NEW VICE-PRESIDENT of China Xi Jinping is known to be one of the two strongest contenders for China’s presidency when his 5th generation takes over Read more...
Despite poor infrastructure, a shortfall of skilled workers and rising inflation, President Gloria Arroyo is remaking the Philippines as an outsourcing hub as it seeks Read more...
WHEN the going gets tough, the tough, well, goes back to school. That’s one option many are exploring as the sub-prime crisis and ensuing wipe Read more...
A BROODING Shah Rukh Khan saunters into the grand hall, sideburns ablazed on his smouldering sweaty face, pants so tight one is tempted to call for an ambulance. Piercing, angry eyes stare the moustachioed villain squarely in the face.
His gait is feline, animal-like; his fists clenched as tightly as his butt cheeks and his shirt opened mid-way down to his chest. The bad guy stares back from the gilded rails of the spiral staircase; a nasty scar defacing what would otherwise be a virile if repugnant countenance that makes you wonder what happened to the last woman he slept with. The music crackles, builds to a crescendo. The drum beat ceases. All is silence. And Shah Rukh Khan says: “Ambo date’ke sini kerano nak kecek tengte’hok ogrhe kampong amboÉ”
THE CHINESE government’s move towards greater transparency in the handling of the Sichuan earthquake on May 12 was dealt a blow six weeks after the disaster when Beijing’s central propaganda department began to gag the press.
Foreign reporters covering the demonstrations of parents whose children were killed in the collapse of school buildings were detained and one Web journalist by the name of Huang Qi, along with two associates, were arrested for posting revealing commentary on the aftermath of the disaster.
Mark Jarvis, Dell’s first ever chief marketing officer, comes out of retirement to help the PC maker regain its shine
FIVE YEARS ago, Mark Jarvis, the suave yet jovial marketing chief at software giant Oracle left that office for the last time. He was only 40 years old, but Jarvis felt that his 15 years at Oracle had made him enough money to retire.
While it has made acquisitions in Australia and Malaysia, the listed conglomerate has been sitting on the fence in Singapore for the last few years. Is it ready to unleash some of its buying power now?
MALAYSIA-LISTED CONGLOMERATE Mulpha International Bhd has real estate developments and property investments in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Vietnam. However, it is conspicuously absent in Singapore, where it has been sitting on the fence while other Malaysian groups like YTL Corp and IOI Corp have plunged in.
OLAM INTERNATIONAL has been one of Singapore’s highest-flying stocks in recent years, rising nearly sixfold in its first three years of listing. The supply-chain manager of soft agricultural commodities, owned by the Kewalram Chanrai Group and managed by the affable Sunny George Verghese, has been growing at over 25% a year over the past five years, riding on the wave of a spectacular commodities bull run. Now, in a post-credit crunch world, it may need to pace its growth.
To be sure, Olam is unlike any other commodity trading company — it starts at the farm ...Read more...
