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[SINGAPORE] Companies across sectors, from oil and gas to media and aviation, have continued to cut their headcounts in a bid to cope with challenges such as high costs, tough competition and global trade uncertainty. Plans by ExxonMobil to slash 500 Singapore jobs are among the latest in a string of layoffs the year has seen, hot on the heels of a recent retrenchment fiasco at Agoda that has put issues of retrenchment ethics and conduct into the limelight. Here are some of the firms that have recently announced job cuts: ExxonMobilThe Texan oil company plans to cut up to 500 Singapore…
Most reviewers agree that Apple’s Vision Pro headset is an impressive piece of kit, but it has a number of weaknesses at present, foremost among them its weight and price. Which means there’s a great deal of interest in the lighter and cheaper version of the device which Apple is believed to be working on. If you’re among those eagerly awaiting that product, we have bad news: it appears to have been shelved. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, usually a reliable analyst, claims that Apple last week announced internally that it’s moving employees off the Vision Pro redesign to prioritize its…
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have issued a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by CBS News that warns of attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel and facilities, including by “domestic violent extremists” claiming to respond to immigration enforcement activities.The memo — circulated to state and local law enforcement nationwide on Wednesday — assesses that since June, extremists in at least three states have conducted targeted, pre-planned violent attacks against ICE personnel and facilities. It says the attacks represent “an evolution in tactics and an escalation in violence compared to [domestic violent extremists’] past attacks, which primarily resulted…
The European Union has imposed the duties, ranging from 8% to 18%, since 2019.[JAKARTA] The Indonesian trade ministry on Thursday (Oct 2) urged the European Union to adopt the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) panel ruling to remove countervailing duties on Indonesian biodiesel imports and regretted the block’s move to appeal the WTO ruling.The European Union said last week that it will appeal the WTO panel ruling, which backed Jakarta’s claim that the duties levied by the EU, the third-largest destination for Indonesian palm oil products, broke the trade body’s rules.“The EU’s decision to file an appeal on the Dispute Panel…
Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri wants you to know: no, your phone isn’t secretly eavesdropping on your late-night ramen cravings. In a post this week, Mosseri attempted to debunk one of the internet’s longest-running conspiracy theories: that Meta turns on your microphone to serve creepily specific ads. He even admitted his own wife has asked if Instagram is “listening.” The timing, though, is awkward. Meta just…
A multibillion-dollar deal to send Nvidia’s artificial-intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates is stuck in neutral nearly five months after it was signed, frustrating CEO Jensen Huang and some senior administration officials, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s nuclear agency is still determining the size of the area affected by radioactive contamination linked to a scrap metal plant, with 10 points in an industrial zone near Jakarta found with high levels of exposure, officials said on Thursday (Oct 2). The contamination was first detected in a batch of shrimp shipped to the United States in August by a local company also based in the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate, after which Indonesia began sweeping scans there.“Hopefully, by early next week, we will know the total size of the contaminated area,” said Bara Hasibuan, a spokesperson for the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday slammed the detention of a Russia-linked oil tanker by France as “piracy”. “This is piracy. I am aware of this case – the tanker was seized in neutral waters without any justification,” he said in response to a question on the matter, adding that there was no military cargo on the vessel.
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump is weighing slashing “thousands” of federal jobs ahead of a meeting with his budget director, Russell Vought, as the White House looks to ratchet up pressure on Democrats to end a government shutdown that has entered its second day.“It’s likely going to be in the thousands,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday (Oct 2), saying that the “entire team at the White House” was working to identify possible cuts.“We are going to look at agencies that don’t align with the administration’s values, that we feel are a waste of the taxpayer…
The Nuggets gave Nikola Jokic what he wanted this offseason, adding the kind of depth the Oklahoma City Thunder boasted when they survived a seven-game second-round series with Denver on their way to winning the NBA championship.The expected payoff isn’t just in a deeper rotation and fresher legs come playoff time, but also in a colossal contract extension for their superstar next summer.Jokic bypassed the opportunity to sign a four-year, $212 million deal this summer because next year he can sign that same four-year extension for $293 million.”I mean, I don’t think about it,” Jokic said. “I think those contract…