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A Union of Minds, Methods, and Values Keeps Singapore’s Unique Skyline Alive
Singapore Land Group’s praises are sung — by peers and award bodies Singapore Land Group Ltd — SingLand — has a simple, and admirable, focus: to create inclusive urban spaces that empower people, businesses, and communities to thrive. And its
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Technology, Turtles, Subway Systems and Flying Men — Delivery is Moving on Apace
Pie-from-the-sky is the festival food delivery dream for 2023 by HAL WILLIAMS New technology always takes a bit of bedding-in before it’s accepted, adopted, and widely used. ‘Twas ever thus; back in 1964, when the facsimile machine was born, it
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Life On an Ocean Wave (Kept Afloat by Sea of Banknotes)
‘All I need is a luxury superyacht, and a star to steer her by…’ It’s official: the tide has not turned. The soaring demand for superyachts in 2022 continues to grow — and the market for luxury vessels longer than
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World Bank: Tackling Development Crisis Through Financial Innovation
The World Bank uncovers fresh avenues to increase financing capacity. Global development faces multiple crises: Growing debt burdens, inflation, and the rising cost of finance have made the economic path rockier. These challenges, together with the escalating climate emergency, have
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AI: Lies, Surprises, and a Risk of our Own Extinction — With Some Interesting Attributes
The bots are here: ‘It’s as if aliens had landed, and nobody noticed because they are fluent in English…’ ChatGPT suffers from hallucinations, with hints of sociopathy. If stumped, the much-hyped chatbot will brazenly resort to lying and spit out
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Turning Passion into a Driving Force is a Sure Route to Business Success
APIP-Guinée MD Diana Kouyaté, mother, entrepreneur, and Guinean patriot, swears by her homeland’s rich potential. Diana Kouyaté has an innate love for her native country, the West African nation of Guinea. She grew up in the seaside capital of Conakry,
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Global Warning: Asia is Critical to Addressing Climate Change
Asia emits about half of the world’s global greenhouse gas emissions and that figure is set to increase if the right policies are not put in place. Asia’s future will be heavily shaped by climate change. The region has special vulnerabilities,
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Championing CBDCs — Who’s Who in the Race?
Central banks front and centre, of course — but little is straightforward in the biggest currency jump we’ve faced since shells went out of fashion… The emergence of Bitcoin over a decade ago was a revelation. Even with the turbulent
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EY: Haunted by Phantom Income and at the Mercy of Economic Patterns — Inflation Distorts World Tax Systems
Recent IMF data show developed economies are running at an annual inflation rate of three to 10 percent. Some eastern European and Asian countries currently sit between 10 and 25 percent — and 10 nations are struggling with higher rates
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Business Leaders Find Alternatives to Pay Increases in Cost-of-Living Battle
Salaries falling behind inflation, and continual hikes ‘won’t always be possible’ as a countermeasure, firms say. The cost-of-living crisis is burgeoning, the war for talent rages on, and pay awards have been plateauing for six rolling quarters — falling behind
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