This camera bag charm may become the biggest gadget of the year
For a tiny device that clips onto your key ring, the Kodak Charmera makes an oversize impression. At least to me. The newest compact digital camera believes it is a 1980s Kodak Fling…
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What If the Next Democratic President Governs Like Trump?
The greatest share of these employees came from Homeland Security Investigations, an ICE sub-agency that typically investigates important crimes such as human trafficking and…
It’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
A staunch defender of Israel, Shapiro has staked out what is, by now, a conventional position among mainstream Democrats: cracking down on pro-Palestine protests, decrying hunger in Gaza,…
How “Antisemitism” Became a Weapon of the Right
It helps that Mazower, as a scholar of nationalism, is used to negotiating the risk that his research and arguments may turn into what the legendary English historian Eric Hobsbawm called…
Clean hydrogen is facing a big reality check
A major barrier for clean hydrogen today is that dirty methods based on fossil fuels are just so much cheaper than cleaner ones. But China is well on its way to narrowing that gap. Today,…
STI falls on Thursday, down 0.3%
Decliners outnumber advancers 322 to 233 across the broader market, with 2.4 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion changing hands The Straits Times Index (STI) closed lower on Thursday (Sep…
Malaysia's Sunway Group to buy Hongkong Land’s development arm MCL Land for S$738.7 million cash
The sale is effectively at net asset value, says Hongkong Land chief executive Michael Smith Real estate group Hongkong Land will sell its Singapore and Malaysian property arm MCL Land to…
The house that ICE built
When a group of men without uniforms arrested Mahmoud Khalil inside his New York City apartment building in March, Khalil’s wife, eight months pregnant, asked them for identification. The…
Trump’s Epstein Spin Implodes as Kash Patel Buckles Under Dem Grilling
As the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has worsened, President Trump’s story has been that it’s all Democratic “hoax” and that his signature on that lewd drawing in Epstein’s birthday book is a…
HK, Abu Dhabi bourse operators seek to deepen capital market ties
The agreement underscores increasing financial ties between the Asian financial hub and the Middle East Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) said on Thursday (Sep 18) it had entered an…
A Navy SEAL commander shares 5 tips to live a more purposeful life
Mike Hayes is the former commanding officer of Navy Seal Team Two, leading a 2,000-person Special Operations task force in southeastern Afghanistan. He was also a White House Fellow,…
Centurion Accommodation Reit kicks off SGX IPO
The Singapore public offer opens at 10 pm on Thursday, and closes at 12 pm on Tuesday Centurion Accommodation Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) will launch its initial public offering…
Centurion Accommodation Reit kicks off public offer of units at S$0.88 each for SGX mainboard listing
Centurion Accommodation Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) will launch its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday (Sep 18) evening, set to be the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX)…
Food Empire surges 5.4% after target price raised by Maybank
Shares of Food Empire Holdings (FEH) surged as much as 5.4 per cent on Thursday (Sep 18), two days after Maybank raised its target price. The stock climbed S$0.14 to an intraday high of…
Food Empire jumps 2.7% after Maybank raises target price
Shares of Food Empire Holdings (FEH) surged as much as 5.4 per cent on Thursday (Sep 18), two days after Maybank raised its target price. The stock climbed S$0.14 to an intraday high of…
Hong Kong central bank cuts interest rate, tracking Fed; banks follow
Hong Kong’s central bank on Thursday (Sep 18) lowered its base interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent, tracking a cut by the US Federal Reserve. It was the first easing by the…
Good AI innovation means focusing on workflow not cutting jobs
When I was an engineer at Stripe circa 2017, I pitched a machine learning system that would cut our support headcount in half. I thought I was solving the biggest cost to the company:…
Fed’s quarter-point rate cut does not signal a sustained easing cycle: analysts
Market watchers believe the US dollar could see near-term resilience while the recent gold rally could slow down Asia’s equities markets fluctuated on Thursday (Sep 18) amid mixed…
Bank of Japan may raise rates in October even if Takaichi wins leadership race, says ex-central bank official
The Bank of Japan could raise interest rates in October even if Sanae Takaichi, a proponent of aggressive monetary easing, wins the ruling party’s leadership race and becomes the next…
Shein opens its supply network to fashion brands to boost growth
Shein Group has begun offering other fashion brands access to its apparel manufacturing network in China as a service, sources familiar with the matter said, as it seeks new revenue…
From data centres to finance: analysts identify SGX’s best proxies to capture AI boom
Big names such as Singtel and DBS are among the eight companies identified as potential beneficiaries Even without any direct artificial intelligence (AI) players in the Singapore market,…
Marco Polo Marine shares unchanged after short-lived rally on S$100 million order book wins
The counter ends the day at S$0.075, after increasing by as much as 6.7% in a flurry of buys on Thursday morning Shares of Marco Polo Marine enjoyed a short-lived rally on Thursday (Sep…
Nasdaq-listed AvePoint launches public offering for dual listing on SGX mainboard
The purpose is to increase the company’s financial flexibility and create a market for its shares on the Singapore Exchange Cybersecurity company AvePoint has launched a public offering on…
Nasdaq-listed AvePoint launches public offering for secondary listing on SGX mainboard
The purpose is to increase the company’s financial flexibility and create a market for its shares on the Singapore Exchange Cybersecurity company AvePoint has launched a public offering on…