Evening Bamboo Insight: 25 Jul 2014

July 25, 2014 Leave a comment

Evening Bamboo Insight: 25 Jul 2014

Macro

1. Will A Handwritten Note From Warren Buffett Cause A Hedge Fund Exodus?

http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/07/warren-buffett-calpers

2. The dark, disturbing world of the visa-for-sale program

http://fortune.com/2014/07/24/immigration-eb-5-visa-for-sale/

3. Italy’s Richest Woman With A $10.4B Fortune Controls Menarini Group, Italy’s leading pharma company, But The Tax Man Is After Her

http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2014/07/24/italys-richest-woman-with-a-10-4b-fortune-controls-menarini-group-but-the-tax-man-is-after-her/print/

4. Why does Wall Street use a different kind of macroeconomic modeling than academia’s DSGE?

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-07-23/wall-street-skips-economics-class

5. Wall Street’s revenge of the nerds means fooling all the people all the time

http://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/jul/24/wall-street-fooling-people

6. The Moral Chasm Between Israel and Hamas; The 3-mile-long tunnel from Gaza was designed for launching murder and kidnapping raids

http://online.wsj.com/articles/james-t-conway-the-moral-chasm-between-israel-and-hamas-1406243128?mod=Opinion_newsreel_11

7. Siemens: Fixing the German dynamo; Joe Kaeser is transforming Siemens’s structure; changing its culture will be harder

http://www.economist.com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/news/business/21608637-joe-kaeser-transforming-siemenss-structure-changing-its-culture-will-be-harder-fixing

Asia Pacific

1. (China/Energy) – Inside Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s oil mandarins

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/us-china-purge-cnpc-specialreport-idUSKBN0FT2NK20140724

2. (Thai) – Former Thai premier Yingluck meets, hugs brother Thaksin at Paris

http://news.asiaone.com/print/news/asia/former-thai-premier-yingluck-meets-hugs-brother-thaksin-paris

3. (Taiwan) – Taiwan wants to become an international financial center, but its regulators keep undermining that ambition. The latest example is a threatened prosecution of short-seller Glaucus who reported about suspicious accounting at Asia Plastic

http://online.wsj.com/articles/short-changing-taiwans-market-1406219784?mod=WSJ_LatestHeadlines

4. (Macro/China) – Ethiopia Becomes China’s China as Shoe Workers Chant in Mandarin

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/ethiopia-becomes-chinas-china-shoe-workers-chant-mandarin/

5. Super Rich Indians now invest in Equity and Donate more; India’s rich lie in three segments – Inheritors, Entrepreneurs and Professionals

http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/38293

6. Japan’s eel farmers face state regulation to manage new extinction risk

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/24/business/eel-farmers-face-state-regulation-manage-new-extinction-risk/#.U9HB-_mSxqU

7. Lotte World Adventure theme park has organized the special event, the nighttime multimedia parade and show “Let’s Dream”, in commemoration of its 25th anniversary, which fell on July 12

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/07/320_161455.html

8. (Korea) – Experts agree on Choi’s grim outlook; Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan voiced concern that the Korean economy may follow in the path of Japan at the start of its so-called stagnant “lost two decades.”

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2014/07/488_161669.html

9. (Korea) – Korea’s pension fund NPS stake in top 500 firms valued at $66bn; Stakes in Samsung and Hyundai Motor groups took up 47% of the total investment, and close to 70% when adding stakes in SK, LG and Lotte groups

http://news.mk.co.kr/english/newsRead.php?sc=30800016&cm=Finance&year=2014&no=1021873&selFlag=sc&relatedcode=&wonNo=&sID=308

10. (Korea) – Too much money held by South Korean large companies has led to an absurd situation in which their request to put the money into banks is often turned down for fear of negative margin

http://news.mk.co.kr/english/newsRead.php?sc=30800016&cm=Finance&year=2014&no=1026292&selFlag=sc&relatedcode=&wonNo=&sID=308

11. (Korea) – Over 70% LTV ratio Korean mortgages total $36 bn, two-thirds come from non-banks

http://news.mk.co.kr/english/newsRead.php?sc=30800016&cm=Finance&year=2014&no=1029073&selFlag=sc&relatedcode=&wonNo=&sID=308

12. (Korea) – South Korea Plans $40 Billion Stimulus to Tackle Weakening Growth

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2992534

http://online.wsj.com/articles/south-korea-plans-spending-to-tackle-weakening-growth-1406163844

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/us-southkorea-economy-idUSKBN0FT0VH20140724

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2014-07-23/south-korea-growth-slows-more-than-forecast-as-consumption-drops.html

13. (China/HK/Consumer) – McDonald’s takes chicken nuggets off menu in Hong Kong amid food scare

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/25/us-china-food-hongkong-idUSKBN0FU00J20140725

14. (China/India) – India’s Chinese Dream

http://www.project-syndicate.org/print/lee-jong-wha-outlines-how-india-can-replicate-china-s-economic-success

15. (China) – China meat supplier faced claims last year over unethical work practices

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/25/us-china-food-dispute-idUSKBN0FU05Y20140725

16. (Isia/Spore) – Indonesians living in Singapore can soon remit money using cellphones

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/indonesians-living-singapore-can-soon-remit-money-using-

17. (China) – Buyers and Brands Beware in China; The political realities behind the latest tainted food scandal

http://online.wsj.com/articles/buyers-and-brands-beware-in-china-1406220037

18. (China) – Beijing Has Top-Secret View of China’s Employment; the official unemployment rate-4.08% at last measure-is widely seen as useless as it barely budges in good times and bad

http://online.wsj.com/articles/heard-on-the-street-beijing-has-top-secret-view-of-chinas-employment-1406187890

Life

1. The importance of patience and the danger of information overload

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/07/24/1905822/the-importance-of-patience-and-the-danger-of-information-overload/

2. The Highest-Paid Woman in Corporate America Is A CFO

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ruchikatulshyan/2014/07/24/the-highest-paid-woman-in-corporate-america-is-a-cfo/print/

3. How Internal Entrepreneurs Can Deal with Friendly Fire; You, your boss, and your organization can each be in one of four modes: Make It Happen (Make), Help It Happen (Help), Let It Happen (Let) or Keep It from Happening (Keep)

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/07/how-internal-entrepreneurs-can-deal-with-friendly-fire/

4. Don’t Let Your Head Attack Your Heart

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/07/dont-let-your-head-attack-your-heart/

5. Choose your parents wisely: There is a large class divide in how Americans raise their children. Rich parents can afford to ease up a bit; poor parents need help

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21608779-there-large-class-divide-how-americans-raise-their-children-rich-parents-can

6. Helicopter parents: Relax, your kids will be fine; Middle-class parents should give their children more freedom

http://www.economist.com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/news/leaders/21608753-middle-class-parents-should-give-their-children-more-freedom-relax-your-kids-will-be-fine

7. 7 Everyday Phrases With Sinister Origins

http://www.businessinsider.sg/gruesome-origins-of-innocent-phrases-2014-7/#.U9Hul_mSxqU

8. 17 Things Successful People Never Say

http://www.businessinsider.sg/what-successful-people-never-say-2014-7/#.U9HuifmSxqU

9. The 12 Best Books The Marine Corps Wants Its Leaders To Read

http://www.businessinsider.sg/commandants-reading-list-2014-7/#.U9HvNvmSxqU

10. 12 Simple Ways To Be More Interesting

http://www.businessinsider.sg/how-to-be-interesting-2014-7/#.U9HvR_mSxqU

TMT

1. New Google Project Seeks to Define Healthy Human; Google has embarked on what may be its most ambitious and difficult science project ever: a quest inside the human body.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-to-collect-data-to-define-healthy-human-1406246214

2. How MasterCard became a tech company; Four years after taking the helm, CEO Ajay Banga has turned the payments processor into an innovator. The stock’s response? Priceless

http://fortune.com/2014/07/24/mastercard-tech-company/

3. (Tech/Healthcare) – Can Big Data cure cancer?

http://fortune.com/2014/07/24/can-big-data-cure-cancer/

4. Lessons from Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn’s Networker-in-Chief

http://fortune.com/2014/07/24/linkedins-networker-in-chief/

5. Apple could become “obsolete” in two years because the technology sector is so competitive, according to one hedge fund boss.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/10989278/Apple-could-be-obsolete-in-two-years.html

6. Facebook is no longer a social network. It’s the world’s most powerful news reader

http://pando.com/2014/07/24/facebook-is-no-longer-a-social-network-its-the-worlds-most-powerful-news-reader/

7. Meal-Delivery Startups Look for Winning Recipe; Plated, Blue Apron Use Data to Focus on the Details; Measuring Demand for Crunchy Tofu

http://online.wsj.com/articles/meal-delivery-startups-look-for-winning-recipe-1406162891?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_smallbusiness

8. (China/Tech) – Qualcomm’s China Hang-Ups

http://online.wsj.com/articles/heard-on-the-street-qualcomms-china-hang-ups-1406228307

9. Hot Employer Stocks Could End Up Burning Some Young Tech Tycoons; The Lesson of One-Time Highfliers Such as Pets.com Is to Diversify Your Holdings

http://online.wsj.com/articles/hot-employer-stocks-could-end-up-burning-some-young-tech-tycoons-1406217825

10. These Smart Shoes Will Make Sure You Never Get Lost Again

http://www.businessinsider.sg/lechal-smart-shoes-2014-7/

Consumer

1. Ford’s Epic Gamble: The inside story

http://fortune.com/2014/07/24/f-150-fords-epic-gamble/

2. Is T.J. Maxx the best retail store in the land? The off-price chain has built a fantastically loyal following. How have they done it? We got inside the playbook of parent company TJX

http://fortune.com/2014/07/24/t-j-maxx-the-best-retail-store/

3. Loblaw’s fresh approach giving it a big edge in heated grocery battle

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/24/loblaws-fresh-approach-giving-it-a-big-edge-in-heated-grocery-battle/

4. How adult diapers became paper-giant Domtar’s future (because they’re also yours)

http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/24/how-adult-diapers-became-paper-giant-domtars-future-because-theyre-also-yours/

5. A Game of Golf? Not for Many Millennials; A drop in participation rates and disinterest among young people, particularly millennials, have sent both the retail and sporting ends of the business scrambling for a new strategy

http://online.wsj.com/articles/a-game-of-golf-not-for-many-millennials-1406159228

6. Burger King’s 33-Year-Old CEO Is Completely Reshaping The Company

http://www.businessinsider.sg/burger-kings-young-ceo-2014-7/#.U9Ht4_mSxqU

Healthcare

1. (Tech/Healthcare) – Can Big Data cure cancer?

http://fortune.com/2014/07/24/can-big-data-cure-cancer/

2. Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Medicine; A $1,000 pill ignites an ObamaCare war of all against all.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/beggar-thy-neighbor-medicine-1406245356

3. When Hospitals Buy Clinics, Prices Go Up

http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/215224-when-hospitals-buy-clinics-prices-go-up

4. Patients’ reviews: DocAdvisor; Patients around the world are starting to give doctors a piece of their mind. The result should be better care

http://www.economist.com/news/international/21608767-patients-around-world-are-starting-give-doctors-piece-their-mind-result

5. Mental illness: Some needles in the haystack; A consortium of researchers has shone a powerful light on schizophrenia

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21608314-consortium-researchers-has-shone-powerful-light-schizophrenia-some

6. Clinical trials: The nation is losing its grip on a valuable industry

http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21608775-nation-losing-its-grip-valuable-industry-testing-testing

Investing Process

1. Do value stocks protect in market corrections?

http://www.pzena.com/uploads/documents/Commentary%202Q14.pdf

2. Research – Large shareholders and disclosure strategies: Evidence from IPO lockup expirations

Commodities

1. Bolivia’s Battery Ambitions; The country’s vast salt flats contain half of the global reserves of lithium

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-24/bolivias-salt-flats-fuel-lithium-battery-ambitions

Research

1. Securities Lending, Empty Voting and Corporate Governance

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2443217

 

 

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Increase Revenue or Reduce Expenses: Which Is More Effective

July 25, 2014 Leave a comment

Increase Revenue or Reduce Expenses: Which Is More Effective

Running a successful business is a challenge not to be taken lightly. There is a considerable amount of issues to factor in, including short-term viability and long-term success. In general, you should carefully examine every important business decision to make sure it serves a short-term requirement, while at the same time keeping alignment with long-term company goals and values.

Businesses are being put under an enormous amount of pressure to increase profits regardless of the accompanying economic climate. To be able to deliver on this requirement companies need to tackle the challenge in two fronts:

  1. Increase Revenue

All companies sell some sort of good or service. To increase the amount of money coming in there are various alternatives that complement each other. The first one is to generate more money from existing customers. This can be accomplished either by upselling or cross selling. Another alternative is to increase the price of the current product. This approach poses a problem if demand is too elastic and an increase in price generates a drop in demand. A third option is to enter new markets with the current product line. This is possibly the most promising alternative and as such it should be the one that receives more attention and resources. To achieve the exponential growth businesses seek, entering new markets is a very efficient way of reaching a larger customer base. A side effect is the creation of economies of scale that in turn reduce spending to increase profits even more. You can learn more about entering new markets in this informative article: http://www.inc.com/karl-and-bill/5-step-primer-to-entering-new-markets.html

  1. Reduce Expenses

Even though rising revenues is by far the best approach to increase profits, since the limit up to which they can be increased depends on how big the market is, the other side of the profit equation is very important to manage as well. All things being equal, a decrease in expenses will translate into an immediate profit increase. The strategies by which expenses can be reduced vary greatly depending on the type of business and its cost structure. For labor-intensive companies, ensuring optimum staff levels might be the way to go, while for manufacturing companies an improved production process or vendor negotiation could have a bigger impact. One area where the majority of businesses can get an instant expense cut is by running their operations from an executive office suite. Since common area expenses are shared amongst various tenants, and space is optimized for the current workforce (no idle work stations for growth – they are procured and paid for as needed), the expense reduction starts from the day you move in to one of these spaces. Companies like the one found in http://www.officelist.com/ specialize in finding the perfect space to match business needs and reduce current expenses in the process. Another benefit is that these setups come already furnished, eliminating the cost of outfitting the space.

So there you have it. Increasing revenues and reducing expenses. In order to promote growth and alleviate the pressure to increase profits, every manager or C-Level executive should be focused on these two areas of their business.

 

Credit to Jessica for the article. She can be contacted at info@officelist.com

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Morning Bamboo Insight: 25 Jul 2014

July 25, 2014 Leave a comment

Morning Bamboo Insight: 25 Jul 2014

Macro

1. Rethinking Buybacks: To earn a “return” on stock buybacks, you need a more sophisticated message and better execution

http://ww2.cfo.com/capital-markets/2014/07/rethinking-buybacks

2. Uncovering Cash and Insights from Working Capital; Companies that improve the performance of their working capital can generate cash and see benefits far beyond the finance department.

http://ww2.cfo.com/cash-flow/2014/07/uncovering-cash-insights-working-capital

Asia Pacific

1. (Korea) – Lotte’s power transition set in motion; More than 10 affiliates of Lotte Group exchanged part of their shares with each other in a move to streamline their cross-share holding structure ahead of the implementation of a law banning it

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2014/07/123_161586.html

2. (Korea) – The listed units of Korea’s top 10 conglomerates paid less than 1% of their profits as dividends last year

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2014/07/488_161583.html

3. (India) – Biba Apparels: Redefining Ethnic Wear For Indian Women

http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/38262

4. (HK) – Why HK’s ‘donationgate’ is a big deal; The “Donationgate” dogging pan- democrats and their financial backer, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, bears all the hallmarks of a Rashomon script.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=17&art_id=147678&sid=42675105&con_type=1&d_str=20140724&fc=7

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=17&art_id=147618&sid=42667715&con_type=1&d_str=20140723&fc=7

5. (China) – Daqing oil workers push kids to follow in their footsteps

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140722000026&cid=1501

6. (India) – Milltec Machinery: Spreading Wings With Rice Mill Machines

http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/38266

7. (India) – SH Kelkar & Co: Infusing Fragrance In Lives

http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/38260

8. (India) – Magicrete: Building An Alternative Reality; Sourabh Bansal’s concrete units have the potential to disrupt the traditional construction material market

http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/38252

9. (Myanmar) – Burmese Tycoon Tay Za Under Scrutiny

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2014/07/23/burmese-tycoon-tay-za-under-scrutiny/print/

10. (Spore/HK) – ARA Asset Management’s John Lim See Real Returns With Li Ka-shing

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2014/07/23/john-lim-see-real-returns-with-li-ka-shing/print/

11. PTC Industries: Casting magic with metal; The Agarwals invested in unique technology for their foundry to attract A-list international clients

http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/38258

12. (Spore) – Singapore’s 50 Richest Score Big Gains Amid Buying Binge

http://www.forbes.com/sites/naazneenkarmali/2014/07/23/singapores-50-richest-score-big-gains-amid-buying-binge/print/

13. (Spore) – Singapore’s Goodpack Founder David Lam Awaits Payday from Private Equity Deal

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2014/07/23/david-lam-awaits-payday-from-private-equity-deal/print/

14. (Asia) – Asia’s Best Under A Billion; Discovering Asia-Pac’s ‘Sustainably’ Profitable SMEs

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2014/07/23/asias-best-under-a-billion/print/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timferguson/2014/07/23/discovering-asia-pacs-sustainably-profitable-smes/print/

15. (India) – India’s Time For Growth

http://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2014/07/23/indias-time-for-growth/print/

16. (Spore) – Billionaire’s Playground: Singapore Is The Most Expensive City Globally

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ruchikatulshyan/2014/03/04/billionaires-playground-singapore/print/

17. (China) – Food Safety in China Still Faces Big Hurdles

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/business/international/food-safety-in-china-still-faces-big-hurdles.html?ref=business&_r=0

18. (Korea/Consumer) – Paris Baguette, Korea’s largest bakery chain owned by SPC Group, opened its first store in the heart of the French capital, a move it had long desired during its 26 years of operation

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2992455&cloc=joongangdaily|home|newslist2

19. (Korea) – It’s dividend time, Korea; The local business sector and stock market is abuzz over the new finance minister’s hint of a punitive tax on large companies sitting on piles of cash reserves

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2992443

20. (China) – Chinese Appliance Giant Haier Decides Its Future Is to Think Small; Haier Group creates large number of micro companies to jump into a range of businesses, from films and finance to manufacturing and delivery

http://english.caixin.com/2014-07-23/100708077.html

21. (China) – Wenzhou’s real estate bringing down an economic heavyweight

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1202&MainCatID=12&id=20140724000054

22. (China) – Chasing China’s high-profile criminals across the world

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140724000070&cid=1103

23. (China) – Expired meat scandal in China seems a systemic problem

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140723000115&cid=1103

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140724000088&cid=1201

24. (China) – Golden toad offends former Chinese president; One of Beijing’s prime summer tourist attractions has become a grotesque embarrassment after someone noticed its resemblance to Jiang Zemin

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10985560/Golden-toad-offends-former-Chinese-president.html

Life

1. Here’s The Number One Mistake That Kills Startups, According To Ben Horowitz

http://www.businessinsider.sg/ben-horowitz-budget-process-kills-startups-2014-7/#.U9DXAvmSxqU

http://www.bhorowitz.com/how_to_ruin_your_company_with_one_bad_process

2. 21 Quotes From Bill Gates That Take You Inside The Mind Of The World’s Richest Man

http://www.businessinsider.sg/quotes-from-bill-gates-worlds-richest-man-2014-7/#.U9DXA_mSxqU

3. This Mindset Can Prevent You From Succeeding At Work

http://www.businessinsider.sg/this-mindset-could-ruin-your-success-2014-7/#.U9DWyvmSxqU

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140721225305-11458886-the-three-words-that-can-ruin-your-career

4. As full-time pastors become a thing of the past, more and more seminary grads are taking on secular jobs to supplement their incomes

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/print/2014/07/higher-calling-lower-wages-the-collapse-of-the-middle-class-clergy/374786/

5. How ‘Moral Licensing’ Ruins Your Diet, Savings, And Long-Term Goals

http://www.businessinsider.sg/moral-licensing-ruins-diets-savings-goals-2014-7/#.U9DW9fmSxqU

6. Meet The 22-Year-Old Student People Are Calling ‘The Italian Mark Zuckerberg’

http://www.businessinsider.sg/italian-mark-zuckerberg-matteo-achilli-2014-7/#.U9DWTPmSxqU

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28211811?print=true

7. The Promise of 100% and Finding Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

http://forbesindia.com/blog/business-strategy/the-promise-of-100-and-finding-fortune-at-the-bottom-of-the-pyramid/

8. With the Blessing of Bill Gates, “Business Adventures” Becomes an Unlikely Summertime Best Seller

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/the-blessing-of-bill-gates-and-an-unlikely-summertime-best-seller/?ref=business

9. A Motivational Speech From The Greatest Entrepreneur, Muhammad Ali

http://pando.com/2014/07/23/startups-anonymous-a-motivational-speech-from-the-greatest-entrepreneur-muhammad-ali/

10. Tech Leaders Tell Interns What They Wish They Knew At Age 20

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/23/tech-leaders-tell-interns-what-they-wish-they-knew-at-age-20/

11. The Modernization Of Computer Science Education: enabling students to focus on a particular project to build a skill set applicable to the real-world today

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/23/modernizing-computer-science-education/

12. People Hate Bankers Because People Are Ignorant

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-07-16/people-hate-bankers-because-people-are-ignorant

13. The 9-to-5 workday is practically an invitation to ethical lapses. Here’s why. We are more likely to lie and cheat when we are tired

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/22/science-were-more-likely-to-lie-and-cheat-when-were-tired/

14. An Idiot’s Guide to Inequality; If you don’t have time for Thomas Piketty’s comprehensive best seller, here’s a quick five-point take on the gap between the rich and poor

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/opinion/nicholas-kristof-idiots-guide-to-inequality-piketty-capital.html

15. Robert Sutton’s Guide to Excellence; The Stanford professor’s latest research explores the practices that enable companies to scale what they do best

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00276?gko=b7548&cid=TL20140724&utm_campaign=TL20140724&tid=27782251&pg=all

TMT

1. (Australia/Tech) – Australia’s Seek Takes Online Job Search Abroad (Seek Zhaopin)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2014/07/23/australias-seek-takes-online-job-search-abroad-see-zhaopin/print/

2. (India/Tech) – KPIT: An Indian Tech Company With An Auto Focus

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anuraghunathan/2014/07/23/a-tech-company-with-an-auto-focus/print/

3. Open Source and the Challenge of Making Money

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/open-source-and-the-challenge-of-making-money/?ref=business

4. (China/Tech) – China set to retain position as top e-commerce market

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140724000111&cid=1202

5. China/Tech) – Xiaomi faces hurdles on path to international expansion

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140723000048&cid=1502

Healthcare

1. Acetaminophen No Better Than Placebo for Back Pain; About two-thirds of adults have lower back pain at some point in their lives, and most are told to take acetaminophen

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/acetaminophen-no-better-than-placebo-for-back-pain/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=health&_r=0

Energy

1. Let Our Oil and Gas Go: America Should Rescind the Ban on Crude-Oil Exports

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/opinion/america-should-rescind-the-ban-on-crude-oil-exports.html?ref=opinion

2. Four reasons why US fracking could turn out to be a bubble

http://qz.com/238686/is-there-a-fracking-bubble/

 

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