Posts by Swedan Margen
Kraft Heinz explores grocery business spinoff worth up to US$20 billion: source
[Bengaluru] Kraft Heinz is studying a potential spinoff of a large chunk of its grocery business, including many Kraft products, into a new entity that could be valued at as much as US$20 billion on its own, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday (Jul 11). However, the structure of the deal could…
Read MoreTrump’s 50% copper import tariff said to cover refined metal
Published Sat, Jul 12, 2025 · 09:13 AM [NEW YORK] US President Donald Trump’s promised 50 per cent copper tariffs are set to include all refined metal, indicating the president’s far-reaching efforts to bolster American production of one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials. Trump’s announcement of the levy, which he said would begin on…
Read MoreDavid Gergen, adviser to four presidents, has died
David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents in a career spanning decades in government, academia and media, has died. He was 83. Source link
Read MoreRubio: Odds high Trump will meet with Chinese president
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after meeting with a senior Chinese official in Malaysia Friday that a summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely later this year. Source link
Read MoreCarrie Brownstein on a Portrait of Cat Power by Richard Avedon
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. For The New Yorker’s series Takes, Carrie Brownstein—the co-creator of Sleater-Kinney and “Portlandia”—writes about an enduring rock-and-roll image. In the summer of 2003, the musician Chan…
Read MoreCould Congress Finally Deliver Benefits for All Workers?
Independent workers deserve some security without being forced into a one-size-fits-all mold. Source link
Read MoreNTT DC Reit’s Singapore public offer 9.8 times oversubscribed
It has received applications for 294.8 million units compared to the 30 million available in public tranche of IPO [SINGAPORE] The manager of NTT DC Reit (real estate investment trust) said the public tranche of its Singapore initial public offer (IPO) was about 9.8 times oversubscribed. Based on the 30 million units available to the…
Read MoreA Welcome Reversal on Weapons to Ukraine
But there is more to do. Source link
Read MoreMisinformation is already a problem during natural disasters. AI chatbots aren’t helping
When deadly flash floods hit central Texas last week, people on social media site X turned to artificial intelligence chatbot Grok for answers about whom to blame. Grok confidently pointed to President Trump. “Yes. Trump’s 2025 cuts slashed NOAA/NWS funding by ~30% and staff by 17%, impairing forecast accuracy. Warnings underestimated rainfall, contributing to inadequate…
Read MoreAn Adolescent Crush That Never Let Up
John Updike’s professional relationship with The New Yorker began in 1954, when he was twenty-two and the magazine published his poem “Duet, with Muffled Brake Drums,” but his personal fascination began much earlier: he started submitting poems, drawings, newsbreaks, and other creative work to various magazines, including The New Yorker, at the age of thirteen.…
Read MoreConor McPherson’s Reliable Treasure
Conor McPherson’s small 1997 masterwork “The Weir” has been one of the most reliable treasures of the Irish Repertory Theatre. First directed by Ciarán O’Reilly in 2013, revived in 2015, and released as a digital performance in 2020, O’Reilly’s exquisite production returns again this summer (through Aug. 31). It’s shrewd counter-programming for these sweltering days:…
Read MoreWhat Was Paul Gauguin Looking For?
In June, 1891, Paul Gauguin arrived in Tahiti. He was forty-three. With him—according to Sue Prideaux, whose new biography of Gauguin, “Wild Thing,” is the first to appear in English in thirty years—he carried “a hundred meters of canvas, a large collection of paint tubes from Lefranc & Cie, a rifle to shoot the wild…
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