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(TR Emeritus) – At a forum organised by the Economic Society of Singapore and the Singapore Management University (SMU) held yesterday (27 Oct), several experts have suggested that Singapore’s golden decade could possibly be over because of the lack of innovation and low productivity growth. Commentary: The golden era of...
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(Brunei Times) – Brunei is the most improved economy in the world for the second year running according to the World Bank’s latest report which measures the efficiency and regulation of domestic businesses, the Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office (EIDPMO) said yesterday. Brunei: Most improved economy...
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(MMTimes) – Though coffee has been grown in this country for 100 years, production volumes were low and the quality was hidden under a bushel. But now international aficionados are starting to take Myanmar seriously as a producer of first-class joe. #Myanmar specialty #coffee making waves, thanks to @USAIDBurma...
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(Chiang Rai Times) – Dutch cannabis pioneer Johan van Laarhoven, who faces a 103-year jail sentence in Thai prison, has written a letter to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, pleading for help freeing him from “this Thai hell.” “I didn’t do anything illegal,” Van Laarhoven, 53, wrote in his...
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(BBC) Serving tea and receiving guests may not be everyone’s dream job, but it was a good enough prospect to make nearly 10,000 people apply for one receptionist job. China’s highly competitive civil service recruitment process recently saw a record-setting 9,837 applicants for a post as “China Democratic League...
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FAM: Note that the following Bloomberg excerpt reflects the opinion of the author. (Bloomberg) After many years of 7- to 10-percent growth, economies tend to overheat, creating bubbles that burst. That’s what happened to South Korea and Japan in the 1980s and 1990s. But China’s economy keeps plugging along...
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(China Tech News) – Two years ago, it looked like China’s Xiaomi was on the top of the world as one of China’s upstart smartphone leaders. But with tight margins and little differentiation among Android-based phones, cheaper phones have overtaken Xiaomi in China. #China Xiaomi Quality Fail -Ten Percent...
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(Breitbart) – A March 2016 email published Monday by the organization Wikileaks reveals that George Soros, in anticipation of a meeting with Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, requested Podesta read a memo accusing President Barack Obama of emboldening radical Islam in Malaysia in order to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
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(Tech Crunch) Apple is on a research & development spree! The company has announced a bunch of new R&D centers over the past few months, and R&D spendings have skyrocketed. This time, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company plans to open a new center in Japan during...
(TR Emeritus) – At a forum organised by the Economic Society of Singapore and the Singapore Management University (SMU) held yesterday (27 Oct), several experts have suggested that Singapore’s golden decade could possibly be over because of the lack of innovation and low productivity growth. Commentary: The golden era of...
(Brunei Times) – Brunei is the most improved economy in the world for the second year running according to the World Bank’s latest report which measures the efficiency and regulation of domestic businesses, the Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office (EIDPMO) said yesterday. Brunei: Most improved economy...
(MMTimes) – Though coffee has been grown in this country for 100 years, production volumes were low and the quality was hidden under a bushel. But now international aficionados are starting to take Myanmar seriously as a producer of first-class joe. #Myanmar specialty #coffee making waves, thanks to @USAIDBurma...
(Chiang Rai Times) – Dutch cannabis pioneer Johan van Laarhoven, who faces a 103-year jail sentence in Thai prison, has written a letter to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, pleading for help freeing him from “this Thai hell.” “I didn’t do anything illegal,” Van Laarhoven, 53, wrote in his...
(BBC) Serving tea and receiving guests may not be everyone’s dream job, but it was a good enough prospect to make nearly 10,000 people apply for one receptionist job. China’s highly competitive civil service recruitment process recently saw a record-setting 9,837 applicants for a post as “China Democratic League...
FAM: Note that the following Bloomberg excerpt reflects the opinion of the author. (Bloomberg) After many years of 7- to 10-percent growth, economies tend to overheat, creating bubbles that burst. That’s what happened to South Korea and Japan in the 1980s and 1990s. But China’s economy keeps plugging along...
(China Tech News) – Two years ago, it looked like China’s Xiaomi was on the top of the world as one of China’s upstart smartphone leaders. But with tight margins and little differentiation among Android-based phones, cheaper phones have overtaken Xiaomi in China. #China Xiaomi Quality Fail -Ten Percent...
(Breitbart) – A March 2016 email published Monday by the organization Wikileaks reveals that George Soros, in anticipation of a meeting with Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, requested Podesta read a memo accusing President Barack Obama of emboldening radical Islam in Malaysia in order to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
(Tech Crunch) Apple is on a research & development spree! The company has announced a bunch of new R&D centers over the past few months, and R&D spendings have skyrocketed. This time, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company plans to open a new center in Japan during...