Ikea retailer Ingka Group announces first non-Swede CEO
The world’s biggest retailer of IKEA furniture said on Wednesday CEO Jesper Brodin was stepping down after eight years, to be succeeded by Spaniard Juvencio Maeztu, the first non-Swede to…
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Bullish stock price will be closely watched today as ‘CoinDesk’ owner makes trading debut in upsized IPO
Another highly anticipated IPOs is happening today. Cryptocurrency trading platform Bullish is expected to make its debut on the stock market. Already, its stock’s initial public offering…
The Download: Trump’s golden dome, and fueling AI with nuclear power
Within a week of his inauguration, President Trump issued an executive order to develop “The Iron Dome for America” (rebranded the “Golden Dome” a month later.) The eruption of a revived…
What comes after agentic AI? This powerful new technology will change everything
Ten years from now, it will be clear that the primary ways we use generative AI circa 2025—rapidly crafting content based on simple instructions and open-ended interactions—were merely…
United Overseas Insurance aims to increase technology investments by almost 50% by 2029
United Overseas Insurance (UOI), the general insurance arm of UOB, will increase its technology investments by almost 50 per cent from 2023 levels by 2029. This will involve rolling out…
Singapore’s KPB Biosciences fails in bid to unfreeze assets in US$830 million Novo Nordisk legal battle
Locally headquartered biotech firm KPB Biosciences has failed to set aside a court order for its assets to be frozen, with the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) having…
Air Canada flight attendants set 72-hour strike deadline for pay deal
The Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing more than 10,000 Air Canada cabin crew, on Wednesday (Aug 13) gave the airline a 72-hour deadline to reach a pay deal or face…
Polanski’s Perfectly Timely J’accuse
An Officer and a Spy parallels the devastating history of the Dreyfus Affair with lawfare. Source link
What an Acceptable Russia-Ukraine Deal Might Look Like
The best that can be hoped for is an armistice with an underpinning firm enough to deter Russia from resuming its war when it is ready. Source link
A Tax Law for Manufacturers, but a Trade Policy Against Them
While the OBBBA tries to buoy manufacturing, President Trump’s tariffs are an anvil dragging the sector down. Source link
New York Is Grappling with Its Own Kind of Mayhem
While Trump cracks down on D.C. violence, Gotham is in a similar situation; crime is dropping, but is still too frequent and arbitrary to give residents comfort. Source link
ComfortDelGro’s H1 2025 earnings rise 11.2% to S$106 million
Transport operator ComfortDelGro (CDG) reported on Wednesday (Aug 13) an 11.2 per cent increase in earnings for the first half of 2025 to S$106 million, from S$95.3 million in the year-ago…
How AI can finally fix prior authorization
If you’ve ever been a patient waiting—days, sometimes more than a week—for treatment approval, or a clinician stuck chasing it, you know what prior authorization feels like. Patients sit…
Good governance for vibrant capital markets: towards a market-centric dynamic index
IN 2024, the Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI) was re-introduced as a dynamic index designed to reflect continuous changes in sustainable corporate governance regulations…
Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms
Unlike McMorrow and El-Sayed, who both oppose weapons shipments to Israel, Stevens is firmly in the pocket of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: She raised more money from AIPAC…
This Probably Won’t Be the SCOTUS Case That Kills Marriage Equality
As for the three remaining conservatives, it’s more complicated and less clear. None of them have signaled an interest in overturning it since joining the court. Justice Neil Gorsuch…
How to Gauge the Strength of Trump’s Fact-Free Economy
Don’t tell Trump, but the underlying data of the CPI report is less reassuring than the topline figure. When you strip out groceries and gas, the prices of which are highly volatile,…
How Democrats Can Beat Republican Race-Baiting Politics
Republicans’ attacks on Democrats and the left for being “too woke” and obsessed with “identity politics” have been happening, in one form or another, for decades. The strategy is rooted…
Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies
Reagan, by all accounts, believed that SDI would be the ultimate tool of peace for all nations, and he even offered to share the technology with the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev.…
China's Tencent revenue grows 15% in Q2 on strong gaming performance
It reported revenue of 184.5 billion yuan (S$32.9 billion), exceeding analyst estimates of 178.5 billion yuan Tencent reported second-quarter revenue growth of 15 per cent on…
Video: What to Know About Trump’s Deal With A.I. Chipmakers
new video loaded: What to Know About Trump’s Deal With A.I. Chipmakers By Tripp Mickle, Karen Hanley, Jon Hazell and David Jouppi•August 13, 2025 Nvidia and AMD will give the Trump…
6 fast ways to bounce back from a job rejection
Sarah thought she’d nailed it. Three rounds of interviews for her dream marketing role, glowing feedback from the hiring manager, and a reassuring “we’ll be in touch soon.” So when the…
StarHub can benefit from consolidation, Singtel to a more ‘limited extent,’ analysts say
Recent surprise acquisitions in Singapore’s telecommunications space may have raised eyebrows, but analysts see the moves by StarHub, M1 and Simba to largely benefit the industry, with…
Sustainable aviation fuels were making progress before federal budget cuts
The federal spending law passed in early July 2025, often called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, significantly reduces federal funding for efforts to create renewable or sustainable types…