Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
The goal is to bring readers accessible coverage of business stories while highlighting developments, ideas, and opportunities shaping the marketplace.
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Shell’s profit drops by almost a third on lower oil prices, but beats expectations
Shell’s second-quarter net profit tumbled by almost a third on Thursday (Jul 31), dragged down by a drop in oil prices, lower gas trading…
OpenAI hits US$12 billion in annualised revenue, The Information reports
GPT-MAKER OpenAI roughly doubled its revenue in the first seven months of the year, reaching US$12 billion in annualised revenue, The…
Brown agrees to pay $50 million, wins back federal contracts in deal with Trump administration
By entering into the agreement, Brown ensured that the administration "will end the large-scale freeze that ultimately had implications…
Trump announces trade deal with South Korea
South Korea has struck a last-minute trade deal with the U.S. on Wednesday as steep tariffs loomed ahead of a Friday deadline, President…
The Enduring Power of “The Rules of the Game”
Even if Mozart’s name and a quote from Beaumarchais’s play “The Marriage of Figaro” didn’t feature in the credits of “The Rules of the…
US: Stocks mostly fall as Fed avoids dovish shift
Wall Street stocks finished mostly lower on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates flat and refrained from signaling it…
Getting in Marc Maron’s Head
In its nearly sixteen years on the air, “WTF with Marc Maron” has recorded more than fifteen hundred episodes, with guests ranging from…
Why I Will Never Be a Free Trader
A global free market doesn’t care if America remains the preeminent nation on earth, or if it is reduced to one giant soybean farm to feed…
Federal Reserve likely to hold interest rates steady despite Trump pressure
The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Wednesday, even as President Trump intensifies his…
Epstein Island Revealed
© 2025 Condé Nast. All rights reserved. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as…
Local startup MetaOptics Technologies lodges preliminary prospectus for Catalist IPO
MetaOptics Technologies, a Singapore-headquartered semiconductor optics startup, on Wednesday (Jul 30) lodged its preliminary prospectus…
Mapletree Logistics Trust to divest South Korean property for S$7.4 million
The proposed divestment is in line with its manager’s drive to rejuvenate its portfolio by letting go of assets no longer aligned with its…
The Mossad’s Long History of Operating Against Iran
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither was Israel’s intelligence victory against the Islamic Republic. Source link
US ETF outperforming S&P 500 becomes substantial shareholder in Rex, has stakes in 30 Singapore stocks
A US-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) has recently become a substantial shareholder of Rex International after raising its stake in the…
Democratic attorneys general pile on by suing to stop Planned Parenthood defunding
Democratic attorneys general sought Tuesday to block enforcement of the federal measure defunding Planned Parenthood, a day after a judge…
Kamala Harris’s Mentor Pours Cold Water on Her Gubernatorial Plans
Willie Brown doesn’t think that the former vice president should seek to make a comeback in California. Source link
Palmer Luckey's Anduril leads second quarter surge for venture capital in greater L.A.
Venture capital investments in the Greater Los Angeles region more than doubled to $5.8 billion in the second quarter, compared to a year…
Trump says Virginia Giuffre was among the workers Epstein stole from him
President Trump said Tuesday that Virginia Giuffre, perhaps the most well-known of Jeffrey Epstein's sex abuse victims, had been a…
Acquisitions: The Secret to Exponential Growth
Over the past few years, I’ve led Hawk Media through the acquisition of more than 20 companies—other agencies with amazing talent. This…
HPL says no certainties in ongoing discussions to redevelop Forum The Shopping Mall, voco Orchard Singapore
Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) has clarified that it is still in discussions with parties over the redevelopment of Forum The Shopping…
Starhill Global Reit H2 NPI flat at S$74.5 million
The manager of (real estate investment trust) posted a net property income (NPI) of S$74.5 million for the second half ended Jun 30, 2025,…
Consumer-Oriented Antitrust: Trump’s Course Correction Begins
Antitrust should be about outcomes, not outrage, and we hope it will soon revert back to that principle again. Source link