The New Massive Resistance
Violent mobs have no legitimate part to play in our democratic republic, not in Oxford, Miss., in 1962, not in Los Angeles, Calif., in 2025. Source link
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Congress Should Update Trump’s International Tax Relief
As the Senate considers the House’s tax bill, it should remember that international changes to the tax code in 2017 were also helpful for economic growth. Source link
Law firms have a new way to attract clients and talent: Stand up to Trump
Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Elite law firms like Paul Weiss and Jenner & Block may not advertise in traditional…
Maybank downgrades Thai retail sector on weak sales, consumption
Maybank Investment Bank has downgraded Thailand’s retail sector to “neutral” amid weak consumption and falling same store sales growth (SSSG). The bank’s analyst, Suttatip Peerasub, added…
Emirates to hire 5,000 cabin crew amid expansion drive
Dubai’s Emirates airline is looking to hire 5,000 new cabin crew globally this year, with a recruitment roadshow set in Singapore next week, as the group embarks on fleet expansion plans.…
How Trump’s Obsession With Weight Explains His Misrule
When President Donald Trump addressed Army troops June 10 at Fort Bragg, his audience was screened for political leanings and physical appearance. “No fat soldiers,” read one unit-level…
Ranked-Choice Voting in NYC Faces Its Make-or-Break Moment
“We are seeing more mayoral candidates talk about ranked-choice voting earlier,” she said. “It’s more of a dialog with the voters. It also means the candidates themselves reach out and…
Celine Song’s “Materialists” Tries to Subvert the Rom-Com
In Lucy’s line of work, everything begins with the quantitative. Client lists of nonnegotiables read like a barrage of demographic data, familiar to anyone who has ever used a dating app:…
Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future
While there’s a sprawling patchwork of ideas and philosophies powering these visions, three features play a central role, says Adam Becker, a science writer and astrophysicist: an…
Novo Nordisk overtakes SAP as Europe’s most valuable company
Novo Nordisk reclaimed its position as Europe’s most valuable public company, overtaking software developer SAP. Shares in the Danish drugmaker climbed as much as 2.3 per cent on…
Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth About Stephen Miller’s Ugly, Hateful Aims
Stephen Miller had a shouting match Thursday with a GOP senator over Miller’s demand for massive funds for deportations, which Republicans are debating right now. Yet at around the same…
Here’s what food and drug regulation might look like under the Trump administration
Perhaps that could change. At his confirmation hearing, Makary told senators he planned to evaluate school lunches, seed oils, and food dyes. “Maybe three years from now the FDA will…
Middle East tensions hit Asian and Asean markets; oil and gold prices spike
A wave of geopolitical panic swept across Asian markets on Friday (Jun 13), after Israel launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, stoking fears of a wider regional…
Pop Mart’s 200% stock rally spurs rush to hike price targets
— Street analysts are rushing to raise price targets on Pop Mart International Group following the success of its Labubu dolls. At least…
Unagi specialist Man Man’s Singapore operator sinks into the red less than a year after listing
Japanese food and beverage (F&B) operator Food Innovators Holdings (FIH) posted a net loss of S$4.1 million for FY2025 ended Feb 28, in a company report on Thursday (Jun 12) with its…
Jetstar Asia shutdown: Income Insurance extends ‘goodwill’ coverage outside of ticket expenses
Income Insurance said on Thursday (Jun 12) that it will offer coverage to eligible customers affected by Jetstar Asia’s upcoming shutdown, even though such events are not typically…
Singapore Airlines tumbles 2.1% after Air India plane crash
SIA holds a 25.1% stake following a merger of its full-service airline Vistara with the Indian national carrier Shares of Singapore Airlines (SIA) dived on Friday (Jun 13) morning after an…
Stocks to watch: SIA, Boustead, Ban Leong
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Jun 13). Singapore Airlines (SIA): An Air India plane bound for London crashed moments…
Global EV sales rise in May as China hits 2025 peak: Rho Motion
GLOBAL sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 24 per cent in May compared with the same period a year ago, as strength in China offset slower growth in North America, according…
Google says it has resolved global service outage impacting multiple platforms
ABET’S Google said on Thursday it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as music streamer Spotify and instant…
Judge questions Trump's use of troops in California
A federal judge seemed skeptical of President Trump's ability to deploy the National Guard to quell unrest in Los Angeles over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying…
Oil settles lower as traders gauge Middle East tensions
Oil prices settled slightly lower on Thursday as traders booked profits from a 4 per cent rally in the prior session, driven by concerns that worsening tensions in the Middle East could…
The AI fluency gap is growing. Are you keeping up?
The energy has shifted in 2025. You can feel it too, right? AI used to be this shiny side project, something people would experiment with in their spare time. There’s been a massive…
US: Stocks close higher as bond yields retreat
Wall Street stocks finished higher on Thursday following a choppy session as markets weighed worries about US trade tariffs with benign inflation data and a positive Treasury bond…