[ad_1] NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – International Business Machines or IBM is spinning off a slower-growing company that manages corporate IT systems so it can focus on booming demand for cloud services and increase competition with Amazon.com and Microsoft. The new unit, currently part of IBM’s global technology services division, handles …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Local food manufacturer Whye Kee Foodstuff was fined $ 17,700 for illegally dumping raw sewage into public sewers repeatedly, the national water agency PUB said on Thursday (Oct. 8). The company was previously fined $ 14,400 in May of last year for doing the same. The latest …
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[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister has said that Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn should not be doing politics from the European country, where he spends much of his time. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas responded to a question from a Green member of parliament in the Bundestag on Wednesday, at …
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[ad_1] A man detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after actively spreading radical ideology online was indicted in district court yesterday for a passport-related matter. Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, who used to have dual citizenship for Singapore and Australia, is accused of making a false statement when he applied for …
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[ad_1] Various results of GE2020, such as the loss of Sengkang GRC by the Popular Action Party (PAP) to the Workers Party (WP) and the general turn towards the opposition, could have been less surprising if more attention had been paid to social media signs. data. That’s the opinion of …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: Shares of major U.S.-listed cannabis producers spiked on Thursday (October 8) after Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level in the United States under the Biden administration. During Wednesday night’s debate with Vice President Mike Pence, Harris said that …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A couple on trial for withholding information from public health officials about their whereabouts after the husband tested positive for COVID-19 successfully applied to return to China pending the continuation of the trial. Chinese nationals Hu Jun, 39, and Shi Sha, 37, appeared in court on Friday …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The current season of the Singapore Premier League (SPL) will resume on October 17 after an absence of nearly seven months, the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) announced on Friday (October 9). Spectators will not be allowed. Instead, fans can watch the games on live streams …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Bathers are prohibited from entering the waters off Siloso Beach “until further notice” after seeing the dangerous box jellyfish on Friday (October 9), Sentosa Development Corporation said. Beach patrol officers have also stepped up their regular surveillance of the island’s beaches and waters, a company spokesman said on …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A total of S $ 151 million in ComCare cash assistance was disbursed to beneficiaries in fiscal year 2019, a 19 percent increase from the previous year, the Ministry of Social and Family Development said on Friday (9 October). Overall, ComCare supported more low-income and vulnerable groups, MSF …
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