Brinal Chua, Autoclinic

Tuning The Auto Industry

THE luxury sector saw an increase in activity during the pandemic. As people were forced to stay home they turned towards pampering themselves and their cars.  Brinal Chua is a...

Knowledge Lights The Way In Dark Times

Dr Tan Bee Wan, Executive Chairman of Integrative Learning Corporation, reinforces the need for education and training to take us through challenging times. Coming out of a pandemic, and into...
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3 Uncomfortable But Important Investing Truths

WHETHER you're starting your investment journey, or already well under way with yours, it doesn't hurt to remind yourself of the basics. Anyone looking to begin their investing journey can...
Perils of populism

The Perils Of Populism

IN both of the previous Global Trends reports, Paradoxes of Progress and A More Contested World, the National Intelligence Council highlights front-and-centre that perhaps one of the greatest threats to Western countries...
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Be Smarter Than Your Smartphone

MASAFUMI Nagasaki is the remotely famous Japanese castaway who previously lived alone on Sotobanari, a deserted island, for 29 years, with hopes of dying gloriously in the midst of...
Emma Raducanu, Cristian Ronaldo, Lewis Hamilton

A Weekend Of Sporting Heroics

IT turned out to be an eventful weekend of sporting activity to take the mind away from the dreariness of an ongoing pandemic and the start of another week...
Sandy Monteiro, Metallica

Cresting The Music Wave

The music industry has been put through rounds of changes that have dealt body blows to how the business is run globally. Through it all, Sandy Monteiro has picked...

Time To Meet New Friends

DO WE need another app to help us make friends? There are so many apps out there trying to tap into the needs and wants of society. From sites selling goods...
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How To Choose A Good Business Name

By Abhishek Pathak and Gemma Calvert  THINK Gucci, Häagen-Dazs. Now think Giordano, Tesco. Do these names invoke different perceptions about the respective brands? Some studies suggest that the sense of luxury for a product...

Hands On The Reign And Reins

Popularity versus profitability could be a battle of wits. Understanding the relationship between the big global companies and the capital markets is what is needed in communicating with the...