Archive for November, 2009
Asset bubbles all over Asia: UN economist (ST 1 Dec)
Money Home > Money > Story Dec 1, 2009 Asset bubbles all over Asia: UN economist They may burst if short-term capital flowing in pulls out By Fiona Chan GOVERNMENTS have been urged by a top United Nations economist to [...]
How to spot a fake certificate (The New Paper)
How to spot a fake certificateJust comparing copies to so-called originals is probably not enough. -TNP Sat, Nov 28, 2009 The New Paper By Larry Haverkamp HOW does one check up on a person's academic credentials? In Asia, the most common [...]
Key findings: Singapore workforce survey 2009 (Asiaone 30 Nov)
Key findings: Singapore workforce survey 2009 Unemployment rose to 5.9 per cent. -AsiaOne Mon, Nov 30, 2009 AsiaOne These are the key findings from the comprehensive Labour Force Survey conducted in mid-2009 by the Ministry of Manpower's [...]
Networking Session on 4 Dec (Fri) At 10.30am
Dear Readers, The next networking session will be held on 4 Dec (Fri) at 10.30am. The venue is at City Hall's Macdonald (next to Starbucks). Most networking sessions conducted are well attended with an average attendance of around ten [...]
What’s your relationship IQ? (Smart Marriages)
What's Your Relationship IQ? Diane Sollee, SmartMarriages.com Tango June 2007 Questions: 1) The number one predictor of divorce is: a) Ongoing disagreement over money and financial issues. b) The habitual avoidance of conflict. c) Yelling [...]
Fears of a double-dip? The Dubai crisis (Today 28 Nov)
Fears of a double-dip? Dubai revelations raise fears of sovereign debt default, spook investors 05:55 AM Nov 28, 2009 DUBAI - Worries of a double-dip global recession are being fanned, as world markets and oil prices on Friday fell with [...]
The latest entrepreneurial fantasy is selling cupcakes (New York Times 25 Nov)
Lovely Confections Bakery in Denver has to sell 2,800 cupcakes a month to cover expenses. Move over restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts. A new fantasy seems to have taken hold for people who long to own their own business: the cupcakery. Skip [...]
Financial help for debt (Jason Holmes)
Title : Financial help for debt Debt consolidation is a debt relief option that has helped many debtors to get out of debt and enjoy a debt free life. You can derive benefits from debt consolidation too provided you are serious about [...]
Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? (ST 27 Nov)
Nov 27, 2009 Was Chinese wrongly taught for 30 years? A fresh controversy over second language policy has erupted with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's remarks that the Government had proceeded on the wrong assumptions for 30 years. Did it [...]
Singapore on list of degree mill countries (ST 26 Nov)
The Lee Community College office at the MND Complex in Maxwell Road. The popular CaseTrust-accredited school appears on a list compiled by officials in the US state of Oregon of six institutions here that are said to offer unaccredited [...]
Still careers for sons, spouses for daughters (ST 26 Nov)
IN ITS latest gender gap index, the World Economic Forum found Singapore to have improved marginally on its previous score to reach 0.666, where '1' indicates full equality between men and women. But the Republic dropped a spot from last year, and [...]
Looking for a “better fit” (Today 26 Nov)
Look for a 'better fit' Rather than aim for scientific breakthroughs, sell knowledge: Researchers 05:55 AM Nov 26, 2009 by Loh Chee Kong SINGAPORE - The buzz words "innovation" and "productivity" have long been bandied about, in [...]
Savouring the taste of success (ST 26 Nov)
A CLOSE bond formed by a group of students while studying overseas has blossomed into one of the most successful restaurant chains in Singapore. Mr Andrew Chan, 35, Ms Anna Lim, 34, and Mr Benedict Leow, 36, met while studying in Perth at [...]
Advice From Grandma (New York Times 22 Nov)
November 22, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist Advice From Grandma By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN President Obama’s visit to China this week inevitably invites comparisons between the world’s two leading powers. You know what they say: Britain owned the 19th [...]
This couple don’t talk business at dinner table (Sunday Times 22 Nov)
When Mr Surya Jhunjhnuwala first moved his family to Singapore in 1997, he missed his native Hong Kong so much he was looking for reasons to fly home every month. It wasn't so much for the noodles, congee or dim sum - he is vegetarian after all - [...]
