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15 Outrageously Overpriced Products — and How to Save on Them

Voyagerix / Shutterstock.com If you’re a merchant, the only way to profit is to sell stuff for more than you pay for it. As a consumer — whether you’re sipping a martini in a swanky bar or swilling bottled water from the grocery store — you are swallowing that markup. …

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Suntec Lays Off Half Its Workforce – How Long Can The Industry Cope With No Events In S’pore?

Nearly half the workforce of Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre (SICEC) will be retrenched. Suntec Singapore jointly announced the news with the Building Construction And Timber Industries Employees’ Union (BATU) yesterday (28 August). The convention centre currently employs 178 staff. After the retrenchment exercise, 85 jobs will be lost …

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Covid-19 Live Updates: C.D.C. Is Pressed to Reverse Testing Guidance

Here’s what you need to know: ‘We are incredibly concerned’: A group of local health departments urges the C.D.C. to pull its new guidance on testing. For many schools in the U.S., returning to the classroom means a stop in the courtroom. Trump promises a vaccine by the end of …

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