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Swatch buyers in China hesitate over higher prices, CEO says
Swatch buyers in China hesitate over higher prices, CEO says
THE Chinese market is likely to be difficult until the end of the year, with consumers hesitating over higher prices, the chief executive of Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group was...
Five Thailand-focused SDRs debut on SGX on Monday
Five Thailand-focused SDRs debut on SGX on Monday
FIVE more Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs) that track the performance of Thailand-listed stocks are ming their debut on the Singapore Exchange on Monday (Apr 1). The five underlying stocks...
Five Thailand-focused SDRs debut on SGX on Monday
Five Thailand-focused SDRs debut on SGX on Apr 1
FIVE more Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs) that track the performance of Thailand-listed stocks are making their debut on the Singapore Exchange on Monday (Apr 1). The five underlying stocks...
Iron ore falls for fourth session 
on China property woes
Iron ore falls for fourth session on China property woes
IRON ore futures fell on Friday (Mar 29) for a fourth straight session, as concerns over China’s property sector weighed on demand and port inventories rose.The most-traded September iron...
Meta can’t delay FTC review of privacy terms, US appeals court says
Meta can’t delay FTC review of privacy terms, US appeals court says
META Platforms failed to convince a federal appeals court to postpone the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) re-examination of alleged privacy breaches within its Facebook arm.The US Court of...
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop products face trademark infringement suit
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop products face trademark infringement suit
GOOD Clean Love (GCL) is suing Gwyneth Paltrow’s company that specialises in female and health hygiene products for allegedly selling products using a confusingly similar trademark and creating a...
OpenAI unveils voice-cloning tool
OpenAI unveils voice-cloning tool
OPENAI on Friday (Mar 29) revealed a voice-cloning tool it plans to keep tightly controlled until safeguards are in place to thwart audio fakes meant to dupe listeners.A model...
Global shipping prices stabilising in wake of Suez disruption, but at higher level
Global shipping prices stabilising in wake of Suez disruption, but at higher level
GLOBAL shipping prices are starting to stabilise, after rising for several months due to Red Sea tensions – but they may settle at a higher level than before, said...
US February inflation data ‘along the lines’ of what Fed wants, Powell says
US February inflation data ‘along the lines’ of what Fed wants, Powell says
THE latest US inflation data is “along the lines of what we would like to see”, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Friday (Mar 29) in comments that...
Harvard applications drop 5% after tumultuous year on campus
Harvard applications drop 5% after tumultuous year on campus
APPLICATIONS to Harvard College fell 5 per cent from a year ago after a tumultuous period that included the resignation of its president and a defeat at the Supreme...