The Shocking Price of Groceries in Rural Alaska
The village of Unalakleet, on the western coast of Alaska, is accessible only by plane, boat, or—depending on the time of year—snowmobile. Most of the items in the village’s two grocery…
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All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives
One day a couple months ago, in the middle of lunch, I glanced at my phone and was puzzled to see my colleague Ash Roy calling. In and of itself it might not have seemed strange to get a…
UK public transport segment drives 22.4% increase in ComfortDelGro’s Q3 net profit
Transport operator ComfortDelGro’s (CDG) net profit for the third quarter ended September rose 22.4 per cent to S$70.4 million, driven by the performance of its UK public transport…
China’s Singles’ Day shopping festival winds down with ‘muted’ sentiment, sales expectations
Consumer malaise in China has made it harder than ever to get people to open their wallets China’s Singles’ Day sales festival is coming to a close after more than a month of promotions on…
Improving VMware migration workflows with agentic AI
For years, many chief information officers (CIOs) looked at VMware-to-cloud migrations with a wary pragmatism. Manually mapping dependencies and rewriting legacy apps mid-flight was not an…
Trump Wrecks His Own Case for Tariffs as Bizarre SCOTUS Rant Backfires
Signs are mounting that the Supreme Court might invalidate President Trump’s tariffs, and he’s clearly on edge about it. Trump just vented wildly about the case on Truth Social, but he…
Australia spy chief warns of China hackers probing networks
The Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon hacking groups work for Chinese government intelligence and the military Australia’s spy chief has accused hackers working for China’s government of…
How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and activism
When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed. U.S. Immigration and…
Why career development feels impossible for parents—and what they can do
Self-growth requires two things parents often lack: time and energy. Between cleaning messes, cooking meals, and managing extracurriculars, the average parent gets just two hours a week to…
Maybank cuts Sea target price by 9.3% on softer Shopee margins, despite consensus-beating Q3 earnings
Maybank Research slashed its target price for internet company Sea by 9.3 per cent to US$156 from US$172 with a “hold” rating, citing softer margins of its e-commerce arm Shopee. This…
Laopu Gold, Baidu, Trip.com are the latest SDR listings on SGX
This brings the total Singapore Depository Receipts shelf on the local bourse to 29 securities The Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Wednesday (Nov 12) listed three new Singapore Depository…
Asia: Markets up on hopes over shutdown deal, rate cut
EQUITIES rose in Asia on Wednesday as the US shutdown nears an end and after fresh jobs data boosted the chances of a third successive Federal Reserve interest rate cut. However, a mixed…
ST journalist wins Financial Story of the Year award
Angela Tan recognised for scoop on Kwek family feud; Lianhe Zaobao, CNA938, The Edge Singapore also bag awards Senior business correspondent Angela Tan has bagged the Financial Story of…
F&N full-year profit falls 6.4% to S$141.3 million despite higher revenue in F&B segment
Beverage and publishing company Fraser and Neave (F&N) on Wednesday (Nov 12) announced a 6.4 per cent fall in net profit to S$141.3 million for the financial year ended Sep 30, from…
Valuetronics posts 2.7% higher H1 profit of HK$93 million
The board declares an interim dividend of HK$0.04 per share and a special dividend of HK$0.04 per share Electronics manufacturing services provider Valuetronics on Wednesday (Nov 12)…
Why did SoftBank sell off its Nvidia stake?
On Tuesday, SoftBank, the Japanese financial giant, announced plans to dump all 32 million of its shares in Nvidia, the AI chip maker. The news won’t be the needle that pops the AI bubble,…
California Democrat tells musician Tish Hyman after locker-room clash that 'trans women are women'
California state Sen. Scott Wiener had a message for women fearful of males in their locker rooms: Trans women are women. Source link
What to know about Trump's plan to give Americans a $2,000 tariff dividend
President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him diplomatic leverage.…
Singtel H1 earnings nearly treble to S$3.4 billion on one-off gains
Telecommunications giant Singtel on Wednesday (Nov 12) posted a 176.4 per cent increase in net profit to S$3.4 billion for the first half-year ended September, from S$1.2 billion in the…
ECB questions proposal of a purely offline digital euro
THE European Central Bank is pushing back against a European Parliament proposal that would launch the planned digital euro solely offline. In Frankfurt on Tuesday, Alessandro Giovannini,…
Supreme Court gives Trump another reprieve on food stamps
The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration another reprieve on providing food stamp benefits Tuesday, granting a new grace period to give Congress a little more time to end the…
Shutdown surrender spurs liberal group to target Senate Democrats in 2026 primaries
The liberal campaign organization Indivisible announced Tuesday it plans to launch its largest primary initiative ever because Senate Democrats capitulated to end the government shutdown…
Fannie Mae Removed Staff Probing How Trump Team Got Letitia James Docs
The Bulwark asked the Trump-owned chatbot a series of questions about the impacts of Trump’s agenda, ranging from tariffs to the insane claim that he has “solved” eight wars over the last…
Data centers have huge water and carbon impacts. Building them in these states could reduce that
When Amazon proposed building its Project Blue data center in Tucson, Arizona, the company faced intense pushback. Residents raised concerns about the enormous amounts of water and…