Posts by Swedan Margen
Oil rises 2% on US-EU trade deal, Trump’s shorter deadline for Russia
[NEW YORK] Oil prices rose 2 per cent on Monday after a trade deal between the US and the European Union, and US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would shorten the deadline for Russia to end its war in Ukraine or face sanctions. Brent crude futures were up US$1.60, or 2.3 per cent, at US$70.04…
Read MoreEurope: Shares close lower as US-EU trade deal draws mixed response
EUROPEAN shares pulled back from a four-month high and settled Monday’s choppy session marginally lower as investors weighed the implications of a framework trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose as much as 1 per cent to touch a four-month high on initial relief that prolonged negotiations yielded a deal…
Read MoreUS: Stocks pause at records at start of heavy earnings week
Published Tue, Jul 29, 2025 · 06:11 AM [NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks finished little changed on Monday as markets awaited key earnings and economic data later in the week while weighing the potential for more gains after a heady period. Investors greeted Sunday’s announcement that the United States had reached a trade deal with the European…
Read MoreGhislaine Maxwell Makes Desperate Final Move to Overturn Sex Trafficking Conviction as Her Lawyers Try for Presidential Pardon
British socialite and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell filed an appeal with the Supreme Court Monday, seeking to overturn her 2021 federal conviction for sex trafficking. Maxwell’s lawyers argue that she is covered by the 2007 plea deal Epstein made with South Florida prosecutors, which included a provision not to charge his associates. The appeal…
Read MoreSydney Sweeney Faces Woke Backlash for Her New American Eagle Ad as She Is Accused of ‘Nazi Propaganda’ and Promoting ‘White Supremacy’
Left-leaning TikTok users are up in arms after a new American Eagle jeans ad starring actress Sydney Sweeney featured a wordplay that some are accusing of being outright Nazi propaganda. The ad features 27-year-old Sweeney wearing American Eagle jeans and a denim jacket, while making a pun about her “jeans” and “genes.” “Genes are passed…
Read MoreBrendan Carr’s FCC Eyes Trump’s Media Foes | National Review
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Read MoreGlobal Markets Surge as US-EU Trade Deal Eases Investor Anxiety
The global stock benchmarks opened the week with firm gains, driven by a return of investor risk appetite after progress on trade talks between the US and EU. Futures tracking the S&P 500 in the United States rose 0.45%, while those for the Nasdaq gained 0.5%, pointing to a robust start on Wall Street. European…
Read MoreFirst Sponsor reports 59.2% jump in H1 earnings to S$19 million, interim dividend of S$0.011 a share
[SINGAPORE] Property developer First Sponsor reported a 59.2 per cent increase in earnings to S$19 million in H1 2025 from S$11.9 million in H1 2024, in a bourse filing on Monday (Jul 28). The earnings growth was mainly driven by a higher share of profits from associates and joint ventures. However, revenue for H1 2025…
Read MoreUS: S&P, Nasdaq open at record highs on US–EU deal optimism
Published Mon, Jul 28, 2025 · 09:43 PM [NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened at record highs on Monday as a US-EU trade agreement boosted investor sentiment, kick-starting a pivotal week featuring megacap earnings, a Federal Reserve meeting, and a looming US tariff deadline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 45.1 points,…
Read MoreMapletree Industrial Trust posts 4.7% fall in Q1 DPU to S$0.0327
[SINGAPORE] Mapletree Industrial Trust’s distribution per unit (DPU) fell 4.7 per cent to 3.27 Singapore cents for its first quarter ended Jun 30, 2025, from 3.43 cents the year before. Nevertheless, gross revenue was up 0.3 per cent to S$175.9 million for the quarter, from S$175.3 million in the year-earlier period. This was due to…
Read MoreIReit Global faces potential litigation
Berlin Campus tenant alleges that dilapidation costs to reinstate the property back to its original state are unjustified [SINGAPORE] IReit Global is facing a potential litigation suit from its tenant, which alleged that dilapidation costs agreed to earlier are “unjustified”, it announced in a bourse filing on Monday (Jul 28). Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (DRV), the…
Read MoreOverlooked Details in a Big Beautiful Law
They may not garner the same attention as the tax cuts or Medicaid reforms, but their consequences ought to be big — and beautiful. Source link
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