Kristi Noem Fired—and Immediately Rehired—Someone Over a Blanket
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for pink-slipping a Coast Guard pilot and then rehiring them moments later, over a blanket. Noem and her expired-special-employee…
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Trump Official Who Helped Kill USAID Now Using Its Funds for Himself
CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott equivocated, saying that pushing a woman to the ground “can be” considered a de-escalation tactic, “depending on the circumstances.” “I don’t know what…
Eileen Gu’s Terrible Choice
Gu skis for China, a choice that is a little like deciding to represent a fascist country during the 1930s. Source link
Epstein Was in Touch With Trump Team Just Before Inauguration
CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott equivocated, saying that pushing a woman to the ground “can be” considered a de-escalation tactic, “depending on the circumstances.” “I don’t know what…
Lendlease Global Commercial Reit posts 3.1% increase in H1 DPU to S$0.0185
The manager of Lendlease Global Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) on Friday (Feb 13) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of S$0.0185 for the first half ended Dec 31, 2025.…
The Download: an exclusive chat with Jim O’Neill, and the surprising truth about heists
Over the past year, Jim O’Neill has become one of the most powerful people in public health. As the US deputy health secretary, he holds two roles at the top of the country’s federal…
Video: The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job Growth
new video loaded: The Hidden Number Driving U.S. Job Growth After a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly positive. Ben…
Transcript: Trump Is a Weak, Failing President—Dems Should Act Like It
Tomasky: They truly do. I don’t think they have to make a series of awful choices between: “Do we go left, or do we go center?” I talk a little bit about that debate in the piece, too.…
Offer for Low Keng Huat closes with 96.88% valid acceptances
The special-purpose vehicle will exercise its right to compulsorily acquire all remaining shares at the offer price of S$0.78 a share The privatisation offer for construction and property…
The Week: The Nancy Guthrie Disappearance
Plus: Trump rolls back climate regulations. Source link
Congress Has Always Held the Power over Tariffs
The House has finally rebuked President Trump over his unilateral trade war. Source link
‘Save China and Save America’: The Road Not Taken
A century-old correspondence portends the challenges the U.S. still faces in Asia. Source link
Wuthering Lows: A Grossly Sexualized Brontë Adaptation
Emerald Fennell continues her soft-core feminism. Source link
Hin Leong liquidator succeeds in High Court bid to wind up Yuantai Fuel Trading
During the Friday morning hearing, the bunker firm did not raise any objections to the order The High Court granted a winding-up order against local bunker firm Yuantai Fuel Trading on…
How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
If all politics is spectacle in the era of Donald Trump, few episodes illustrate this more vividly than that created by Republican governors who bused asylum-seeking immigrants from their…
Instead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds
Early last year, polls and media commentary suggested that crime would be the defining issue of the New York City mayoral race. Then, Zohran Mamdani’s campaign started to take off. By the…
The myth of the high-tech heist
The low-tech Louvre maneuvers were in keeping with what heist research long ago concluded. In 2014 US nuclear weapons researchers at Sandia National Laboratories took a detour into this…
Tuck Lee Ice sues for S$500,000 over alleged ‘wrongful’ re-directing of search results
An online search for its name last year would show the results diverted and redirected to Superior Products Asia’s corporate name and website Ice supplier Tuck Lee Ice has sued Superior…
Singapore stocks falter on Friday; STI down 1.6%
Singapore shares ended lower on Friday (Feb 13), tracking losses on regional indices. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) fell 1.6 per cent or 78.98 points to 4,937.78. Meanwhile, the…
iFast unveils ‘Truly Global Business Model’, rebrands FSMOne to FSM Global
The group is repositioning itself to view its customers as international – not just from the markets in which it operates Digital bank and wealth management platform iFast has unveiled its…
New MAS-MTI Growth Capital Workgroup aims to close gap between private capital and public listings
Led by Chee Hong Tat, the group includes top executives from GIC, Temasek and DBS, along with public and private sector representatives A newly formed workgroup aimed at enhancing…
Lum Chang Creations receives SGX nod for mainboard transfer from Catalist
Lum Chang Creations (LCC) on Friday (Feb 13) received in-principal approval from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to transfer from the Catalist bourse to the mainboard. LCC managing director…
China is snapping up overseas assets again, from Puma to metals
The turnaround is gathering momentum after a prolonged lull that began in the mid to late 2010s After Beijing slammed them shut about a decade ago, the gates have flung open again for…
Chinese automakers’ need for speed comes with a price
IN RECENT years, Chinese carmakers, particularly those focused on electric vehicles (EVs), have hit the accelerator on new model launches with an eye on grabbing a larger share of China’s…