Posts tagged: finance
About his recent sale of Lifepath.me, Dustin Curtis wrote:
For some reason, the default assumption is that charging for things on the web will never work, but, once you try it, even for something stupid like a life timeline, you might realize that assumption is incorrect.
I agree, I think people are willing to spend, as long as it’s frictionless and the price is low enough.
iOS powered devices generate more revenue than all of Microsoft’s products put together
Looks fantastic for a company which was dying less than 10 years ago.
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Singapore consistently lost out to what India and Malaysia were able to provide for their citizens. This is especially worrisome given that the bulk of CPF contributions goes into the CPF Ordinary Account. How are 3rd-world countries able to deliver so much more generous real returns over a ten-year period where 1st world Singapore utterly fails to?
Draw your own conclusions.
Ho Ching, the chief executive of Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings , has told her staff internally that she is not leaving the company, two sources said, denying a recent news report that she may leave in August.
Interesting…
This morning, I’ve seen six downgrades of the stock so far, by Citigroup, Scotia Capital, MKM Partners, Caris & Co., JP Morgan, and Evercore Partners.
Massacre and bloodbath by analysts.
A nice list of who’s who on Singaporean company boards of directors and leaders.
THE upcoming Budget will bring “something good for Singapore” and is likely to benefit more than just low-income groups, Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday.
Now now, I guess you know what to read between the lines…
If this isn’t alarming enough, I don’t know what is…
