What Steve Jobs Taught Me About Being a Son and a Father – Bamboo Innovator Daily: 8 Aug (Sat)

Life

• What Steve Jobs Taught Me About Being a Son and a Father: NYT
• 11 famous executives who majored in philosophy: BI
• A 6-Part Structure for Giving Clear and Actionable Feedback: HBR
• 7 incredibly useful lessons I learned from Harvard Business School’s new online course: BI
• Man vs. machine: The true story of an ex-cop’s war on lie detectors: Bloomberg
• Proof you’re not making business decisions quick enough: Fortune
• How brands can continue to thrive: BT
• Richard Scudamore, executive chairman of the English Premier League, the world’s richest football league, is steward to a billion-dollar phenomenon: BT
• Eye Shape May Help Distinguish Predator From Prey: NYT
• Remembering Hiroshima, and How It Changed the World; Nagasaki, the Forgotten City: NYT, NYT2

Investing Process

• The UK’s top court has upheld a ruling that two overseas land and forestry investments should fall within the scope of regulation, in a victory for watchdogs amid concerns that pensioners may be lured into high-risk investments. FT
• Pensioners are at greater risk of falling victim to investment scams as “opportunistic fraudsters” target over-55s with bogus schemes, Citizens Advice has warned.: FT
• Investing: Activists learn good manners; Investors are realising they can have more success outside the US by taking a different approach: FT

Greater China

• Here We Go Again: China Packaging Stock Margin Loans As Asset Backed Securities: VW
• China’s Tighter Grip on Stock Market Strangles Shareholders; Chinese efforts to help the market may simply be storing up trouble for later: WSJ
• China’s Stock Crash Is Spurring a Shakeout in Shadow Banks: Bloomberg
• China Equity Selloff Could Spark a Chain Reaction: Barron’s
• YouTube is the unrivaled king of video in most parts of the world, but China’s video portals have it tougher—they face too many near-identical competitors: qz

Japan & Korea

• New business code seen spurring stock buybacks in Japan: JT
• Japan Inc. in transition: Mixed signals as companies focus on governance reform: Nikkei

ASEAN

• For Singapore’s wealthiest, land is riches: Many property tycoons’ land banks were built up mostly in the pre-independence days: BT
• Housing: The people’s equity stake in S’pore; But has the government’s home ownership policy outdone itself?: BT
• How Low Can Malaysia’s Ringgit Go?: WSJ
• Msia: The difference between now and 1998: Star
• A ringgit peg would not work: Star

Macro

• Acquisitions race could lead to risky buys: FT

Healthcare

• These startups have a brilliant plan to tackle the deadly multibillion-dollar fake drug scourge: BI

TMT

• The Podcast Resurgence: Your Definitive Listening Guide; Top authors, comedians, chefs and meteorologists recommend their favorite podcasts so you can get in on the action. Plus: the best apps and docks for podcast lovers: WSJ
• How to Use a Smartphone to Make Older Cars More ‘Connected’: WSJ
• If the End of Moore’s Law is Near, What’s Next?: WSJ
• Steve Jobs’ post-PC world: Are we there yet? Fortune

Consumer & Others

• Is Quip the Tesla of Toothbrushes?new Internet startup aims to upend the pharmacy aisle with electric brushes that look and feel great: Bloomberg