The key to Oprah Winfrey’s success: radical focus; After revamping her once-struggling TV channel, OWN, Oprah Winfrey has figured out how to make time for the projects she cares about most – Bamboo Innovator Daily: 12 Oct (Mon)

Life

• The key to Oprah Winfrey’s success: radical focus; After revamping her once-struggling TV channel, OWN, Oprah Winfrey has figured out how to make time for the projects she cares about most. FastCo
• Elise Andrew, the woman credited with making science sexy and interesting for millions around the world, says she was offered $40.1 million to sell her runaway success Facebook page and websites. TheAge
• The Importance of Recreational Math: ‘Fun’ problems can lead to striking, unexpected discoveries.: NYT
• Secrets from 11 of the most productive people from Oprah to Aziz Ansari: FastCo
• Joining the family business: An emerging opportunity for investors: McKinsey
• The Nobel prize in economics was awarded for showing the world as it is-not how it should be; Don’t let the Nobel prize fool you. Economics is not a science: qz
• Making Caregiving Compatible with Work: HBR
• The six lists you need to make every day productive: FastCo
• Angus Deaton Awarded Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences; Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University wins for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare: WSJ
• They may be fighting like rats in a sack’ – how to survive a VW-style corporate crisis; From Enron to Kids Company, Northern Rock to the News of the World, former employees recall their feelings of excitement, isolation and despair  Guardian
• Don’t let the Nobel : Guardian
• Why It’s Important To Understand Cultural Difference In Business: Forbes
• Ruby McGregor-Smith, Mitie CEO: Outsourcing’s prickly peer; Managing cleaners and carers has led her into the House of Lords – and a national debate over pay: FT
• The problem with those who cheat; Insead professor of ethics analyses how the Volkswagen brand came to fail: FT
• Maestro Guitarss found ways to improve its guitar quality expand the business: ST
• Ageing: switching off genes could extend lifespan by 60 per cent, scientists say: TheAge
• The Trouble With Economics: Bloomberg
• Ageing: switching off genes could extend lifespan by 60 per cent, scientists say: TheAge
•  The Trouble With Economics: Bloomberg
• Ferrari Scion, Steered Away From Racing, Ends Up a Billionaire: Bloomberg

Books

• Fortune’s Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street : Amazon

Investing Process

• The Best-Performing CEOs in the World: HBR
•  ‘They may be fighting like rats in a sack’ – how to survive a VW-style corporate crisis; From Enron to Kids Company, Northern Rock to the News of the World, former employees recall their feelings of excitement, isolation and despair: Guardian
• Should shareholders have a greater say in corporate governance? What key matters should require shareholder approval? BT
• Sumir Chadha Of Westbridge Capital/ Jwalamukhi Explains Technique For Finding Multi-bagger Stocks & Also Discusses Fav Stocks: RJ

Greater China

•  Chinese Investors Rush to Haven Assets; Money is leaving stocks and moving into bonds, property and artwork: WSJ
• Rising bankruptcies in China could signal Japanese-style ‘lost decade’: SCMP
• Overcapacity, sagging demand: China’s aluminum glut set to continue: Nikkei
• A Garden Chat With Huawei Founder Ren Zhengfei: Forbes
• Jia Yueting, the billionaire chairman of video and gadget company LeTV, once compared Apple to the Nazis on his Chinese microblogging site Weibo; Forbes
• China’s future on Aim looks fragile after regulatory shake-up: FT
• China targets automated share trading; Regulators clamp down on practice they say amplifies volatility: FT
• Beijing’s Market Rescue Leaves China Stocks Stuck in the Doldrums; Chinese authorities succeeded in halting stocks’ downward spiral, but aggressive moves have scared off many investors: WSJ
• Chinese Firm Pulls Out of Deal to Buy New Zealand Farms; Group cites uncertainty from NZ Overseas Investment Office: WSJ
• Li Ka-shing plans to make a killing as he cuts corporate ties with HK: SCMP
• This Analyst Says China’s Stock Rally-to-Rout Is About to Repeat: Bloomberg

India

• Modi struggles to unleash investment from uneasy private sector: FT
• Modi’s India Reform Push Hangs in Balance as Bihar Starts Voting: Bloomberg

Japan & Korea

• South Korea’s Technology-Fueled Economy Flashes Signs of Revival: Bloomberg

ASEAN

• Philippine firms go on global shopping spree: SCMP
• Southeast Asia’s infrastructure dreams spark negotiating frenzy: Nikkei
• The Investigating the mystery of soaring generic medication prices; Without more transparency on how such financial decisions are made, an expert says, Americans may be doomed to see more generics zoom up in price: Guardian
• Najib’s royal predicament: AsiaOne
• SGX to conduct review of listed companies’ annual reports: CNA

Macro

• Asia’s indebted firms face gloomy prospects: SCMP
• Faith in an Unregulated Free Market? Don’t Fall for It; To be truly successful, free markets require common-sense regulation to prevent manipulation and deceit, two economics laureates argue in a new book. NYT
• GOLDMAN SACHS: Welcome to the third wave of the 2008 financial crisis: BI
• Bankers Grapple With How to Help Emerging Markets: NYT

Energy & Commodities

• Commodity contagion sparks second credit crisis as investors panic; Falling commodity prices have caused panic in credit markets and just like 2007 the contagion is spreading: Telegraph
•  Lessons from shale industry will reshape global oil market; New production and financing structures to have lasting impact: FT
• US oil operators under pressure as Saudi Arabia plays long game: FT
• Saudi Arabia oil: No gain without pain; Riyadh’s decision to maintain output, even as prices fell, has hobbled rivals but exposed its economic weaknesses: FT
• Glencore Looks to ‘Streaming’ Deals for Quick Cash; Miner tells fund managers it expects to raise up to $1.5 billion by selling future metals deliveries for advance payments: WSJ

Healthcare

• Investigating the mystery of soaring generic medication prices; Without more transparency on how such financial decisions are made, an expert says, Americans may be doomed to see more generics zoom up in price: Guardian

Auto

• This is why Tesla always overpromises and underdelivers: BI

TMT

• Taxis, Cabcharge regroup after ACCC knocks back anti-Uber app: TheAge
• Dell to Buy EMC for $65 Billion, a Record Takeover in Technology: NYT

Consumer & Others

•  Light Beer Gets in Touch With Serious Side; Mergers, marketing changes brew amid weak sales; silly ads give way: WSJ
• Woolworths, Lowe’s tip $105 million into Masters as deadline looms: TheAge