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Congestion Relief Zone signage on Park Avenue in New York.

New York City follows London with congestion charge to tackle traffic

Drivers entering parts of Manhattan will be charged $US9 during peak hours in a program following similar initiatives around the world.

  • Michelle Kaske
388 George Street was one among $4 billion worth of offices in Sydney’s financial core that transacted in 2024.

2025 to be a year of recovery for Sydney offices

Investor sentiment about the battered office sector is turning. Leading fund managers are expecting some upside in Sydney offices.

  • Campbell Kwan

December 2024

David Thompson is a celebrated chef who specialises in Thai food. He opened his restaurant Long Chim in Sydney in 2016.

David Thompson’s Long Chim closure blamed on rents and poor business

The high-profile Thai restaurant is the latest major restaurant to close. It blamed high rents, but administrators says staff costs were too high.

  • Campbell Kwan
Wingate Group founder Farrell Meltzer.

Singapore’s CapitaLand nails $200m Wingate deal

CapitaLand confirmed its intended acquisition of Wingate for $200 million as the Asian real estate manager expands into private credit.

  • Primrose Riordan
Who Gives A Crap donates 50 per cent of profits to building toilets.

Who Gives A Crap lawyers up against Singaporean mutt

Who Gives A Crap is on a crusade for global bum domination, but a Singaporean street mutt may have flushed the Asian expansion plans down the toilet.

  • Myriam Robin
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ByteDance is ploughing billions of dollars into AI infrastructure.

TikTok owner ByteDance takes early lead in race to capitalise on AI

The company has purchased enough cutting-edge Nvidia graphics processing units to build advanced AI models, according to numerous sources.

  • Eleanor Olcott
Australian girls are underperforming in maths which will limit their career options.

Alarm as girls fall further behind in maths

Ten-year-old Australian girls are having their life choices curtailed as they struggle to master even the most fundamental mathematics.

  • Julie Hare
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GDP misses forecasts; Chaos in South Korea; Forrest’s female fund

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Concerns about a US-China trade war have accelerated the Aussie dollar’s fall.

Chinese exporters race to dodge Trump’s tariffs

Sellers from China, Canada and Mexico are rushing to front-load shipments into the US before the levies rise.

  • Joe Leahy, Tina Hu and Wenjie Ding
A chartered repatriation flight arrives at Brisbane Airport.

Singapore’s sovereign fund GIC acquires stake in Brisbane Airport

GIC has acquired about 5 per cent of Brisbane Airport at a time when it has posted record revenue and has a $5 billion spending plan over the next decade.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

November 2024

Nissan vehicles on the production line at the Renault Nissan plant in Chennai, India.

Nissan seeks major investor with just ‘months to survive’

The car maker looks for a steady shareholder as longtime partner Renault sells down its holding.

  • Harry Dempsey, David Keohane and Kana Inagaki
Tim Norton, founder of 90 Seconds.

VC-backed video start-up 90 Seconds fields interest, hires advisers

90 Seconds’ owners have hired Singapore-based boutique investment bank Sansa Advisors to field inbound inquiries and oversee the diligence process.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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Qantas under pressure; Endeavour shares dive; Great Apple gadget

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The New Bahru lifestyle precinct is housed in a former high school built around a shaded lawn.

Singapore layover? Check out New Bahru

This well-designed collection of creative businesses – from food to wellness and retail – will easily account for a day.

  • Stephen Todd
Singapore Airlines uses the Airbus A350-900 to fly the world’s longest non-stop route.

Sneak peek at Singapore Airlines’ new-look business and first class

Airlines are racing to offer premium travellers better seats, food and service ahead of Qantas starting direct flights to Europe and the US east coast in 2026.

  • Ayesha de Kretser
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October 2024

Amit Shah has been connected to a a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh separatists in Canada.

Canada accuses Indian minister over Sikh murder plot

The Canadian government has accused  Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah over a campaign targeting Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.

  • Kanishka Singh
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Alexis Soulopoulos, who also runs ASX-listed pet sitting company Mad Paws.

The ASX co-founder now selling DIY AI ‘girlfriends’

Candy.AI is helmed by Alexis Soulopoulos, the co-founder of ASX-listed company Madpaws. It charges users to build their own virtual girlfriend.

  • Amelia McGuire
HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong.

HSBC unveils sweeping overhaul, names first female CFO

The bank plans to separate east from west and replace three units with four, in a move it says will simplify its business.

  • Ortenca Aliaj, Kaye Wiggins and William Sandlund
Jeremy Kwong-Law, CEO and CIO, Grok Ventures.

Singapore gives early green light to Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Sun Cable

The venture intends constructing a large solar plant in Australia’s north before shipping power to Singapore using an undersea cable.

  • Primrose Riordan and Angela Macdonald-Smith
The WTO now faces the gravest crisis of many that it has dealt with.

How Australia can help save rules-based trade

The global trading system of trade rules faces its gravest crisis since its inception. There is a way out and Australia can help.

  • Craig Emerson

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