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Meta’s new AI image generation tool raises alarm in Hollywood and on Instagram
Influencers under Kyle Hjelmeseth’s talent management firm build their Instagram presence on lived experience. Their control over that image and likeness got shakier Tuesday when Instagram’s parent company Meta...
Sugar market to register small deficit in 2026/27, says broker Czarnikow
Published Wed, Jul 8, 2026 · 10:51 PM[LONDON] The global sugar market will be in a modest deficit of 600,000 metric tons in the 2026/27 season, thanks largely to...
Jennifer Siebel Newsom sought to redefine the role of first spouse. Now, she faces her biggest test
Jennifer Siebel Newsom was frustrated.She was standing behind her husband, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, at a February press conference to celebrate a new bill that would give Planned Parenthood...
Xbox cuts 3,200 jobs as gaming business struggles
Xbox is hitting the reset button.Microsoft’s video game division plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff over the next year, as part of a sweeping...
Gold heads for first weekly gain since May on easing Fed outlook
Published Sun, Jul 5, 2026 · 06:10 PMGOLD headed for its first weekly gain since May as traders dialled down their expectations of Federal Reserve rate hikes.Bullion rose towards...
Energy-hungry Asia is already drawing lessons from Iran crisis
Policymakers are recalibrating their energy priorities – and nowhere more so than Asia[SINGAPORE] There is still no lasting peace deal in the Persian Gulf, but energy-hungry Asia is already...
Boustead healthcare unit acquires majority stake in medtech company via S$6 million equity injection
[SINGAPORE] Boustead Singapore unit Boustead Medical Care Holdings (BMCH) has acquired a 60 per cent stake in a urology robotics company through a S$6 million equity injection, the engineering...
Bank of England’s Mann says she is ready to hike if price pressures persist
Mann has long advocated being “activist” by responding quickly and aggressively if circumstances changePublished Fri, Jul 3, 2026 · 12:23 AMBANK of England rate-setter Catherine Mann says she is...
After Amazon drops OpenAI movie ‘Artificial,’ film finds new home at Neon
A Hollywood portrayal of OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman portrayed by actor Andrew Garfield will be released later this year, after Amazon MGM Studios dropped the movie.“Artificial,” which chronicles...
Frasers Centrepoint Trust to sell White Sands mall for S$467 million
[SINGAPORE] Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) is divesting White Sands mall for S$467 million, which represents an 8.4 per cent premium over an independent valuation as at May 31, 2026,...
