Trump Is Actually Failing Fast—and the Rabid MAGA Bigwigs Know It
Trump has spent too much energy “getting rid of one liberal judge,” Yarvin complained, when he should have been “getting rid of the whole legal system” and “the whole philosophy of…
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Trump’s Crusade Against Critics Is So Much Worse Than “Cancel Culture”
To use one of Obama’s favorite phrases, let’s be clear: “Cancel culture” refers to the prosecutorial and puritanical style of liberalism that became popular on the internet during the…
Singapore shares rise ahead of US-China meeting; STI up 0.1%
Across the broader market, gainers beat decliners 369 to 166, as 1.6 billion securities worth S$1.4 billion change hands US President Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with Chinese President…
Tesla offers S$5,000 incentive to drive EV adoption in Singapore, launches two new Supercharging stations
The new sites, with four Superchargers each, are at Resorts World Sentosa and Changi City Point Tesla has announced new commercial initiatives in Singapore to encourage the adoption of…
Nike’s Project Amplify is ‘an e-bike for your feet’
I slip on a pair of Nike running shoes. I clip a chunk of metal to the heel, which wraps around my lower leg like a shin guard. The battery goes on last, hugging it all like a high ankle…
Jamie Raskin’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Reveals MAGA’s Dark New Aim
In a shockingly brazen move, President Trump is demanding that the Justice Department pay him $230 million stemming from certain federal actions against him. Representative Jamie Raskin,…
What’s next for carbon removal?
“Reliable assurance that a project’s declared ton of carbon savings equates to a real ton of emissions removed, reduced, or avoided is crucial,” Cynthia Giles, a senior EPA advisor under…
An AI app to measure pain is here
Pain can be notoriously difficult to describe, as almost everyone who has ever been asked to will know. At a recent medical visit, my doctor asked me to rank my pain on a scale from 1 to…
Countries press ahead with climate goals despite Trump’s agenda, but progress is slow
In the Marshall Islands, where the land averages only 7 feet (2 meters) above sea level, people are acutely aware of climate change. Their ancestors have lived on this string of Pacific…
PropNex unit, agent sued by Hao Mart over Orchard Road lease for over S$3.5 million
Supermarket chain Hao Mart has filed a lawsuit against a wholly owned unit of mainboard-listed PropNex and one of its agent, alleging misrepresentation in the leasing of the Orchard Road…
Hao Mart sues PropNex unit, agent for S$3.5 million over Taste Orchard lease
Defendants say they’re acting as agent for landlord OG, and therefore owe no obligation to the plaintiff to act in its best interests Supermarket chain Hao Mart has filed a lawsuit against…
Hao Mart sues PropNex unit, agent for more than S$3.5 million over Taste Orchard lease
Defendants say they’re agent for landlord OG, and owe no obligation to the claimant to act in its best interests Supermarket chain Hao Mart has filed a lawsuit against a wholly owned unit…
The death of SEO: How AI is rewriting the rules of online shopping
Within my family, I’m known as the “AI Guy” so naturally, my sister-in-law excitedly told me how she took a photo of her living room, uploaded it to ChatGPT, and saw a photorealistic…
RHB lifts Frasers Centrepoint Trust target price by 10.2% on improved H2 earnings, asset enhancements
RHB raised its target price for Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) and maintained its “buy” rating, citing steady H2 earnings alongside tailwinds from asset enhancements and falling interest…
Indonesia-based petrochemical producer Chandra Asri says it will buy ExxonMobil’s Singapore retail fuel stations
— Chandra Asri Pacific said on Friday it would acquire ExxonMobil’s network of Esso-branded retail fuel stations in Singapore. “The company…
Indonesia’s Chandra Asri to buy ExxonMobil’s Singapore Esso petrol kiosk chain
Chandra Asri Pacific on Friday (Oct 24) said it would acquire ExxonMobil’s network of Esso-branded retail fuel stations in Singapore. The Indonesian company said in a statement that it has…
Abu Dhabi Banks Lay Groundwork for Potential Risk Transfer Deals
The global SRT market is set to expand 11% annually on average in the next two years Two of Abu Dhabi’s biggest commercial banks are weighing a foray into the market for significant risk…
Asia: Stocks rally as traders cheer Trump-Xi meeting plan
ASIAN markets rallied on Friday after the White House confirmed President Donald Trump would meet China’s Xi Jinping next week, stoking optimism for a cooling of trade tensions between the…
Meituan plans debut dim sum bonds in up to 10 billion yuan sale
The company has faced an increasingly crowded field in China’s food delivery sector, where rivals have been slashing prices Chinese food delivery company Meituan is looking to raise nine…
Air Canada cuts 400 management positions, or 1% of workforce
Air Canada said on Thursday it cut about 400 management positions, representing about 1 per cent of its workforce, after the country’s largest airline faced a four-day strike earlier this…
Gold firms ahead of US inflation data, but heads for weekly fall
Investors have nearly fully priced in a 25-basis-point rate cut at the US Federal Reserve’s meeting next week. Gold prices rose on Friday (Oct 24), supported by lingering geopolitical…
Anthropic to use Google’s AI chips worth tens of billions to train Claude chatbot
ANTHROPIC is expanding its deal with Google to use as many as one million of the tech giant’s artificial intelligence chips, worth tens of billions of dollars, as the startup races to…
Keppel DC Reit’s 9-month distributable income rises 55.5%
Keppel DC Reit reported distributable income of S$195.3 million for the nine months ended Sep 30, up 55.5 per cent from S$125.6 million a year earlier. Its distribution per unit (DPU) over…
Blackstone profits soar but lower rates bring scrutiny to credit
The US$1.2 trillion firm is a giant non-bank lender in its own right, with credit dominating flows in the third quarter Blackstone sent the strongest signal yet that private equity…