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Posts tagged with "financial crisis"
The refugees of boom-and-bust
Nov. 10 | At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and penniless. To his fellow architects, he says there is only one ethical response.
Checkup for U.S. Banks
Sep. 20 | The following article is from Knowledge@Wharton At first glance, U.S. banks look like they’re getting healthier. Many of the biggest have repaid government bailout money, some are reporting solid profits and the government is winding down...
An alternative to the Job Credits Scheme
Feb. 7 | By Arixion / Writer SOME THINGS just do not change. This fact was well-illustrated In the recently-announced Budget for 2009. As usual, the bulk of the Budget goes towards defence, a low priority at a time where our neighbouring countries are suffering...
Standing united in dark days
Feb. 5 | TOC Update: The National Petition for Fairer Transportation Fares for Polytechnic / Tertiary Students will be making an appearance on Channel News Asia’s I, Journalist programme on Monday, 9th February 2009. You can view the flyer here. By Gilbert...
In between the silence
Dec. 21 | KJ Can there be real transparency and accountability in an authoritarian one-party state? In popular banter, in coffeeshops, during taxi-rides, Singapore is often likened to a dynasty, a fiefdom, a monarchy. The benevolent emperor is aging, and the...
Obama’s first weekly Democratic address
Nov. 16 | For the first time, President-elect of the United States, Barack Obama, has released his weekly Democratic address on the Internet. It can be found on the website “Change.Gov – Office of the President-Elect”. “President-elect Obama plans to...
Letter to TOC: Minibonds investors given runaround
Nov. 8 | The following is a letter sent to The Online Citizen by a group of minibonds investors. Brokerages the weakest link in Minibonds Complaints Resolution We are a group of frustrated Minibonds investors who bought Minibonds, Pinnacle Notes or Jubilee Notes...
They sit and wait…
Nov. 7 | The Singaporean mindset of choosing financial security over all their dreams and ideals. Poem by Betsy Tan. Cartoon by My Sketchbook. [Click on picture to enlarge]
Unwrapping the global financial crisis
Oct. 31 | Donaldson Tan / Writer Although the immediate outlook for the world economy looks grim, the historical experience of the emerging markets pulling the world economy along will point the way forward when recovery gets under way. As the global financial...
Credit crisis: Hong Kong vs Singapore
Oct. 16 | Here are two videos from our local television channel on how the countries, Hong Kong and Singapore, are handling the financial crisis and in particular, the structured products saga. In Singapore:
Al Jazeera on financial crisis
Sep. 24 | Al Jazeera special on how the financial turmoil on Wall Street has affected Asian markets and economies. The panel includes TOC’s columnist Mr Leong Sze Hian. Part One:
