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June 16, 2026

SpaceX Closed the Shoe at $85.7 Billion, and the Iran Text Is Still Out

Tuesday’s Daily Update — twenty-four stories on a completed primary, a record Dow, an electronic memo without a page, and a household that still has a shift.

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SpaceX closed 638,888,888 shares including the shoe for $85.7 billion, cash indexes rallied, and officials said the Iran memo was signed electronically Sunday; the text is still out.

SpaceX IR and 8-K: 638,888,888 Class A shares at $135, including 83,333,333 shoe, about $85.7 billion gross. SPCX cash $192.50.
Officials told The Hill and ABC that Trump, Vance, and Qalibaf signed electronically Sunday. Physical still Friday in Geneva. Text still not posted.
Cash: S&P 7,554.29 +1.7%; Dow 51,671.03 +0.9% record; Nasdaq 26,683.94 +3.1%. WTI settled $80.75, down $4.13.
Super Micro 7% preferred: 75 million depositary shares closed. 11.25 million option and $1.25 billion ATM still not taken.
Dodgers 4–3 Monday night. Rojas pinch-hit homer in the seventh. Ivanti Sentry is two days past due on 8443.
Leftover Nara cans are in labs in two states. Testing underway. Stop using every lot at home.

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Security

Police Warn of Fake SPF Pop-Ups That Lock Screens and Drain Bank Cards

Police warned on Sept 20 that fake Singapore Police Force pop-ups are locking browsers and harvesting card details, with victims charged unauthorised foreign-currency amounts after paying bogus fines.

Rajesh Pillai Sep 21, 2026Singapore

Today's picks

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Lifestyle

Tekka Centre Closes for Cleaning as 15 Hawker Centres Shut for the Week

Chloe Tan Sep 21, 2026Singapore

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Credit Cards

Commonwealth Bank Rewrites Introductory Card Benchmarks as Cash Rate Nears 4.6 Percent

Nathan Price Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Lifestyle

Clementi West Hawker Centre Stays Shut for Redecoration Works

Devan Krishnan Sep 21, 2026Singapore

Workers pass through a Singapore office tower lobby at morning rush hour, matte stone floors and turnstiles, silhouetted figures carrying laptops, no logos or readable text

Opinion

Retrenchment Headlines Should Not Mask a Still-Tight Labour Market

InfoHandle Editorial Sep 21, 2026Singapore

A nurse prepares a seasonal influenza vaccine at a Singapore polyclinic consultation room, cool fluorescent light on stainless tray and cotton swab, seated patient blurred in background, no logos or readable text

Health

Influenza Cases Climb as MOH Urges SH Vaccine Before NH Shots Arrive

Farah Salleh Sep 21, 2026Singapore

Open-plan design studio with large monitors showing abstract colourful layouts without readable text, afternoon light through windows onto city skyline, mugs and notebooks on desks, no logos

Canva Launches Enterprise Verification Layer After ASIC Deepfake Alert

Hamish Clarke Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Business

ANZ Forecasts Back-to-Back RBA Moves as Big Four Converge on Tighter Settings

Lachlan Grant Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Startups

Airwallex Opens Brisbane Treasury Desk for Queensland Exporters

Olivia Tan Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Startups

Employment Hero Lands Compliance Funding as Fair Work Spot-Checks Payroll Files

Olivia Tan Sep 21, 2026Australia

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CSIRO Stand Up Canberra Red-Team Lab for Generative AI Procurement Reviews

Hamish Clarke Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Technology

Atlassian Cloud Sydney Region Gains Federal Audit Trails for Public-Sector Workloads

Jade Chen Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Technology

Optus Triple-Zero Routing Review Expands to Regional Victoria After Outage

Jade Chen Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Credit Cards

Westpac Tightens Pay-in-Four Limits as ASIC Scrutiny Hits BNPL Merchants

Nathan Price Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Stocks

BHP and Rio Tinto Lead Resources Rebound While Oil Slide Eases Inflation Bets

Tess Harlow Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Stocks

ASX 200 Futures Point Higher as Wall Street Tech Rally Lifts Sydney Open

Tess Harlow Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Business

Fortescue Greenslights Pilbara Autonomous Train Phase After Union Talks

Maya Nguyen Sep 21, 2026Australia

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Travel

Nailoong Stamp Quest Launches Across Changi Transit From Tuesday

Siti Zahra Sep 21, 2026Singapore

Sports

Tiffany Teo Reaches Asian Games MMA Final After Weight Rule Decision

Hakim Ismail Sep 21, 2026Singapore

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Education

Primary 6 Study Break Starts as PSLE Written Papers Begin Thursday

Priyanka Das Sep 21, 2026Singapore

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Entertainment

KitKat F1 Break Zone Opens at Changi Terminal 2 With Racing Simulators

Adam Lee Sep 21, 2026Singapore

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Technology

Institute of Digital Government Targets AI Literacy for 150,000 Public Officers

Nurul Aziz Sep 21, 2026Singapore

Singapore exchange dealing room with multiple wall-mounted monitors showing colour candlestick charts without readable numbers, traders silhouetted at desks, cool fluorescent light, no logos or readable text

Stocks

STI Closes Up 0.3% as DFI Retail Leads, Seatrium Slides

Priya Nair Sep 21, 2026Singapore

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Security

Trading-Card Job Scams Cost Singapore Victims at Least S$71,000 Since August

Rajesh Pillai Sep 21, 2026Singapore

Relationship

Airwallex Opens Brisbane Treasury Desk for Queensland Exporters

Beauty

Employment Hero Lands Compliance Funding as Fair Work Spot-Checks Payroll Files

Sports

Canva Launches Enterprise Verification Layer After ASIC Deepfake Alert

Education

CSIRO Stand Up Canberra Red-Team Lab for Generative AI Procurement Reviews

Entertainment

Atlassian Cloud Sydney Region Gains Federal Audit Trails for Public-Sector Workloads

Health

Optus Triple-Zero Routing Review Expands to Regional Victoria After Outage

Science

Westpac Tightens Pay-in-Four Limits as ASIC Scrutiny Hits BNPL Merchants

Politics

Commonwealth Bank Rewrites Introductory Card Benchmarks as Cash Rate Nears 4.6 Percent

Opinion

Security

Startups

AI

Technology

Credit Cards

Stocks

Business

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Stocks

STI Closes Up 0.3% as DFI Retail Leads, Seatrium Slides

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Entertainment

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Education

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Sports

Tiffany Teo Reaches Asian Games MMA Final After Weight Rule Decision

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Travel

Nailoong Stamp Quest Launches Across Changi Transit From Tuesday

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Business

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Stocks

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Stocks

BHP and Rio Tinto Lead Resources Rebound While Oil Slide Eases Inflation Bets

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Credit Cards

Westpac Tightens Pay-in-Four Limits as ASIC Scrutiny Hits BNPL Merchants

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Technology

Optus Triple-Zero Routing Review Expands to Regional Victoria After Outage

Optus widened its triple-zero routing review to regional Victoria after a September exchange hardware failure left dozens of emergency calls struggling to connect, as regulators compare camp-on delays with lessons from last year’s national outage.

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Technology

Atlassian Cloud Sydney Region Gains Federal Audit Trails for Public-Sector Workloads

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CSIRO Stand Up Canberra Red-Team Lab for Generative AI Procurement Reviews

CSIRO opened a Canberra red-team lab to stress-test generative AI vendors before they enter procurement panels, extending PGPA assurance with adversarial prompts aimed at science and enterprise buyers.

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Startups

Employment Hero Lands Compliance Funding as Fair Work Spot-Checks Payroll Files

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Startups

Airwallex Opens Brisbane Treasury Desk for Queensland Exporters

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