Archive for March, 2010
Singapore: A Cheap Play On Asian Growth (Moneyweek)
By Cris Sholto Heaton Mar 01, 2010 "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative" is the most boring headline of all time, according to Newsweek magazine. But "Singapore's budget focuses on productivity" would surely give it a run for its money. The [...]
One Love: Are Humans Hardwired for Monogamy? (Divine Caroline)
One Love: Are Humans Hardwired for Monogamy? By: Annie Tucker Morgan (View Profile) Does the entire wedding industry these days seem like one big racket to you? In your lifetime, how many thousands of dollars have you spent flying all over [...]
2010 Salary Review Report On Singapore (Robert Walters)
2010 Salary Review Report On Singapore Singapore experienced a turbulent year in 2009 with many sectors dramatically affected by the global financial crisis. Banking and financial services was affected across all functions and [...]
Singapore may take a decade to recoup its loss on UBS (Bloomberg 2 Mar)
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- It took the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. three days in 2007 to agree to prop up UBS AG, ailing from subprime losses. It may take a decade to recoup that investment of 11 billion Swiss francs ($10 billion). GIC, [...]
Population Target In Doubt (The Star)
Saturday February 27, 2010 Population target in doubt Insight Down South By SEAH CHIANG NEE The public housing crisis has revived the question whether Singapore, with only 700sq km of land, can continue to accommodate the current five million [...]
A Singapore man’s unhappy experience with a PRC lady (Temasek Review)
A Singapore man’s unhappy experience with a PRC lady Temasek Review The below email has been circulating around in cyberspace and was forwarded to us for publication. For those of you who knows the identity of the author, please keep it [...]
Nine Young Chinese Entrepreneurs To Watch (Forbes)
Entrepreneurs Nine Young Chinese Entrepreneurs To Watch Hannah Seligson, 02.28.10, 6:00 PM ET By 2015 there will be 500 million people under age 30 in China--roughly the population of the entire European Union. And they aren't [...]
