Advice from businesses that have been successful for generations
Below, Eric Becker shares five key insights from his new book, The Long Game: A Playbook of the World’s Most Enduring Companies. Eric is the founder and chairman at Cresset, an…
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AI wrote the code. You got hacked. Now what?
When AI systems started spitting out working code, many teams welcomed them as productivity boosters. Developers turned to AI to speed up routine tasks. Leaders celebrated productivity…
Stop hiding behind your slides: Lead the room, don’t read to it
I once attended a slide presentation given by an executive in a telcom company. The presentation was highly technical, but that was not the main problem. It was boring because the speaker…
Maybank upgrades OUE Reit to ‘buy’ amid lower cost of debt in Q3
Analysts are positive on OUE Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on the back of its declining cost of debt in Q3 – with Maybank Securities equity analyst Krishna Guha on Tuesday (Oct 28)…
Philippine peso poised for rebound as holiday remittances set to arrive
The currency has come under pressure following Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ unexpected cut in the benchmark interest rate in early October The Philippine peso looks poised to rebound from…
iX Biopharma raises gross proceeds of S$6.7 million from placement
Singapore-based speciality pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company iX Biopharma raised gross proceeds of S$6.7 million in a placement to raise funds for its expansion into the US. The…
Saudi AI chief vows to avoid Huawei tech in bid for US chips
The country is subject to American restrictions on AI chip exports, with shipments of advanced accelerators requiring a license from Washington Tareq Amin, the head of Saudi Arabia’s…
Trump says 'it's too bad' he can't run for a third presidential term
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that "it's too bad" he's not allowed to run for a third term, conceding the constitutional reality even as he expressed interest in continuing to…
SGAG parent company Hepmil sold to French Publicis Groupe for undisclosed fee
Established in 2015, Hepmil has a network of over 3,000 creators with a total reach exceeding 1 billion in six South-east Asian markets Advertising and public relations giant Publicis…
Toyota says it did not explicitly promise Trump new US$10 billion investment in US
Japan’s Toyota Motor did not explicitly promise a new US$10 billion investment in the United States, a senior executive from the Japanese automaker said on Wednesday, a day after President…
Facing Hurricane Melissa, State Department turns to Elon Musk’s Starlink in Jamaica
The State Department has enlisted Starlink, the satellite internet service run by the Elon Musk company SpaceX, to support its staff in Jamaica in the event that Hurricane Melissa, a…
Appeals court delivers blow to Trump's attempt to send National Guard to Portland
A federal appeals court on Tuesday erased a ruling that would have allowed President Trump to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, saying the judges have decided to re-decide…
Singapore future-proofing its grid to meet higher energy demand from EVs, data centres
The intermittency of solar and wind power introduces new operational challenges for the grid Keeping Singapore’s lights on is set to get more complex – with the Republic’s plans to import…
Transcript: The GOP May Lose Next Week’s Elections—Thanks to Trump
All the variability is gonna go into this to some degree—like how well you can actually, take advantage of these conditions that we tend to see, and, you know, how unpopular Trump actually…
Stocks to watch: Mapletree Logistics Trust, Keppel Reit, Clas, ESR-Reit, Wee Hur, First Reit, LHN
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Oct 29): Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT): The manager of the trust announced a…
Trump Media to enter prediction markets business
Critics, however, argue that these markets are little more than “digital casinos” Trump Media and Technology Group said on Tuesday (Oct 28) that it will introduce prediction markets on its…
Senate votes to nullify Trump's tariffs on Brazil in symbolic messaging effort
The Senate voted late Tuesday to terminate the emergency powers that President Trump used to impose tariffs on goods from Brazil, a major coffee producer and South American trading…
Senate Republicans abandon 'piecemeal' plan to ease shutdown pain
Senate Republicans have decided against trying to pass piecemeal bills to mitigate some of the harm from the government shutdown. Source link
Apple plans MacBook Air, iPad Air and iPad mini with overhauled displays
The move is part of a broader shift to Oled and gives customers a fresh reason to upgrade devices Apple is preparing major changes to its MacBook Air, iPad mini and iPad Air lines, with a…
Will the race to the moon run through Texas or Washington?
NASA wants to reopen competition on its moon lander, a multi-billion-dollar contract for a new space vehicle that will help support one of America’s most ambitious missions yet: going back…
America's growing food stamp program lands in the middle of Congress' government shutdown standoff
The food stamp program, which once served just a small fraction of U.S. families, has grown massively in recent years, putting it at the center of a spending stalemate that threatens to…
Trump Brags About Record-High Deportations—but There’s One Big Problem
It seemed that Ellis tried to give the Border Patrol chief the benefit of the doubt when discussing the multiple blatant violations of her order, claiming that the order was either…
Climate Policy: Stormy Weather?
The week of October 20, 2025: Climate policy’s head winds, Argentina, regulation, rare earths, and much, much more. Source link
Judge stiffens blockade on Trump's reductions in federal workforce during shutdown
A federal judge put an indefinite hold on the White House's new reductions in the federal workforce, saying Tuesday that President Trump's team appeared to be violating the law. Source link