Singapore firms dominate South-east Asia data centre funding, accounting for 98% of US$11.5 billion raised: report
[SINGAPORE] Five Singapore-headquartered data centre firms accounted for 98 per cent of the US$11.5 billion in equity funding raised...
ROEs of SGX mid-caps are a mixed bag, small-caps lag
Uneven ability to keep up with AI and interest-rate pressures are seen as two factors driving the divide[SINGAPORE] A...
Kospi falls 1.6% as Asian stocks drop after hawkish Warsh tone
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 09:47 AMASIAN stocks dropped and the US dollar held its gains after hawkish...

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It gives investors a simple way to gain exposure to various sectors through a single benchmark[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s benchmark stock index turns 60 this year, making it almost as...
Stocks to watch: ComfortDelGro, ESR-Reit, Frasers Property, Centurion, Fuyu
Vessels crossing Strait of Hormuz drop to 5 per day over weekend
Singapore firms dominate South-east Asia data centre funding, accounting for 98% of US$11.5 billion raised: report
[SINGAPORE] Five Singapore-headquartered data centre firms accounted for 98 per cent of the US$11.5 billion in equity funding raised...
ROEs of SGX mid-caps are a mixed bag, small-caps lag
Uneven ability to keep up with AI and interest-rate pressures are seen as two factors driving the divide[SINGAPORE] A...
Kospi falls 1.6% as Asian stocks drop after hawkish Warsh tone
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 09:47 AMASIAN stocks dropped and the US dollar held its gains after hawkish...

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Why the Straits Times Index matters today
It gives investors a simple way to gain exposure to various sectors through a single benchmark[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s benchmark stock index turns 60 this year, making it almost as...
Singapore firms dominate South-east Asia data centre funding, accounting for 98% of US$11.5 billion raised: report
[SINGAPORE] Five Singapore-headquartered data centre firms accounted for 98 per cent of the US$11.5 billion in equity funding raised across South-east Asia, in what is already the region’s largest...
ROEs of SGX mid-caps are a mixed bag, small-caps lag
Uneven ability to keep up with AI and interest-rate pressures are seen as two factors driving the divide[SINGAPORE] A study has found that the average small-cap company on the...
Kospi falls 1.6% as Asian stocks drop after hawkish Warsh tone
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 09:47 AMASIAN stocks dropped and the US dollar held its gains after hawkish comments from Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh strengthened bets on...
Stocks to watch: ComfortDelGro, ESR-Reit, Frasers Property, Centurion, Fuyu
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Aug 31): ComfortDelGro : A consortium formed by ComfortDelGro (CDG) and French transport...
Vessels crossing Strait of Hormuz drop to 5 per day over weekend
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 07:26 AM[SINGAPORE] The number of visible commodity vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz dropped to five per day over the weekend, shipping data...

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Singapore firms dominate South-east Asia data centre funding, accounting for 98% of US$11.5 billion raised: report
[SINGAPORE] Five Singapore-headquartered data centre firms accounted for 98 per cent of the US$11.5 billion in equity funding raised across South-east Asia, in what is already the region’s largest...
ROEs of SGX mid-caps are a mixed bag, small-caps lag
Uneven ability to keep up with AI and interest-rate pressures are seen as two factors driving the divide[SINGAPORE] A study has found that the average small-cap company on the...
Kospi falls 1.6% as Asian stocks drop after hawkish Warsh tone
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 09:47 AMASIAN stocks dropped and the US dollar held its gains after hawkish comments from Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh strengthened bets on...
Stocks to watch: ComfortDelGro, ESR-Reit, Frasers Property, Centurion, Fuyu
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Monday (Aug 31): ComfortDelGro : A consortium formed by ComfortDelGro (CDG) and French transport...
Vessels crossing Strait of Hormuz drop to 5 per day over weekend
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 07:26 AM[SINGAPORE] The number of visible commodity vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz dropped to five per day over the weekend, shipping data...
Oil jumps at week’s open as US military hits Iranian launchers
Published Mon, Aug 31, 2026 · 06:44 AMOIL surged after fresh fighting flared up in the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting risks to flows from the Middle East after months...

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How Tom Gilleon Turned a Genre of Nostalgia Into One of Invention
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As Data Center Opposition Grows, America Needs a Better Blueprint
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At 50, Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory Still Says Yes to Artists
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Yayoi Kusama, the World’s Most Photographed Recluse
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In Books, the California Promise and a Century of Reinvention
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‘The People Will Have the Last Say’: Iceland Rejects EU Talks Despite Trump’s Arctic Ambitions
Icelanders have rejected a proposal to reopen negotiations on European Union membership, rejecting a proposal to reopen EU membership negotiations despite concerns about security in the North Atlantic and...
Walmart Agrees To Pay $50M in DOJ Settlement Over Alleged Opioid Prescriptions at Its Pharmacies
Walmart has agreed to pay $50 million (roughly equivalent to €42.5 million or £38 million) to settle a Justice Department lawsuit accusing its pharmacies of unlawfully filling thousands of...
Ox Alpha Emerged as a Powerful OpenAI Rival—Then China’s Z.ai Was Revealed as Its Creator
Ox Alpha appeared on OpenRouter on 20 August as an anonymous AI model, initially leaving developers without a clear indication of who had created it. The model was listed...
Nepal-Tibet Flood Toll Rises to 750 as Rain Stops Rescue for Trapped Workers
The death toll from last week's catastrophic glacier collapse and flood along the Nepal-Tibet border climbed to at least 750 on Sunday — 734 confirmed in Nepal and 16...
NVIDIA’s Record Quarter Confirms Chipmakers Are Winning the AI Boom
Three days after NVIDIA posted $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue — the largest single-quarter result in semiconductor history — the company's vice president of hyperscale computing hand-delivered its first...
Iceland Votes No on EU Accession Talks in Knife-Edge Referendum, Dealing Blow to Brussels
Iceland's voters delivered a narrow but unambiguous verdict Saturday, rejecting by a margin of 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent a government proposal to resume European Union accession negotiations that...

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Liam Payne’s Girlfriend Kate Cassidy Honors Late Singer With Touching Birthday Tribute
Liam Payne's Girlfriend Kate Cassidy Explains Why She's Removing Tattoo Tributes to HimKate Cassidy will never stop celebrating Liam Payne. Nearly two years after the One Direction member’s death,...
RHOSLC Alum Jen Shah Finishes Prison Sentence After Home Confinement
But before Lisa and Meredith traded harsh words on the Zion trip, there was the hot mic moment to end all hot mic moments. "Meredith can go f--k herself," Lisa...
Keke Palmer Celebrates Birthday With Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Sons Justin and Christian
Keke Palmer Has the Perfect Reaction to Becoming Host of ‘The Voice: Celebrity’Baby, this is Keke Palmer’s birthday party.  The Emmy-winning actress celebrated her 33rd birthday surrounded by some...
Let’s Marry Harry Cast Says Harry Jowsey Had Sex With Multiple Women Off-Camera
As such, she quipped, "Anybody got a tequila soda, hello?" before adding, "I can only speak for myself, I wanted a little bit of closet time," confirming with a...
Dolly Parton Put Secret Song in a Time Capsule to Be Released in 2045
“A world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible, real, or right. But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she...
Target Apologizes for “Offensive” Halloween Costume for Kids
Target is issuing an apology.  The retailer spoke out to address backlash over a children's Halloween costume that it was allegedly selling under the name "Kids' Glows Under Blacklight...

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Why the Straits Times Index matters today
It gives investors a simple way to gain exposure to various sectors through a single benchmark[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s benchmark stock index turns 60 this year, making it almost as...
US stocks: Wall Street ends lower after Fed Chair Warsh reaffirms inflation fight
Published Sat, Aug 29, 2026 · 07:41 AM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes ended lower on Friday (Aug 28), with investors turning cautious after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh...
‘Buying opportunity’: Sembcorp’s India unit IPO could lift group value by up to 10%
Sembcorp Green Infra’s listing could also make its parent company more attractive to investors, say analysts[SINGAPORE] The completion of Sembcorp Industries’ planned initial public offering (IPO) of its Indian...
US stocks: Nasdaq, S&P 500 lifted by Nvidia’s forecast; investors eye speech by US Fed’s Warsh
Published Fri, Aug 28, 2026 · 06:15 AM — Updated Fri, Aug 28, 2026 · 06:38 AM[NEW YORK] The technology-heavy Nasdaq outperformed peers at the close of trade on...
Singapore plays premium data centre game as Johor, Batam take on scale
With land and power at a premium, the Republic homes in on workloads with stronger reasons to be hosted on its shores[SINGAPORE] Singapore is carving out a premium role...
Greenback nudges higher ahead of US inflation data; Aussie gains on rate bets
Published Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 08:41 PM[LONDON/SINGAPORE] The dollar edged higher but remained range-bound against major peers on Wednesday (Aug 26) as investors awaited US inflation data that...

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Croatia vacation hot spot may ban alcohol sales during key hours in sweeping new crackdown
The nightlife in Croatia’s second-largest city could soon look quite a bit different for visitors on vacation getaways. The city of Split is proposing a ban on the sale of...
2 teens charged in connection with TikTok stunt gone wrong that left 16-year-old trapped inside shaft of NYC bridge
Two teens have been charged in connection with a foolish TikTok stunt that caused a 16-year-old boy to plummet 50 feet and become trapped inside a shaft on the...
CBS Sports making big March Madness coverage change for 2026
Nate Burleson will add NCAA Tournament host to his ever-growing résumé at CBS.  The network announced Thursday morning that Burleson will host men’s March Madness coverage for CBS Sports...
New Tahoe ski death as student found on black diamond trail – after eight killed in nearby avalanche
A missing skier has been found dead at a Lake Tahoe resort — just days after eight were killed by an avalanche in the backcountry nearby. Colin Kang’s body...
UCLA hasn’t learned its lesson
UCLA must think it is off the hook for antisemitism and bigotry after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from imposing a billion-dollar fine for blatant discrimination against...
Savannah Guthrie never ‘coming back’ to ‘Today’ show after her mom’s disappearance: report
Savannah Guthrie is probably never returning to the “Today” show after her mother Nancy’s heartbreaking disappearance, according to a new report. The “Today” anchor has not appeared on the...

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Kacey Musgraves Continues Boston Show Amid Onstage Fire
Kacey Musgraves managed to keep her cool as a small fire broke out on stage at her latest Middle of Nowhere Tour stop. On Saturday, the 8x Grammy winner...
Acclaimed, Controversial Play ‘Downstate’ To Get Broadway Staging – Report
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A major scandal that has rocked the golf world has impacted the debut season of The Golf Channel‘s reboot of The Big Break reality competition series. The new season,...
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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Primal, the studio’s new genre label led by J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, has acquired rights to The Troop, the 2014 horror novel by Nick Cutter, enlisting Chris Basler...
‘Love Island USA’ Renewed For Season 9 At Peacock
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Roku Eyes More Pop Culture Projects, Hires Nicole Vogel To Oversee
EXCLUSIVE: Roku, two months after its $22B acquisition by Fox, is bolstering its move into pop culture programming with the hire of former Lifetime executive Nicole Vogel. Vogel has...

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