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Razer to hire 150 people for new Singapore AI Center of Excellence
Gaming company Razer is seeking to fill 150 artificial intelligence (AI)-related roles to work at its new AI Center of Excellence, it announced on Monday (Aug 4). These employees – known…
Tesla approves 96 million share award to CEO Elon Musk
Tesla has granted CEO Elon Musk 96 million shares worth about US$29 billion, a move aimed at keeping the billionaire entrepreneur at the helm as he fights a court ruling that…
What a concussion taught me about leading through a crisis
A serious concussion four years ago made me more susceptible to future head injuries. Sure enough, a simple bump this winter left me in a months-long funk. My neurologist explained that my…
CapitaLand Ascendas Reit posts 0.6% drop in H1 DPU to 7.477 Singapore cents
H1 revenue down 2% at S$754.8 million, mainly due to divestment of five properties INDUSTRIAL property player CapitaLand Ascendas Reit’s (Clar) distribution per unit (DPU) fell 0.6 per…
The Media’s Urge to Be “Fair” to Trump Is Killing the Republic
Uh, no. Here are a few facts and figures, none of which appear in the article. Federal revenue from all sources in recent years has been around $4.7 trillion (it varies from year to year…
Fighting Wildfires Is Hellish Work. It’s Even Worse Under Trump.
The administration’s claims about being well-equipped to fight fires are selective, at best. Of the estimated 4,000 U.S. Forest Service employees believed to have taken the so-called…
When Did Republican Women Get to Be So Vile as These Four?
On the main stage, Attorney General Pam Bondi has proven a singularly dutiful and hollow-eyed Trump soldier. (For Manson Family obsessives, she’s probably closest to Lynette “Squeaky”…
A History of Abortion Undergrounds—and a Guide to Starting One
Here’s what one interaction, quoted in Vessel, a documentary about Women on Waves and Women on Web, looks like: MAY 27, 7:20PM Dear Women on Web, I retrieved the pills from the post in…
A dazzling new film shows the devastating reality of building with concrete
Watching the side of a mountain get blown to bits in the new documentary Architecton, the shock is not just from the explosion but also from the quotidian end result of such brutal force.…
UBS pays US$300 million to settle Credit Suisse mortgage case
Group said it reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice to resolve a legacy Credit Suisse matter related to the former bank’s role in selling residential…
Malaysian palm oil firm FGV to be delisted on August 28
Felda settlers own shares in the company but have not seen the returns that they were promised when the company was listed in 2012 Malaysia’s FGV Holdings, one of the world’s…
Almost half of U.S. employees have experienced political discrimination
Feeling comfortable enough at work to speak your mind can undoubtedly make for a pleasant work environment. But today many employees are biting their tongues at the office, especially when…
Nomura’s starting pay matched by Japanese rivals to retain staff
Medium-sized securities firms mostly generate revenue by having staff make sales directly to clients, rather than rely on online trading Mid-sized brokerages in Japan are following…
These 8 highly rated tech companies have 300+ remote jobs to fill
Ditch the commute and embrace the pajama pants-powered productivity of remote work. Plenty of fantastic tech companies are not only offering remote positions but are also highly regarded…
BlueSG to pause operations, revamp fleet amid complaints of vehicle, app issues
Car-sharing operator BlueSG on Monday (Aug 4) announced that it would pause its car-sharing operations from Aug 8 while it prepares for a major upgrade to its tech platform and car fleet…
BlueSG lays off staff ahead of operations pause to revamp app and fleet
BlueSG on Monday (Aug 4) announced that it haslaid off staff ahead of a pause in its car-sharing operations from Friday, while it prepares for a major upgrade to its tech platform and…
How Trump’s trade war impacts the tech sector
The Trump administration has announced sweeping tariffs—ranging from 10% to 41%—on goods from nearly 70 countries, set to take effect for most on August 7. Many technology products,…
BYD shares fall as stalling sales put annual target in question
BYD shares fell in Hong Kong trading on Monday (Aug 4), as sputtering monthly sales growth raised doubts about whether the Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker will meet its annual target.…
HPL investors unfazed by founder Ong Beng Seng’s guilty plea; shares up 1.1% at midday
Shares of Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) had tumbled in early trade on Monday (Aug 4) but pared losses as property magnate Ong Beng Seng pleaded guilty in a criminal case involving the Formula…
Shares of HPL close 0.7% higher; investors unfazed by founder Ong Beng Seng’s guilty plea
Shares of Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) ended their session on Monday (Aug 4) 0.7 per cent or S$0.04 up at S$5.50, following its founder Ong Beng Seng pleading guilty at his trial for…
AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they…
Melco eyes global casino expansion on new asset-light model
Melco Resorts & Entertainment is in talks to expand its brand beyond Macau, with plans to ramp up an asset-light strategy by teaming up with local partners to co-run multi-billion-dollar…
United Hampshire US Reit acquires freehold Pennsylvania shopping centre for US$16.4 million
United Hampshire US Reit has acquired a freehold grocery-anchored shopping centre in Pennsylvania for a purchase consideration of US$16.4 million, the manager said on Saturday (Aug 2). The…