Exclusive-Singapore’s DBS eyes Malaysian bank stakes in expansion push, sources say By Reuters

By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s biggest lender DBS Group Holdings Ltd (OTC:) is exploring expanding into Malaysia with potential acquisitions of stakes in banks in its Southeast Asian neighbour, including in one of Malaysia’s smallest banks by assets, two sources said. DBS is exploring a purchase of Singapore state investor Temasek’s 29.1% stake in Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd, said the two sources with knowledge of the matter, a

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Booking.com parent to cut jobs as part of reorganization plan By Reuters

(Reuters) – Online travel giant Booking Holdings (NASDAQ:) said on Friday it expected to cut jobs as part of broader changes to its businesses, which also aim to drive real estate savings. Booking Holdings, which owns brands like Booking.com and Kayak, did not disclose how many jobs would be affected but said it expected to provide more details on timing, likely impact on employees and financials “in due course”. As

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT faces massive outage with thousands of users impacted By Reuters

(Reuters) – Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Friday night it is facing an issue that has resulted in its popular chatbot ChatGPT being unavailable. The company said in a statement on its website that it was investigating the issue and working to restore functionality as soon as possible. Over 19,403 users had been impacted by the outage as of 7:13 p.m. ET (0013 GMT on Saturday), according to outage tracking website

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Factbox-Who will Trump pick as regulators? Here are the contenders By Reuters

(Reuters) -Donald Trump has begun the process of choosing a cabinet and selecting other high-ranking administration officials following his U.S. presidential election victory. Here are some of the contenders for several posts overseeing regulation and enforcement. Commerce Department LINDA MCMAHON McMahon is seen as a top contender for Commerce secretary. She served as head of the Small Business Administration in the first Trump administration and is chair of the pro-Trump

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American Airlines loses US appeal of ruling barring JetBlue alliance By Reuters

By Nate Raymond (NS:) and David Shepardson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday held that a trial judge correctly found that American Airlines (NASDAQ:)’ now-scrapped U.S. Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:) violated federal antitrust law. Siding with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial judge’s ruling blocking the airlines’ “Northeast Alliance,” which had allowed the two carriers to coordinate

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