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BATON ROUGE, La. — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A day after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a significant redistricting case centering on Louisiana’s congressional map, which has two majority-Black districts, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry announced that he is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider changes to next year’s election schedule, plans and code. If the court strikes down the current political boundaries, pushing back the election schedule and deadlines could allow the GOP-dominated Legislature more time to craft a new map. Unlike past special sessions called by Landry, there is only one item listed…
[LONDON/PARIS/AMSTERDAM] For many companies, business in China has changed for the long term as a fragile economy and sluggish consumer demand are forcing executives to rethink their brand strategy and compete with rising home-grown rivals.From carmaker BMW to Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing and furniture giant Ikea, global companies have soured on China’s outlook, with some withdrawing earnings guidance and others resigned to a new “normalisation.”Their gloomy guidance illustrates how China’s market, overshadowed by a trade war, fierce price competition, rising nationalism and cost-conscious consumers, is becoming a major drag for many businesses already pressured by higher US tariffs.“We need to…
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said high threatened tariffs with China were not viable as tensions between the world’s two largest economies intensify ahead of an expected face-to-face meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.“It’s not sustainable,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business, a clip from which aired on Friday (Oct 17), when asked whether the levies he has threatened to impose on China could remain in place without significantly affecting the economy. “But that’s what the number is, it’s probably not, you know, it could stand, but they forced me to do that.”The tariff clash between Washington and…
Indian engineering firm Tata Technologies reported a 5 per cent rise in second-quarter profit on Friday, as growth in its non-automotive business cushioned weakness in its key auto-focused segment.The firm, which provides engineering, product design and manufacturing digitalisation services to automotive clients, as well as to aerospace and industrial machinery firms, warned about near-term demand being tepid.Engineering research and development firms like Tata Technologies, which depend heavily on outsourcing work from U.S. and European clients, have been under pressure as automotive clients cut back on investments and R&D spending reeling from the impact of U.S. tariffs, according to analysts.Revenue from…
DIGITAL design sounds innocuous enough. Dark patterns, less so. That’s the term for user interfaces which nudge or manipulate consumers into making choices they otherwise wouldn’t.You will recognise many of them. The button to turn down an offer that says something like: “Yes, I would like to miss out on the bargain of the century.” The “Enrol now for rewards” option which is three times bigger and much brighter than the one saying, “I’d just like the thing I came here for.” The cancellation journey so byzantine that people forget what it was they were trying to do. The message…
[SINGAPORE] Controlling shareholder Jardine Matheson is moving to take Mandarin Oriental private in a recommended cash takeover valued at US$3.35 per share, bringing the hotel group’s total valuation to about US$4.2 billion.Jardine Matheson’s wholly owned subsidiary Bidco will acquire the remaining 11.96 per cent of Mandarin Oriental shares it does not already own. The offer includes a US$2.75 scheme value and a US$0.60 special dividend from the hotel group’s sale of part of One Causeway Bay (OCB), a commercial development in Hong Kong.It represents about a 52.3 per cent premium to Mandarin Oriental’s closing price of US$2.20 on Sep 29…
An Arkansas father accused of killing his daughter’s alleged abuser is running for sheriff while awaiting his murder trial, saying he has seen the failures of law enforcement in his rural county.Aaron Spencer, an Army veteran and farmer, announced his candidacy this month in Lonoke County a year after authorities say he shot and killed a man who had been out on bond after being charged with numerous sexual offenses against his underage daughter.Spencer has pleaded not guilty and is out on bond while awaiting a trial set for early next year. His attorneys do not deny that their client…
[SINGAPORE] The manager of Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has appointed a new chairman and an independent director to its board, it said on Friday (Oct 17). Robin Hu, Asia chairman at Milken Institute and advisory senior director at Temasek, has been appointed chairman. The 67-year-old has been on the board of Parkway Life Reit’s manager as independent director since July 2025.Hu succeeds Ho Kian Guan, 80, who will retire as independent director and chairman effective Oct 20.The manager also appointed Eng-Kwok Seat Moey, 66 – a veteran banker who was formerly group head of capital markets at…
PLEASANTON, Kalifornien, und MIAMI, 17. Oktober 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) und OpenEvidence gaben heute die Gründung einer langfristigen Partnerschaft bekannt, um gemeinsam Open Vista zu entwickeln und zu vermarkten. Open Vista wird KI einsetzen, um Patienten den Zugang zu klinischen Studien zu erleichtern, die Arzneimittelentwicklung durch ein besseres Verständnis der ungedeckten Bedürfnisse zu beschleunigen und das Verständnis und die Akzeptanz bereits zugelassener Medikamente zu verbessern, um bessere Behandlungsergebnisse für Patienten zu erzielen. „OpenEvidence hat sich zu einem Beschleuniger für die Verbreitung von medizinischem Wissen entwickelt. Mehr als 40 % der US-Ärzte nutzen aktiv die KI-gestützte Entscheidungshilfe für…
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