CHOICE OF DEPUTIES MATTERS Given the demands of his roles, Mr Wong’s choice of deputies therefore mattered. In retaining Mr Heng Swee Keat and promoting Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong as Deputy Prime Ministers, Mr Wong prioritises wisdom and experience to minimise disruption and distraction amid the…
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TAIPEI: Ride-hailing giant Uber said on Tuesday (May 14) it has reached a deal with Delivery Hero SE to buy its Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan for US$950 million. The US giant aims to complete the all-cash acquisition of Foodpanda Taiwan by the first half of 2025, it said in a statement. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, would be one of the largest ever international purchases in Taiwan outside of the semiconductor sector, San…
BERLIN : Rheinmetall’s civil unit suffered a cyberattack in April last year that cost the…
VANG SHUIMING’S OFFENCES When Vang was nabbed in a Good Class Bungalow along Bishopsgate in…
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FAVOURITE BOOKS AND LEADERSHIP “I do not have a must-read list; I read widely. I think many ministers do; it is not just me. I read mostly non-fiction these days,” said Mr Wong, in response to a question on whether he has a list of must-read books for different groups…
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Fritzl’s lawyer Astrid Wagner has said she would apply for such a release within a year of his transfer. “He no longer poses a threat that requires being held in a forensic-therapeutic centre,” the court said, using a more recent term for where he is being detained. It cited his…
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FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia : U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen underscored the importance of investing in rural areas during a visit to Fredericksburg, Virginia on Monday to tour a broadband infrastructure project funded by the $1.9 trillion COVID-era American Rescue Plan.Yellen toured a recently completed Comcast high-speed internet installation site in Stafford County,…
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It’s not every day you get to speak with the James Dyson, so I was a little nervous. One did not want to bore the world-famous entrepreneur with the same tired questions repeated by every other interviewer. At the same time, being presumptuously over-familiar was not an option, either. He…
