Archive for February, 2010
Poll Reveals Trauma of Joblessness in U.S. (New York Times)
December 15, 2009 Poll Reveals Trauma of Joblessness in U.S. By MICHAEL LUO and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN More than half of the nation’s unemployed workers have borrowed money from friends or relatives since losing their jobs. An equal number have [...]
Millionaire High School Dropouts (Forbes)
Entrepreneurs Millionaire High School Dropouts Helen Coster, 01.30.10, 12:30 PM ET While the rest of us were negotiating curfews and cramming for the SATs, some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs ditched high school to start building [...]
My Today Online Story (Today 3 Feb)
Online Only - Help middle-aged workers to go to university, so that they can upgrade 08:30 PM Feb 02, 2010 Letter from Gilbert Goh I refer to "How to move up the ladder, together" (Feb 2). The government is to be applauded for proposing [...]
Five political risks to watch in Singapore (Reuters 1 Feb)
Reuters: Five political risks to watch in Singapore http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE60P07D FACTBOX-Five political risks to watch in Singapore By Nopporn Wong-Anan SINGAPORE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Singapore, widely seen as one of Asia's [...]
Can you afford not to migrate? (Delphi forums)
Can you afford NOT to migrate ?? http://forums.delphiforums.com/sammy...es?msg=47359.1 Can S'poreans survive after migrating is no longer the question but the more pertinent question would be, can you afford not to migrate. The usual issues with [...]
Singapore To Allow Immigration To Hit Target of 6.5 Million (Financial Times 31 Jan)
Only blue-collar immigrants working in selective sectors like construction, service and transports industry are capped. The rest remains unchanged. The PAP Govt will not control the influx untill it reaches their target of 6.5 million [...]
