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Kids aren’t reading for pleasure—and more than tech is to blame
A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of…
What to Make of the Mother Who Made You
It is hard to overstate the literary impact, in 1997, of Arundhati Roy’s début novel, “The God of Small Things.” A family drama set in a…
CICT should up retail property exposure and reduce exposure to office spaces.
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT) – the Republic’s oldest and largest real estate investment trust (Reit) – offers investors…
Is Ghosting Inevitable?
Any new technology created for the purpose of human connection also creates an opportunity for novel forms of missed connection: the…
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Have Made Republican Senators Look Like Chumps
Pete Hegseth, then the nominee for Defense secretary, promised Joni Ernst he would make the conducting and passing of an audit at the…
Trump’s Tariff Losses Are a Moment of Reckoning for the Supreme Court
The court even included a reference to Chief Justice John Roberts’s landmark ruling in 2012 that upheld the Affordable Care Act. Tariffs,…
Trump Is Our True National Emergency
Some judges have indeed started saying to the Trump administration, in effect, Cut the shit. “Blind deference to the government?” said…
BlackRock loses US$17 billion mandate at Dutch pension fund PFZW
BlackRock has lost a mandate worth US$17 billion with one of the largest pension funds in the Netherlands, amid concerns the world’s…
UK cement production drops to lowest levels since 1950s
UK cement production has fallen to its lowest level since 1950, putting the government's house building plan at risk, a trade body has…
NFL star Josh Allen is rewriting the ambassador playbook
Reigning National Football League MVP Josh Allen met Therabody founder and chiropractic doctor Jason Wersland at his first Buffalo Bills…
Major liners’ Ebit margins expected to turn negative in H2 2025
The average earnings margins for the liner businesses of major ocean shipping companies fell to 8.4 per cent in the quarter to June, as…
Major sea carriers’ Ebit margins expected to turn negative in H2 2025
The average earnings margins for the liner businesses of major ocean shipping companies fell to 8.4 per cent in the quarter to June, as…
Trump says 11 killed in US strike on drug-carrying vessel from Venezuela
Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, White House President Donald Trump says the US has carried out a strike against a drug-carrying vessel in the…
Thai bonds defy global drop as political crisis fuels rate bets
Thailand’s deepening political crisis is insulating its bonds from the global rout, as growing expectations of further interest-rate cuts…
Jackie Chan’s ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ Lands U.K. Distribution Deal With Trinity CineAsia (EXCLUSIVE)
Trinity CineAsia has secured U.K. distribution rights to Jackie Chan‘s latest action hit “The Shadow’s Edge,” setting an Oct. 3 theatrical…
Trump’s Angry, Crazed Rants to Media Unnerve Legal Experts: “Very Bad”
President Trump suffered a major loss Tuesday when a federal judge in California ruled that his military occupation of Los Angeles was…
The connected customer
As brands compete for increasingly price conscious consumers, customer experience (CX) has become a decisive differentiator. Yet many…
Chinese Zara rival Urban Revivo steps up global push with new stores in fashion capitals
China’s Urban Revivo will open a nearly 2,700-square-metre store in London on Wednesday (Sep 3), its second in the city this year, as the…
Building the AI-enabled enterprise of the future
“This is one of those inflection points where I don’t think anybody really has a full view of the significance of the change this is going…
Singapore lists air turbulence as key safety risk in new report
Singapore has pledged to strengthen aviation safety practices around in-flight turbulence after two accidents last year that resulted in…
How to turn your inner critic into a powerful force for growth
Anxiety and ambition often go hand in hand—but we rarely talk about that openly, especially in the context of leadership. Morra…
Anurag Kashyap’s Amazon MGM Studios Film ‘Nishaanchi’ Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Amazon MGM Studios India has unveiled the trailer for “Nishaanchi,” an action-packed entertainer from acclaimed director Anurag Kashyap…
EXCLUSIVE: Jacquemus Pops the Champagne With Veuve Clicquot
PARIS — Between well-received collections, ongoing international expansion and an upcoming first fragrance, Simon Porte Jacquemus has…