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Due 3.0 Adds Pure Black Theme, Custom Snooze Times, and Haptic Feedback – MacStories
— Read on www.macstories.net/reviews/due-30-adds-pure-black-theme-custom-snooze-times-and-haptic-feedback/
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(Travelstop) Simplifying Business Travel in Asia – MONEY FM 89.3 – Omny.fm
Super cool! Travelstop on the radio!
Simplifying Business Travel in Asia – MONEY FM 89.3 – Omny.fm
How Noble Group, Commodity Trading Giant, Imploded – Bloomberg (Singapore)
Wonder how this will shake out.
Singapore usually stands for safe or if not safe – quite transparent in dealing with people or companies who have crossed the line.
Seems like harsher action needed to have been taken.
How Noble Group, Commodity Trading Giant, Imploded – Bloomberg:
As Noble’s troubles mounted, the role of Singapore’s regulators has come under scrutiny. In addition to running the exchange, Singapore Exchange Ltd. has front-line oversight and responsibility for maintaining fair, orderly and transparent markets as well as following up with companies to investigate allegations of irregularities. It’s backed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the de facto central bank of a city state that’s also a global financial center with a hard-earned reputation for probity.
In the case of Noble Group, allegations have come thick and fast, led by Iceberg Research, which says profits were inflated. The group — whose claims are rejected by Noble — is led by Arnaud Vagner, a former credit analyst at Noble in Hong Kong, where the trader was based before it moved to London, who recently dropped his self-imposed cloak of anonymity.
For this VC, being an investor wasn’t an obvious career choice
Peng is always honest and to the point, I like the last line in the part I highlighted.
This is not a fly-in game.
For this VC, being an investor wasn’t an obvious career choice:
If I’m a VC who wants to come into Southeast Asia, what trends should I look out for? I think more important than the trends is what you need to do. If you’re an existing VC in some other geography, you would want to look for people who understand the local scene and know entrepreneurship.
Southeast Asia has several countries. One advantage of the region is that most of its cities are used to international businesses. So, it’s not as difficult as it was in China 10 or 15 years ago. VCs would be flying in from Hong Kong and, especially, from The Valley, and that worked for maybe a year or two. But then it stopped working because you were not there when the contacts were being made.
It’s the same thing with Southeast Asia. There are a lot of local nuances that you probably don’t understand, and that’s why you need a local person for each country. This is not a fly-in game.
Travelstop Launch!
Updated with their blog post :: https://medium.com/travelstop/introducing-travelstop-e049dbb64503
Big shout out to the Travelstop team on their public launch.
Pretty excited to be an investor in the travel space and to be working with the team – PK, Vijay and Altaf!
I have known these guys since my Yahoo days and amazing to see the core team still together and working on another venture.
Here we go…
When the HDB story comes undone, what is the collateral damage to the PAP story? | The Online Citizen
Short but good read.
I am a big fan of Singapore and when it’s come to health, safety, taxes and business – the place is incredible.
However it is a small island and the housing market has always somewhat baffled me. This points to one of the issue which is the whole HDB, CPF and 99 year lease framework which is my mind inflates stuff that residents don’t actually own.
I suspect this topic to accelerate in getting some debate.
When the HDB story comes undone, what is the collateral damage to the PAP story?
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Sea’s E-Commerce Success Will Depend on a Juggling Act – Bloomberg
Great to see some writing that actually digs into the numbers and teases the truth apart. Versus a – SEA increased revenue post.
I am rooting for these guys – we need to take some pride in a homegrown player going all the way.
Trimming marketing costs while stoking revenue growth won’t come easy.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-22/sea-s-e-commerce-success-will-depend-on-a-juggling-act
PM Lee’s National Day Rally 2018 summarised into 14 things – Mothership.SG
Lot of points in here – some more relevant to anyone in Singapore versus just locals or PR’s.
I linked to this the other day – the China VS USA trade wars are kind of scary.
I think it is interesting that the PM also calls it out and highlights how bad it can be on places like Singapore as well.
Singapore is focused on the right stuff in my opinion.
Only time will tell.
PM Lee’s National Day Rally 2018 summarised into 14 things – Mothership.SG:
2. The all-around negative effects of the US trade wars Lee then turned his attention to the trade wars the US was engaged in with multiple countries, painting a rather stark picture.
He noted that many Americans had come to question globalisation, free trade and the free movement of people, harbouring the sentiment that other countries were taking advantage of them.
In attempting to make “rebalancing trade” a top priority, the US has engaged in unilaterally imposing tariffs on countries such as the EU, Canada, Mexico and most importantly, China.
Accordingly, these countries have retaliated in their own tit-for-tat moves which has resulted in damage to the global economic and business climate. Lee adds that Singapore will be hit by the collateral damage.
Beyond economics, the trade wars have also contributed to the rise in geopolitical tensions.
In particular, the tensions and rivalry between China and US is serious enough to potentially threaten the existing global international system.
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