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ChatGPT is coming for your job. This sounds dire, but we’ve been here before. Source link
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China's central bank injects 700 billion yuan of outright reverse repos in May
Market participants are closely watching for signals on when the PBOC will resume purchases of its own government bonds China’s central…
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Domestic Ship-Production Rule Hinders National Defense
Allowing American companies to use foreign-built ships for cabotage would lower shipping costs and encourage trade. Source link
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Wes Anderson Shows How the World Works
The Phoenician Scheme reminds us what matters. Source link
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William F. Buckley Jr.: The Most Influential Journalist in American History
It is hard to imagine the history of the country and its political cycles having gone the way they did without his enormous influence.…
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Don’t Increase Taxes and Crowd Out Civil Society
Institutions of civil society should not become the newest source of revenue for a Congress unwilling to confront its spending problem.…
Business
DFI Retail Group divests 22.2% stake in Robinsons Retail for undisclosed sum
The divestment will enable DFI to redeploy capital to support growth and enhance shareholder returns across its subsidiaries, says group…
Business
MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions expands Singapore production facility
Electronics manufacturer, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, announced on Friday (May 30) the completion of its expanded production…
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Singapore stocks fall as Trump tariffs resume for now; STI retreats 0.6%
Local equities ended Friday (May 30) lower, after an appeals court in the United States paused a ruling that blocked President Donald…
Celebrity
JAFF Market Returns for Second Edition as Strategic Platform for Indonesian Cinema
The Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) is gearing up for the second edition of JAFF Market at the Jogja Expo Center in Yogyakarta.…
Business
Fuji Offset Plates Manufacturing shares jump 67% after former Dyna-Mac CEO AC Lim buys S$4.5 million stake
It appears former Dyna-Mac chairman and chief executive Lim Ah Cheng – better known in the industry as AC Lim – is working his magic…
Culture
Rashid Johnson’s Own “Poem for Deep Thinkers”
It’s an epic display of small ideas. But what gives the exhibition its coherence is Johnson’s consistent—if tonally varied—engagement with…
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The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat
For out of this modern civilization economic royalists carved new dynasties. New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over…
Culture
John Singer Sargent’s Scandalous “Madame X”
Summer is a season ripe for scandal; people tend to be overheated and understimulated, looking to mist their crisping minds with idle…
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Lawmakers No Longer Understand the American Family
The fix has been in, for a long time, in favor of those who marry and have children. In times past, this was just a temporary irritant,…
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Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Embraces the Modest Pleasures
Love him or hate him, Anderson’s cinema is instantly recognizable; his frames are like calling cards. I myself have felt that Anderson has…
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A New Working-Class GOP? If “Working-Class” Means $4.3 Million a Year!
So much for a new, “populist” Republican Party. So much for the GOP as a brave band of fiscally prudent, anti-deficit hawks. The “Big,…
Fashion
Joint venture by Boustead Projects’ unit clinches JTC tender to develop industrial facility on Tukang Innovation Drive site
The site is the first under the Industrial Government Land Sales Programme to be awarded with an additional three years of lease A joint…
Culture
EMA grants conditional licence to RGE, TotalEnergies’ Indonesian solar project to import electricity to Singapore
The Energy Market Authority (EMA) on Friday (May 30) granted a conditional licence to Singa Renewables, a joint venture (JV) between RGE…
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Russell Brand pleads not guilty to rape and assault
Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault at a court hearing in London. The…
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Russell Brand Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Rape and Sexual Assault in London Court Hearing
Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault. The comedian and actor appeared at London’s Southwark Crown…
Business
Way Chicer Than Any Old T-Shirt, This Top Trend Makes Jeans and Skirts Look So Pretty
Reliable they might be but I have to admit, I find that white T-shirts aren't quite as versatile as they claim to be. While they look…
Lifestyle
Maternal mental health needs more peer-reviewed research—not RFK’s journal ban
This week, JAMA Internal Medicine published the results of a large new study that tracked mothers’ health from 2016 to 2023. It found that…