Bamboo Innovator Daily Insight: 16 Feb (Mon) – If you want something done, do not write a to-do list
February 16, 2015 Leave a comment
Life
- If you want something done, do not write a to-do list: FT
- How To Be Someone People Love To Talk To: Bark
- A new aristocracy? The beauty of Koreans’ zeal for education was that it gave people a chance, and a reason to work hard so they could build their own future. But a recent study paints an alarming picture: KT
Greater China
- Deflation is making China’s debt mountain even more terrifying: BI
- Internet payment portals luring Chinese customers with red envelope war: WCT
- The Global Economy’s Chinese Headwinds: PS
- China’s ‘blood famine’ drives patients to the black market: Reuters
- HK needs more risk-takers to nurture start-up culture: SCMP
- Hong Kong firms must break their family ties: SCMP
India
- Delhi Wakes Up to an Air Pollution Problem It Cannot Ignore: NYT
Japan & Korea
- ‘Nut rage’ prompts S.Korea to consider law against as “gabjil”, or high-handedness conduct by the rich and powerful: AsiaOne
ASEAN
- Myanmar’s next steps depend on the generals: FT
- Jokowi Has Forgotten Some Basic Truths About His Job: JG
- In Indonesia, fresh chance to break gas pump monopoly: Reuters
- The polemic on Indonesia’s wasteful and inefficient bureaucracy has resurfaced after ban on holding of meetings and other government events in hotels as from Dec. 1, 2014: JP
- Indonesia Faces a Crossroads in Corruption Battle: WSJ
Macro
- Corporate bonds: Emerging bubble; Signs of distress are appearing in companies’ debt: FT
- Banks dismantle ‘strings of pearls’ as they turn to dust; Pressure from investors and regulators has led lenders to dismantle units built in boom years: FT
- The $100m man’s guide to Brazilian graft: FT
- Negative rates to rattle financial system; Impact to hit pension funds and insurance groups: FT
Energy & Commodities
- Rigged, manipulated and opaque: the $3 trillion oil market needs reform: Telegraph
TMT
- British companies are attempting to boldly go where no manufacturer has gone before by enabling huge pieces of hardware for satellites to be built in space. FT
- Hoping Google’s Lab Is a Rainmaker: NYT
- Slice and Carve: The Next Wave in Computer-Aided Creativity: NYT
- Five Ways That Apple Is Already Positioned to Be a Car Company: Bloomberg
- Online Bank Robbers Steal Up to $1 Billion: Researcher: Bloomberg
Consumer & Others
- Starbucks in Britain: A loss-making machine; Why one of Starbucks’ divisions in a coffee-loving country is so unprofitable: Economist
- Hello Kitty…For Men! But Can Sanrio’s New Fashion Line Overcome The Pussy Factor?: Forbes
- Does Levi Strauss still fit America?: Fortune
- Vitamins Hide the Low Quality of Our Food: NYT
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