[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australian airline Qantas reported a revenue drop of $ 5.5 billion (SGD 7.3 billion) during the second half of 2020 and said international passenger flights would not resume until October as the pandemic continued to ravage the industry. The country’s largest airline said it suffered an underlying loss …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: GameStop Corp shares more than doubled in Wednesday afternoon trading, surprising those who thought the video game retailer’s share price would stabilize after a sharp rally and a sharp slide that overturned Wall Street in January. The shares jumped nearly 104 percent during the session in which …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: GameStop Corp shares more than doubled in trading Wednesday afternoon, surprising those who thought the video game retailer’s share price would stabilize after recent hearings in the US Congress. Brought about by the fierce recovery and the steep slide that brought Wall Street down in January. Shares …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would seek funding for legislation to boost chip manufacturing in the United States as semiconductor shortages have forced automakers and other American manufacturers to cut back on production. Biden also signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at addressing …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: More must be done for low-wage workers in essential sectors, as well as for people who have lost their jobs amid the economic fallout of COVID-19, said members of Parliament representing the union movement on Wednesday ( February 24), the first day of the budget debate. There were …
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[ad_1] Labor Minister Josephine Teo in Parliament on January 5, 2021. (SCREENCAP: MCI / YouTube) SINGAPORE – Human Resources Minister Josephine Teo said on Wednesday (February 24) that there is no room for abuse of foreign domestic workers (FDW) in Singapore and called for an end. Singapore has to “do …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The only COVID-19 case in the Singapore community on Wednesday (February 24) is that of a 35-year-old Indonesian woman working as a foreign domestic worker, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. The woman, identified as Case 60439, works for Cases 60102 and 60389, the Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine appeared safe and effective in trials, staff from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in documents released Wednesday (May 24). February), paving the way for approval for emergency use. The FDA’s independent expert panel meets Friday to decide whether to …
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[ad_1] BY THE NUMBERS US equity futures fell on Wednesday, a day after Wall Street’s wild ride in which the Nasdaq recovered almost all of a loss of nearly 4% to close at just 0.5%. The S&P 500 reversed a 1.8% decline to close slightly, snapping a five-session losing streak. …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Taxi operators and private rental vehicle (PHC) lessors have pledged to approve the 15% road tax rebates introduced to ease the impact of the recent increase in gasoline taxes, said the Ground Transportation (LTA) on Wednesday (February 24). ) in a press release. This means that PHC and …
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