Posts by Swedan Margen
How Test Engineers Decide What Counts as Good Enough
The statistical reasoning is sound, even if the ingestion test’s verisimilitude is a little hand-wavy. Bird populations change; migratory patterns, or what experts call “waves of biomass,” are fickle. In almost half of the bird-strike incidents investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, the turbine’s charnel house is so messy that the culprit’s species remains anybody’s…
Read MoreHow Lists Became Our Greatest Defense Against Endless Slop
In his 1996 essay “I’ve Got a Little List,” the novelist William Gass identified our predilection for rankings as an “obsess[ion] with hierarchies.” But while our capacity to categorize and rank is a basic feature of human cognition—determining favorites and preferences is a standard part of childhood development—the current glut of best-of rankings indicates a…
Read MoreA Woman with a Past
The better I knew Laura, the more I puzzled at her pure-heartedness. Life had wounded yet somehow not embittered her. She believed in love, and her capacity for loving was like a boxer’s heavy bag, sturdy and inured to blows. You could confide your chagrins to her knowing she wouldn’t try to assuage them with…
Read MoreCase calls for law on prepayments as True group’s consumer losses soar to S$3.78 million
Total year-to-date prepaid package losses jump 147% to S$6.7 million from $2.7 million in 2025 [SINGAPORE] Amid a wave of abrupt business closures in the fitness and wellness sectors, the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) is urging the government to introduce mandatory safeguards to protect consumers against prepayment losses, which have surged to nearly $6.7…
Read MoreSouth-east Asia’s LNG hunger sparks caution over volatile prices, infra gaps
Observers call for faster shift away from ‘roller coaster’ fuel after major supply disruptions [SINGAPORE, BANGKOK] South-east Asia’s demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is expanding even in the wake of the US-Iran war, but concerns loom over price volatility and infrastructure gaps, industry players and analysts told The Business Times. Leong Wei Hung, CEO…
Read MoreProgressives’ Performative Billionaire-Bashing Hurts the Cities They Govern | National Review
Ken Griffin just made the largest gift to U.S. higher education in history. He chose Miami. Source link
Read MoreIs Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust’s manager-internalisation deal the key to reviving S-Reits?
Some view manager-internalisation as a ‘nuclear option’, but Sert is demonstrating that it is also a constructive growth-oriented strategy [SINGAPORE] When Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust (Sert) flagged in August that the internalisation of its managers was on the cards, this column warned that the move might alienate minority investors and do little to boost the…
Read MoreThe Question of Emissions Liability Finally Heads to the Right Court | National Review
Suncor comes before the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve an issue only it can handle. Source link
Read MoreThe Minneapolis City Council Auto Know Better | National Review
Driverless cars do not need drivers. Source link
Read MoreMike Lawler Plants His Flag on Common Ground | National Review
The Republican congressman, running for reelection in a blue-tinted district, discusses polarization and compromise with NR. Source link
Read MoreOpec+ set to keep November oil output targets steady amid Iran war disruptions: sources
Published Sun, Oct 4, 2026 · 04:35 PM [LONDON/MOSCOW] Opec+ is set to keep oil production targets steady for November, three sources close to the matter said ahead of the group’s meeting on Sunday (Oct 4). Gulf Opec+ producers have been pumping well below output targets in the face of continuing export disruptions from the…
Read MoreThakral looks to unlock value through lifestyle spinoff listing, India expansion
With the group’s revenue rising 18% in H1, its boss believes now is the right time for an IPO [SINGAPORE] Inderbethal Singh Thakral, CEO of mainboard-listed conglomerate Thakral , has seen the family business evolve significantly since it was founded more than a century ago in 1905. Established by his grandfather as a small textile…
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