Technology
US: Wall St opens higher on megacap strength, Fed verdict awaited
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Apr 29) as Tesla and Apple led gains in megacap companies, while investors exercised caution ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest...
AstraZeneca Admits in Court for the First Time Its Covid Vaccine Can Cause Rare Side Effect in Legal Fight with Victims of ‘Defective’ Jab
AstraZeneca has admitted in court for the first time that its Covid vaccine can lead to a severe blood clotting complication with fatal consequences. The extremely rare adverse reaction...
Controversial Pee-Stained Denim Design Sparks Online Debate, Sells Out Quickly Despite $608 Price Tag
Jordanluca, a British-Italian menswear brand founded in 2018 by Jordan Bowen and Luca Marchetto, turned heads with its unconventional denim design showcased at Milan Fashion Week in fall/winter 2023....
GoTo narrows Q1 loss to 420 billion rupiah with TikTok deal, cost cuts
INDONESIA’S GoTo Group slashed losses to 420 billion rupiah (S$35.2 million) for the three months to Mar 31 – a fraction of its year-ago 2.8 trillion rupiah loss. This...
China’s BYD shows effects of price war with weaker first-quarter earnings
CHINESE electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD posted its weakest quarterly profit growth since 2022 on Monday (Apr 29) while its revenue growth slowed to the lowest level in nearly...
😢 “I cry a lot, but I’m so productive”
Find out more and sign up for thrive at bt.sg/thrive 🥴 Are the kids alright? Not really, it seems. Only 62 per cent of young adults in Singapore are...
Opinion: Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions
This month, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) unveiled a rare government feat: a bipartisan bill that has lawmakers feeling “optimistic” and “fired up.”It’s the...
Blackstone beats Concord with US$1.6 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs
Blackstone has agreed to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about US$1.57 billion, trumping an offer from Concord for the music rights owner of artists such as Shakira and Red...
