Issue: August 13, 2012   (Archive)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013   

Mall King
Mastering oriental culture and occidental management skills are key to running the 100 outlets of CapitaMalls Asia (6813), says chief executive Lim Beng-chee.



Right pick?
Barack Obama often gets slammed for his stewardship of the US economy, but for stock investors he's been one of the best presidents since World War Two.

Topped up
From Visa to Octopus, Sunny Cheung Yiu-tong has always played his cards right.

Pay packages are not licensed to thrill
Kudos to the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Canada closure looms for China
At first blush, CNOOC's US$15.1 billion (HK$117.78 billion) bid for Nexen seemed like a sign that China is ready to go on a buying spree in Canada's oil patch.

Shape of the future
Beauty may be skin deep, but it is deep enough for some women to spend their hard-earned money on anything that will make them attractive.

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.



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