Issue: July 23, 2012   (Archive)
Monday, May 20, 2013   

Maverick bean counter
Possessing a sense of worldliness and being streetsmart is how Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants president Keith Pogson outshined his peers.



Beating has stopped for the US housing sector
The worst US housing crisis since the Great Depression has been declared over. But is it?

When the boss is always right
Let me start with a familiar scene. Suppose the boss says, "I don't like his face." His sidekicks exchange quick looks and leave the room without a word. They clearly understand what their boss means and promptly kill the guy, in cool Chicago mafia fashion.

Test of time
Ticking time may turn youth into decrepit old age but, in the case of a watch, it only adds luster - transforming the timepiece from ordinary to classical.

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.

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.

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.



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