There has been a steady increase in investments Singapore has made around the world over the last few years. For example, while the figure in 2011 was $9 billion, by 2017 that had reached $19 billion. America has not been the only region that has become attractive to Singapore although it is the area that… Continue Reading
There has been much talk in recent months about the ‘new economy.’ But for lay people just starting to think about investments, markets, M&As and other related topics, what does this mean in practice for them? Here, we take a brief look in an attempt to offer a basic understanding of the matter. According to… Continue Reading
Passengers traveling on two major middle eastern airlines, Turkish Airways and Emirates Airlines, will be allowed to bring laptops into cabins during their flights to the United States, according to David Lapan, a spokesman for Homeland Security in Washington, DC. A third airline is also exempt from the new US restrictions, Abu Dhabi’s-Etihad Airlines. The… Continue Reading
A survey conducted between June 2 and 4 showed that almost 60% of Americans are against President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement. The poll was done by the Washington Post and ABC News. The results were that 57% of registered voters asked said they oppose the decision,… Continue Reading
It has been fifty years since the United States and Cuba allowed commercial traffic to enter and leave their respective air-spaces. Now, since last Tuesday, a deal signed by the two parties paves the way for the restoration of commercial flights between Cuba and the US. As soon as the deal was signed the US… Continue Reading
A study conducted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a trade group for the burgeoning drone industry, investigated what businesses are increasingly using drones to improve efficiency and the bottom line. Of the 500 first permits granted to drone operators by the Federal Aviation Administration, 153 were granted to drone operators who use… Continue Reading
July 1st will be the opening day of a brand new exhibition entitled, “American Enterprise” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The exhibit will explore the history of business in the US, its positive side as well as its negative aspects. According to Smithsonian sources, visitors “will be immersed in the dramatic arc… Continue Reading
China’s gargantuan e-commerce company Alibaba is opening a cloud computing hub in Silicon Valley, its first such center outside of China. The move is in synch with their global ambitions despite tough competition in their niche. The California hub is at an undisclosed exact location, kept secret for security reasons. It is situated somewhere in… Continue Reading
In another burst of “out-of-the-box” thinking, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk wrote in a blog on October 25 that customers leasing the company’s new Model S electric car will have the option of returning the car within 90 days and have the remainder of their lease obligation nullified. This offer is for purchasers of cars… Continue Reading
CEO of Greenleaf Book Group, Clint Greenleaf moved his company from Cleveland, Ohio to Austin, Texas in 2004. There were several reasons Greenleaf made the move; among them the most important were the difficulty of hiring in Ohio, and the absurdly high taxes there. Greenleaf explained that in Texas there would be no requirement of… Continue Reading