Month: September 2020

SINGAPORE — Singapore is turning to domestic tourism as its borders remain largely closed to overseas visitors due to coronavirus. “The tourism sector in Singapore was really badly affected as a result of this pandemic,” said Chaly Mah, chairman of the Singapore Tourism Board on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the Singapore Summit. Singapore started off
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Regarded one of the most significant domestic projects of recent times, Ghanaian-British architect, Sir David Frank Adjaye constructed the ‘Lost House’ to showcase a masterful configuration of space with ample light and refined interiors. Known for designing many notable buildings around the world, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington,
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Yes, your dreamy new hair colour looks like magic—but it’s been achieved with a healthy bit of science. “When you lighten hair, you’re basically left with the underlying pigment which ranges from red to orange to yellow—and typically those pigments are not what people like to see,” says Christine LeBlanc, owner and creative director of
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Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and chief executive officer of Slack Technologies Inc., speaks during an event in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Slack shares fell as much as 20% in extended trading on Tuesday after the team communications software company reported fiscal second-quarter results and full-year guidance that exceeded analysts’
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In an age of global economic uncertainty, alternative investments have become one of the most sought-after strategies by HNWIs in Hong Kong and Singapore. Since 2016, Knight Frank’s wealth consultancy division has tracked the rise of alternate asset classes or passion investments like art, classic cars, whiskey and watches and discovered that these niche collectibles were
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The pandemic has reshuffled a lot of decks. Jobs that used to seem stable are now less available or appealing. If you’re contemplating a career shift, you’re not alone. While you’re at it, who says you have to be stuck in an office or a driver’s seat for the next 40 years? As long as
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Unorthodox nabbed eight Emmy nominations this year, including Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a limited series for Shira Haas’ portrayal of Esther Shapiro, a young woman who escapes her ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and flees to Berlin. In honor of the awards show this Sunday, we’re republishing this May 2020 piece about the
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The entrance from the elevators, designed to resemble a tunnel entering a stadium, is pictured at the new DraftKings office in Boston on March 25, 2019. David L. Ryan | The Boston Globe via Getty Images Shares of DraftKings rose sharply on Monday after the sports gaming company announced an agreement with sports entertainment giant
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Imma, which ironically translates to ‘now’, is the world’s first CGI fashion model. Devised in Japan, Imma’s hyper-realistic features are the product of the nation’s leading technological advances and the expert graphic artists of CG company ModelingCafe. Not for nothing, the countless hours spent chained to a keyboard and screen have surely paid off –
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Before Mark Cuban became a billionaire, he spent his 20s struggling to make ends meet – Cuban frequently came home to his lights turned off, he had his credit cards cut and he worked a number of odd jobs to stay afloat. It wasn’t until Cuban sold his start-up, MicroSolutions, for $6 million in 1990 that
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