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Elon Musk becomes first person worth US$700 billion following pay package ruling
TESLA CEO Elon Musk’s net worth surged to US$749 billion late Friday (Dec 19) ‍after ​the Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Tesla ‍stock options worth US$139 billion that were voided...
10 S-Reits garner over S$1 billion in total retail net inflows in 2025
Including dividends, total returns for the STI and S-Reits reached 26.7% and 14.4%, respectively[SINGAPORE] With seven trading days remaining in 2025, the Straits Times Index (STI) has delivered a...
TikTok creators welcome deal to keep app in the U.S.
Only a few years ago, Keith Lee was a professional MMA fighter, doing food delivery and making social media videos to ease his social anxiety.On Thursday night, however, Lee...
CEO of 7-Eleven US retires as company undergoes broader revamp
US CONVENIENCE store chain 7-Eleven said its chief executive will retire at the end of this month, as Japanese parent Seven & i Holdings seeks a turnaround of the...
ValueMax to defend claims of infringement by LV, says it doesn’t carry LV products currently
[SINGAPORE] ValueMax says it is vigorously defending claims of infringement and does not currently carry LV products at all its outlets, in response to queries after news broke that...
TikTok owner ByteDance on track for US$50 billion profit in 2025
BYTEDANCE is on track for profits of roughly US$50 billion in 2025, capping a record year for a Chinese social media leader making major inroads into e-commerce and new...
French court rejects Shein suspension
A FRENCH court on Friday rejected the state’s request to suspend Shein’s site in France as “disproportionate” after the Asian e-commerce giant removed illicit products sold on its platform.The...
Oil posts second weekly decline as glut concerns dominate
OIL declined for a second week as concerns over a growing glut outweighed geopolitical risks to supply. West Texas Intermediate gained 0.9 per cent to settle above US$56 a barrel...
Why is Trump’s media company getting involved with nuclear power?
President Trump’s media company is merging with a nuclear fusion energy firm in a $6-billion deal aimed at generating more power amid growing demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data...
Citadel posts worst return since 2018 as natural gas bets falter
This is partly due to erratic swings triggered by geopolitical turmoil, making trades hard to stick to[NEW YORK] Ken Griffin’s Citadel is on track for its worst annual return...
India’s Adani seeks to operate more airports as part of US$11 billion expansion
The group currently manages seven airports across the country, with plans to aggressively bid for 11 more[MUMBAI/NEW DELHI] India’s Adani Enterprises plans to aggressively bid for 11 airports that...
They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can’t find a job
A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say. The elite students are shocked by the lack...