Trump DOJ Courting Chaos in Effort to Install New Virginia U.S. Attorney
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Megadoc Scrutinizes Coppola’s Art-and-Politics Folly
A close-up report on Millennial ambition and failure. Source link
When ambiguity is a better strategy than clarity
Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, declared, “Clear communication is necessary to management success.” The paradigmatic virtues of clarity and completeness have long guided how we define…
Free Speech Is the Antidote to Political Violence
For two decades and more, anarchists and members of the Industrial Workers of the World, or IWW, had engaged in a wild set of bombings and assassinations, from Haymarket Square in Chicago…
The Supreme Court’s Trump Enablers May Have Screwed Themselves
During and prior to this second Trump administration, Republican-appointed judges and justices rejected his efforts to overturn the 2020 election over 60 times. In April and May of this…
Why Won’t Farmers Rebel Against Trumponomics? Because They’re Rich.
Sarah Taber, a farmer who ran for commissioner of agriculture in North Carolina as a Democrat last year, has a YouTube channel where she talks about these issues. In one recent dispatch,…
Werner Herzog Is Ready for the Post-Truth World
In Herzog’s own words, truth is “an uncertain journey … into the unknown, into a vast twilight forest, that gives our lives meaning and purpose,” a pursuit that “distinguishes us from the…
OCBC appoints Carina Lee as new group chief risk officer
OCBC has appointed Carina Lee – its current group chief credit officer for the wholesale banking business – as its new group chief risk officer, with effect from Jan 1, 2026. Lee succeeds…
The AI Hype Index: Cracking the chatbot code
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of…
Norma Kamali wants AI to keep hallucinating
When using AI, most of us worry about the technology hallucinating—telling us lies, misinformation, or nonsense that it presents as fact. But legendary fashion designer Norma Kamali has no…
Trump’s Angry, Unhinged Tirades at UN Rattle Experts: “Really Crazy”
President Trump gave a speech to the United Nations on Tuesday that was a geopolitical and psychological dumpster fire. In addition to signaling absolute contempt for our allies and for…
UBS boosts payouts for US wealth advisers amid intense hiring battle
The move comes after UBS lost several high-profile US wealth adviser teams to rivals or independence UBS Group is raising the payouts earned by its wealth advisers in the US, with the aim…
Are girl dads the best bosses?
A number of people online are declaring that some of the best bosses in the workforce are middle-aged dads who have daughters. The reason? Male bosses with daughters are more likely to see…
Alibaba to open new data centres; unveils most powerful AI model
The expansion comes as the company positions AI, which includes cloud, as a core business priority alongside its traditional e-commerce operations Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba said…
Australian central bank blasts ASX for trading settlement failures
The Australian Securities Exchange must make “foundational changes” to its governance, culture and risk management after last year’s trading settlement failure, the country’s central bank…
In return to ABC show, Kimmel denies he was making fun of Kirk assassination
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night television show Tuesday night after nearly a week-long suspension with a monologue filled with jokes and a smattering of choked-back, teary…
Adelita Grijalva wins special congressional election to succeed her father in southern Arizona
Southern Arizona voters on Tuesday chose Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, a progressive Democrat who represented the state for more than two…
Cathie Wood buys Alibaba after four years in China comeback
The stakes are worth about US$16.3 million in total, according to the funds’ holdings reports Cathie Wood’s funds reopened positions in Alibaba Group Holding for the first time in four…
Trump administration rehires hundreds of laid-off employees sacked in Musk's cost-cutting blitz
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. Source link
Singtel’s Optus appoints veteran to lead independent review of emergency calls outage
Singapore telco says it is ‘deeply sorry’ about the incident that is linked to three deaths The board of Australian telecommunications company Optus has appointed Dr Kerry Schott to lead…
RFK Jr. Committee’s Decision on Vaccines Much Ado About Nothing (So Far)
The recent meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices change almost nothing about early childhood vaccination. For now. Source link
Stocks to watch: Seatrium, Food Empire, Frasers Property, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, Keppel
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Sep 24): Seatrium: The offshore, marine and energy engineering solutions provider…
China rare earths issue remains unresolved, US lawmaker says
Beijing has used its position as a strategic lever as trade tensions with the Trump administration escalated earlier this year The US-China dispute over Beijing’s control of rare earth…
YouTube to reinstate creators banned over misinformation
YOUTUBE is set to reinstate creators previously banned for promoting Covid-19 misinformation and false election-related content, according to a letter sent on Tuesday by parent company…