Trump nominates former Fed official Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair
Move signals a potential pivot towards lower rates as US president puts his stamp on American economy — President Donald Trump on Friday…
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SGX to launch three new SDRs on Feb 2, including Chinese gold producer Zijin Gold
Singapore Depository Receipts’ daily turnover grows 10 times year on year to S$12 million The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is launching three new Singapore Depository Receipt (SDR) counters –…
The Week: The Alex Pretti Aftermath
Plus: America’s historically low murder rate. Source link
Hollywood’s Academy Commits 16 Sins
Embarrassing stats for the mediocre Sinners. Source link
Bozell at 100
The National Review editor and Goldwater ghostwriter showed the importance of principles — and reexamining them. Source link
The Government Can Do Better Than Trump Accounts
Encouraging savings from a young age is a worthy aim, but families don’t need another entitlement program. Source link
President Trump, Don’t Go Soft on Woke Capital
Washington must depoliticize the market and turn ‘passive-aggressive’ holders like BlackRock back into the passive investors they claim to be. Source link
Britain’s Chagos Deal Can’t Go Forward Without U.S. Consent
Thanks to a 60-year-old agreement, the U.K. cannot legally surrender the islands to Mauritius unless the U.S. approves. Source link
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Campaigning to Get ICE Out of US Cities
The first Trump administration, and the tech industry that stood up to it, are both looking quainter by the day. Here’s one example: In 2017, when President Trump issued a series of…
Transcript: Trumpworld at War over ICE as MAGA Erupts: “Race Traitor!”
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 30 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. A clip on Trumpworld sinking into finger-pointing is here. Greg…
Swatch flags positive sales momentum, lifting shares
Swatch Group said on Friday (Jan 30) its sales momentum was picking up in the last quarter of 2025 and into 2026, sending its shares up over 7 per cent despite its full-year…
Jane Birkin and the Art of Authenticity
She was refreshingly unique, in a way that’s difficult to approximate today. She did not formulate her image to maximize clicks and likes and engagement. Yet, however much of Birkin’s…
What Bari Weiss Doesn’t Get About CBS News
The Free Press, the site she soon built in her own image, catered to people who agreed with her and who believed, preposterously, that the Times was too hard on Israel and too soft on…
Trump’s First National Bank of Scams Is Coming
Why does World Liberty Financial want a trust bank? Because the GENIUS Act passed last July subjected fintech to various options for regulatory oversight, of which the least burdensome is…
Netflix’s Conquest of Hollywood is Complete
As is the case with so many tech platforms, Netflix has simply re-created twentieth-century technology for the digital age, and made it worse. In truth, Netflix is a global television…
Lim Kok Thay appointed as new RWS chairman, director
The 74-year-old billionaire is acting CEO of Genting Singapore, and son of Genting founder Lim Goh Tong Genting Singapore announced on Friday (Jan 30) that it has appointed its acting CEO,…
Deice responsibly: Why you shouldn’t oversalt your driveway or sidewalk (and what to do instead)
Snow has returned to the Philadelphia region, and along with it, the white residues on streets and sidewalks that result from the overapplication of deicers such as sodium chloride, or…
STI tracks overnight Wall Street declines as it slides 0.5%
Across the broader market, decliners beat gainers 365 to 228, with 1.6 billion securities worth about S$2.1 billion changing hands Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI) dropped on Friday…
How the sometimes-weird world of lifespan extension is gaining influence
My reporting has also made me realize that the current interest in longevity reaches beyond social media influencers and wellness centers. Longevity clinics are growing in number, and…
Trump-GOP Panic Over ICE Grows as MAGA Goes Off Rails: “Race Traitor!”
President Trump and the GOP are in a growing panic over ICE. Trump’s advisers are sinking into recriminations. Republican officials are publicly admitting that his immigration agenda…
Should you eat snow cream? Opinions differ on the social-media-fueled winter confection
A major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow to parts of the East Coast this weekend. Amid freezing temperatures, many will be hunkering down and sipping hot cocoa by the fire or…
The surprising reason why women are using AI less often than men
A decade ago, when Claire Burgi moved to New York City, she decided to cut meat out of her diet. The 33-year-old actor and audiobook narrator, who lives in Queens, grew up in California,…
These three toxic power moves kill meetings
Meetings are breeding grounds for three highly toxic power moves: AMPLIFICATION: The boss speaks, and suddenly it’s gospel. People start self-censoring, sugarcoating bad news, and…
South-east Asia seeks data centre investments – but must reckon with their thirst
With rapid data centre growth straining the region’s water supply, the race is on for alternative water sources and cooling technologies. Soaring AI demand has brought hefty data centre…