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Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix
Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix, further diversifying the types of content on the Los Gatos, Calif.-based streaming service…
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
Salesforce to invest $15 billion in San Francisco to advance AI
Software giant Salesforce is planning to invest $15 billion in San Francisco over the next five years to strengthen the city’s dominance…
News
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee: Federal crime crackdown in Memphis nears 900 arrests in two weeks
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday that the state and federal crime-fighting mission in Memphis will continue indefinitely, after the…
Politics
Has a U.S. President Ever Been More Pro-Israel?
Isolationists and malicious enemies of Israel are part of Trump’s coalition, but the president absolutely does not number himself among…
News
Do You Know What I Know?
Take your young kid with you as you commute through Penn Station and you’ll find that you have a lot to explain. Walking through the Long…
News
California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use. New data centers have…
News
Female DeSoto County Youth Pastor Who Sexually Battered an Underage Girl on Church Trips, Sentenced to House Arrest
A former DeSoto Central High School assistant basketball coach has been sentenced to three years of house arrest for sexual battery of a…
Business
Asia: Stocks pare tariff-led losses, Tokyo hit by political turmoil
Most Asian stocks rose on Tuesday (Oct 14), tracking a rally on Wall Street, after US President Donald Trump tempered his rhetoric against…
News
Dallas ICE facility shooter feared radiation exposure and practiced shooting, records show
The parents of the 29-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Dallas immigration facility in September told police their son was "completely…
News
Diane Keaton’s Shadows and Light
In Vanity Fair in 1987, Keaton told Joan Juliet Buck, “I was always pretty religious as a kid, but I had trouble with Jesus early on…
News
Rescued Hostage Noa Argamani Passionately Kisses Her Commando Lover Avinatan Or as They Are Reunited Two Years After Being Kidnapped by Hamas
They kissed as they met, but had to wait for two years. Rescued hostage Noa Argamani was seen reunited with her longtime sweetheart,…
Business
Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement
A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration's previous mass…
News
A Hard-Fought Triumph in Israel
Today’s return of hostages is the direct result of Jerusalem’s commitment and Trump’s unwavering support in the face of immense pressure.…
Politics
Gov. Newsom signs AI safety bill aimed at protecting children from chatbots
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill into law that aims to make artificial-intelligence-powered chatbots safer despite…
Business
Indonesia considers further liquidity injection for state banks
Finance minister says government still assessing impact of 200 trillion rupiah liquidity boost for state banks Indonesia is considering…
Politics
Restoring Columbus to His Rightful Place
The White House correctly celebrates the courage, entrepreneurial ambition, religious zeal, and daring that impelled figures like…
News
The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Story
I read George Eliot’s “Middlemarch,” sometimes hailed as the greatest British novel, in a rain forest in western Indonesia. I was there as…
Lifestyle
Peter Matthiessen Travelled the World, Trying to Escape Himself
But it wasn’t until he arrived in Paris, during his junior year abroad, that he could truly nurture his bohemian streak. The city was…
Business
Harry Bliss’s “Cannonball”
For the cover of the October 20, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Harry Bliss wanted to share a recent experience that filled him with joy.…
Culture
V. R. Lang, a Forgotten Queen Bee of Modern Poetry
Candidly. The past, the sensations of the past. Now! in cuneiform, of umbrella satrap square-carts with hotdogs and onions of red syrup…
News
Xiaomi shares tumble after reports EV crash traps person inside
Xiaomi shares fell the most since April after reports that one of its SU7 electric sedan’s doors failed to open after a fiery crash in the…
Business
LG Energy Solution Q3 profit likely up 34% on US EV sales rush
The company has signed a US$4.3 billion deal to supply Tesla with energy storage system batteries, as the US automaker looks to reduce…
Politics
Trump jokes about his eternal fate: 'I think I am not maybe heaven-bound'
President Trump joked Sunday that he might not be destined for the Pearly Gates. Source link
Politics
Neither side flinches as shutdown pain intensifies, thousands of federal workers lose their jobs
The government shutdown is taking a heavy toll on federal workers, with 4,000 receiving layoff notices as President Trump ratchets up the…