Posts by Swedan Margen
This Left-Wing Education Juggernaut Doesn’t Deserve Federal Backing
The National Education Association’s real purpose is political. That doesn’t merit a government charter. Source link
Read More<i>Eddington</i> Sensationalizes American Panic
Behind the miscommunication of a political exploitation film. Source link
Read MoreSingapore Cyclist, 49, Faces Charges in Alleged Collision That Killed Elderly Pedestrian
A 49-year-old man was charged on Wednesday, July 23, with causing the 70-year-old man’s death by performing a rash act. In 2024, the elderly pedestrian was struck and killed by Lester Lu Su Min who allegedly failed to maintain a proper lookout while riding his bicycle across a traffic intersection. On March 6, 2024, the…
Read MoreDigital Core Reit H1 DPU unchanged at US$0.018
[SINGAPORE] The manager of Digital Core Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Wednesday (Jul 23) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of US$0.018 for the first half ended June 30, 2025. This was unchanged from the same period a year ago, even as the Reit’s distributable income rose 3.5 per cent to US$23.4 million, from…
Read MoreColdplaygate Is a Reminder That There’s No Escaping Going Viral
It doesn’t take a surreptitious phone camera to get caught in a viral video. Smartphones have cast a decentralized web of surveillance over the world, with bystanders ready to document and broadcast any incident containing a hint of drama. But what Andy Byron, the former C.E.O. of the data-tracking software company Astronomer, and Kristin Cabot,…
Read MoreSTI inches up on Wednesday, mirroring regional indices
[SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index (STI) closed higher on Wednesday (Jul 23), mirroring regional indices. The STI inched up 0.6 per cent or 23.02 points to 4,231.28. Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 427 to 164 after 2.4 billion shares worth S$1.7 billion changed hands. The trio of local banks closed higher on Wednesday,…
Read MoreST Index inches up on Wednesday, mirroring regional indices
[SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index (STI) closed higher on Wednesday (Jul 23), mirroring regional indices. The STI inched up 0.6 per cent or 23.02 points to 4,231.28. Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 427 to 164 after 2.4 billion shares worth S$1.7 billion changed hands. The trio of local banks closed higher on Wednesday,…
Read MoreST Index up on Wednesday, mirroring regional indices
[SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index (STI) closed higher on Wednesday (Jul 23), mirroring regional indices. The STI rose 0.6 per cent or 23.02 points to 4,231.28. Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 427 to 164 after 2.4 billion shares worth S$1.7 billion changed hands. The trio of local banks closed higher on Wednesday, with…
Read MoreChilling Details Emerge in Horrific Alabama Child Sex Trafficking Ring After Four Arrests
Chilling and disturbing details have emerged in a horrific child sex trafficking ring in Bibb County, Alabama. Law enforcement officials said several children aged between two and ten were brutally bound, drugged, and sexually abused in an underground bunker near Brent, southwest of Birmingham. According to the officials, four men were arrested and charged with…
Read MoreUBS loses EU fight over Credit Suisse’s role in ‘Sterling Lads’, but fine cut sharply
The tribunal cut the amount of the fine from 83.2 million euros to 28.9 million euros Published Wed, Jul 23, 2025 · 04:56 PM [BRUSSELS] UBS Group lost the crux of its case against European Union regulators over Credit Suisse Group’s involvement in a foreign-exchange price fixing cartel – but defeat was sweetened after judges…
Read MoreCiti targets Middle East ultra-rich with push to hire private bankers
[DUBAI] Citigroup’s private bank is planning a hiring drive for the Middle East region as part of the Wall Street giant’s global expansion of its services to the ultra-wealthy. James Holder, who assumed leadership of the unit’s Middle East operations this year, said in an interview that he aims to recruit private bankers to serve…
Read MoreBOJ sees trade deal as raising chance of meeting inflation goal
[TOKYO] Japan’s trade deal with the US has reduced uncertainty surrounding the economy, the central bank’s deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said, signalling optimism that conditions for resuming interest rate hikes may start to fall in place. Uchida’s remark came hours after US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Tokyo that cuts tariffs on…
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