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Hong Kong central bank keeps base rate unchanged as Fed holds steady
THE Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) left its base rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent on Thursday (Jan 30), tracking a move by the US…
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LVMH’s subdued sales temper hopes for a rapid luxury rebound
LVMH’s sales of fashion and leather goods declined in the fourth quarter, casting doubt on the prospects for a quick recovery in luxury…
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New CVS App Lets Customers Unlock Cabinets to Pick Up Products
Customers at some CVS stores will no longer have to push a button and wait for a clerk to unlock one of those glass cabinets to get the…
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American Airlines regional jet collides with helicopter near Washington’s Reagan Airport
AN AMERICAN Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday (Jan 29) night with a US Army Black Hawk…
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Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world
DAYS after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap artificial intelligence (AI) computing that shook the US technology…
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Alibaba touts new AI model superior to DeepSeek and Meta
ALIBABA Group Holding published benchmark scores and touted what it called world-leading performance with its new artificial intelligence…
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Lutnick Grilled on Trump’s Tariffs and China During Confirmation Hearing
Howard Lutnick, a wealthy donor to President Trump who has been chosen to lead the Commerce Department, defended Mr. Trump’s plans to…
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Gold little changed after US Fed holds rates steady
GOLD prices were flat in early Asian hours on Thursday (Jan 30) after the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady offered…
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HSBC plans biggest investment banking retrenchment in decades
HSBC plans to wind down its M&A and some equities businesses in Europe and the Americas, the bank said on Tuesday (Jan 28), accelerating a…
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Levi’s bleak 2025 profit forecast after strong holiday quarter hits shares
LEVI Strauss forecast annual profit well below analysts’ estimates, taking a cautious stance despite a strong holiday quarter and sending…
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IEA comes under pressure from former oil market chief to cut energy transition focus
THE International Energy Agency’s (IEA) former oil industry and market chief criticised the agency’s focus on the global energy transition…
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Nissan plans job, output cuts at Mississippi, Tennessee plants
NISSAN Motor is eliminating a work shift at two US vehicle assembly plants and trimming its hourly staff via buyouts, a downsizing to…
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Who Is Liang Wenfeng, the Founder of the A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek?
In technology, many entrepreneurs get only one defining act. Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek, is already on his second. The…
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Microsoft shares slide as cloud forecast, AI spending disappoint
MICROSOFT on Wednesday (Jan 29) forecast disappointing growth in its cloud computing business, sending its shares down more than 5 per…
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Las Vegas Sands misses profit estimates on weakness in Macau business
CASINO operator Las Vegas Sands missed analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday (Jan 29), hurt by tepid performance of…
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Senators challenge Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines in confirmation hearing as health secretary
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pledged to “make America healthy again” as President Trump’s secretary of Health and Human…
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IBM beats profit estimates as AI shift boosts software performance, shares surge
IBM surpassed fourth-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday (Jan 29), driven by robust demand in its software unit as businesses ramped up…
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ACLU calls on Brown University to reinstate Pro-Palestine student group
A Palestinian flag is seen on a bicycle outside Sayles Hall at Brown University on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island…
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Woman used wigs, disguises to take British citizenship tests for at least 14 people, authorities say
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit
Meta said on Wednesday that it had agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed over the suspension of his…
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The Other Side of Sherman’s March
The second hour of “Gone with the Wind,” the bold, almost brazenly romantic Civil War epic that won ten Academy Awards, is largely a…
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“This Woman” and Her Tangled World
The Chinese artist and filmmaker Alan Zhang, in her first feature, dramatizes a married woman’s struggle for freedom amid financial and…
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Tesla’s Profit Fell Sharply Last Year
Tesla on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in profit for 2024 as rivals in China, Europe and the United States chipped away at its lead in…
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The Best-Selling Novelist Kaveh Akbar Leans Into His Poetic Roots
Kaveh Akbar may be best known for his début novel, “Martyr!” (a finalist for the National Book Award), but he began his career as a poet.…