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Indiana Man Who Shot Pregnant Wife Because She was Pregnant with Another Man’s Child, Sentenced
An Indiana man has been sentenced to serve three decades behind bars after shooting his pregnant wife and killing her unborn child. According to a sentencing order, Jeremy McBride was…
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NASA Ends Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal at T-29 Seconds
NASA ended Artemis II rehearsal at T-29 seconds Thursday. Test conducted at Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39B. Countdown recycled after booster avionics voltage anomaly. Core stage loaded with liquid…
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Advanced Systems Automation terminates pre-conditional offer for Asti shares
This follows Sias’ queries for clarification amid governance and valuation concerns [SINGAPORE] Advanced Systems Automation will terminate its pre-conditional voluntary general offer for all the shares of Asti, it said…
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Vicom posts 77.6% surge in H2 net profit to S$26.9 million
The group proposes a tax-exempt, one-tier final dividend of S$0.053 a share for FY2025, up from S$0.03 in the financial year before [SINGAPORE] Vehicle inspection company Vicom on Friday (Feb…
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Singapore stocks rise amid mixed regional showing; STI up 0.3%
Across the broader market, losers beat gainers 304 to 280 after 1.4 billion securities worth S$2 billion change hands [SINGAPORE] Stocks on the local bourse closed higher on Friday (Feb…
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Thai hotel empire weighs US$1 billion Reit, unit IPO to cut debt
Minor International will sell 14 hotels in Europe and Thailand into the Reit, which will be listed in Singapore in H2 Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 05:54 PM MINOR…
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Jollibee signs deal to buy South Korean hot pot chain for US$87 million
The company plans to spin off its business outside the Philippines and list it in the US Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 02:18 PM [MANILA] Jollibee Foods, the Philippines’…
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OUE Reit, UOB gauging market interest for One Raffles Place as part of asset strategy
There is ‘no assurance that any binding agreement or any transaction will materialise’, says the Reit’s manager [SINGAPORE] OUB Centre (OUBC) is conducting an exercise with UOB to determine market…
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Indonesia sees 187 trillion rupiah in share sales for free-float aim
Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 01:05 PM [JAKARTA] Indonesia is bracing for share sales of around US$11 billion to meet tougher free-float rules aimed at heading off a potential…
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Indonesia sees US$11 billion in share sales for free-float aim
Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 01:05 PM [JAKARTA] Indonesia is bracing for share sales of around US$11 billion to meet tougher free-float rules aimed at heading off a potential…
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Nvidia close to investing US$30 billion in OpenAI’s mega funding round: source
Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 12:55 PM NVIDIA is close to finalising a US$30 billion investment in OpenAI, as the chipmaker moves to take a stake in one of…
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China AI startups surge after holiday in rotation from big tech
Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 12:47 PM [HONG KONG] Shares of China’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) startups Zhipu and MiniMax Group soared in Hong Kong as the market reopened…
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Toymaker Funko attracts deal-minded investor Pleasant Lake
Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 11:49 AM [NEW YORK] Hedge fund Pleasant Lake Partners disclosed it’s an investor in toymaker Funko, and is pushing the company to launch a…
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Gold dips as dollar ticks up; all eyes on inflation data
Markets currently expect three 25-basis-point rate cuts this year, according to CME’s FedWatch Tool Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 11:26 AM [BENGALURU] Gold prices edged lower on Friday (Feb…
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OCBC upgrades SIA Engineering to ‘buy’ on positive aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul outlook
[SINGAPORE] OCBC upgraded SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) to a “buy” after its positive results and on a “constructive” outlook for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in Singapore. “Although…
