Trump Says America Is Full of Dummies—and MAGA Is Pissed
The Bulwark asked the Trump-owned chatbot a series of questions about the impacts of Trump’s agenda, ranging from tariffs to the insane claim that he has “solved” eight wars over the last…
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Trump’s Boat Strikes Have Cost U.S. Another Crucial Intelligence Deal
The Bulwark asked the Trump-owned chatbot a series of questions about the impacts of Trump’s agenda, ranging from tariffs to the insane claim that he has “solved” eight wars over the last…
Hong Kong’s investment firm reports HK$2 billion return in 2024
As at end-2024, the firm had used up under a fifth of its initial HK$62 billion kitty Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) generated more than HK$2 billion (S$335.5 million) in…
A record-breaking government shutdown is almost over, leaving no winners but plenty of frustration
The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as Wednesday, Day 43, with almost no one happy with the final result. Democrats didn’t get the heath insurance provisions…
L’Oréal starts three-part euro bond sale for Kering Beauté deal
The Kering Beauté acquisition marked the latest in a string of deals for the beauty giant L’Oréal is selling at least 1.5 billion euros (S$2.26 billion) of bonds in a three-part deal to…
The Download: how to survive a conspiracy theory, and moldy cities
—Mike Rothschild is a journalist and an expert on the growth and impact of conspiracy theories and disinformation. It’s something of a familiar cycle by now: Tragedy hits; rampant…
Your AI assistant might be making you worse at your job, unless it’s built right
A few years ago, when I was working at a traditional law firm, the partners gathered with us with barely any excitement. “Rejoice,” they announced, unveiling our new AI assistant that…
Transcript: Trump’s Support Among Minority Voters Has Collapsed
So Zohran won seventy-five percent among those eighteen to twenty-nine; he won sixty-five percent among those thirty to forty-four. Among those with no college degree, he won forty-two…
The Young Voters and Minorities Who Backed Trump in 2024 Hate Him Now
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here. Voters under age 30, Black voters, and…
JB Foods swings into the black with US$59.4 million H1 net profit, declares special dividend
The special dividend of S$0.028 per share is in addition to an interim dividend of S$0.002 a share JB Foods posted a net profit of US$59.4 million for the first half ended Sep 30,…
Potential CapitaLand-Mapletree merger must be examined through an ESG lens
If a deal were to happen, it could create one of Asia’s largest real estate companies A possible merger between two Temasek-linked real estate groups might require harmonising of…
The 6 most common reasons digital transformations fail
Believing that digital transformation is about changing technology is like thinking firefighting is about riding in a fire truck. Firefighting is about putting out fires to save lives and…
Frankenstein — Forever Childish
Del Toro’s remake refuses to grow up. Source link
Transcript: Trump Wrecks His Case for Tariffs as SCOTUS Rant Backfires
And what those deals mean, I think, are up for interpretation. They often mean whatever is good for Trump. And so being able to get something out of these countries personally—at the…
Congress Should Stop Passing the Buck to the Bureaucracy
The longer Congress writes laws that read like mission statements, the more frustrated voters will be when the mission goes sideways. Source link
How Social Justice Destroyed Environmentalists
The Sierra Club is a cautionary tale. Source link
The Military’s Recruiting Surge
For a few years, the all-volunteer military construct was failing. Fresh thinking, financial resources, and untold amounts of effort have turned things around. Source link
ST Engineering posts 9% rise in 9M revenue to S$9.1 billion despite impairments from subsidiary
ST Engineering posted a 9 per cent year on year rise in revenue to S$9.1 billion for the nine months ended Sep 30, on the back of strong performances across all its three business…
This wind-powered cargo ship cuts emissions by 90%. Its real win is at ports
It looks more like a racing yacht than a cargo ship. But this new 100% wind-powered vessel will soon begin bringing goods from Europe to the U.S.—and could make deliveries faster than…
The Sports-Betting Crisis is the Supreme Court’s Fault
But gambling scandals by individual players and coaches all but disappeared after the enactment of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or PASPA. Congress enacted the law in…
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
By the time fruits and vegetables finally make it to the more rural villages in the region Kawerak serves, Lizak said, they are often halfway to their expiration date, or even already…
What Happened to Effective Altruism?
D.E.: The institutional critique of effective altruism is that Peter Singer’s solution to global poverty is very individualistic, essentially leaves power as it is, and doesn’t deal with…
Remember the Republicans’ Rural Health Fund? It’s a Joke.
The grant will be dispersed over five years, and CMS will monitor how states implement their proposals, which means that many states may be reluctant to try something that could be truly…
Americans Hate AI. Will the Democrats Join Them?
Here is a clear and simple way for Democrats to transform their party’s brand to appeal to working Americans who are being crushed by high costs and angry at a system that feels rigged…