Singapore shares close lower on Friday; STI slides 0.2%

Singapore shares close lower on Friday; STI slides 0.2%

Across the broader market, gainers outnumber decliners 309 to 208, as 1.4 billion securities worth S$1.53 billion change hands [SINGAPORE] Stocks on the Singapore market ended lower on Friday (Apr 25), as a smaller-than-expected gain in the Republic’s manufacturing output outweighed the improvement in sentiment amid the broadly more positive tone around trade discussions. Factory…

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Singapore IRAS Board to Welcome New Chairman on May 1

Singapore IRAS Board to Welcome New Chairman on May 1

The new Permanent Secretary (Finance), Lai Chung Han, has been named chairman of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) board. The appointment will go into effect on May 1. He will succeed Tan Ching Yee, who will soon retire as Permanent Secretary (Finance), after 38 years of public service. In a media release on…

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We may have already hit peak booze

We may have already hit peak booze

Without noticing it, humanity has passed a remarkable milestone: alcohol consumption has gone into possibly permanent decline. That’s a turning point in a habit at least as old as civilisation itself. For millennia, we’ve used drinking to loosen our inhibitions at social gatherings, anaesthetise ourselves from the drudgery of life, or simply give a little sparkle to…

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Woman Charged After Sexually Abusing Residents at Sydney Elderly Care Facility, Sharing Videos with Her Partner

Woman Charged After Sexually Abusing Residents at Sydney Elderly Care Facility, Sharing Videos with Her Partner

A female employee at an elderly care facility has been charged after allegedly sexually abusing the facility’s residents, recording the assaults before sharing the video clips with her partner. The 46-year-old woman, whose identity has been withheld, will face a NSW court following an investigation into alleged sexual violence against residents at the home in…

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China’s Baidu says its Kunlun chip cluster can train DeepSeek-like models

China’s Baidu says its Kunlun chip cluster can train DeepSeek-like models

Published Fri, Apr 25, 2025 · 02:22 PM [BEIJING/SHANGHAI] China’s Baidu has successfully “illuminated” a cluster comprising 30,000 of its self-developed, third-generation P800 Kunlun chips, which can support the training of DeepSeek-like models, its CEO said on Friday (Apr 25). Robin Li made the announcement at the company’s annual developer conference where the Chinese search…

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