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US President Donald Trump on Friday threw his support behind a new “partnership” between US Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel, sending the American firm’s share price skyrocketing on hopes of an end to the long-running saga over foreign ownership of a key national asset. While the details of the deal remained unclear, the Pennsylvania-headquartered firm’s share price popped after Trump took to Truth Social to hail the new arrangement, closing up more than 21 percent and then rising further in after-hours trading. “US Steel will REMAIN in America, and keep its Headquarters in the Great City of Pittsburgh,” the US…
NEW ORLEANS — On days of heavy pollution in Sulphur, a southwest Louisiana town surrounded by more than 16 industrial plants, Cynthia “Cindy” Robertson once flew a red flag outside her home so her community knew they faced health hazards from high levels of soot and other pollutants.But she stopped flying the flag after Louisiana passed a law last May that threatened fines of up to $1 million for sharing information about air quality that did not meet strict standards.On Thursday, Robertson’s group Micah 6:8 Mission and other Louisiana environmental organizations sued the state in federal court over the law…
The owners of the AA, Britain’s biggest breakdown recovery service, are lining up bankers to steer a path towards a sale or stock market listing next year which could value the company at well over £4bn.Sky News has learnt that JP Morgan and Rothschild are in pole position to be appointed to conduct a review of the AA’s strategic options following a recovery in its financial and operating performance. The AA, which has more than 16 million customers, including 3.3 million individual members, is jointly owned by three private equity firms: Towerbrook Capital Partners, Warburg Pincus and Stonepeak.Insiders said this…
Vivo X200 FE is expected to launch in India soon, according to recent reports that also shed some light on the specifications of the smartphone. The upcoming compact handset from the Dongguan-based technology firm has now been spotted on two certification websites, in a clear indication that it’s arrival in global markets is imminent. The Vivo X200 FE is said to be a rebranded variant of the Vivo S30 Pro Mini, which is already slated to launch in China on May 29.Vivo X200 FE Expected to Debut in India and Global MarketsA handset with the model number V2503 was spotted by…
The first minister of Wales has asked Sir Keir Starmer for “a fair share for Wales” at a meeting in Downing Street.Labour’s Eluned Morgan, who was attending the Council of Nations and Regions meeting alongside metro mayors and fellow first ministers, says she made the case for more funding ahead of the spending review next month. Baroness Morgan says her meeting with Sir Keir was “constructive” and she was “grateful” to him for listening to the public on winter fuel payments.On Wednesday, Sir Keir said he would ease the cut to the winter fuel payment, something Ms Morgan previously called…
After threatening Apple with a 25 percent tariff unless the company found a way to move iPhone production to the US, Bloomberg reports that President Donald Trump wants the tariff applied to other phone makers, too.”It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product, otherwise it wouldn’t be fair,” Trump said in a White House press conference following his earlier Truth Social post threatening the new tariff. “So anybody that makes that product, and that’ll start on, I guess, the end of June.” That means Samsung, Google, and other phone makers selling smartphones in the US would also…
The central bank has trimmed its 2025 growth forecast to between 4.6 per cent and 5.4 per cent from a 4.7 to 5.5 per cent rangePublished Sat, May 24, 2025 · 01:41 PM[JAKARTA] Indonesia plans to announce economic stimulus measures on Jun 5 to boost economic activity and consumer purchasing power this quarter, a government spokesperson said on Saturday (May 24).South-east Asia’s largest economy grew 4.87 per cent in the first quarter from the same period last year, its weakest in more than three years. The central bank trimmed its 2025 growth forecast to between 4.6 per cent and 5.4…
Thanks to the rollout of One UI 7 and Android 15 being mostly complete at this point and reaching devices as old as the Galaxy S21 series, Samsung is now on to sending out a fresh wave of monthly security updates to its phones. This period won’t last long, though, as Android 16 and One UI 8 are just around the corner. Still, we need updates and Samsung has them, starting with the May Android update. The first batch of devices seeing this minor May update is the Galaxy S25 series, which I tend to think makes sense knowing how…
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[SINGAPORE] Last year, the number of food and beverage (F&B) business closures in Singapore hit a 20-year high at 3,047, and it is showing no signs of slowing. Average monthly closures in the first quarter this year are already above 300.In recent weeks, several of them have made the news: Flor Patisserie is closing its Siglap outlet after a 57 per cent hike in rent; the Cat Cafe at The Rail Mall is bowing out after facing a 50 per cent rental increase.Such eye-watering increases raise the question of how much rent is too much, and whether the government needs…