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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.
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Politics
Trump’s Fight Against the Bureaucracy Has Been Wildly Successful — So Far
He has dominated the first few weeks of his presidency like no other modern chief executive. But his effort to shrink the government will…
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“The Last of the Nightingales” Tells the Story of How Soundscapes Change After a Fire
For Bernie Krause, the sign of a healthy ecosystem is the sound it makes. The musician and Hollywood sound engineer is a pioneer of…
Business
Hanwha Group’s Pinetree Securities joins Alta Exchange as member firm
PINETREE Securities, the Singapore-based unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Investment & Securities, has joined Alta Exchange as a member firm.…
Business
Citi Private Bank hires Hoo Peng Han as it rebuilds family office team in Asia
CITI Private Bank has hired Hoo Peng Han as a director of its global family office group in Asia, as it rebuilds its family office team in…
Business
A*Star officially launches S$38 million MedTech Catapult to drive medical device commercialisation
THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) on Wednesday (Feb 12) launched MedTech Catapult, an initiative meant to…
Business
Retirees should build nest egg of at least S$550,000 for ‘conservative’ needs, but Gen Zs, millennials could fall behind: DBS
BY 2030, a 65-year-old retiree would need a nest egg of at least S$550,000 to meet expenses based on “conservative needs” for 20 years.…
Business
China’s record mergers in 57 trillion yuan small banking sector raise future risks
CHINA oversaw its largest-ever wave of rural bank mergers last year, a Reuters review of official data showed, but analysts say Beijing’s…
Business
ABS introduces digital tool for banks to verify trade financing documents
BANKS in the Republic can now better tackle trade finance fraud with a new automated digital tool that checks the authenticity of bills of…
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China tightens rules on new copper smelters to curb overcapacity
China will also encourage copper smelters to sign long-term purchase agreements with global miners CHINA has tightened requirements for…
Business
Bank Indonesia says liquidity measure will support government housing goal
Bank Indonesia has been using similar liquidity measures to spur credit growth since 2023 INDONESIA’S central bank said it will increase…
Politics
Trump welcomes schoolteacher Marc Fogel, just freed from Russia, at the White House
President Trump gave a warm welcome to Marc Fogel, an American teacher who has been imprisoned in Russia since 2021, as he spent his first…
Business
Trump’s crypto company launches strategic ‘token reserve’
WORLD Liberty Financial (WLF), the new crypto platform in which US President Donald Trump holds a financial stake, announced that it was…
Business
CBA’s first-half profit beats estimates on strong asset quality, lending volume growth
COMMONWEALTH Bank of Australia’s (CBA) first-half cash earnings beat estimates on Wednesday (Feb 12), as lending volume growth and lower…
Business
BlackRock, FDIC seek to end regulatory row over bank stakes
The FDIC wants disclosures on any potential effort by large asset managers to sway banks where they have sizeable stakes BLACKROCK and the…
Business
Only these 5 SGX-listed companies made it to a list of 100 fastest growing firms in Singapore
THERE are only five Singapore Exchange (SGX)-listed companies on a list of 100 fastest-growing firms based in Singapore and they hail from…
Business
Percentage of Singaporeans trading in SGX dives as they chase quick gains, liquidity elsewhere
KELVIN Tan began investing online in 2018 and, like many Singaporeans, put all of his money into local stocks. Two years later, he had…
Business
Nanofilm acquires 2 German companies for 3.1 million euros
The proposed acquisition aims to accelerate the group’s business expansion in Europe NANOFILM Technologies’ wholly owned subsidiary,…
Politics
White House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding oversight, officials say
The dismissal comes a day after his office warned that the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID had made it all but impossible to…
Politics
Appeals court rejects Trump administration push to reinstate spending freezes on grants and loans
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Trump administration push to reinstate a sweeping pause on federal funding, a decision that…
Business
Stocks to watch: SGX, FEHT, Wing Tai, PropNex, First Reit, QAF, Cordlife
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Feb 12). Singapore Exchange (SGX):…
Business
Suncorp beats first-half cash earnings consensus estimate, declares special dividend
AUSTRALIAN insurer Suncorp Group reported a 30 per cent rise in its first-half cash earnings on Wednesday, beating consensus estimates, as…
Politics
Republicans once railed against armed IRS agents. Now they want them for immigration enforcement
For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents. Now the…
Business
Hong Kong’s latest bubble tea IPO mints another billionaire
CHINA’S insatiable appetite for bubble tea has spawned another billionaire. Guming Holdings’ US$233 million Hong Kong initial public…