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Can You Really Live One Day at a Time?
This summer, I reread the novel “Aurora,” by Kim Stanley Robinson, a science-fiction writer whom I profiled a few years ago. Robinson has…
Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
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Appeals court rejects Trump bid to unseat Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook
A federal appeals court Monday rejected President Trump's move to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook. Source link
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The Atlantic’s Court Historian
Jill Lepore cuts corners in her case against originalism. Source link
Business
Elon Musk's xAI lays off 500 people training its Grok chatbot
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has laid off 500 workers from its data annotation team, which helps train its Grok…
Politics
White House vows government will crush left-wing 'terrorist' networks after Kirk slaying
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller vowed Monday that the Trump administration will do everything in its power to root out the…
Business
Alphabet hits US$3 trillion in market capitalisation for first time
Class A shares of the company were up 4.6% at US$251.88, while Class C shares climbed 4.5% to US$252.3 Google-parent Alphabet hit a market…
Politics
Trump seems to claim TikTok deal ahead of Wednesday deadline
President Trump, who years ago led the charge to ban TikTok from the U.S., seemed to claim credit for saving it in a move he said should…
Business
With stock purchase, Elon Musk signals confidence in Tesla's self-driving tech
In a move that boosted Tesla’s stock in midday trading on Monday, it was revealed that Chief Executive Elon Musk purchased approximately…
Business
SIA Group’s passenger traffic up 5.4% in August
Passenger traffic is at 13.6 billion for the month, compared with 12.9 billion in the corresponding period last year Passenger traffic for…
Business
AI Will Destroy Entire Industries, and That’s a Good Thing
After each wave of innovation, our country has emerged more prosperous and economically capable. This time will be no different. Source link
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Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Homecoming
In 2016, a sinuous remix of a track called “Diles” began pulsing its way through streaming services and night clubs. It featured a handful…
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How Jane Birkin Handled the Problem of Beauty
In Agnès Varda’s film “Jane B. par Agnès V.,” from 1988, a nearly forty-year-old Jane Birkin, dressed in jeans, a white T-shirt, and a…
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Maira Kalman’s “Stéphane Mallarmé with Shawl”
The artist Maira Kalman has always had an idiosyncratic approach to defining elegance, having co-authored a book titled “(un)Fashion,” and…
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In Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, a Dynasty Comes Home
That’s meant to be remedied by Calder Gardens, a new institution taking shape in a half-buried berm on the Parkway, not far from that…
Business
Fading Labubu frenzy wipes US$13 billion from Pop Mart shares
Despite the slide, the Chinese toymaker is still up more than 180% year-to-date and remains the top performer on the Hang Seng Index The…
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Gold prices steady near record high ahead of Fed rate decision
The US central bank’s policy meeting this week comes amid challenges, including a legal dispute over its leadership and efforts to confirm…
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Kirk assassination unleashes global groundswell of support, Erika Kirk vows to carry on legacy
The breadth and depth of support for Charlie Kirk was on full display over the weekend as political leaders, activists and mourners around…
Politics
New Developments in Trump’s Attempt to Fire a Fed Board Member
It’s likely that Lisa Cook will prevail in the short term, for three reasons. Source link
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Bondi, DOJ overhaul immigration rulings to clamp down on bogus asylum claims
The Trump administration this month has quietly rewritten the rulebook for illegal immigrants looking to make asylum claims in the U.S.,…
Business
Brookfield in talks to buy Yes! Communities from Singapore’s GIC in US$10 billion deal, FT reports
Denver-based Yes! manages tens of thousands of factory-built affordable homes in the US Brookfield Asset Management is in talks to acquire…
Business
SGX’s new index needs clear differentiators to avoid being ‘just another index’, say analysts
While it can raise the profile of larger non-STI stocks and attract fund products, analysts call for more clarity on criteria for…
Politics
Public Schools Are Trampling Religious Liberty and Failing Our Kids
We must change laws and policies, but more importantly, we must change hearts and minds. Source link
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A Tiny Cambodian Spot Packs an Outsized Punch
Bong (the name comes from a Khmer term of kinship and respect) is run by the Cambodian chef Chakriya Un, who was born in a Thai refugee…
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What I Wanted, What I Got
The popular girl at my elementary school—let’s call her Denise—was not blond like Barbie but pretty in a conventional manner I envied. She…