[ad_1] LONDON: Britain on Monday (December 28) urged businesses to prepare for Brexit, just days before the end of a transition period designed to smooth the UK’s exit from the European Union. Britain and the EU struck a trade deal on Thursday, one that preserves tariff-free and zero-quota access to …
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[ad_1] Sport Six-time champion Roger Federer withdrew from the Australian Open as he continues to regain his fitness after two knee surgeries earlier this year, according to a media report on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Roger Federer of Switzerland. REUTERS / Toby Melville Dec 28, 2020 08:15 AM Marker MELBOURNE: Six-time …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: A Chinese citizen journalist detained since May for her live broadcast from Wuhan when the COVID-19 outbreak broke out was scheduled for trial on Monday (December 28), nearly a year after details of a “viral pneumonia emerged. unknown “in the central city of China. . Zhang Zhan, a …
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[ad_1] Mediacorp radio DJ Sonia Chew has been pulled from hosting her annual countdown show following investigations against her for allegedly violating safe distancing measures. In a statement to The New Paper yesterday, a Mediacorp spokesperson confirmed that Jean Danker will host Let’s Celebrate 2021. Initially, Ms. Chew was scheduled …
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[ad_1] Mon, Dec 28, 2020 – 9:30 AM M. The manager of the First Real Estate Investment Trust (First Reit) announced a rights issue proposal to raise gross proceeds of around S $ 158.2 million, which he said was “critical” for Reit to honor its debt covenants and avoid an …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a $ 2.3 trillion spending and pandemic aid package on Sunday (Dec. 27), authorities said, which restored unemployment benefits to millions of people. Americans and avoided a partial shutdown of the federal government. Trump, who leaves office on January …
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[ad_1] Mikel Arteta has said he is “exhausted” by Arsenal’s recent losing streak after feeling a responsibility to “take care of 70 hearts on the training ground and stadium.” Arsenal beat Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day to record their first Premier League victory since November 1, ending a miserable streak …
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[ad_1] SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – Three years ago, Suh Kyung-bae was the second richest person in South Korea. Today it’s just barely in the Top 10, a sea change from the Korean beauty boom known for minting billionaires, not breaking them. Suh’s $ 3.6 billion (S $ 4.78 billion) fortune, up …
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[ad_1] Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. raised a proposed share buyback program at $ 4 billion to $ 10 billion, offering further support for stocks hit by a growing antitrust probe into the country’s most powerful internet corporations. Its shares fell …
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[ad_1] Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg China will increase penalties for fraudulent issuance of securities and other capital market violations starting next year. The maximum prison sentence will be increased from five to 15 years, under an amendment to criminal laws passed at a meeting …
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