Issue: March 06, 2012   (Archive)
Sunday, May 26, 2013   

Putting on a show
Creativity is not likely to make an impact on business without the necessary discipline to stay on course, especially for companies involved in designing structures for global events and exhibitions.



Eastern advantage
In recent years, several leading French food and beverage companies have set up base in Hong Kong to leverage on the advantages provided by the local market to sell food and wine in Greater China.

Game plan
Alan Tsang Hing-lun, founder and chief executive of financial planning firm AMTD, writes regularly in newspapers, offering advice on investing.

Smart money points to more gains in US stocks
When equity markets shuddered last summer during the European debt crisis the smart money bought the weakness in a precursor to a big rally into 2012.

Inspecting the inspectors
I love my MacBook, as well as my iPhone and iPod. But I now wonder if I will have the same personal struggle I had with Nike more than a decade ago.

Human dimension
Hong Kong Housing Society chairman Yeung Ka-sing's expertise in resource allocation helps him to play his public service role well.

Deflation or inflation - the next leg of the euro-zone crisis
We have recently heard stark warnings from George Soros, the International Monetary Fund as well as the World Bank about the possibility of a severe economic downturn in the euro zone.

Strategy of satisfaction
Imagine a man who spent 30 years leveraging the advantages of the internet, immersed himself in the world of mobile phones and digital devices, and we might picture the stereotypical nerd.

Roasted fresh
In a sleepless city like Hong Kong, a caffeine punch is a necessity for a lot of people. For some, it could even be an addiction. For Raymond Tong Kwok- kong, who says he drinks five cups of coffee a day - a habit from his university days - the addiction is much more than caffeine.

Finding value amid austerity - the new normal
What if, despite reviewing your investment portfolio each year, you're scratching your head over how to invest in an era of austerity?

The beauty of the scam
Have you ever wondered who are the best con artists of all time? You may have a list but I came across some great conmen at work up close and personal in my line of business, well in some sort of ways.



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