Stagnant wages, immigration fuel Singapore squeeze
Singaporean Ramzi Mohamed is tired of sleeping in the living room of the two-bedroom apartment he shares with his mother and older brother. His problem is that housing prices in the city-state are up almost 70 percent since 2006 while the 29-year-old gym administrator's monthly salary of 1,200 Singapore dollars ($938) hasn't...
What Was Mubarak Thinking? Inside the Mind of a Dictator
Hosni Mubarak Despots are good at a lot of things — suppressing dissent, muzzling the press, crushing hope, the whole tool kit of talents necessary to cling to power for 30 or 40 years. What they tend to be a little rusty on are their people skills — the ability to understand the motivations of others and act in a way that...
Singapore is slowly losing its luster as a capital-raising venue for Chinese companies
Over a dozen Chinese firms trading on the Singapore Exchange (SGXL.SI) are expected to seek dual listings in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Seoul in 2011, exceeding last year's total, drawn by higher valuations and aggressive marketing efforts by rival bourses. "We should see around 13-15 companies this year because markets are getting...
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