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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ICE now deporting more than 1,400 illegal immigrants a day
The Department of Homeland Security has set a new record for detaining illegal immigrants, with more than 59,000 in ICE custody according…
PBOC to boost financing support for tech, consumption growth
China’s central bank pledged to strengthen financial support to key areas including tech and consumption, as it moves further away from…
Beware the Return of Inflation
The surge in the producer price index is not due to tariffs — which should worry the administration. Source link
Trump Shines a Light on Discrimination in College Admissions
By forcing schools to open their books, it will be much more difficult for them to rely on application essays and obscure admissions…
SIA Group’s passenger traffic up 6.2% in July
Passenger traffic for the two carriers under Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group was 6.2 per cent higher in July 2025, compared with the…
Contributor: AI will be more disruptive than COVID. Which party can seize the moment?
Democrats, bless their hearts, keep trying to figure out the magic formula to stop President Trump. But here’s a cold splash of reality:…
“Highest 2 Lowest” Marks a Conservative Pivot for Spike Lee
It’s fascinating when filmmakers make drastic late-career shifts, as Martin Scorsese did with “The Wolf of Wall Street” and Francis Ford…
“And Just Like That . . . ,” Carrie Bradshaw Bids an Unsatisfying Farewell
On Thursday, the third and final season of “And Just Like That . . . ,” the sequel series to “Sex and the City,” came to an unceremonious…
Fall Culture Preview
Few have captured infatuation like Schubert, three of whose lovelorn song cycles—“Die Schöne Müllerin,” “Winterreise,” and…
Investors chase CNMC Goldmine to new high on record profit, trebled dividend
Shares of CNMC Goldmine soared more than 10 per cent on Friday (Aug 15) afternoonafter the gold producer posted record first-half earnings…
South-east Asia’s reality check: What’s hindering data centres’ green transition?
Powered by large-scale data centres, South-east-Asia’s digital economy is expanding at breakneck speed – but the region’s clean energy…
ST Engineering price targets raised by analysts after strong H1 net profit
The price target for ST Engineering was raised by multiple analysts on Friday (Aug 15) after it reported a strong financial performance in…
Jakarta’s land crackdown brings ‘short-term pain’ but long-term clarity: Golden Agri-Resources
Golden Agri-Resources expects “short-term pain” from Indonesia’s sweeping land-use review, but sees the land crackdown as a necessary step…
D.C. leaders push back against Bondi's order naming DEA head as 'emergency police commissioner'
Attorney General Pam Bondi's directive effectively replacing the Washington, D.C., police chief was "unlawful," the capital's attorney…
Philippine central bank orders e-wallets, payment apps to remove online gambling links
The Philippine central bank ordered mobile wallets, payment applications and other institutions to remove links to online gambling…
D.C.’s Home Rule Is a Luxury, Not a Right
Trump is acting well within the bounds of the Constitution. Source link
Video: Fact-Checking Trump on Epstein
new video loaded: Fact-Checking Trump on Epstein By Linda Qiu, Claire Hogan, June Kim and Zach Wood•August 14, 2025 For the most part,…
“My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent
Because the Russian alphabet has no direct equivalent of the letter “H,” speakers often substitute a “G” sound; “Harry Potter” thus…
UOL to acquire student accommodation property in UK for £43.5 million
Property developer UOL is acquiring a complex of student residential halls from the University of Brighton in the United Kingdom for £43.5…
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq retreat from record rally after hot producer inflation data
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq retreated from record highs on Thursday (Aug 14), after a hotter-than-expected producer prices report dampened…
Roman Polanski’s Self-Centered “An Officer and a Spy”
The prime parallel between the movie “An Officer and a Spy” and the life of its director, Roman Polanski, is obvious but inexact. The…
“An Open Heart,” by Jamil Jan Kochai
This is the seventh story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series. Read the entire series, and our Flash Fiction from previous years,…
Over 160 Blizzard workers in Irvine join union as gaming-industry labor movement expands
More than 160 workers at video game company Blizzard Entertainment have voted to unionize. The workers, who produce in-house cinematics,…