• BYD posts first annual profit decline in four years

    Published Fri, Mar 27, 2026 · 10:25 PM[BEIJING] BYD, China’s biggest electric vehicle maker by sales, on Friday (Mar 27) posted its first annual profit drop in four years, hit by weak sales in its home market.Net profit slid 19 per cent to 32.6 billion yuan (S$6.1 billion), the automaker said in a stock exchange filing, compared with an average 12.1 per cent fall expected by analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue grew 3.5 per cent, the weakest rate in six years.For the three months through December, profit fell 38.2 per cent from a year earlier to 9.3 billion yuan, a…

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  • Don’t let RFK Jr distract from the big health threat: Sugar

    It’s not the food dye in Froot Loops that Americans should fear; it’s the more than 66 pounds of sugar they consume a year ARE there “toxic chemicals” in food killing Americans? That fear is getting lots of attention thanks to Robert F Kennedy Jr, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to…

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  • Bitcoin plunges as risk of prolonged Iran war weighs on crypto

    Published Tue, Mar 3, 2026 · 08:36 PM [NEW YORK] Bitcoin tumbled to erase a brief rally above US$70,000, dragged down along with other risk assets by concerns about a lengthy conflict in the Middle East.  The original cryptocurrency fell as much as 4.4 per cent to US$66,348 and was…

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  • Upset Taylor Swift says she was told Ticketmaster could handle demand

    POP superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday it was “excruciating” for her to watch fans struggle to secure tickets for her upcoming U.S. tour after she had been assured that Ticketmaster could handle large demand. The New York Times reported that the US Justice Department was investigating whether Ticketmaster parent…

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