Long-term approach needed for investing in China
SINGAPORE – China is top of investors’ minds as they try to understand its policy shift towards “common prosperity”. This idea is not new. Please subscribe or log in to continue […]
Tug of war between growth and inflation to intensify for markets
SINGAPORE – Slowing growth, rising prices, spiking interest rates. These make a nightmare scenario for financial markets. While we are not in this territory, analysts’ chatter about stagflation are injecting […]
Invest by keeping things simple
(NYTIMES) – My friends are smart and hardworking. And, much to my chagrin, most of them have no interest in personal investing. Yes, it can be confusing. Ads for new […]
Former LSD user describes people hurting themselves during bad ‘trips’
SINGAPORE – Fingers bloodied, the man tried to dig through concrete with his bare hands because he thought someone was trying to bury him, while another kept hitting his head […]
Is Okta the ultimate growth company?
Pick up Okta, Inc’s latest annual report and on page 18 comes the warning that the company has a history of losses and these will continue in the foreseeable future. […]
These homes are built with big 3D printers
(NYTIMES) – Mr Pedro Garcia Hernandez is a carpenter in the south-eastern Mexican state of Tabasco, a rainforest-shrouded region of the country where about half of the residents live below […]
Singapore foster mum coaxes teenager to come out of her shell
SINGAPORE – Nadia (not her real name) wants to be a baker and sell kueh after she graduates. Her dream was nurtured by her foster mother, Madam Faridah Ahmad, who […]
Building manager of posh Scotts Road condo used access card to steal $100k in cash and items from residents
SINGAPORE – Using an access card he created for units at the Scotts Square condominium, a building manager entered residents’ homes and stole $28,000 in cash and three Hermes handbags […]
StraitsX surpasses SGD 2 billion mark in digital assets-related transactions in 2021 and unveils new platform
SINGAPORE, Oct 11, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – StraitsX, Southeast Asia’s pioneering digital assets platform developed by Xfers, a Singapore-based FinTech licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore […]
Singapore and Japan passports tied for most powerful in the world
SINGAPORE – Singapore and Japan have the most powerful passports in the world, according to the latest update of a global index. Holders of passports from the two countries can […]
Lunch with Sumiko: How Klook rode the Covid-19 crisis
For his Zoom lunch with me, travel tech start-up co-founder Eric Gnock Fah was planning to get Singapore-style chicken rice, but there is none to be found in his part […]
Implications of brave new world of crypto, distributed ledger tech
SINGAPORE – Cryptocurrencies are having a moment. Whether you’re on the trading floor or at the kopitiam, it seems you can’t escape whispers of Ethereum or Solana. Please subscribe or […]
How the US plans to tax the rich
(NYTIMES) – So how do you define who’s wealthy? The latest proposed tax changes from the House Ways and Means Committee essentially say a wealthy individual is someone who earns […]
Woman who stayed with abusive hubby for 40 years shows need to beef up laws against family violence
SINGAPORE – A housewife in her 60s stuck it out with her abusive husband, who rained blows on her over 40 years. This man bashed her until she miscarried in […]
Jet-setting business ‘guru’ for digital stars
(NYIMES) – YouTuber Cody Ko, who has 5.7 million subscribers, found himself in a pickle in May. Two different start-ups wanted to give him stock and he was concerned that […]
Food prices set to soar amid labour crunch
(BLOOMBERG) – Across the world, a dearth of workers is shaking up food supply chains. In Vietnam, the army is assisting with the rice harvest. In the United Kingdom, farmers […]
Challenging time for equity markets; all eyes on US, China economic data
SINGAPORE – Is the equity market headed towards a correction? This is the question investors may be pondering as Wall Street continued to struggle through turbulence with its three main […]
Fun with kids: Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, buy S’pore children’s books in mother tongue languages
SINGAPORE – Make family time all the more special with these ideas and activities. Gardens by the Bay’s annual Mid-Autumn Festival event returns on Wednesday (Sept 15) and runs till […]
About 1,000 F&B, retail businesses open in S’pore each month despite pandemic
SINGAPORE – Analogue is a two-week-old sustainability-focused cocktail bar at Chijmes. Despite the various lockdowns and construction delays brought about by Covid-19 restrictions, its founder, Mr Vijay Mudaliar, 32, went […]
You can’t go far with Zoom alone
(NYTIMES) – In my 17 years on Wall Street advising corporate executives on restructurings, leveraged buyouts, and mergers and acquisitions, I was far from God’s gift to the profession. But […]