Chinese airlines see hopes dim for profit return with Japan spat

Chinese airlines see hopes dim for profit return with Japan spat

[ad_1] China’s “Big Three” have racked up combined losses of 206.4 billion yuan (S$37.7 billion) from 2020 to 2024 THE standoff between China and Japan threatens to exacerbate a seasonally weak period for Chinese airlines and make it harder for them to post their first annual profit in six years. Tensions between Beijing and Tokyo…

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Citigroup to boost Japan investment banking team on deal boom

Citigroup to boost Japan investment banking team on deal boom

[ad_1] Other banks are strengthening their investment banking operations in Japan as well CITIGROUP will further increase its investment banking team in Japan to capitalise on a record-breaking boom in mergers and acquisitions that it expects to reach new heights.  The US bank plans to expand the division about 30 per cent by the first…

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DEI hollowed out a generation — and sapped America’s promise

DEI hollowed out a generation — and sapped America’s promise

[ad_1] The wholesale adoption of diversity, equity and inclusion ideology in almost all our major institutions has done untold damage to American society.   It was advertised as something noble — a way to open opportunities for women and minorities who had been unfairly denied them. But through a combination of bureaucratic laziness and political malice,…

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US freezes five big offshore wind projects, shares dive

US freezes five big offshore wind projects, shares dive

[ad_1] THE Trump administration suspended leases on Monday for five large offshore wind projects that are under construction off the US East Coast over what it called national security concerns, sending shares of offshore wind companies plunging. The suspension was the latest blow for offshore wind developers that have faced repeated disruptions to their multi-billion-dollar projects under US President Donald Trump,…

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Watch Live: Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth Make an Announcement

Watch Live: Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth Make an Announcement

[ad_1] President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth make an announcement at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, December 22. Also speaking will be Secretary of the Navy John Phelan. The Trump administration has been targeting drug smuggling boats from South America for months, despite Democrat and media outrage over targeting narco-terrorists. Recently the U.S. military has…

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US stocks push higher while gold, silver notch fresh records

US stocks push higher while gold, silver notch fresh records

[ad_1] WALL Street stocks pushed higher on Monday to begin a holiday-shortened trading week, while oil prices rallied amid worsening tensions between the United States and Venezuela. Gold and silver also struck fresh record highs, as the United States pushed on with its Venezuela oil blockade. US market watchers are expecting a low-key week, with equity markets…

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Oil settles higher on risk of disruptions to Venezuela, Russia supply

Oil settles higher on risk of disruptions to Venezuela, Russia supply

[ad_1] [NEW YORK] Oil prices settled higher on Monday after the US Coast Guard tried to intercept an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela a day earlier, and Ukraine damaged two vessels and piers in Russia, raising the risk of oil supply disruptions. Brent crude futures gained US$1.60, or 2.7 per cent, to settle at US$62.07 a barrel, while US…

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Cashing in on California’s $4B sexual abuse settlements

Cashing in on California’s B sexual abuse settlements

[ad_1] A once-solemn legal reckoning over decades of childhood sexual abuse in Los Angeles County is turning into a bizarre gold rush, with Wall Street vultures are circling. In the months since Los Angeles County agreed to a staggering $4 billion settlement resolving almost 7,000 sexual abuse claims tied to county-run juvenile detention and foster…

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Jeffrey Epstein Is Seen in New Photos Kissing and Cuddling Minor Girls on Lolita Express as More Files Are Released

Jeffrey Epstein Is Seen in New Photos Kissing and Cuddling Minor Girls on Lolita Express as More Files Are Released

[ad_1] Disturbing images released as part of the Justice Department’s latest batch of documents appear to show Jeffrey Epstein cuddling and kissing young girls on his private jet. The chilling photos, which were framed and displayed at his Little St. James Island estate, show the pedophile hugging children who appear to be minors. In one…

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