of its…
FedEx offered investors a sign that chief executive officer Raj Subramaniam’s turnaround plan may be worth the wait. The shipping heavyweight raised the low end of its profit outlook for…
“You know we won this thing by 400,000 or 500,000 votes,” Trump told Ralston, making up numbers out of thin air. “Just like we did Alabama and every other state in the South. And, uh, we…
Don’t beat yourself up if you do some serious damage on a cheese plate during holiday festivities this year: You just may do your future self a favor. A new study has found that eating…
EUROPEAN shares made broad-based gains on Thursday, with lower-than-expected US inflation strengthening hopes for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2026 and the European Central Bank…
President Trump, who has long complained about too many federal holidays, is giving federal workers extra days off next week for the Christmas holiday. Source link
WALL Street’s main indexes closed higher on Thursday as a soft inflation report fed expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, while chipmaker Micron’s blowout forecast…
China is not only the world’s largest EV market; it has also become the main global manufacturing hub for EVs and the batteries that power them. In 2024, the country accounted for more…
