Bamboo Innovator Daily Insight: 17 Mar (Tues) – The Steve Jobs you didn’t know: Kind, Patient, and Human

Life

• The Steve Jobs you didn’t know: kind, patient, and human: FastCo
• Skills in Flux : We are already using a set of subtle, flexible new skills to fit the new economy. It’s time we understood them. NYT
• The Hidden Talent of Steve Jobs: Genius alone didn’t bring Apple back. It took management chops. NYT
• Decoding the Rules of Conversation; The French love to land zingers. The British live in the land of irony. And Americans? It’s all about reassurance.: NYT
• Agility Is Within Reach; With strategic responsiveness and organizational flexibility, you can move quickly when your industry changes. Strategy&
• Would-Be Financial Whiz Is Charged With Stealing From Investors; Mark Malik’s fund won praise from ranking firms: WSJ
• Does Stress Make Us Forgetful? (Is That Why We Can’t Find the Car Keys?): WSJ
• Disruptive innovation is catching on: BT
• ‘Cinderella’ and the power of kindness: WaPo
• Motivational speakers modern charlatans: TheAge

Greater China

• Open Letter to SGX/MAS: Reply to CFO of SGX-Listed China Environment (CENV SP) on report “Potential Accounting Tunneling Fraud at China Environment?” – Address the accounting and governance concerns in an SGX/MAS announcement: AsianExtractor
• In pursuit of runaway funds, Beijing struck a deal with a fraudster Li Dongzhe tired of life on the run; Li is one of the 18,000 Chinese economic escapees hiding around the world: WSJ
• Sunac Said to Find Kaisa Unprofitable in Due Diligence Work; Analysts are still forecasting a profit for the full year, with the average of six estimates compiled by Bloomberg at 3.1 billion yuan ($495 million). Bloomberg
• China’s slowdown has suddenly become a “fiscal shock”; Land auctions make up a huge chunk of local government revenues-an estimated 40% in 2013-and account for a big chunk of China’s GDP: Quartz
• In China, trust firms shift, rather than reduce, shadow banking risk: Reuters
• Don’t Count on China’s Debt Problems Going Away: WSJ
• PetroChina Vice Chairman Under Investigation for Graft Allegations: WSJ
• Mainland corruption crackdown poses risks for foreign investors: SCMP
• Q. and A.: David Shambaugh on the Risks to Chinese Communist Rule: NYT
• Alibaba’s Jack Ma shows off new ‘pay with a selfie’ technology; New facial recognition software is intended to buttress the fast-growing mobile-payments business. Fortune
• A vote of no confidence from China’s young consumers; A vote of no confidence from China’s young consumers: FT
• China’s Answer to Pixar Unveils New 3-D Feature About Guardian Spirits: WSJ
• All You Need to Know About Alibaba’s Lock-Up Expiration: WSJ
• Hong Kong’s Decade-Long Property Boom Could Be Ending: Chart : Bloomberg

India

• India needs own model of manufacturing: BT
• Jewelers in India Jump Online for $22 Billion E-Commerce Pie: Bloomberg

Japan & Korea

• Japan’s Devaluation Warning for Europe; Monetary easing without reform has reduced real wages.: WSJ
• Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games: WSJ

ASEAN

• Open Letter to SGX/MAS: Reply to CFO of SGX-Listed China Environment (CENV SP) on report “Potential Accounting Tunneling Fraud at China Environment?” – Address the accounting and governance concerns in an SGX/MAS announcement: AsianExtractor
• SGX needs to serve up equities revival: FT
• Deficiencies found in fair value measure in Singapore: audit survey: BT

Macro

• Can Asia Survive a Strong Dollar? Bloomberg
• IMF fears emerging markets instability: FT
• Why Wimp label sticks to emerging nations; They suffer from lacking international monetary power: FT
• Regulators step up warnings against pension scams: FT
• A Mystery in Hedge Fund Investing: Hedge fund performance has been terrible. Hedge fund expenses are insane. People continue to invest in hedge funds anyway. NYT
• A ‘Merger of Equals’ Is More Fragile: WSJ
• In Shift, Firms Give Investors New Clout Over Board Seats; Move rattles some as proxy access could give pension funds, unions greater influence over firms’ strategic choices: WSJ
• How a Rising Dollar Is Creating Trouble for Emerging Economies: NYT
• Insider trading masterminds Lukas Kamay, Christopher Hill jailed after Block bid: TheAge
• Funds Run by Robots Now Account for $400 Billion: Bloomberg
• Court Strikes on Insider Trading, and Congress Lobs Back: NYT

Energy & Commodities

• Are the good times over for growth in U.S. shale gas?: Reuters
• Fortescue turns to the junk bond market for $US2.5b after US loan investors demanded better terms, forcing the miner to pay up to extend and refinance its debt: TheAge

TMT

• Big problem for fund managers: liking Apple too much: Reuters
• Apple Watch shows the strategic ripple effects of a big splash: Engage? Ignore? Retreat? How to react when a powerful new product arrives in your sector:FT
• Can GrubHub Go the Last Mile?: Bloomberg
• Driverless cars: A tremendous innovation with a glaring Achilles’ heel: WaPo
• John Maeda says design is winning in Silicon Valley: WaPo

Healthcare

• Intensive Care Gets Friendlier with Apps, Devices: Family participation helps patients; respect and dignity are priorities: WSJ
• Scientists’ New Goal: Growing Old Without Disease; Researchers plan to test a pill to prevent or delay Alzheimer’s, heart disease and other ailments that come with age: WSJ
• Sirtex Medical loses $1b in market value after cancer trial disappoints: TheAge
• Horse dung has scientists on scent of antibiotic success: Reuters
• Looking at the Promise and Perils of the Emerging Big Data Sector: NYT

Consumer & Others

• Craft versus Kraft: Big US food groups are struggling to adapt to the diverse tastes of younger generations and immigrant populations: FT