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Brand Extension Lessons From Kraft’s Cheesy Ramen
Kraft Mac & Cheese is stepping outside the pasta aisle for the first time in nearly 20 years. The brand announced Cheesy Ramen on October 6, a new line of...
Demo Day Lessons From PearX’s Latest Startup Class
Investors got a fresh look at early-stage AI this week, as TechCrunch highlighted five startups from the latest PearX demo day. PearX is the accelerator run by Pear VC, and...
US$7 trillion data-centre boom is creating gaps in insurance cover in Apac: report
There are interconnected and concentrated risks in power, construction, operations, cybersecurity and downtime[SINGAPORE] Insuring the Asia-Pacific’s rapidly expanding data-centre sector is becoming increasingly challenging.Global insurance broker Howden identifies the wide...
S$7 billion wiped off OCBC value as shares slide 5.2% in heavy trade
[SINGAPORE] Shares of OCBC dropped as much as 5.2 per cent in intraday trading on Wednesday (Oct 7). As at 11.11 am, the counter was down 5.2 per cent or...
Paramount completes US$110 billion Warner Bros merger, creating Hollywood giant Skydance
It will now be home to dozens of TV networks and two major subscription streaming services, Paramount+ and HBO MaxPARAMOUNT Skydance closed its US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery...
Middle East oil flows of around 14 million barrels a day help avert US$200-a-barrel oil: Vitol CEO
The global oil market had proven fairly resilient to various disruptions this year, Hardy saidPublished Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 08:40 PM[LONDON] Around 12 million barrels per day of crude...
Clix’s rise: From a Connecticut Kid to an eSports Superstar to Full Box Inc.
 Launching Full Box Cody Conrad, known to the gaming world as Clix, just launched Full Box Inc., a holding company to manage and oversee his nine emerging businesses and...
The Competitive Edge Isn’t Better Information, It’s Faster Adaptation
Data is everywhere. StatsPanda reports that we create around 496 million terabytes of data every day. The speed of that creation and the quantity of the information it generates are...
US stocks: Wall Street opens muted as tech stocks take a breather
Published Mon, Oct 5, 2026 · 10:01 PMWALL Street’s main indexes were muted at the open on Monday (Oct 5), as technology stocks eased from record highs, while investors looked for fresh...
Singapore 9-month investment banking fees reach 5-year high of US$693.8 million
[SINGAPORE] Investment banking fees in Singapore swelled to US$693.8 million in the first nine months of the year – up 9 per cent year on year and marking the highest...
Saudi Arabia unexpectedly cuts oil prices to Asia
The official selling price to the region is below the average of Oman and Dubai pricesPublished Mon, Oct 5, 2026 · 10:02 AM[CAIRO] Saudi Arabia unexpectedly cut crude oil prices...
CDL’s Lucerne Grand launch moves 61% of 570 units at average S$2,480 psf
Prices at the 99-year Jurong Lakeside project start from S$1.5 million for a two-bedroom unit[SINGAPORE] City Developments Ltd’s (CDL) Jurong condominium project Lucerne Grand sold 61 per cent of its...