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Video: The Impact of Defunding NPR and PBS
Congress just voted to claw back $500 million in funding for public broadcasting. Benjamin Mullin, a media reporter for The New York…
Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
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Maybank initiates ‘buy’ call on Keppel DC Reit amid demand for AI adoption, cloud migration
Maybank Securities analyst Krishna Guha on Thursday (Jul 17) initiated a “buy” rating on Keppel DC Reit, with a target price of S$2.40,…
Politics
Trump says salacious Epstein letter attributed to him is 'fake,' and plans lawsuit against WSJ
President Trump lashed out Thursday at the Wall Street Journal for publishing a letter he supposedly sent to disgraced late financier…
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Oil jumps US$1 after further drone attacks on Iraq oil fields
Oil prices rose US$1 on Thursday (Jul 16) after drones struck Iraqi Kurdistan oil fields for a fourth day, pointing to continued risk in…
Politics
In Congress, Two Paths Emerge for Republicans on Immigration
Border security is a settled issue, but the questions of what to do with legal immigration and long-term illegal residents still divide…
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Beauford Delaney’s Light and Faith
Delaney’s style or, more accurately, styles, developed in the course of a long apprenticeship that can read like a novelization of the…
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The Unexpected Invitation to Push Beyond My Limits
There I was, wrapped in a Mylar space blanket, shivering and drooling after what I thought was the most challenging physical feat of my…
Politics
Russell Vought eyes another package of federal spending to claw back
Russell Vought, head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said another request to claw back approved federal spending is…
Business
Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit cuts jobs
Amazon cut jobs in its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit on Thursday (Jul 17), a spokesperson confirmed following a Reuters…
Business
Samsung chairman Lee’s long legal saga ends with acquittal
Samsung Electronics executive chairman Lee Jae-yong was cleared of all charges related to accounting fraud and stock manipulation by South…
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The End Is Still Near
Birth rates are falling, but Paul Ehrlich, who famously coined the term ‘the population bomb,’ is unmoved by the data. Source link
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“Double Time for Pat Hobby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is the third story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series. Read the entire series, and our Flash Fiction from previous years,…
Culture
“Cloud” Is a Cautionary Tale of E-Commerce—and the Summer’s Best Action Movie
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda), the thirtysomething protagonist of the mesmerizing Japanese thriller “Cloud,” is never more content than…
Business
TSMC profit surges again after AI drives big jump in sales
The company’s performance underscores resilient demand for high-end artificial intelligence chips from the likes of Nvidia and Advanced…
Business
Thailand seeks ways to curb gold price impact on currency
Thailand’s central bank and the finance ministry are discussing ways to address currency moves that are not aligned with fundamental…
Politics
Schiff mortgage fraud probe could end in stiff fines, penalties for senator
The type of mortgage fraud case in which Sen. Adam Schiff is now entangled is usually clear-cut and hard to wiggle out of, said financial…
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Video: Documenting L.A.’s Surge in Immigration Arrests
Jennifer Medina, a political reporter at The New York Times who is based in Los Angeles, speaks with a witness who recorded an immigration…
Business
Rachel Kushner’s Advice to Writers
The novelist Rachel Kushner recently taught a class at Stanford that concerned, as the course catalogue advertised it, “the sacred art of…
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The Epstein Uproar
AG Pam Bondi shouldn’t have hyped the release of materials in the past, but despite the natural questions about his hideous crimes, the…
Business
These California tech hubs are set to dominate the AI economy
Despite suggestions it has been losing its edge, California is way ahead of others when it comes to the hottest technology right now:…
Business
US: Wall St opens higher as inflation data, earnings take centre stage
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 16) as investors sifted through new inflation data and digested a fresh round…
Politics
Trump calls Epstein flap 'boring' as two key supporters turn on him over FBI's handling of the case
President Trump dismissed the flap over the Department of Justice's refusal to release additional materials related to deceased sex…
Politics
Congress Has Just Upended the Health Care Status Quo
With the passage of the ‘big, beautiful bill,’ the interests of patients prevailed over one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington.…
Politics
What Will Become of the C.I.A.?
In December, 1988, as the Soviet Union was beginning to come apart, Senator Bill Bradley, a member of the Senate Select Committee on…