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ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailLocals call it the “little red dot,” after its diminutive proportions on world maps, but Singapore punches above its weight when it comes to offering travelers luxury living.15:17Sun, Aug 18 20247:21 PM EDT Source link

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The median price per square foot in Manhattan, NY is $1,500, according to My Dolce Casa.Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty ImagesManhattan, New York is infamous for being expensive. The city consistently ranks as one of the world’s most costly places to live in.Purchasing a 500-square-foot condo in New York City can cost you about $750,000, according to research blog, My Dolce Casa, which based its study off Realtor data showing that the median price per square foot in the city was $1,500.You can effectively trade your small studio apartment in the city for a mansion that sprawls over 7,000…

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JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines airplanes proceed to gates after landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on May 30, 2024.Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty ImagesAirlines that spent years clamoring for new jets are changing their tune.Cash-strapped, low-cost and deep discounter airlines are putting off spending billions of dollars on new aircraft to save money as they try to return to steady profitability and face the impact of engine repairs.Airlines flooded the U.S. with flights this year, driving down fares particularly in the domestic market, where low-cost carriers concentrate, and weighing on carriers’…

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The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia.Larry Downing | ReutersAt the CIA’s covert training facility near Williamsburg, Virginia, commonly called “The Farm,” recruits are trained in the world of espionage and the many ways to get people to provide secret information.Jim Olson, the former Chief of Counterintelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency who served as a CIA officer for 31 years including a stint in Moscow during the Cold War — where he tried to recruit Russians to betray their country — told CNBC Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers that “the heart of espionage is the human source.””We…

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The Alibaba office building is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Aug 28, 2024. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAlibaba has completed a three-year regulatory “rectification” process following an antitrust fine it received on charges of monopolistic practices in 2021, China’s market regulator said on Friday.Shares of Alibaba rose more than 3% in Friday morning trading.On Friday, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said that, over the past few years, it has been supervising Alibaba’s process to become compliant with antitrust regulations. The rectification work has achieved “good results,” the SAMR said, according to a Google-translated statement.In 2021, China’s…

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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi holds a press conference on the opening day of a quarterly meeting of the agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors in Vienna, Austria, November 22, 2023. Lisa Leutner | ReutersThe head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has pushed back against Moscow’s calls for further objectivity, following an inspection at the nuclear facility in the embattled Russian region of Kursk.Last week, Russia accused Ukraine of attempting a drone strike at the Kursk nuclear plant during a lightning cross-border incursion that has been under way since early August and which Moscow is still…

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Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X looks on during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024. David Swanson | ReutersTesla, SpaceX and X Corp. leader Elon Musk ramped up his online attacks on Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes on Thursday, amid an intensifying political and legal battle between the tech billionaire and his companies, and Brazil’s highest court.X Global Government Affairs issued a statement on Thursday evening ahead of an anticipated suspension of its platform in Brazil. Among other things,…

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Pat Gelsinger, CEO Intel, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBCIntel executives are working with multiple advisors to formulate options to address its flagging business, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.Those advisors, which include Morgan Stanley and other bankers, will likely present Intel’s directors with options at an upcoming board meeting in September, said the person, who requested anonymity to discuss confidential matters. The advisors are considering a full range of options, including splitting off and selling businesses, the person said.Intel shares rose more…

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