Issue: July 12, 2012 (Archive)

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Brewing winners
Gastronomic passion and daring to think out of the box drove Simon Wong Ka- wo to expand from cups of Hong Kong- style coffee and tea to a food empire that comprises wholesale, retail, cafes and restaurants.

Online payment pioneer comes of age
E-commerce has revolutionized sales and our shopping culture in the past decade.

Exactly who is going to rescue the euro zone?
The result of the most recent euro zone summit was greeted with great relief by the markets.

Spies like us
Question: How many intelligence agencies does a country really need?

No rush
Echoing the principles that almost every money manager and smart investor abides by, Gerry Ng Joo Yeow, who has been in the asset management field for more than two decades, leans heavily on the side of prudence in handing over money to other people to invest.

Balance sheet boss
An accountant who rose from humble beginnings to become a political figure, Paul Chan Mo-po is a self-made man.

REIT way
Diners spent HK$7 billion an average every month during the past three months in fast food outlets and a variety of other dining establishments.

Economic pain takes toll on US earnings forecasts
Expectations for US corporate earnings are deflating fast as the euro zone crisis deepens and economic data around the world disappoints.

Emerging market forex rout to escalate as bond funds succumb
Last week's furious selloff in emerging market currencies looks set to gather pace in coming days on signs that hitherto resilient domestic bond markets are finally crumbling under the weight of global risk aversion.

Vital link
To many stock investors, the registrar occupies a rather inconspicuous trading position as a dull name-changer of shares. But innovation can apparently make this tedious work easier for everyone.

Deeper metals price falls needed to spark closures
A rout in commodity markets has pushed prices of aluminium, zinc and nickel down to levels where many high-cost producers are starting to suffer, although the pain threshold may have to increase before widespread closures help balance markets.

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