Culture
Looking for a Pulse at the Newark Museum of Art
Catering to fringe groups, its exhibitions are holding it back. Source link
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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What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise?
If a recent crop of commercials touting the benefits of artificial intelligence is any indication, lots of Americans these days feel…
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Teaching Men Who Will Never Leave Prison
It’s 2018. I am, for the first time, in a classroom at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York, a men’s maximum-security…
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Earth’s Poet of Scale
If there was one absence in Burtynsky’s account of our time, however, it was the single greatest result of all that mining, burning, and…
Business
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…
Politics
Trump’s 50% copper import tariff said to cover refined metal
President Donald Trump’s promised 50 per cent copper tariffs are set to include all refined metal, indicating the president’s far-reaching…
Politics
David 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…
Business
Europe: Stocks down with bank and healthcare drag, US-EU tariffs in focus
European shares closed lower on Friday (Jul 11), as losses in banks and healthcare stocks weighed at the end of a week marred by US…
Politics
Rubio: 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…
Politics
Could Congress Finally Deliver Benefits for All Workers?
Independent workers deserve some security without being forced into a one-size-fits-all mold. Source link
Business
NTT 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 The manager of NTT DC…
Business
London's Heathrow eyes higher fees for £10b upgrade
It will add another 10 million passengers per year by 2031 at Europe’s busiest airport London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday (Jul 11) said…
Business
Who is Tan Teck Long, the former DBS veteran who is OCBC’s incoming CEO?
Tan Teck Long is no stranger in the banking world, albeit not yet a household name. But he was thrust into the limelight on Friday (Jul…
News
What 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,…
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Misinformation 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…
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An 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…
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Conor 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…
Business
Japan’s MUFG targets US for securitisation business, plans to boost headcount
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to expand its securitisation business globally, with a focus on North America, and will…
Politics
Trump whacks Canada with a 35% tariff
President Trump said Thursday he will impose a 35% tariff on Canadian goods, a major development in the U.S. trade relationship with its…
Politics
Pimco sees Japan wooing capital as tariffs spur diversification
Japan has emerged as a prime destination for global investors as the trade war triggers a reassessment of capital flows into the US,…
Politics
One year since assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, 'The American people don't have answers'
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the July 13 assassination attempt on President Trump, but the public and lawmakers who…
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Package Tracking Takes a Dark Turn in “Paper Towels”
When an online order goes missing, employees are often blamed. But how should they be punished? Now premium users get to decide. Source link