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How Ted Sarandos became the ultimate Hollywood gate-crasher
Hollywood moguls once dismissed the outsize ambitions of Netflix’s executives. “Is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” former Time Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes asked a reporter...
Singapore Paincare privatisation bid fails as offeror fails to meet conditions by deadline
[SINGAPORE] A privatisation offer for medical services company Singapore Paincare has fallen through, as the offeror, Advance Bridge Healthcare, was unable to satisfy the conditions of the scheme of...
A safety report card ranks AI company efforts to protect humanity
Are artificial intelligence companies keeping humanity safe from AI’s potential harms? Don’t bet on it, a new report card says.As AI plays an increasingly larger role in the way...
German factory orders jump on 87% surge in big transport items
Demand increased 1.5% from the previous month, which was revised significantly higher to show a 2% gain[BERLIN] German factory orders surged in October, supporting the prospect that Europe’s biggest...
Liu Chang: The reluctant heiress who saved her father’s agriculture empire
The “young” Liu has already been with New Hope Group, founded by her father Liu Yonghao, for 23 years.“I’M NOT like the heroes of the founding generation, I don’t...
A softer image of AI? This Google-backed film aims to change the narrative
A man mourns the loss of his dead celebrity mom, who unexpectedly appears before him as a hologram in his childhood home, singing and strumming a guitar.The touching scene...
California hammered as national job cuts jump to a five-year high
Job cuts across the country are the highest they have been in five years, led by layoffs in California and cutbacks in Washington.California employers announced 173,022 job cuts from...
ExxonMobil to permanently shut one steam cracker in Singapore from March: sources
The shutdown of the plant, which opened in 2002, is expected to be complete by June[SINGAPORE] ExxonMobil plans to wind down operations at the older of its two steam...
Race for talent is on as bankers brace for IPO boom in Vietnam
[HANOI] Vietnam’s potential upgrade to emerging-market status by FTSE Russell in September has investment banks bulking up staff in anticipation of a flood of initial public offerings (IPOs).Brokerage VnDirect...
TikTok to invest more than 200 billion reais in Brazil data centre
[NEW YORK] ByteDance’s TikTok will invest more than 200 billion reais (S$49 billion) to build a data centre in Brazil, marking its first project in Latin America.TikTok will partner...
