Oklahoma 7-Eleven clerk, mom of 3, fired after shooting customer who attacked her: ‘I need to be here for my kids’

Oklahoma 7-Eleven clerk, mom of 3, fired after shooting customer who attacked her: ‘I need to be here for my kids’

A brave Oklahoma 7-Eleven clerk was fired for shooting a customer, who tried to strangle her and threatened to “slice her head off” — because she used her own gun, violating the convenience store’s policy. Stephanie Dilyard, 25, said she was working alone at the Oklahoma City 7-Eleven just after midnight on Nov. 14 when…

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Singapore beats Hong Kong in gross tonnage registered as more vessels reflag

Singapore beats Hong Kong in gross tonnage registered as more vessels reflag

Higher tonnage in September makes Singapore the fourth-largest ship registry in the world [SINGAPORE] The ship registry of Singapore has pulled ahead of its closest competitor Hong Kong after some shipowners reflagged their vessels to the city-state amid US-China geopolitical tensions. There were 4,230 ships with total gross tonnage of 127.8 million sailing under the…

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Alibaba’s main AI app debuts strongly in effort to rival ChatGPT

Alibaba’s main AI app debuts strongly in effort to rival ChatGPT

The Chinese e-commerce leader’s Qwen is among the faster risers, particularly in China [HONG KONG] Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen app drew more than 10 million downloads in the week after its relaunch, boding well for a longer-term effort to build a rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The Chinese e-commerce leader’s shares climbed more than 5 per…

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Owning luxury hotels is tough; long term rewards await patient capital

Owning luxury hotels is tough; long term rewards await patient capital

Jardine Matheson and Frasers Property could gain from hotel ownership over the long term [SINGAPORE] The prestige associated with owning luxury hotels can appeal to the vanity of the super rich. However, hotel ownership is hardly for the faint-hearted. Revenue may be volatile. When a pandemic, natural disaster or major terrorism incident strikes, room and…

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Oil falls as Ukraine peace talks edge toward a solution

Oil falls as Ukraine peace talks edge toward a solution

[PERTH] Oil prices slipped on Monday, extending losses from last week, as Russia-Ukraine peace talks edged closer to a solution and the US dollar strengthened. Brent crude futures fell 14 cents, or 0.22 per cent, to US$62.42 per barrel at 0148 GMT. West Texas Intermediate was down 15 cents, or 0.26 per cent, at US$57.91…

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Investors eye holiday season turbulence amid AI and rate cut doubts

Investors eye holiday season turbulence amid AI and rate cut doubts

A crucial uncertainty set to dog markets in coming days is whether the Fed will cut rates at its Dec 9 to Dec 10 meeting [NEW YORK] Stock market investors are preparing for a turbulent year-end sparked by uncertainty over near-term Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and mounting worries that artificial intelligence companies, which have…

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Exclusive | NYC schools chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos ‘in loving relationship’ with state senator’s son

Exclusive | NYC schools chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos ‘in loving relationship’ with state senator’s son

NYC Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos is engaged “in a loving relationship” with the son of a powerful state lawmaker whose support she was counting on to help keep her job under the Mamdani administration, The Post has learned.  Aviles-Ramos’ romance with Julian Sepulveda, son of Bronx state Sen. Luis Sepulveda, blossomed before she filed a petition…

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