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See AllNEW YORK :Oil prices were little changed in volatile trade on Tuesday as a stronger U.S. dollar and demand concerns offset supply worries after Russia said OPEC+ was ready to deepen output cuts in the first quarter of next year.Brent futures fell 29 cents, or 0.45 per cent, to $77.74 a barrel by 12:30 p.m. EST (1730 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 20 cents, or 0.35 per cent, to $72.84.Russian Deputy…
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View MoreSingaporeans travelling to Malaysia are exempt from filling in the country’s digital arrival card, which will be made compulsory for most other foreigners from Jan 1. The Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) will not be compulsory for those who travel to the country frequently, said Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail…
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View MoreWELLINGTON: Indigenous Maori politicians broke with protocol at the opening of New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday (Dec 5), pledging allegiance first to their descendants and the country’s founding document before swearing an oath to Britain’s King Charles III. New Zealand’s parliament was sitting for the first time since the Oct…
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View MoreTOKYO: Japan’s economy likely shrank slightly less than initially estimated in July-September, reflecting an expected upward revision in private sector capital investment, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday (Dec 5). Revised real gross domestic product (GDP) data on Friday is expected to show Asia’s second-largest economy contracted at an annualised…
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View MoreSaporiti Italia group chairman Raffaele Saporiti on the Italian firm’s 75 years of design excellence
To be relevant, one also has to be open-minded, he observed. “Saporiti Italia has always been very flexible, open to [change]. For example, we approach sustainability not because it is a trend but because it is right. Our Jumbo chair was originally in fibreglass; we now do it in basalt…