Posts by Kim Browne
Trump Rips His Own Dark Money Buddy in Bonkers Rant Over Tariff Losses
“I think if President Trump had just a minute more, if you go back into the room behind the Oval, he’s got all his hats and things over there, and he has a hat which is the accurate response to what that person said, which is ‘Trump always wins,’” Hassett said. “If you go look,…
Read MoreTurns Out, Elon Musk Isn’t Leaving Trump’s Side Just Yet
“I think if President Trump had just a minute more, if you go back into the room behind the Oval, he’s got all his hats and things over there, and he has a hat which is the accurate response to what that person said, which is ‘Trump always wins,’” Hassett said. “If you go look,…
Read MoreOlam secures US$1.85 billion loan
The first tranche is a US$1.6 billion conventional loan, while the remaining US$250 million will be issued as an Islamic loan [SINGAPORE] Agribusiness giant Olam has secured a US$1.85 billion loan for general corporate purposes, said the company on Friday (May 30) via a bourse filing. The loan, which was taken by Olam Agri –…
Read MoreTranscript: MAGA Fury Boils Over as Trump Tariffs Suddenly in Jeopardy
Somin: Yes, I think so. Although, it is also true that the court wasn’t completely clear whether the main emphasis of their analysis was on the words “extraordinary” and “unusual threat” or on the term “emergency.” What they did emphasize and what they did conclude is that the statute as a whole does have meaning,…
Read MoreChina’s central bank injects 700 billion yuan of outright reverse repos in May
Market participants are closely watching for signals on when the PBOC will resume purchases of its own government bonds Published Fri, May 30, 2025 · 06:57 PM [SHANGHAI] China’s central bank has injected 700 billion yuan (S$125.5 billion) into its banking system during May through an outright reverse repurchase tool, the bank said on Friday…
Read MoreDFI Retail Group divests 22.2% stake in Robinsons Retail for undisclosed sum
The divestment will enable DFI to redeploy capital to support growth and enhance shareholder returns across its subsidiaries, says group [SINGAPORE] DFI Retail Group said on Friday (May 30) that it has divested 22.2 per cent – or about 315.3 million – of Robinsons Retail’s outstanding shares for an undisclosed sum. DFI became a significant…
Read MoreMacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions expands Singapore production facility
[SINGAPORE] Electronics manufacturer, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, announced on Friday (May 30) the completion of its expanded production facility in Tuas. The expansion aims to scale up the production of Agromax – its flagship silver sintering paste, which is used for bonding electrical components and creating electrical connections. In response to media queries, Tom Hunsinger,…
Read MoreThe Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat
For out of this modern civilization economic royalists carved new dynasties. New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over material things.… It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over Government itself. FDR took on those “economic royalists” and defeated…
Read MoreLawmakers No Longer Understand the American Family
The fix has been in, for a long time, in favor of those who marry and have children. In times past, this was just a temporary irritant, since most people indeed ended up marrying (in their early 20s, back in 1970) and having a family. But that family prototype is no longer dominant—and all indications…
Read MoreWes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Embraces the Modest Pleasures
Love him or hate him, Anderson’s cinema is instantly recognizable; his frames are like calling cards. I myself have felt that Anderson has been testing his own breaking point for a while now. Or maybe I’d just reached mine. There’s a limit to even the most exquisite whimsy, with its perilous proximity to mere regurgitative…
Read MoreA New Working-Class GOP? If “Working-Class” Means $4.3 Million a Year!
So much for a new, “populist” Republican Party. So much for the GOP as a brave band of fiscally prudent, anti-deficit hawks. The “Big, Beautiful Bill” is a declaration of intellectual bankruptcy, policy incoherence, and political vacuousness. That’s its formal name, by the way, and you’ve already admitted a problem when you have to sell…
Read MoreJoint venture by Boustead Projects’ unit clinches JTC tender to develop industrial facility on Tukang Innovation Drive site
The site is the first under the Industrial Government Land Sales Programme to be awarded with an additional three years of lease [SINGAPORE] A joint venture of Boustead Projects’ wholly owned subsidiary was awarded a tender by JTC Corporation on Friday (May 30) to develop an industrial facility on a land parcel under the Industrial…
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