Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to Cosmopolitan Canada across fashion, style, culture, and entertainment.
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Singapore shares end Friday in the red amid mixed regional showing; STI down 0.3%
Local stocks ended lower on Friday (Jun 20), amid a mixed regional performance and growing concerns over a possible US military strike on…
Shipping firm Maersk temporarily pauses Haifa port calls
Container shipping company Maersk said on Friday (Jun 20) it had temporarily paused vessel calls at Israel’s Haifa port, amid the…
“F1” is a Well-Tooled Engine of Entertainment
In “F1,” a snazzy piece of blockbuster engineering, Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a devotee of fast cars, beautiful women, and simple…
Meet the Futurist Re-Engineering Tech Intimacy for the 2030s and Rewriting the Code of Love in a Lonely Age
In the middle of a recent TED conference futurist Cathy Hackl captivated audiences with an experiment that explored the blurry…
Texas Instruments Announces $60B Investment to Strengthen US Tech Backbone with Analog Chip Expansion
American semiconductor giant Texas Instruments (TI) is taking one of the industry's most substantial technology leaps in recent years. The…
Gold heads for weekly fall as fewer Fed rate cut prospects weigh
GOLD prices fell on Friday and were on track for a weekly decline, as an overall stronger dollar and the prospect of fewer US interest…
Building AI Super Team? After Alexender Wang, Meta in Discussion to Hire Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross
Mark Zuckerberg-led technology giant Meta is stepping up its game to lead the race of artificial intelligence. After acquiring a 49% stake…
HSBC names new Head of Wealth and Premier Solutions for Singapore
HSBC announced on Friday (Jun 20) that it has appointed Ishan Sarkar as the bank’s new head of wealth and premier solutions (WPS). He will…
Slow rate hikes could cause wage-price spiral, Bank of Japan paper says
Hiking interest rates only gradually as raw material costs rise could heighten the risk of an upward spiral in wages and consumer prices,…
Air India warned for flying Airbus planes with unchecked escape slides
India’s aviation regulator has warned Air India for breaching safety rules after three of its Airbus planes flew despite being overdue…
How Pop Mart’s Labubu became a monster of a business
LABUBU is a little doll in fleecy, bunny-eared onesies whose coffee-bean eyes hover above a serrated row of smiling teeth. Ostensibly an…
JPMorgan, Macquarie bet on S-Reits amid falling borrowing costs, MAS mandates
Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) could gain from falling interest rates, particularly those with a domestic focus,…
China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected in June
China kept benchmark lending rates unchanged as expected on Friday, after Beijing rolled out sweeping monetary easing measures a month…
Stock to watch: SingPost
The following company saw new developments that may affect trading of its securities on Friday (Jun 20): Singapore Post (SingPost): The…
Singapore’s banking hub has a corner where cash is still king
In the heart of Singapore, a financial hub where billions of dollars zip around the world over computer screens in nanoseconds, there’s a…
Singapore’s banking hub has a busy corner where cash is still king
In the heart of Singapore, a financial hub where billions of dollars zip around the world over computer screens in nanoseconds, there’s a…
Replace Fear with Focus: How Meditation Changed My Leadership
Fear is a natural human emotion, but I’ve learned not to let it control my life. While we can’t stop ourselves from feeling scared, we can…
MOF says SRS withdrawal process ‘can be improved’; to work with banks
The government will work with Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) bank operators to improve the process of withdrawing funds from their…
Finance ministry says SRS withdrawal process ‘can be improved’, will work with banks on this
The government will work with Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) bank operators to smoothen account holders’ process of withdrawing…
SpaceX Starship explodes on Texas launch pad
A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded during a routine ground test in Texas late on Wednesday, the company said, in the latest setback to…
Oil prices up nearly 3% as Israel-Iran conflict escalates, US response remains uncertain
Oil prices jumped almost 3 per cent on Thursday as a week-old air war between Israel and Iran escalated and uncertainty about potential US…
Europe: Shares dive as Middle East tensions, US involvement fears weigh
EUROPEAN shares skidded to an over one-month low on Thursday as escalating Middle East tensions and fears over potential US involvement…
Driverless disruption: Tech titans gird for robotaxi wars with new factory and territories
As three key players vie for dominance, the race to put driverless taxis on roads across the country is heating up. Waymo, owned by…