SingPost raises competitiveness by upping service points

SingPost raises competitiveness by upping service points

It is also trialling the posting and returning of mail or parcels at residential letterbox areas [SINGAPORE] National postal service provider Singapore Post (SingPost) is upping its game in the e-commerce logistics play after having significantly increased the number of service points. SingPost now has more than 2,500 service points after recently incorporating nearly 1,100…

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Drew & Napier to sue Switzerland over Asia losses on AT1s

Drew & Napier to sue Switzerland over Asia losses on AT1s

ONE of Singapore’s biggest law firms is set to file claims against the Swiss government by the end of the year, seeking compensation for hundreds of Asian bondholders of Credit Suisse Additional Tier-1 (AT1) debt that was wiped out in 2023. Drew & Napier plans to go ahead with so-called investment treaty claims for Japanese…

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Keith Urban Reacts to Meeting Fan Named Nicole Amid Divorce

Keith Urban Reacts to Meeting Fan Named Nicole Amid Divorce

“How many times do you have to be taught that you think you know where your life is going,” she told Vogue in an interview published Oct. 8, “and then it isn’t going in that direction?” And in a separate sitdown published the next day, the actress—who shares daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14, with Keith—made…

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YouTube steps up its shopping game with help from influencers

YouTube steps up its shopping game with help from influencers

Inside a historic aircraft hangar in Playa Vista, crowds of people gathered on Thursday to browse the latest fashions from handbags to clothing and shoes as they prepared for the holiday shopping season. These weren’t shoppers or retailer buyers browsing for the latest products. Instead, they were YouTube video creators who were being courted by…

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China officials try to ease global concern over rare earth curbs

China officials try to ease global concern over rare earth curbs

The Asian nation has justified its latest curbs as a response to an expansion of US controls [BEIJING] Chinese officials tried to ease concerns over its shock escalation of rare earth curbs while travelling in Washington, attempting to soften an international backlash while trade negotiations with the US proceed. Chinese delegates told their global counterparts…

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China rare-earth product exports shrink as US frictions flare

China rare-earth product exports shrink as US frictions flare

[SINGAPORE] China’s exports of rare earth products fell in September from a month earlier, as Beijing’s tighter controls on strategic minerals ripple through global supply chains and heighten tensions with Washington. Shipments of the materials used in electric vehicles, weapons and high-tech manufacturing stood at 6,538 tonnes, according to customs data released on Saturday (Oct…

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