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The story of a K-pop fan: I spent S$2,500 to win a 1.5-minute fancall with my idol
What lengths do K-pop fans go to in order to see their idols? The Business Times looks at three scenarios of how fans engage with K-pop,…
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Dynamite Kiss Episode 5: Romance on the Cards for Gong Ji Hyuk and Go Da Rim
Dynamite Kiss episode 5 will air on SBS on Wednesday (November 26) at 9:00 pm KST. The SBS drama, starring Ahn Eun Jin and Jang Ki Yong,…
Business
Chinese bonds see no haven demand from stock losses on PBOC bets
The central bank’s reluctance to ease its policy further remains the core issue weighing on the debt market China’s stock and bond markets…
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Spirit Fingers Ending, Episodes 11 and 12 (Finale) Air Date, Preview, Spoilers, and More
Spirit Fingers episodes 11 and 12 will air on TVING on Wednesday (November 26) at 2:00 pm KST. The chapter will focus on the romantic…
Business
Gold drifts higher on US rate cut expectations
Markets are pricing in an 84% chance of a Fed rate cut next month, compared to 50% last week, according to CME Group data Gold prices…
Business
Seatrium bags new BP contract; lifts order book to more than S$2 billion
Marine engineering company Seatrium on Wednesday (Nov 26) announced that it has been awarded a contract from BP Exploration and Production…
Business
New Zealand central bank cuts cash rate by 25 bps to 2.25%
New Zealand’s central bank cut its benchmark official cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.25 per cent on Wednesday, its lowest level since…
Business
Brookfield, GIC to weigh buyout of National Storage Reit: sources
The volume of mergers and acquisitions involving Australian companies as either targets or sellers has fallen to around US$70 billion this…
Business
Brookfield, GIC bid for National Storage in A$4 billion deal
The Sydney-listed company operates more than 270 storage centres across Australia and New Zealand — Brookfield Asset Management and…
Business
Stocks to watch: Singtel, Nio, ThaiBev, Seatrium, ComfortDelGro, Coliwoo, NoonTalk
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Nov 26): Source link
Fashion
TikTok Shop pushes into luxury retail with US$11,000 handbags
TikTok is moving into luxury retail, part of an effort to expand its TikTok Shop marketplace into a high-end shopping destination for…
News
Australia’s Optus suffers emergency call outage
Australian telco Optus said on Wednesday it had suffered an emergency call outage near Melbourne impacting around 14,000 users, two months…
News
Australia’s Optus suffers call outage, vandalism blamed
— Australian telco Optus said on Wednesday it had suffered a service outage near Melbourne impacting around 14,000 users, two months after…
Culture
Warner Bros to ask bidders to submit sweetened offers
Warner Bros Discovery, the parent of HBO and CNN, has asked potential buyers to submit new, sweetened offers after receiving an initial…
Business
Google, the sleeping giant in global AI race, now ‘fully awake’
Several tech companies have plotted ways to develop their own semiconductors or forge ties that make them less reliant on Nvidia’s…
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Warner Music Group settles lawsuit with AI firm Suno
Warner Music Group on Tuesday announced a partnership with AI business Suno that will compensate music artists and songwriters, ending a…
Business
Apple set to become world’s top phone maker, overtaking Samsung
The upcoming 2026 debut of a foldable iPhone and a budget-friendly iPhone 17e will both help sales Apple will retake its crown as the…
Business
Dell forecasts upbeat growth targets on strength in AI server sales
DELL forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as increasing investments in data centres to…
Business
Gambling, prediction markets create new credit risks, Bank of America warns
The bank says that there are already worrisome signs in some indicators of consumer stress, citing a US News survey Bank of America (BOA)…
Business
HP to cut about 6,000 jobs by 2028, ramps up AI efforts
HP SAID on Tuesday it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by fiscal 2028 as part of a plan to streamline operations and…
Business
Crypto crash weighs on US IPOs as candidates push out timing
Returns from new US listings have waned considerably this quarter and the crypto crash has made recent initial public offerings (IPOs) in…
Business
US: Wall Street ends higher as Federal Reserve rate cut bets gather momentum
Wall Street extended its rally on Tuesday as a spate of economic data appeared to support the case for the US Federal Reserve to implement…
Business
Europe: Shares jump on Ukraine peace prospects, US rate cut hopes
EUROPEAN shares extended gains on Tuesday, led by materials and financial stocks, as investors continued to draw optimism from prospects…
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'Guaranteed Human': Audio giant iHeartMedia says real people, not AI personalities, are at the controls
As media executives wrestle with the use of artificial intelligence, radio giant iHeartMedia wants to stand out. “We don’t use…