R.E.S.-ilience in Value Creation 《竹经：经商经世离不得立根创新》
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Won’t somebody think of the property developers?
David Keohane | May 09 09:44 | 1 comment | Share
And so it goes, from Nomura’s Zhiwei Zhang:
Today’s 21st Century Business Herald reports that in Jiangsu Province the Rongchen Property Development Co. Ltd. defaulted on a RMB100m trust product that came due last August. The paper says that as yet the principal and interest have not been fully paid.
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In Indonesia, moderate Islamic party returns to political centerstage
Sun May 11, 2014 4:49am EDT
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian presidential frontrunner Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has joined hands with the country’s most popular Islamic party, cementing the surprise resurgence of Muslim parties in this year’s election and possibly renewing their voice in the new government. Read more of this post
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Updated: Thursday May 8, 2014 MYT 11:28:03 AM
Palm oil imports latest casualty as China tightens credit
Beijing’s crackdown on commodity financing in the face of slowing domestic demand could hit global palm oil demand – Reuters Photo. Read more of this post
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Revamping ETFs
Exchange-traded funds are undergoing a bit of a renaissance, with new styles of indexing. How smart is smart beta?
May 10, 2014 2:23 a.m. ET
Smart beta. It’s the ETF industry’s version of “New! And improved!”
Most of us range from fairly skeptical to deeply suspicious of any marketing terminology when it comes to buying cars or homes or Google Glass. But that doesn’t stop Wall Street from peddling one elixir after another, wrapped in academic research and carefully worded nonpromises. The latest? Smart beta, an umbrella term for index investing designed to beat the market, rather than simply match it. Read more of this post
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Flowserve Sees Big Opportunities to Grow
A specialist in fluid-control products, the company is thriving along with its industrial customers.
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Updated: Friday May 9, 2014 MYT 12:34:36 PM
Sony to close e-reading store in Europe, Australia
Sony, which is shuttering its ebook Reader Store in Europe and Australia, as it has done in North America, says it would likely book a 130 billion yen net loss (US$1.28bil) in the latest fiscal year to MarchTOKYO: Sony will shutter its ebook Reader Store in Europe and Australia following a similar pullout in North America, the company has said, as the once-mighty electronics giant pulls in its horns. Read more of this post
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World Bank: Indonesia World’s 10th Largest Economy
By Jakarta Globe on 11:29 pm May 04, 2014
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Indonesia Lags in Innovative Thinking
By Basten Gokkon on 11:54 pm May 06, 2014
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Indonesia Needs More Listed Companies Ahead of AEC in 2015, OJK Says
By Yohanes Sirait on 06:47 pm May 05, 2014
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A Family’s Watch Legacy
How a father and his young son bonded over watch collecting, a bond now shared with the family’s next generation.
May 10, 2014 2:29 a.m. ET
Watches are my family legacy, somehow imbued with a deep and emotional bond shared between my father and me, and now between me and my children. It all began when I was 10 years old. My father was a coin collector and I, having already inherited the collecting bug from him, had built my own small collection of coins and baseball cards. Read more of this post
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Aging Indonesia Oil Fields Risk Bond Supply Shock
By Yudith Ho & Fitri Wulandari on 12:04 pm May 06, 2014
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In China’s Xinjiang, Economic Divide Seen Fueling Ethnic Unrest
By Michael Martina on 01:37 pm May 07, 2014
Urumqi, China. Hundreds of migrant workers from distant corners of China pour daily into the Urumqi South railway station, their first waypoint on a journey carrying them to lucrative work in other parts of the far western Xinjiang region. Read more of this post
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The Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
By THE EDITORIAL BOARDMAY 10, 2014
The World Health Organization has surveyed the growth of antibiotic-resistant germs around the world — the first such survey it has ever conducted — and come up with disturbing findings. In a report issued late last month, the organization found that antimicrobial resistance in bacteria (the main focus of the report), fungi, viruses and parasites is an increasingly serious threat in every part of the world. “A problem so serious that it threatens the achievements of modern medicine,” the organization said. “A post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries can kill, far from being an apocalyptic fantasy, is instead a very real possibility for the 21st century.” Read more of this post
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Masala Dosa to Die For
By ROLLO ROMIGMAY 7, 2014
P. Rajagopal, center, at home surrounded by his staff. CreditMahesh Shantaram for The New York Times
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The Peril of Knowledge Everywhere
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Thanks to advances in technology, we may soon revisit a question raised four centuries ago: Are there things we should try not to know? Read more of this post
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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding
By MATT RICHTELMAY 10, 2014
MILL VALLEY, Calif. — Seven-year-old Jordan Lisle, a second grader, joined his family at a packed after-hours school event last month aimed at inspiring a new interest: computer programming. Read more of this post
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Alibaba, Based in China, Imitating Japan
By William Pesek on 05:58 pm May 08, 2014
Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is offering the investment world a novel experience: one-stop shopping.
By now, we’ve heard all the superlatives about the “everything company.” Jack Ma’s hundreds of millions of subscribers will swell as the Alibaba founder enters just about every business imaginable. In a quirky, yet revealing exercise, Quartz.com made a list of all the Western names you’d have to combine to get something like the Alibaba Ma is taking public in a New York initial public offering. They include, of course,Amazon.com, eBay and PayPal, but also Google Maps, Spotify, WhatsApp, Dropbox, ING Direct, Uber Technologies and Hulu. Alibaba also is getting into travel, education, business lending and a bewildering array of unrelated markets. Read more of this post
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Asia Must Prepare for Oil Shock
By John Kemp on 12:19 pm May 10, 2014
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Singapore REITs on Foreign Jaunts Outperform as Home Market Stutters
By Andrew Toh on 02:59 pm May 09, 2014
Singapore has 33 trusts on the stock exchange and the S-REIT index gained 6 percent year to date. (Reuters Photo/Edgar Su) Read more of this post
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A Higher Minimum Wage Is Crucial for Indonesia
By Kristia Davina Sianipar on 05:50 pm May 07, 2014
On May 1, Indonesia for the first time commemorated Labor Day as a national holiday. Tens of thousands of workers thronged the streets of Jakarta, to celebrate and to voice their demands. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared May 1 a national holiday in July 2013, much to the delight of workers all over Indonesia. The move signifies monumental progress for the labor movement in Indonesia, but it is not enough. A one-day holiday cannot and should appease those who have been struggling for fairer pay. A higher minimum wage is not only imperative for the welfare of the workers, but also necessary for economic progress. Read more of this post
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Using Microsoft Products May Be Unethical for Universities
By Adam Fish on 06:09 pm May 08, 2014
Universities and researchers all over the world have a problem with Microsoft. It’s not just that the company forces expensive and dated software on customers. Using products like Microsoft’s e-mail service Outlook is potentially in breach of the ethical contracts researchers sign when they promise to safeguard the privacy of their subjects. Read more of this post
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Thai Auto Sector Slams on Brakes as Political Crisis Rumbles On
By Khettiya Jittapong & Pisit Changplayngam on 08:46 am May 09, 2014
Bangkok. Thailand’s auto sector, Southeast Asia’s biggest, has fired more than 30,000 subcontracted workers this year and slashed production, as sales plunge after months of political unrest that threatens to drive some manufacturers offshore. Read more of this post
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Behind Bailout, a Very Real Fear of a Run on Indonesia’s Banks, Boediono Reveals
By Novianti Setuningsih,Bayu Marhaenjati & Ezra Sihite on 10:10 pm May 09, 2014
Indonesian Vice President Boediono downplayed the extent of Bank Century’s problems to avoid scaring the public. (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) Read more of this post
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Leaving the dream: Infosys battles worker exodus
Sat, May 10 2014
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Infosys Ltd, once a bellwether for India’s $100 billion-plus IT outsourcing industry, is losing its cachet as the employer of choice for a generation of young IT workers, with staff leaving at an unprecedented pace as the Bangalore-based company struggles to regain ground lost to rivals. Read more of this post
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CNBC Transcript: Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and Bill Gates
Monday, 5 May 2014 | 2:17 PM ET
CNBC.com May 2014 | 9:45 AM ET
Here are five things Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett said during an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick today. Read more of this post
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What if Modi falls short? Some market players brace for shocker
Fri, May 9 2014
By Abhishek Vishnoi and Himank Sharma
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian markets are so confident the opposition party led by Narendra Modi will win the country’s elections that brokers fear anything short of a decisive victory could spark the worst sell-off in years. Read more of this post
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China’s Xiaomi leads Asia’s low-cost smartphone drive
Sunday, May 11, 2014 – 12:46
AFP
SINGAPORE – Xiaomi may be little known outside China, but the fast-growing smartphone maker is at the forefront of a new wave of Asian brands challenging the dominance of Apple and Samsung with high-spec, low-price phones. Read more of this post
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May 11, 2014 6:43 am
Voters take a punt on India’s political future
By Avantika Chilkoti in Mumbai
By the end of Monday, more than 500m people will have voted in India’s vast general election, and opinion polls seem certain that there is a clear favourite to win. Read more of this post
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May 11, 2014 4:37 am
Japan’s Fast Retailing eyes shopping spree
By Jennifer Thompson in Tokyo
Tadashi Yanai, founder of the Fast Retailing group, likes to shop.
Japan’s Fast Retailing, which began life in 1984 selling cheap and cheerful clothes through its Uniqlo chain, has spent roughly Y100bn ($980m) on mergers and acquisitions over the past decade. Read more of this post
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Picasso on Success and Why You Should Never Compromise in Your Art
“Imagine immensities. Pick yourself up from rejection and plow ahead. Don’t compromise,” Debbie Millman advised in her magnificent meditation on what it takes to design a good life. But how does one resist compromising one’s creative ideals when straining to meet the practical essentials of survival? An uncompromising answer comes from one of the greatest creators humanity has ever known. Read more of this post
咬定青山不放松，立根原在破岩中。 千磨万击还坚劲，任尔东西南北风。
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