It’s not just Cracker Barrel’s ill-fated logo change that has been irking customers — as corporate bean counters this year quietly forced the chain to serve up day-old biscuits and microwaved meatloaf, The Post has learned.

West Wits Mining has clinched a loan worth up to US$35M from US-based Nebari Holdings to fast-track its one-million-ounce Qala Shallows gold project in South Africa.

A team of researchers has identified a possible atmosphere around an Earth-sized planet.

(RTTNews) – The Singapore stock market has moved higher in back-to-back sessions, gathering almost 20 points or 0.4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just shy of the 4,310-point plateau although it may spin its wheels on Monday.

The public is being asked to prepare for the risk of flooding with above-average rain and wind likely this autumn.

OPEC+ has been increasing production since April after years of cuts to support the oil market, but the Sunday decision to further boost output came as a surprise amid a likely looming oil glut in the northern hemisphere winter months.

SET-listed developer Frasers Property (Thailand) (FPT) has continued to curb expenses and reduce inventory as the housing market remained sluggish in the first eight months and the outlook for the fourth quarter remains uncertain.

SET-listed developer Frasers Property (Thailand) (FPT) has continued to curb expenses and reduce inventory as the housing market remained sluggish in the first eight months and the outlook for the fourth quarter remains uncertain.

Ian Goldin is a professor of globalisation and development at the University of Oxford. Before his time in academia, he worked at several development lenders, including the World Bank, where he served as director of development policy and vice-president. His latest book, The Shortest History of Migration, was published in July 2024.
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