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LONDON (June 9): British voters dealt Prime Minister Theresa May a devastating blow in a snap election she had called to strengthen her hand in Brexit talks, wiping out her parliamentary majority and throwing the country into political turmoil.

SINGAPORE (March 6): Singaporean managers and senior staff can prepare for 5% pay increases at most this year as the labour market stabilises.

TOKYO (Feb 16): Sleep deprivation is doing more harm in Japan than just making people grumpy and unhealthy. It is also holding back the world’s third-largest economy.

SINGAPORE (Jan 10): Trucks transporting containers between port terminals in Singapore may soon come without a driver.

(Nov 23): A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers from taking effect, imperiling one of the outgoing president's signature achievements for boosting wages.

SINGAPORE (Nov 22): Taiwan’s new president is leading a charge to boost economic ties with Southeast Asia, and away from mainland China. The reality is that the shift is already well underway.

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): SATS has had a good quarter in 2QFY17, with earnings growing 4% to $62.1 million and half-year core earnings of $117.6 million achieving 49.5% of Maybank Kim Eng’s full-year forecasts.

SINGAPORE (Sept 29): Singapore is no stranger to disappointing gross domestic product (GDP) growth and alarming unemployment figures of late.