Business
Japan Foods sinks into the red with 9M loss of S$2.9 million
JAPAN Foods sank into the red with a net loss of S$2.9 million for the nine months ended Dec 31, 2024, compared with a net profit of…
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.
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Business
HSBC’s head of global banking for Asia-Pacific is exiting lender
HSBC Holdings’s head of global banking for Asia-Pacific, Christina Ma, is leaving the bank, according to people familiar with matter, as…
Fashion
Shein, Temu retailers slapped with 30% levy on US bound goods
Chinese retailers that sell on Shein and PDD Holdings’ Temu platform say they have been asked by logistics agents to start paying an…
News
Work Requirements Would Improve Medicaid — and the Lives of Those on the Program
Adding a work requirement to Medicaid would make the United States a stronger, healthier country and remind the world that America…
Politics
Trump Repairs the U.S.-Israel Relationship
After enduring Joe Biden’s lectures and threats, Benjamin Netanyahu will no doubt be resting a lot easier on his flight home from…
News
A Path to Independence: Reforming Welfare to Empower Recipients and Restore Fiscal Responsibility
Draining the swamp of a bloated welfare bureaucracy and enforcing fiscal discipline are monumental tasks — but they are essential for a…
News
Medicare’s Obesity Problem
Medicare doesn’t need to cover Ozempic. It needs to take Ozempic. Source link
News
Make America Frisky Again
When young men drop out of the dating world, everyone loses. Source link
Politics
Dreams of Gaza, &c.
On a proposed new adventure; Orwell in Syria; indecency in the State Department; the late basso Paul Plishka; and more. Source link
Politics
Trump’s Executive Order on Transgender Soldiers Is Right
It represents a return to the commonsense recognition of the reality that military policies should prioritize the U.S. military’s…
Culture
Does New York Need a Climate Museum?
A niche space based on dodgy science doesn’t belong in a new, high-end Midtown tower. Source link
Business
Unstoppable retail crowd breaks US stock buying record despite rout
THE volatile start to the year has spooked some professional investors but has done little to dowse retail traders’ enthusiasm for the US…
Culture
How the Oscar Race Got as Messy as “Conclave”
Stop me if you’ve seen this one. A committee of august personages convenes, with much pomp and circumstance, to choose the best of their…
Business
CapitaLand Ascendas Reit H2 DPU rises 3.2% to S$0.07681
THE distribution per unit (DPU) of CapitaLand Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (Clar) for the second half ended Dec 31, 2024, was…
Business
DeepSeek fever fuels patriotic bets on China AI stocks
CHINESE investors are rushing into AI-related stocks, betting the artificial intelligence advance of home-grown startup DeepSeek will lead…
News
Maersk eyes 4% market growth in 2025, uncertainty over tariffs and Red Sea
MAERSK on Thursday (Feb 6) said it expects to grow its business to track an expected 4 per cent growth in global container shipping this…
Business
SGX seeing ‘improved momentum’ in IPO pipeline, hopeful that listings will exceed last year’s
More companies could be listing here this year with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) seeing an improved pipeline of initial public offerings…
Business
Bain is said to near 500 billion yen deal for Mitsubishi pharma unit
BAIN Capital is nearing a deal to buy Mitsubishi Chemical Group’s pharmaceutical unit, sources familiar with the matter said, adding to a…
Business
Nissan seeking new partners with Honda deal set to collapse
NISSAN Motor is seeking out a new partner as it prepares to end negotiations to form a joint holding company with Honda Motor, sources…
Politics
Rubio gets deal from Guatemala to accept migrants from other countries deported from U.S.
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo said Wednesday his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the…
Business
Workday to cut nearly 2,000 workers on profit focus
WORKDAY is cutting about 8.5 per cent of its workforce, making it the latest technology company to begin 2025 with headcount reductions.…
Business
BlackRock to list Bitcoin exchange-traded product in Europe
BLACKROCK, the world’s largest asset manager, is preparing to list an exchange-traded product (ETP) tied directly to Bitcoin in Europe,…
Politics
Saudi Aramco boosts prices to Asia as Middle Eastern crude soars
SAUDI Arabia hiked the price of its flagship crude to Asia by the most in more than two years as the kingdom responds to surging premiums…