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California billionaire tax proposal attracts 1.5 million signatures. Here’s what happens next
California, home to the ultra-rich in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, is embroiled in a heated fight over whether to tax billionaires to fund healthcare.This week, supporters of the proposed...
Trump’s ‘gold card’ visa starting at $1 million granted to just 1 person so far, Lutnick says
President Donald Trump’s “gold card” visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least $1 million to legally live and work in the U.S., has been approved for one...
Quarter of a million people could lose job by middle of 2027 as UK ‘flirts with recession’, analysis says
A quarter of a million people could lose their jobs by the middle of next year as Britain “flirts with recession”, analysis suggests, after business confidence was shattered by...
AI boom catapults San Francisco median home price above $2 million
The artificial intelligence boom has driven up San Francisco’s median home sales price to a record $2.15 million.Real estate brokerage firm Compass said that recent transactions showed that some...
Iran war may cause higher mortgage payments for extra million UK households, says Bank of England
The US-Israel war on Iran could end up increasing monthly mortgage payments for more than one million more UK households, the Bank of England has warned, adding that the...
Almost half a million Lloyds customers had personal data exposed in IT glitch
Lloyds Banking Group exposed the personal data of nearly 500,000 customers in an IT glitch that left people’s payments, account details and national insurance numbers visible to other users,...
Outside group spends $4.8 million on TV ads backing San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan for governor
An independent expenditure committee backed by Silicon Valley executives spent $4.8 million on television ads supporting San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s gubernatorial bid that will begin airing Thursday.The two...
Seatrium up 4.2% on S$50 million savings target ahead of full-year earnings
[SINGAPORE] Shares of marine and offshore specialist Seatrium rose on Monday (Feb 23) morning on news of its S$50 million savings target in annualised operational cost. The counter was...
How a US$15 million Chinese pork deal turned into a cautionary tale for foreign investors
Behind-the-scenes moves, including a surprise restructuring, have left Chuming Group’s backers vexed and puzzledWHEN a group of foreign investors put millions of dollars into a once-leading Chinese pork processor...
