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Walgreens cuts hundreds of jobs after private equity buyout
Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 06:43 AM[BOSTON] Walgreens is laying off hundreds of employees across the country as the beleaguered pharmacy chain’s new private equity owners look to...
New Walmart CEO begins tenure with cautious outlook after another quarter of steady sales
Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 06:17 AMWALMART’S new CEO John Furner kicked off his tenure with a conservative outlook for the coming year, reflecting the fragile state of...
US stocks: Wall Street ends down as Nvidia slides and private equity stocks sink
Published Fri, Feb 20, 2026 · 05:47 AMWALL Street ended lower on Thursday, with losses in private equity companies and weakness in Walmart and Apple, while earnings-driven gains in...
UOBKH says financial sector biggest winner from Budget, gives overall top picks
[SINGAPORE] The financial sector is likely to be the “most identifiable market beneficiary” of this year’s Budget, said UOB Kay Hian (UOBKH), noting that the Finance Minister Lawrence Wong’s...
Bernie Sanders kicks off billionaires tax campaign with choice words for the ‘oligarchs’
Populist Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday formally kicked off the campaign to place a billionaires tax on the November ballot, framing the proposal as something larger than a debate...
LTA awards two Downtown Line extension contracts worth S$735 million
Construction works for the new stations are expected to start in the second quarter of 2026[SINGAPORE] The Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Thursday (Feb 19) announced that it has...
Rio Tinto misses annual profit view on iron ore challenges
Weaker iron ore prices weigh on its core business, but copper prices having risen 8% in 2025 blunt the impact of iron ore prices on its earningsPublished Thu, Feb...
DBS upgrades Genting to ‘buy’ amid huge cash reserves, constructive gaming environment
It has issued a target price of S$0.90, 12.5% above its closing price of S$0.80 on Thursday [SINGAPORE] DBS has upgraded its rating on Genting Singapore to a “buy”...
Sea and Google ink partnership to develop AI-powered tools
[SINGAPORE] Sea and Google inked a partnership on Thursday (Feb 19) to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools for gaming, e-commerce and payments.“This partnership with Google on AI will drive...
OpenAI to partner with Tata for AI data centre buildout in India
One pillar of the agreement will be TCS’s development of a 100 megawatt data centre that may be expanded to one gigawattPublished Thu, Feb 19, 2026 · 12:57 PM[NEW...
