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2023-05-18 03:08:48 Hatten Land refutes claim unit under probe for Melaka project Harbour City

May 18, 2023 7:44 AM

The project was to have been opened in the first half of 2020 but was delayed.

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2023-05-18 03:08:46 Air China swamps Australian flight school in urgent pilot hunt

May 18, 2023 7:29 AM

World will need more than 600,000 new pilots between 2022 and 2041, and the biggest need is in Asia, according to Boeing.

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2023-05-18 02:21:51 Singapore athlete Raoul Sharma wins hearts among SEA Games volunteers in Cambodia

May 18, 2023 7:00 AM

The 19-year-old is part of the team that won a gold medal at the Sixes cricket tournament.

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2023-05-18 01:08:52 Applications open for Emerging Enterprise Awards 2023; Asian entries welcome

May 18, 2023 5:00 AM

SINGAPORE - The Emerging Enterprise Awards 2023 is now inviting applications – and accepting entries from companies across Asia for the first time.

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2023-05-18 00:08:31 US stocks gain on debt deal hopes, bank share rally

May 18, 2023 4:39 AM

After opening tepidly, US stocks gained momentum throughout the day.

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2023-05-17 20:21:54 S’pore studying govt mandate, incentives to drive demand, lower cost for green jet fuel: Iswaran

May 18, 2023 12:45 AM

The aim is to provide more certainty about long-term demand or the fuel.

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2023-05-17 19:10:12 Crypto speculators are flocking to a 12-year-old token: Litecoin

May 17, 2023 11:24 PM

NEW YORK – A digital token launched 12 years ago as a more transaction-friendly version of Bitcoin is drawing the attention of speculators after a meme-token frenzy drove up costs on the largest blockchain. 

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2023-05-17 19:10:10 Shell reports 'operational upset' at unit in Singapore complex

May 17, 2023 11:20 PM

Shell declined to name the unit and the impact on its production for commercial reasons.

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2023-05-17 19:10:09 Amazon unveils new gadgets as AI race heats up

May 17, 2023 11:10 PM

The tech giant pledged to bring ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence to Alexa-powered gadgets.

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2023-05-17 19:10:07 Cisco’s cloudy growth outlook puts stock in shadow of Big Tech

May 17, 2023 10:56 PM

NEW YORK – While big tech stocks have fueled the market’s advance in 2023, Cisco Systems Inc. has been a notable exception.

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