Trump’s First 100 Days Have Shattered California’s Left-Wing Illusions
President Trump has pushed aside Governor Gavin Newsom and driven the nation’s most populous state toward something approaching sanity. Source link
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Return to Alcatraz?
The mythology around the prison is part of American lore. That doesn’t mean that we need to devote scarce resources to bringing it back online. Source link
Trump’s Anti-Abundance Agenda
Dismissing the legitimate economic concerns of American consumers has never been a winning political strategy. Source link
My Digital Pregnancy
I should note that my reading of Hess’s book is unavoidably colored by my own history. Her pregnancy, and the birth of her son in September 2020, trails my own family’s experience by only…
Why this startup is mining seaweed to power EVs
On farms off the coast of Alaska and in Mexico, a company called Blue Evolution grows seaweed used in food and skincare products. But five years ago, while studying the potential for…
MPACT should sell Festival Walk or merge to get more Singapore-centric
SINGAPORE’S largest mall, VivoCity, with over a million square feet of lettable area, is much loved by shoppers. However, the mall’s owner – Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT) –…
Bigger fonts and no trucks: How Lyft designed its new app for older riders
Getting older can be a time when declining vision, hearing, and cognitive abilities may mean it’s no longer safe to drive. It may even lead to giving up your driver’s license. In theory,…
Trump’s Return to Power Elevates Ever Fringier Conspiracy Theories
People who question whether the Earth is round — a fact understood by the ancient Greeks and taught to American children in elementary school — might have been political pariahs a decade…
Goodbye human drivers? Waymo’s robotaxis are now fully operational
Summoning a robotaxi from your phone is not a futuristic fantasy since Waymo achieved full commercial deployment. Source link
Why a US-listed video game firm is paying a premium for a Singapore-based tech products distributor
For over 30 years, one little-known wholesaler and distributor of technology products – including IT accessories, gaming components and smart technology – steadily built up its…
Why a US-listed video game firm is paying a premium to take Ban Leong private
For over 30 years, one little-known wholesaler and distributor of technology products – including IT accessories, gaming components and smart technology – steadily built up its…
DoorDash agrees to buy Deliveroo in US$3.9 billion deal
DoorDash has agreed to buy UK-based food-delivery platform Deliveroo for an equity value of about US$3.9 billion, as the US company pushes into more overseas markets. DoorDash has…
Keppel DC Reit names Low Huan Ping as lead independent director amid board changes
Keppel DC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has announced director Low Huan Ping as new lead independent director and chairman of nominating and remuneration committee, as Kenny Kwan…
US lawmaker targets Nvidia chip smuggling to China with new bill
A US lawmaker plans to introduce legislation in the coming weeks to verify the location of artificial intelligence (AI) chips like those made by Nvidia after they are sold. The effort to…
Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained
It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. Then a month ago, as…
How Trump’s Closing a Tariff Loophole Will Hurt UPS and FedEx
Less than a year ago, executives from FedEx and UPS were talking about how they were handling a flood of packages from China to American consumers. “Explosive” is how Carol Tomé, UPS’s…
Income-Allianz deal timeline: A recap of the proposed S$2.2 billion sale
The proposed S$2.2 billion deal involving the sale of Singapore’s Income Insurance to German insurer Allianz – which the government eventually called off – was a major talking point during…
China’s CATL seeks US$1 billion loan for Indonesia plant expansion
The company has said that it expects to see little impact from the tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on China because the company’s US exposure is “quite small”. …
Asia: Dollar recovers some losses, stocks gain as traders eye tariff deals
The dollar rose in Asia on Tuesday fuelled by hopes for trade deals to avert Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, while equities mostly rose as investors await the Federal Reserve’s latest…
Hong Kong DIY watch brand sets sights on Europe amid Trump tariffs
When Washington announced higher tariffs and the axing of a de minimis rule that allowed for low-value packages from Hong Kong and mainland China to enter the United States free of duties,…
Palantir sales forecast falls short of Wall Street’s hopes
Palantir Technologies dropped more than 8 per cent in late trading on Monday (May 5) after its results failed to live up to investors’ loftiest expectations for a company whose stock has…
Judge orders Trump to admit roughly 12,000 refugees
A judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States under a court order partially blocking the president's efforts to suspend the…
Gold hits one-week high on safe-haven demand, Fed decision loom
Gold prices climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday (May 6) as rising concerns over US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans boosted safe-haven demand, while investors also kept a…
IFA stands its ground on valuations in Sinarmas Land offer; says methods used ‘appropriate’ and in line with practice
W Capital Markets, which is advising Sinarmas Land’s independent directors on the Widjajas’ offer to privatise the company, insists its valuations of the group’s assets are “appropriate”…