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Millennial in disbelief at what door-to-door salespeople keep asking her
A 30-year-old woman has shared how she got more than she bargained for when she opened the door to salespeople—only to be asked twice if…
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Gold ETFs shine on rising interest from the West
Rate cuts by central banks reducing opportunity cost of holding the precious metal GOLD has long been a favourite among Asian investors.…
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How Bruce Willis' early dementia signs were overlooked
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors What many thought was just a return of Bruce Willis' childhood…
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Walmart Worker Gursimran Kaur Pushed Into Walk-In Oven? Staff and TikTok Users Question Safety After Shocking Death
The recent death of Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart employee of Indian origin, has sparked a flurry of online theories and…
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Hong Kong’s first De-SPAC listing still leaves sector in limbo
AFTER Hong Kong’s first listing of a firm acquired by a special purpose acquisition company, a long line of such deal vehicles in the city…
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BIS to leave China-backed central bank digital currency project
THE Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said on Thursday (Oct 31) it would quit the cross-border payments platform Project mBridge,…
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Mastercard earnings top estimates as consumers keep spending
MASTERCARD reported profit that beat analysts’ estimates, helped by a boost in cross-border transactions. The company posted adjusted…
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Saudi Arabia’s PIF signs MoUs worth up to US$51 billion with Japanese banks
SAUDI Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Japanese…
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Electric Honda, Acura SUVs less safe than Tesla's, Rivian's: IIHS
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash tested the new-to-market 2024 Acura ZDX and 2024 Honda Prologue and the results…
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Goodwill Entertainment Catalist IPO 1.5 times oversubscribed
KARAOKE and live show operator Goodwill Entertainment has announced that its initial public offering (IPO) on the Catalist board of…
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Uber issues muted holiday forecast as it hits record profit
UBER Technologies reported weaker-than-expected ride bookings and issued a middling forecast for the holiday quarter, even as it delivered…
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Strong wealth segment likely to boost Q3 earnings at Singapore banks: analysts
They expect local lenders to continue posting stable results amid lower net interest margins STRONG wealth management fees are likely to…
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Winking Studios seeks dual listing on AIM Market
WINKING Studios announced its intention to seek a listing on the AIM Market of London Stock Exchange (LSE) in November to support…
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Berkeley startup wins government award to develop radiation and lead poisoning treatment
Whether its lead from old buildings, arsenic from contaminated food or strontium fallout from a nuclear explosion, heavy metals that enter…
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Samsung rises after signalling progress with Nvidia on AI memory
Samsung Electronics declared progress in supplying its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) memory chips to Nvidia, offering some…
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Coinbase pledges further US$25 million of political funding for crypto
Coinbase Global committed another US$25 million of funding to Fairshake, a political action committee for the digital-asset industry that…
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Trafigura facing US$1.1 billion hit in Mongolia after fraud probe: sources
Trafigura Group is preparing to take a US$1.1 billion hit after discovering what it suspects was fraud involving employees in its…
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New Starbucks CEO is testing investors’ US$21 billion bet
Starbucks’ new chief executive Brian Niccol is facing a key test: convincing investors he’s worth the US$21 billion in market value the…
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Siemens agrees to buy software group Altair in US$10 billion deal
Siemens reached an agreement to buy software maker Altair Engineering for US$10 billion including debt in its largest-ever acquisition.…
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Oil rises on US stockpiles drawdown, Opec+ mulls output hike delay
Oil prices rebounded on Wednesday (Oct 30), rising more than 2 per cent after data showed US crude and gasoline inventories fell…
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DHL cuts earnings outlook on weak B2B volumes
DHL cut its guidance for 2024 earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) on Wednesday (Oct 30), citing continuously weak…
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AstraZeneca says its China operations president under investigation
It was not immediately clear whether the executive Leon Wang was in the custody of the Chinese government AstraZeneca’s China president is…
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US: Wall St subdued at open as investors weigh earnings, data
US stock indexes were subdued at the open on Wednesday (Oct 30), as investors assessed mixed earnings reports and data that showed the…
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BYD Q3 revenue rises 24% year on year to 201.1 billion yuan, eclipses Tesla for first time
BYD notched up another win over Tesla on Wednesday (Oct 30), reporting quarterly revenue that beat Elon Musk’s carmaker for the first time…