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Trump Has a Bonkers New Rating System for Private Companies
Donald Trump’s loyalty test is stretching far beyond the confines of the White House. The Trump administration has released a scorecard to…
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Politics
Why Is Senator Bringing Up Slavery-Era Rule to Discuss the Census?
Senator Bill Hagerty is dusting off the Three-Fifths Compromise as precedent for his bill to exclude undocumented immigrants from the U.S.…
Politics
Transcript: Dems Need Fresh Faces, Achievable Ideas to Defeat Trumpism
Greenberg: Yeah. And it’s interesting and important strategically, but it’s not that interesting morally. It’s all functionally the same.…
News
Defense Department Uses AI-Generated Images to Brag About Recruitment
In May, Rocque’s office reported that the Department of Education “had withheld numerous documents requested by the OIG based on vague…
News
D.C. Police Chief Rebukes Pam Bondi for “Dangerous Directive”
As Washington, D.C., sues the Trump administration for attempting to install DEA Administrator Terrance Cole as the Metropolitan Police…
Politics
Trump Is Ready to Invade U.S. Ally if It Doesn’t Cave to His Demands
The White House has authorized the Pentagon to use military force against Latin American drug cartels—but the sweeping directive also…
Politics
You’ll Never Guess What Trump’s ICE Used Your Tax Dollars For
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is so desperate to look cool, they’ve gone full Pimp My Ride—at the taxpayer’s expense. A cringey…
Politics
RFK Jr. Is Breaking His Two Big Promises to MAHA Diehards
The true believers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement are fuming over a New York Times report Friday, which…
Politics
Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Obsession Is Getting Way Out of Hand
In lieu of actually promoting peace, Donald Trump has reportedly resorted to begging for a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. The U.S.…
Business
US: Dow hits record high at open on rate-cut optimism, UnitedHealth boost
The blue-chip Dow opened at a record high on Friday (Aug 15), as UnitedHealth’s shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake in…
News
D.C. Gives the Middle Finger to Trump AG Pam Bondi’s Police Power Grab
Pam Bondi, however, thinks the incident is no laughing matter. In fact, by her lights, Dunn’s sandwich throwing is the deep state…
Politics
House Dems Accuse Trump of Blocking Agency Oversight Efforts
Pam Bondi, however, thinks the incident is no laughing matter. In fact, by her lights, Dunn’s sandwich throwing is the deep state…
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Second attempt to privatise FHT succeeds with 99.2% of units represented in favour
A second attempt to privatise Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT) succeeded on Friday (Aug 15), after stapled security holders approved the…
Politics
Singapore shares extend losses ahead of Trump-Putin peace talks; STI down 0.6%
Local equities finished Friday (Aug 15) lower, extending a two-day losing streak, as markets awaited peace talks between US President…
Politics
Trump’s DOJ Seems Awfully Nervous About the Tariff Lawsuits
The plaintiffs’ response was short and curt. Perhaps the lawyers who drafted it knew the judges would see Sauer’s pseudo-intimidation…
Business
The 10 Percent Is in a Fit of Rage Over Airport Lounges
Our topic today, however, is the rage of what Barbara and John Ehrenreich once labeled the professional-managerial class. This cohort,…
News
Cash Payments Were Never Meant to Be a Cure-All for Poor Americans
More important, this study has to be evaluated within a large body of qualitative and quantitative evidence that shows cash payments to…
News
Who Said It: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or The Simpsons’ Dr. Nick?
Unlike Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current head of the Department of Health and Human Services, The Simpsons’ boisterous, goateed Dr. Nick…
Politics
Democrats Need Fresh Faces and Achievable Ideas to Defeat Trumpism
The Democratic Party’s poll numbers are so bad because the party isn’t trusted to deliver on its ideas, argues Leah Greenberg,…
Business
Japan's Nikkei ends at record high as yen weakens, economy shows resilience
Japan’s Nikkei closed at an all-time high on Friday (Aug 15), as the yen weakened and data showed the nation’s economy was surprisingly…
Business
Chinese steel and coal output drop as supply pressures mount
Chinese steel and coal output fell in July, as bad weather affected operations and the government’s efforts to rein in overcapacity…
Business
Shein’s UK sales surge to £2.1 billion in 2024, boosting profits as IPO looms
Shein’s British business made £2.1 billion (S$3.7 billion) in sales in 2024, a 32.3 per cent increase from the previous year, a filing by…
Business
Mega-IPO’s 70% fall towards delisting is costly blow for Malaysia
When Facebook went public in 2012, the world’s next-largest listing that year was a company from Malaysia best known for producing cooking…
Business
Hedge funds shift bets to double down on Big Tech amid AI boom
Wall Street’s largest hedge funds, Bridgewater Associates, Tiger Global Management and Discovery Capital, increased their exposure to Big…