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Big Tech’s market dominance stirs debate
The unprecedented level of concentration in a handful of tech stocks provokes strong feelings on Wall Street. Read full story Date: 6 September, 2025 6:04 am Source: thestar.com.my
Palatable sector but plateful of challenges
The retail food and beverage (F&B) industry attracts significant investor interest, ranging from equity portfolio funds and private equity firms to retail investors. Its appeal lies in the sector’s healthy cash […]
Serbian police use teargas to disperse anti-government protesters
NOVI SAD, Serbia (Reuters) -Serbia’s police on Friday used teargas and stun grenades at a university campus in Novi Sad to disperse protesters who demanded snap vote they hope would […]
Ruth Weiss, the centenarian who ‘waged war with her typewriter’, dies at 101
(Reuters) -Ruth Weiss may have lived for more than a century, but she never inured herself to injustice. Read full story Date: 6 September, 2025 6:03 am Source: thestar.com.my
Finnish berry company CEO jailed for human trafficking of Thai workers
HELSINKI, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — The Lapland District Court has sentenced Vernu Vasunta, CEO of Finnish berry company Kiantama, to three and a half years in prison and banned him […]
Bill passed amid concerns
The Government Procurement Bill, aimed at protecting public funds, seems to have been bulldozed through the lower chamber of Parliament. Read full story Date: 6 September, 2025 5:02 am Source: […]
Portugal records hottest, driest summer in 94 years
LISBON, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Hit by three heat waves, Portugal experienced its hottest and driest summer in 94 years, the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) reported Friday. […]
IFA Berlin 2025 opens with focus on future tech, sustainability
BERLIN, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — IFA Berlin 2025, one of the world’s largest trade fairs for consumer electronics and home appliances, opened Friday, spotlighting future-oriented themes such as information technology, […]
WHO says mpox no longer a global public health emergency
GENEVA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — The spread of mpox (monkeypox) in Africa no longer represents a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), said the World Health Organization (WHO) on […]
Uganda on alert after Ebola outbreak in neighboring DR Congo
KAMPALA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Uganda said on Friday that it is on high alert following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the […]