Culture
How Noah Baumbach Fell (Back) in Love with the Movies
It was somewhere on a deserted highway in Ohio at about 4 A.M., with a rain machine, while I was shooting “White Noise.” I think I felt,…
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
Wall Street predicts rebound in Indian markets after tough year
AFTER one of India’s worst years of market underperformance in decades, some of Wall Street’s biggest names are calling for a rebound.…
Business
Singtel tops buybacks; Soon Hock and EnGro chairs boost stakes; Sanli eyes growth with placement
Over the five trading sessions from Nov 21 to 27, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflow of…
Politics
White House launches media bias tracker
The White House has launched a new section on its website dedicated to calling out media it considers misleading or having a bias in its…
Politics
Value of State Department press briefings in question as Trump trims them
The State Department has not held a public press briefing in over three months, even as Washington's rivals intensify their communication…
News
Pete Hegseth’s ‘Kill Everybody’ Command
The secretary of war’s alleged order that led to drug boat–strike survivors’ being killed appears to be a violation of the norms of…
Politics
Gavin Newsom’s Achilles’ Heel
The governor is one of the top 2028 Democratic contenders, but Scott Wiener’s radical record leaves Newsom vulnerable to attack. Source link
News
The Offices Only a Newsperson Could Love
There is something inspiring about an ugly building. I don’t mean high-concept ugly, like a brutalist tower, but rather a place that’s…
Business
A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Music Lovers
It’s easy to think of music as ephemeral and essentially free, rather than a thing you can dotingly select, acquire, and present to your…
News
My Mother’s Memory Loss, and Mine
My cat, Harriet, is curled up on the TV console when I walk into the living room. She blinks at me, slowly. Cats blinking at you is…
News
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
These days, C.K. occupies a strange place in the culture. He is in a cancellation limbo, joined by the likes of Chris Brown and Andrew…
Business
Bank Indonesia seeks rate cuts while balancing stability, growth
Tariff worries have made the rupiah South-east Asia’s worst-performing currency this year Bank Indonesia (BI) will strike a balance…
Business
Amazon, Flipkart take aim at India’s banks with new consumer loan offerings
Interest rates on loans for consumer durables from traditional lenders typically range between 12% and 22% Amazon is preparing to offer…
Business
Human Made seeks growth beyond China as tensions with Japan rise
Its expansion coincides with a global surge in interest in Japanese pop culture, fuelled by anime and video games, while a weaker yen…
Business
China’s robotics stocks face investor scrutiny over bubble fears
Beijing has been on a so-called anti-involution drive which aims to curb destructive competition across industries Investor hype over…
Business
Silver hits fresh record after topping peak from October squeeze
Silver jumped to a record, surpassing a peak set during a historic squeeze in the London market in October. Spot prices surged as much as…
Business
Temasek eyes stake in Quest Global at US$4.6 billion pre-IPO price
The company is preparing for an IPO in India, joining a wave of companies tapping the country’s buoyant capital markets Singapore state…
News
Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted…
Politics
House GOP eyes bill to add citizenship question to census
House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said Friday that his committee will take up a bill to add a citizenship question…
Business
OCBC files bid to wind up consumer electronics trader TT International
OCBC has filed a winding-up application against consumer electronics trader TT International, whose debts are being restructured under a…
News
Europe Has Made Itself an Afterthought
The once-great European powers can’t even dictate the end of a war involving a European country whose fate they deem crucial to their own…
News
The Best Jokes of 2025
One of my favorite jokes requires a little setup. It’s from the first “Naked Gun” movie, from 1988, starring Leslie Nielsen as the…
Culture
How 'Stranger Things' became Netflix's 'Star Wars,' propelling it into Hollywood's stratosphere
Before the sci-fi series “Stranger Things” premiered on Netflix, several traditional studios had already passed on it. Its creators were…