As tech stocks fell early in the day, high-growth stocks like Fiverr were hit harder than most because they've been such great performers. In the last 12 months, Fiverr shares are up 727% and that's even after today's drop. The general worry is that rising interest rates will slow economic growth and ultimately the growth rate of companies like Fiverr.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice including a late winner as Arsenal qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday with a 3-2 victory over Benfica in Greece, while Manchester United and Rangers cruised through to the next round.
A person was found dead on the east-bound track near Kallang MRT station on Thursday night following "an incident", halting train services between Bugis and Aljunied stations.
New York prosecutors investigating former president Donald Trump's finances have finally received his tax returns following a marathon legal battle, a spokesman said Thursday.
Singapore has been dumping cases of red wine which were meant to be smuggled into North Korea, an indication of the high demand for luxury goods in the country.
Britain slapped further sanctions on Myanmar's generals on Thursday for "overseeing human rights violations" since toppling civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as clashes broke out between pro-junta supporters and anti-coup residents.
President Joe Biden on Thursday celebrated 50 million Covid-19 vaccines administered since he took office, saying the rollout is "weeks ahead of schedule," but warning Americans to keep masking up.
Sri Lanka is seeking $2.2 billion from Chinese banks, the government said Thursday, in echoes of a borrowing binge more than a decade ago that resulted in the country having to give up a strategic port to China.
Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest property tycoon, is planning to raise funds for dealmaking by listing a special purpose acquisition company in the US, people with knowledge of the matter said
The Ministry of Health confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore on Thursday (25 February), taking the country's total case count to 59,900.
The Court of Appeal heard arguments in the prominent Aljunied Hougang Town Council (AHTC) case on Thursday (25 February) before a five-judge bench.
Supporters of Myanmar’s junta attacked people protesting the military government that took power in a coup, using slingshots, iron rods and knives Thursday to injure several of the demonstrators. The violence complicates an already intractable standoff between the military and a protest movement that has been staging large rallies daily to demand that Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government be restored to power. Amid the international outrage, Facebook also announced it would ban all accounts linked to the military as well as ads from military-controlled companies.
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Many nations in the Asia-Pacific region are rolling out the first shots for COVID-19 this week. Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, said Wednesday it would take a “considerably long time” before the mass vaccination campaign brings the virus under control.
Manpower Minister Josephine Teo said on Wednesday (24 February) that there is no place for abuse of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) in Singapore and called for an end to it.
The single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe Covid-19, including newer variants, according to documents released by the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.
Republicans rallied solidly Wednesday against Democrats' proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill as lawmakers awaited a decision by the Senate's parliamentarian that could bolster or potentially kill a pivotal provision hiking the federal minimum wage. Democrats showed no signs of backing down, citing the assistance the measure would spread to people, businesses and state and local governments.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated three postal experts to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service, a move that could alter the course of an agency grappling with delivery delays and rumored cuts under its embattled Republican leader. If confirmed by the Senate, the Board of Governors nominees would bring additional Democratic scrutiny on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor whose tenure has been mired by slow service and politicization. The nominees are Ron Stroman, a former deputy postmaster general; Amber McReynolds, a mail voting advocate who leads the nonprofit National Vote at Home Institute; and Anton Hajjar, the former general counsel of the American Postal Workers Union.
China's CanSino Biologics and a unit of Sinopharm said Wednesday they have applied for public use of their Covid-19 vaccines, and announced efficacy rates.
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