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GameStop rallies again as US regulators eye wild trading
NEW YORK • The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) waded into the battle between small investors and Wall Street hedge funds, warning brokerages …
How to make your resume stand out when applying for a job in a new sector
SINGAPORE – Here’s what a Workforce Singapore career coach says: A resume is a space for you to communicate your story and it is the …
How a Reddit user roiled GameStop stock and the markets
NEW YORK • In mid-2019, a Reddit user – known as “Roaring Kitty” on some social media accounts – posted a picture on an online …
Me & My Career: Veteran enjoys helping clients to meet environmental goals
SINGAPORE – Environmental sustainability is a hot topic now, but the history of the environmental services sector in Singapore is quite short compared with European …
Virus-hit US economy suffers worst showing in 74 years
WASHINGTON • The United States economy contracted at its deepest pace since World War II in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic depressed consumer spending and …
S’pore bourse declines in line with markets across region
Local shares closed lower yesterday to mark a second week in the red amid a decline across the region. The uncertain sentiment left the benchmark …
Singapore firms upbeat on prospects after year of gloom
The business expectations of firms in both the manufacturing and services sectors turned positive after a year of gloom, with sentiments boosted by the start …
Following an almost full year of dramatic decline, the global marketing industry ended 2020 in growth
LONDON, Jan 29, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – WARC has today released an annual review of its Global Marketing Index (GMI) over the 12 months …
Strategic Partnership Between IGG and TapTap
HONG KONG, Jan 29, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – IGG Inc, a leading global developer and publisher of mobile games, has formed a strategic partnership …
Anacle Achieves Record Profit Before Tax of 491% in 1H FY2020, Turnaround Driven by Increased Investment in Smart Tech by Singapore’s Public Sector
HONG KONG and SINGAPORE, Jan 29, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Anacle Systems Limited (“Anacle” or the “Company” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”; …
Shanghai Longyao Chief Scientist Professor Xuanming Yang published a research article on optimizing CAR-T cells function with independently expressed full-length OX40
HONG KONG, Jan 29, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – China Biotech Services Holdings Limited (“CH BIOTECH SER” or “Company”, stock code: 8037.HK) non-wholly-owned subsidiary Shanghai …
Libor trader Tom Hayes set for release from prison after nearly 6 years
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – Tom Hayes, the former UBS Group and Citigroup trader who became the face of the Libor rigging scandal, is set to be …
Elon Musk at it again, sending Shopify shares up with Twitter blast
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Elon Musk is making headlines again for his Twitter use, with Shopify the latest beneficiary. The Tesla billionaire late Thursday (Jan …
SK Hynix Q4 profit surges four-fold on robust chip shipments
SEOUL (REUTERS) – SK Hynix, the world’s No.2 memory chip maker, posted a 298 per cent jump in fourth-quarter profit, ahead of expectations, as a …
GameStop frenzy has spread to Asia
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – Asia’s retail investors, emboldened by the meteoric rise of US videogame retailer GameStop, are taking on short sellers and making their brokers …
US stocks stage partial rebound from rout
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks staged a partial rebound on Thursday (Jan 28) from the prior session’s rout following mixed economic data as …
WHO team to visit Wuhan hospitals, labs and market to probe coronavirus origins as quarantine ends
GENEVA (REUTERS) – Scientists led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) plan to visit hospitals, laboratories and markets in the Chinese central city of Wuhan …
Facebook oversight board overrules company on most cases in first test
CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) – Deciding its first-ever cases, Facebook’s oversight board ruled on Thursday (Jan 28) that the social media company was wrong to remove four …
Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl to go free, victim’s family in shock
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (REUTERS) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday (Jan 28) ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision …