Posts by Swedan Margen
Gold eases from seven-week peak, US inflation data looms
Published Mon, Aug 10, 2026 · 01:08 PM GOLD slipped on Monday (Aug 10) as investors took profits after prices hit a seven-week high in the previous session, while markets looked to US inflation data for fresh clues on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path. Spot gold was down 0.3 per cent at US$4,330.46 per…
Read MoreThe Pyrrhic Victories of “House of the Dragon”
Season 3 of the “Game of Thrones” prequel ends with yet more bloodshed—and less of the charm that’s made Westeros worth visiting. Source link
Read MoreFOCUS-Shein finds there’s no place like China after Vietnam warehouse experiment disappoints
[HANOI/GUANGZHOU, China] Just over a year ago, Chinese ultra-fast fashion retailer Shein began leasing 15 hectares of warehouse facilities — equivalent in size to 21 football fields — near Ho Chi Minh City, part of a grand experiment to make Vietnam a major export base. When it was formulating those plans in late 2024, it…
Read MoreDBS, OCBC surge on strong H1 results but don’t overlook the potential of underdog UOB
[SINGAPORE] There was a lot riding on the financial results of DBS, OCBC and UOB last week – with some analysts calculating that the three stocks had accounted for nearly 89 per cent of the Straits Times Index’s gain since the beginning of the year, up to Jul 30. Fortunately, the three banks delivered sufficiently…
Read MoreMedia and Academia: Increasingly Irrelevant, Increasingly Distrusted | National Review
Zero to hero to zero. Source link
Read MoreIran Is Rewiring Its Proxy Network | National Review
The Islamic Republic’s preparation for renewed regional escalation is making it less vulnerable to outside attacks. Source link
Read MoreCampaign Speech Lies at the Heart of the First Amendment | National Review
That’s why it must be defended, even if doing so is unpopular. Source link
Read MoreHow Caro Claire Burke Wrote the Biggest Book of the Year
To begin with, the publisher let me know that you’re now at about 1.4 million copies sold. Does that compute? It’s a number that I think is too abstract for me to really understand at this point. I get weekly sales updates, so I’ve known that we were moving toward that. But, no, it’s insane.…
Read MoreExecutive remuneration in Singapore: Paying for what, exactly?
[SINGAPORE] In a review of remuneration practices across listed companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the Centre for Investor Protection at National University of Singapore Business School in March 2026 found that more than half, or 55.7 per cent of issuers, failed to disclose the performance metrics used to determine bonuses for executive directors. SGX’s…
Read MoreFire at Aramco’s Red Sea refinery in Jazan extinguished; no injuries reported
Aramco shut down the refinery on Jul 27 following an attack by Yemen’s Houthi militants Published Sun, Aug 9, 2026 · 01:53 PM FIREFIGHTERS extinguished a fire that broke out early on Sunday (Aug 9) at a facility at Aramco’s Jazan refinery in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Energy Ministry said, adding that there were…
Read MoreIs There a Boomer–Zoomer War? | National Review
Young people don’t believe that the status quo is setting them up for success. They feel it’s further cushioning the Boomers’ retirement. Source link
Read MoreA Foreseeable and Dire Munitions Crisis | National Review
Not only is this embarrassing, it is dangerous. Source link
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