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Microsoft layoffs hit its Silicon Valley workforce
Microsoft is slashing its Silicon Valley workforce.The tech giant, which is based in Washington but also has Bay Area offices, is cutting 122 positions in Silicon Valley, according to...
Newsom proposes slashing funding to California newsrooms by $20 million citing budget issues
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed slashing funding by 67% for a pioneering deal with Google to support struggling California newsrooms, citing financial pressures that have promoted wider budget cuts.California newsrooms...
Nvidia-backed CoreWeave to spend up to US billion this year to tap AI demand boom
Nvidia-backed CoreWeave to spend up to US$23 billion this year to tap AI demand boom
Published Thu, May 15, 2025 · 08:25 AMCOREWEAVE is looking to spend US$20 billion to US$23 billion this year on AI infrastructure and data centre capacity, the Nvidia-backed company...
BYD tops Singapore vehicle sales so far this year, replacing Toyota
BYD tops Singapore vehicle sales so far this year, replacing Toyota
In the first four months of 2025, BYD sold 3,002 cars, or 20% of total vehicle sales in SingaporePublished Wed, May 14, 2025 · 04:03 PM[SINGAPORE] China’s BYD became...
SGX delistings not letting up amid market pressures; year to date, 16 have privatised or face same fate
SGX delistings not letting up amid market pressures; year to date, 16 have privatised or face same fate
[SINGAPORE] At least 16 companies are on the delisting track as of the first week of May this year. They have either delisted, confirmed delisting dates or announced plans...
San Diego ‘Teacher of the Year’ Who Sexually Assaulted Two of Her 6th Graders, Gets 30 Years to Life in Prison
A former San Diego County Teacher of the Year who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two of her sixth-grade students was sentenced Friday to 30 years behind bars.Jacqueline Ma,...
Nippon Steel expects profit to drop 43% this year, US steel decision by early June
Nippon Steel expects profit to drop 43% this year, US steel decision by early June
[TOKYO] Nippon Steel expects net profit to slide 43 per cent in the fiscal year ending March 2026, it said on Friday (May 9), citing a weak global steel...
Indonesia seeks to end rice imports this year as output jumps
Indonesia seeks to end rice imports this year as output jumps
[JAKARTA] Indonesia is set to stop importing rice this year for the first time in decades, thanks to surging production and stockpiles in one of the world’s top growers...
How the Singapore dollar could perform against the greenback this year
How the Singapore dollar could perform against the greenback this year
[SINGAPORE] Fading US exceptionalism could pave the way for further appreciation of the Singapore dollar against the greenback, said analysts.The Singdollar surged to around 1.29 per US dollar on...
How the Singapore dollar could perform against the greenback this year
How the Singapore dollar could perform against the US dollar this year
[SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar and other Asian currencies are continuing to gain ground against the US dollar as the tariff fallout weighs on the greenback. The Singdollar opened the...