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Economic and financial crashes, like taxes and death, are NOT inevitable
SINGAPORE (Feb 21): We are always told that we cannot escape taxes, death and economic and financial collapses. But are they, like gravity, truly a law of nature that cannot be overcome?
February 21, 2020
Investing 101
How to buy stocks in the US market
Buying US stocks isn’t that complicated, but there are certain things you will need to take note of before putting your money in.
February 05, 2020
Company in the news
Microsoft granted license to export 'mass-market' software to Huawei
(Nov 22): Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had been granted a license from the U.S. government to export software to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
November 22, 2019
Tech
Amazon plans lawsuit challenging loss of Pentagon cloud deal
(Nov 15): Amazon.com Inc has given notice that it will file a lawsuit challenging the Defense Department’s decision to award Microsoft Corp. a cloud computing contract valued at as much as US$10 billion ($13.6 billion) over a decade.
November 15, 2019
Tech
Cheap capital and SoftBank's audacious Vision Fund 2
SINGAPORE (Aug 26): Over the next week or so, bonds issued by governments and companies in Europe and Japan that trade with negative yields will cross the US$17 trillion ($23.5 trillion) mark, or five times the combined size of all the economies in Southe
August 25, 2019
Tech
Cheap capital and SoftBank's audacious Vision Fund 2
SINGAPORE (Aug 26): Over the next week or so, bonds issued by governments and companies in Europe and Japan that trade with negative yields will cross the US$17 trillion ($23.5 trillion) mark, or five times the combined size of all the economies in Southe
August 23, 2019
Tech
Temasek-backed Impossible Foods to contest Bill Gates' Beyond Meat in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Mar 6): Starting today, blocks of Impossible Foods Inc.’s plant-based meat will be delivered to eight restaurants in Singapore to be made into a variety of cuisine from burgers and ‘meatballs,’ to char kway teow and ‘beef’ Wellington
March 06, 2019
Tech
Microsoft wins $659 mil army battlefield contract
(Nov 29): Microsoft Corp has won a US$480 million ($659 million) contract to supply prototypes for augmented reality systems to the Army for use on combat missions and in training, the Army said.
November 29, 2018
Results
Nico Steel reports surge in 1H19 profit, ramps up production of proprietary metal alloys
SINGAPORE (Oct 15): Nico Steel Holdings, the specialist in ferrous and non-ferrous metal alloys, reported a higher y-o-y profit of US$121,000 ($166,833) for 1H19 compared to the US$1,000 in 1H18 on double-digit revenue growth.
October 15, 2018