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Gold holds near record high on US rate cut optimism
Gold holds near record high on US rate cut optimism
GOLD prices held steady on Monday (Aug 19) near a record high scaled in the previous session, as rising expectations of a US interest rate cut next month lifted...
Matthew Perry Death Scandal: Woman Whose Text Proved Crucial in Case Against “Ketamine Queen” Speaks for the First Time
The sister of Cody McLaury, a man who died from an overdose after allegedly purchasing drugs from Jasveen Sangha, known as the "Ketamine Queen," has spoken publicly for the...
Yoma denies criminal proceeds from online scam centres used to fund Myanmar real estate project
Yoma denies criminal proceeds from online scam centres used to fund Myanmar real estate project
YOMA Strategic has made clarifications to an article published by news agency The Irrawaddy and said there are no investigations by Myanmar authorities involving the group, its directors, employees...
Foxconn chief defends hiring practices after report married women rejected in India
Foxconn chief defends hiring practices after report married women rejected in India
FOXCONN’S chairman on Saturday (Aug 17) defended its hiring practices after New Delhi ordered investigations following a Reuters report that the Apple supplier rejects married women from iPhone assembly...
Traders need Fed go sign in Jackson Hole to keep stocks rallying
Traders need Fed go sign in Jackson Hole to keep stocks rallying
WALL Street is betting that Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will confirm that interest-rate cuts are coming at the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. But as...
Global bond traders are getting too complacent about inflation
Global bond traders are getting too complacent about inflation
JUST as bond traders grow more assured that inflation is finally under control, a camp of investors is quietly building up protection against the risk of a future spike...
CEO change at DBS unfolding at an uncertain time
CEO change at DBS unfolding at an uncertain time
THE appointment of Piyush Gupta as chief executive of DBS in November 2009 marked the beginning of a golden age of sorts...
Greenback softens, yen set for weekly 
fall as US recession worries fade
Greenback softens, yen set for weekly fall as US recession worries fade
THE US dollar fell against the yen on Friday (Aug 16), and was softer against other peers as traders took profits and investors sifted through economic data to gauge...
Hilton CEO nears billionaire ranks, with company’s shares jumping 90% since 2020
Hilton CEO nears billionaire ranks, with company’s shares jumping 90% since 2020
HILTON Worldwide was a famously good deal for Blackstone, which parlayed its roughly US$26 billion purchase into one of the most successful leveraged-buyouts of all time.The transaction also worked...
Hilton CEO nears billionaire ranks, with company’s shares jumping 90% since 2020
Hilton CEO nears billionaire ranks again, with company’s shares jumping 90% since 2020
HILTON Worldwide was a famously good deal for Blackstone, which parlayed its roughly US$26 billion purchase into one of the most successful leveraged-buyouts of all time.The transaction also worked...