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Singapore will feel the impact of increasing global tensions with economic growth set to slow this year, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in his budget speech in parliament on Tuesday. Wong, who is also finance minister, said the United States and China were locked in a contest for supremacy, and were prepared to take more assertive actions to advance their interests. Singapore’s GDP accelerated to 4.4% in 2024 from a revised 1.8% in 2023, but the trade ministry expects growth in 2025 to moderate to 1.0% to 3.0%, a forecast Wong reiterated on Tuesday.Read More
Kriti Gupta, Tom Mackenzie, Lizzy Burden and Mark Cudmore break down today’s key themes for analysts and investors on “Bloomberg: The Opening Trade.” (Source: Bloomberg)Read More
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Anglo American said on Tuesday it will sell its nickel business to a unit of Hong Kong-listed MMG Ltd for up to $500 million, as part of a broader restructuring aimed at refocusing its operations on copper and iron ore mining.Read More
Tesla is hiring for 13 roles based in Mumbai, per listings on the company’s careers page.Read More
U.S. fund KKR has signed an agreement with Italy’s Eni to buy an additional 5% stake in Eni’s biofuel business Enilive for 587.5 million euros ($614.17 million), bringing its total stake to 30%, the energy group said on Tuesday.Read More
The Ipswich Town faithful had a new hero to sing their praises to on Saturday, as Alex Palmer’s dramatic saves helped earn Town a hard-fought point at Aston Villa. The former West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper was making his Premier League debut at the age of 28. As well as Championship experience with the Baggies, Palmer had a loan spell in the National League with hometown club Kidderminster, plus time in League Two at Oldham and Plymouth.Read More
A 10th defeat in 12 at St Mary’s. We remain 10 points from safety and the latest loss – a 3-1 humbling at home to Bournemouth – meant it was the first time they have completed the double over us. Is it merely to chase down Derby County’s 11-point total, to salvage some pride, or maybe to find some minutes for frozen-out Armel Bella-Kotchap? It is way past the time for Ivan Juric to ditch the back three, which has not been working.Read More
The Florida Cabinet appointed him executive director for the new State Board of Immigration Enforcement on Monday.Read More
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has renamed her lifestyle and cooking brand to As Ever. In March 2024, the royal announced she would be launching a company called American Riviera Orchard, with the first product released being a strawberry jam. But as she begins promoting her new Netflix show titled With Love, Meghan, which is set to premiere on 4 March, Meghan took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a video filmed by her husband, Prince Harry. “The cat’s out of the bag. I’m shocked we’ve kept this a seRead More