Business
From rubber roots to risk management: Singapore’s 60-year mastery of global trades
As Singapore turns 60 this weekend, its journey from colonial rubber-trading outpost to one of the most sophisticated commodities…
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
Nextdoor cuts 12% of workforce in quest for profitability
Nextdoor Holdings, the neighbourhood social networking company, is eliminating 12 per cent of its workforce, part of a broader effort by…
Politics
Trump asks Supreme Court to approve ICE's arrests in Los Angeles
The Trump Justice Department sparked the next major legal battle over his deportation policies Thursday, rushing to the Supreme Court to…
Business
Stockton Rush’s Name Deserves to Live in Infamy
The Coast Guard’s report on the man behind the Titan disaster ought to be mandatory reading for all aspiring entrepreneurs. Source link
News
The Power of Silence: My Greatest Career Lesson
Here’s advice I learned early in my career that seemed counterintuitive at first but proved to be invaluable. When I joined a room full of…
Business
Trump says Intel CEO is 'highly conflicted,' calls for his resignation
Chipmaker Intel is the latest tech company facing political pressure from President Trump. On Thursday, Trump called for the immediate…
News
Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal could get U.S. rights to transit corridor
Officials from Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to sign a peace deal at the White House that gives the U.S. exclusive development…
Business
Centurion H1 net profit falls 38% to S$73.9 million on net fair value loss
Centurion Corporation, a provider of purpose-built dormitories for workers and students, saw its first half-year of FY2025 net profit drop…
News
Corporations Have a Responsibility to Not Fleece Taxpayers
In conversations about corporate social responsibility, cronyism is often left out. It shouldn’t be. Source link
Business
Hyflux’s ex-director pleads guilty to disclosure-related charge, fined S$90,000 and barred from directorships
A former independent director of Hyflux pleaded guilty on Thursday (Aug 7) to being negligent in the insolvent water treatment firm’s…
News
A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an…
News
“Thirty-Three,” by D. S. Waldman
Could be half my life, I said, could be all of it. Could be a third, Gabby said. Source link
News
What Happens to Public Media Now?
When Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, he remarked that…
Business
VietJet to hire more than 5,000 new Thai staff for expansion
VietJet Aviation plans to employ more than 5,000 new staff in Thailand as Vietnam’s biggest budget carrier accelerates flight and route…
Business
Insurer AIG posts higher quarterly profit on underwriting strength
American International Group (AIG) reported a higher second-quarter profit on Wednesday (Aug 6), powered by strong underwriting gains and…
Politics
Trump takes jabs at Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel and Stern over future of talk shows
President Trump took a swing Wednesday at hostile late-night television and talk radio hosts whose programs are on the line or are about…
Politics
WATCH: Susan Ferrechio answers questions on the redistricting fight in Texas
Democratic lawmakers have fled Texas to try to block the state's effort to redistrict congressional lines. Source link
Business
André Aciman on Reading—and Misreading—Emotions
Each of the novellas that make up André Aciman’s new book, “Room on the Sea,” picks apart the intricacies of how people comprehend the…
Culture
The Piercing Immigrant Drama of “Souleymane’s Story”
The title of the new film from the French director and screenwriter Boris Lojkine, “Souleymane’s Story,” has a few entwined meanings. In…
Politics
The Associated Press Lets the Mask Drop
With Mamdani-like indifference, the AP published a hand-wringing exposé about the suffering Israel inflicted on Hezbollah and the souls…
News
The Internet Wants to Check Your I.D.
The app Tea is a kind of digital whisper network for women. No men are allowed to join. Those who wish to be members must submit evidence,…
Business
EuroSports Global explains reasons for keeping Melvin Goh as executive chairman and CEO
EuroSports Global said its board’snominatingcommittee had independently assessed the charges against executive chairman and chief…
Business
Carro targets US IPO with over US$3 billion valuation: sources
Singapore-based Carro, South-east Asia’s largest used-car online marketplace, is preparing for a US initial public offering as early as…