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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Trump Repeats His Steel Tariff Mistake
In his first term, similar tariffs reduced U.S. production in industries that consume steel and aluminum by more than they increased U.S.…
How States Can Assert Financial Freedom
Balancing the budget over the business cycle is a smart strategy. Source link
The Drug Crisis Hasn’t Gone Away. The Trump Administration Should Confront It
It’s time to overhaul drug policies and strengthen America’s commitment to reducing and delegitimizing drug use. Source link
WFB at 100: The Big Question
What individual was most responsible for America’s victory in the Cold War? The case for Buckley. Source link
Partners Group’s 2024 private equity secondary market investments surge 113% on year
ONE of the world’s biggest private equity (PE) companies, Swiss-based Partners Group, pumped in US$3.2 billion (S$4.3 billion) into PE…
QAF lifts guidance for FY2024
Improvement is attributed to better business performance and lower non-cash impairments of joint venture Source link
I Squared eyes DigitalBridge towers in South-east Asia: source
I SQUARED Capital is considering buying some of the assets of DigitalBridge Group’s South-east Asian telecom tower operator, according to…
HSBC hires ex-BNP banker Sun as head of debt markets for Asia
HSBC Holdings hired former BNP Paribas banker George Sun as head of global debt markets for Asia, attracting an outsider even as the bank…
China’s CATL to file for at least US$5 billion Hong Kong listing this week: sources
CHINESE battery giant CATL plans to file a Hong Kong listing application this week to raise at least US$5 billion, according to two…
Paragon Reit jumps 11.8% on privatisation offer
UNITS of Paragon Real Estate Investment Trust (Paragon Reit) jumped on Tuesday (Feb 11) after the manager announced that it received a…
Citigroup targets social finance deals in Asia as demand grows
Citi led 76 transactions in Asia last year, raising US$2.4 billion, according to the bank CITIGROUP said it expects social finance funding…
BYD shares hit record high, trouncing Tesla’s stock this year
BYD shares briefly rose to their highest intraday price on record, reflecting optimism that the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) leader will…
CDL Kiwi unit’s NZ$2.25-per-share offer ‘too low and inadequate’: M&C New Zealand
THE offer by City Development Limited’s (CDL) wholly owned subsidiary to take Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand (MCK) private at…
Price spikes, demand fears haunt metal markets as Trump’s 25% tariffs bite
Markets are in the dark as key details of Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium imports are still pending; experts fear heightened…
Salesforce plans US$500 million in AI-related investments in Saudi Arabia
CLOUD software seller Salesforce said on Monday (Feb 10) that it plans to invest US$500 million in Saudi Arabia related to artificial…
Trump tariffs propel safe-haven gold to record highs
GOLD prices soared to a record high on Tuesday (Feb 11), as investors flocked to the safe-haven asset after US President Donald Trump…
SoftBank explores debt-heavy financing for US$500 billion AI push
A FEW weeks ago, SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son stood alongside US President Donald Trump to unveil the Stargate Project, an…
NetLink NBN Trust’s 9-month profit down 12.9% at S$74.1 million
FIBRE network provider NetLink NBN Trust posted S$74.1 million profit after tax for the nine months ended December, down 12.9 per cent…
A Glow of Discovery in the Chill of Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival has long established itself as the most important showcase for American independent cinema, piping out work…
Temasek-backed Cuscaden moves to privatise Paragon Reit at S$0.98 per unit
TIMES Properties, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cuscaden Peak Investments, is looking to take Paragon Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit)…
Paragon Reit posts 10.4% lower H2 DPU of S$0.0233
THE manager of Paragon Real Estate Investment Trust (Paragon Reit) on Tuesday (Feb 11) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0233…
Stocks to watch: Paragon Reit, GuocoLand, Keppel
THE following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Tuesday (Feb 11): Paragon Real Estate…
Huawei boosts smartwatch sales by registering them as medical devices
HUAWEI Technologies has found an unlikely way to boost sales of its latest smartwatches in the face of sluggish consumer spending in…