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Opinion: When unregulated AI re-creates the past, we can’t trust that the ‘historical’ is real
A furious political leader shouting a message of hate to an adoring audience. A child crying over the massacre of her family. Emaciated men in prison uniforms, starved to...
Australia’s Star Entertainment expects rescue offers, warns earnings may miss deadline
AUSTRALIAN cash-strapped casino operator Star Entertainment said it expects to receive bailout offers on Friday but warned it might not be able to file its first-half earnings which should...
Blackstone’s Schwarzman takes home more than US$1 billion in pay and dividends
BLACKSTONE chief executive officer Steve Schwarzman collected just over US$1 billion in pay and dividends in 2024, putting the spotlight on the billionaire’s wealth just as Washington takes aim...
Grubhub cuts 23% of staff after Wonder deal, signals changes
GRUBHUB is cutting about 23 per cent of its workforce and set the stage for more changes at the company following its takeover by Wonder Group, the owner of...
More tech layoffs hit Bay Area, as HP, Autodesk announce job cuts
Another round of layoffs hit the Bay Area’s volatile tech industry.HP Inc. plans to lay off up to 2,000 more employees as the company looks for ways to slash...
ECB’s multi-trillion payments breakdown sends shudders through Europe
BANKS struggled to process payments on Friday (Feb 28), after an unprecedented day-long breakdown in the European Central Bank’s machine underpinning trillions of euros of money movements.
The ECB said...
Sherman Kwek saying ‘there was no attempt to oust me misses the point’: CDL chairman Kwek Leng Beng
CITY Developments Ltd (CDL) chairman Kwek Leng Beng has alleged that his son’s denial of an attempt to oust him “misses the point”, in yet another twist to the...
US: Wall St opens subdued after in-line inflation data
WALL Street’s main indexes had a subdued start on Friday (Feb 28) after data showed inflation rose as expected in January, while concerns that US President Donald Trump’s policies...
Yeo Hiap Seng’s H2 profit up 9% on Oatly compensation, higher sales
Its board proposed a final dividend of S$0.02 per share, unchanged from the previous corresponding periodHIGHER sales volumes and compensation from oat milk maker Oatly lifted the net profit...
AirAsia owner Capital A swings to annual loss on forex losses, expects profitability in 2025
Capital A swung to an attributable loss of RM475.1 million (US$106.5 million) in 2024, from a profit of RM255.3 million in the previous yearMALAYSIA’S Capital A Berhad, owner of...
