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The consortium is working with advisers on the take-private proposal, but the negotiations have been challenging[SINGAPORE/HONG KONG] ANE (Cayman) said on Friday (Oct 17) it received a conditional take-private offer from a consortium comprising its largest shareholder Singapore’s Temasek Holdings and Centurium Capital, which could lead to its delisting from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.The Chinese transportation and delivery services company said in a stock exchange filing that the indicative proposal was submitted on Sep 17 and involves Centurium Capital, which already owns about 24.32 per cent of ANE’s shares, and entities linked to Temasek and True Light Capital.The consortium’s…

The first debate among the three men running for New York City mayor was marked by heated back-and-forths about crime, qualifications, Israel, affordability – and President Trump.The Democratic candidate, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, running as an independent, and Republican candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa went after each other again and again Thursday night. Independent candidate and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, speaks during a mayoral debate with Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, center, and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani on night of Oct. 16, 2025, in New York City. Angelina Katsanis / AP Just 15…

TOKYO :Japan’s three largest banks, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group, will jointly issue “stablecoins”, digital currencies pegged to the value of real-world currencies, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.The banks will build a structure for their corporate clients to allow for stablecoins to be transferred between them along uniform standards, initially issuing a yen-pegged coin and potentially a dollar-pegged coin in the future, the Nikkei said.

Investors looked past a 22% drop in CSX’s third quarter earnings Thursday and focused on the direction the railroad’s new CEO might take it and the possibility of any strategic deals. CEO Steve Angel promised to focus on making CSX the best-performing railroad. Without promising a merger, Angel said he would consider any strategic opportunities that make sense for shareholders. He also reminded investors that he ran industrial gas supplier Praxair for a decade before the opportunity to merge with rival Linde came up.“The way these things work — these strategic opportunities — you’ve got to wait for the right…

The Apple boss also met Vice Premier He Lifeng, Beijing’s chief trade negotiator, state news agency Xinhua said.In an address to the advisory board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management – which is chaired by Cook – He said China was “willing to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with countries worldwide”, according to Xinhua.Blackstone CEO Stephen A Schwarzman was also in town, and met Foreign Minister Wang Yi, an official statement said.”China-US relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world today,” Wang told Schwarzman.”Decoupling and severing ties is not a realistic or rational choice and confrontation will…

The uncertainty from the trade tariffs is prompting diversification and creating opportunities for Singapore companies to work with the bigger boys, says Minister of State Alvin Tan[SINGAPORE] Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) should look to be “born global”, given the small size of Singapore’s market, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan said on Friday (Oct 17).This is because doing so would enable them to attract partnerships with multinational corporations (MNCs), which are also global by nature, he said in a fireside chat on MNC-local enterprise collaborations, held on the final day of the Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific 2025…

Analysts expect next week’s key CPC meeting to unveil a five-year plan boosting high-tech manufacturing amid rising US rivalry[BEIJING] China’s September fiscal revenue growth picked up from August, finance ministry officials said on Friday (Oct 17), vowing to start issuing 2026 bonds early to give the economy an extra boost.The 2.6 per cent increase in fiscal revenue last month quickened from 2 per cent growth in August, despite signs the economy may be losing some momentum.For the first nine months of the year, fiscal revenue grew 0.5 per cent year on year, Tang Longsheng, an official from the finance ministry,…

60,000-square-foot ultimate health and social destination brings Life Time’s signature blend of movement, connection, recovery and rejuvenation in its first downtown Boston location BOSTON, Oct. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Boston’s wellness scene just got a major upgrade. Life Time (NYSE: LTH), the nation’s premier healthy lifestyle brand, today debuts Life Time Prudential Center — representing its first downtown Boston destination and seventh in Massachusetts — opening its doors inside the city’s iconic Back Bay landmark.Spanning nearly 60,000 square feet, Life Time Prudential Center is a next gen social and wellness sanctuary where Bostonians can move, recharge, and connect — all…

new video loaded: ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ | Anatomy of a ScenetranscriptBacktranscript‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ | Anatomy of a SceneThe director Bill Condon narrates a musical dance sequence featuring Jennifer Lopez.Hi, I’m Bill Condon. I directed “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” I also wrote the screenplay adaptation. So this is a scene from the movie within the movie. Jennifer Lopez plays a great fashion editor who has come to this small village with Diego Luna, who is a great photographer, and her sidekick and best friend, played by Tonatiuh. Then the gangster who owns this club and controls…

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced the first round of experimental drugs that will receive drastically expedited reviews at the agency, part of an effort to prioritize medicines the Trump administration deems as “supporting U.S. national interests.”The nine medicines announced by the FDA include potential treatments for vaping addiction, deafness, pancreatic cancer and other conditions. Several of the drugs would compete with higher-priced drugs already on the U.S. market.At the White House, President Donald Trump highlighted the injectable infertility drug, Pergoveris, which is currently sold in Europe for patients going through IVF treatments.…