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October 07, 2009
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Missed a funny from Monday. But this is a pretty good one.From the Onion “New College Graduates To Be Cryogenically Frozen Until Job Market Improves”WASHINGTON—In a bold new me …
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The China shopping spree, alluded to in an earlier post, is about to land you, me and HDB auntie some sweet investments in farmer banks in the heart of rural China.From Bloomberg “Bank of China, Temasek Said to Plan Rural Venture”Bank of China Ltd. and Temasek Holdings Pte may invest as much as 20 billion ...
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Surprise. Not. Very. US Congress issues letter calling China a “currency manipulator”, failing to understand that according to the Confucian analects, currency pegging against the USD is a perfectly acceptable way of paying respects to honorable ancestors. What’s coming? Tariffs. Lots of it. For those who think the economic war between US and China is ...
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The Herald Scotland has claimed that hundreds of bunker-busters have just been shipped to Diego Garcia, waiting to be dropped on a couple of primary schools, some crippled-childrens&# 8217; charity houses, and a smattering of wedding parties in Iran. According to “experts” ;, it’s better that Obama makes the decision to blow up a few pregnant moms ...
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the Telegraph seems to think so. According to him, the Chinese politburo – like the Iranian Ayatollahs, the inbreds from North Korea, the Okinawans, and more recently, the Mexican drug lords – are acting on the basic assumption that Obama’s spine is as stiff as mee kia that’s been dipped in boiling ...
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This is probably one of the clearest explanations available out there – better than Zeitgeist, in fact – on the origins of the fractional banking system, why you should always let your babies grow up to be bankers, and why you – the consumer – will always be a slave to DBS, UOB and OCBC.i.e. ...
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What’s the world coming to? Civil servants working for RBS Coutts in Singapore are walking out because of the lack of bonus prospects! What next? A strike by the meter maids?This from Reuters:Third of staff at RBS Coutts Singapore quitLack of bonuses prospects said to be a factorA third of the staff of the Singapore ...
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For those who may wish to stag on the latest IPO coming from companies like Ziwo Holdings (”We Are Different!”), may want to consider the BT article: “New listings face up to harsh realities”More initial public offerings (IPO) are on their way to charm the stockmarket, but they may get the cold shoulder from investors ...
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Readers are going to be seeing a lot of numbers and interpretations coming out over the next few days on what the September trade numbers actually mean. As far as I can tell, we’re seeing another data point to support the “We’re recovering because we’re getting worse at a slower rate” theory.From the BT:Singapore’s key ...
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“Relax One Corner.” That – in a nutshell – seems to be the local kopi drinking mentality that has rubbed off on the regulators at SGX, who really need to spend a little less time at Ya Kun, and a bit more time “regulating”.This from BT: FEW would bat an eyelid to see two Singapore-listed ...
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nice angle