How U.S. Markets Will Function if Coronavirus Breaks Out in NYC
If an outbreak of coronavirus hits New York, it could cause more sharp selling of stocks, but markets would likely continue to function even if the floor of the New York Stock Exchange had to close. – 29 February / Reuters
Calculating the Beginnings of the Coronavirus Epidemic
Analyses of publicly available genome data provide clues to the beginnings of the coronavirus epidemic in China. Researchers from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel used a statistical model they had developed in recent years. – 28 February / ETH Zurich
How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Brought the World to its Knees
The 1918 influenza pandemic killed at least 50 million people and infected one-third of the world's population. – 28 February / Business Insider
The Best Luxury Hotels in the World for Book Lovers
Here is a list of the world’s best luxury literary hotels with a library and a focus on books, reading and story-telling. – 27 February / Dandelion Chandelier
Singapore: Hedging With Hope
The gift of geography has made Singapore wealthy, yet also puts the city-state at a choke point in regional competition. – 27 February / The Interpreter
Why Singapore is Able to Limit Covid-19 Spread Without Paralysing Economy
In an article on «The Telegraph», Con Coughlin applauded Singapore for its ability to limit the virus’s spread without bringing the entire country to a standstill. – 27 February / Unscrambled.sg
Luxury Feels the Impact of Coronavirus
The sector has faced investor fears over the spread of the coronavirus, echoing the strong impact brought about by the 2003 SARS epidemic. – 25 February / Business of Fashion
Women Are Sharing the Things They Wish Their Male Bosses Would Stop Doing
There are a number of ways in which workplace inequality still exists. – 24 February / Men's Health
Coronavirus: The Air in Aircraft Cabins is Much Fresher Than in Your Home
Cabin air is changed every two to three minutes, which is 20 to 30 times every hour, according to Zhu Tao, deputy director of the flight standard department under China's Civil Aviation Administration. – 24 February / AsiaOne
Why Shareholder Activism in Asia Needs to Be Embraced by Investors
If shareholder activism has an effect on corporate values, why is shareholder activism not as popular in Asia as compared to the US? There are various reasons, but the one thing that comes to mind is culture. Asian fund managers are generally known to be less confrontational. – 24 February / High-Net-Worth
Virus-free Indonesia More Threatened by COVID-19 than Singapore, Malaysia
Indonesians are more anxious about COVID-19 — a disease brought on by the fast-spreading Wuhan coronavirus — than their regional neighbors, according to a recent survey by global public opinion and data company YouGov. – 19 February / The Jakarta Post
Switzerland is the Safest Country for Travelers
According to the methodology developed by Insurly for its '2020 Ranking of the World's Safest Countries', Switzerland is the world's safest travel destination. – 19 February / The Jakarta Post
Man Washes Singapore Dollar Notes With Soap In Desperate Bid To Stay Clean From Covid-19
While authorities and experts are reminding us to step up our hygiene practices amid the Covid-19 outbreak, one Singaporean decided to take things further. – 19 February / MSNews
Over 150 Million Chinese Are Under Coronavirus Lockdown
More than 10 percent of the country’s population faces restrictions on how often they can leave their homes. – 19 February / New York Times
A Blow To Bitcoin
The U.S. bitcoin and cryptocurrency community has had a rough week—and its future is looking bleak. – 19 February / Forbes
How are Luxury Brands Communicating with their Chinese Consumers During the Virus Crisis?
From what Jing Daily observed, the big luxury groups weren’t as agile as the local players. Even basic consumer communication has been lacking. – 18 February / Jing Daily
Meet Hong Kong's Richest Women Of 2020
From opening grand hotels to owning some of Hong Kong's most sought-after properties, these are the powerful Hong Kong women who made it onto Forbes' Hong Kong’s Richest 2020 list. – 17 February / Forbes
Barclays Chief Jes Staley Probed Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Britain’s financial regulators are probing links between Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley and the U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. – 16 February / Reuters
The Future Of Personal Finance: The Best Fintechs in 2020
The 11 personal finance start-ups on this year’s Fintech 50 of business magazine «Forbes» reflect both the rise of the digital bank and the growing areas of consumer financial behavior that fintechs are seeking to influence. – 15 February / Forbes
14 Ways an Economist Says I Love You
If you can understand all 14 ways, you must be pretty good in Economics. – 14 February / Caproasia
Luxury’s Response to the Coronavirus Must Look Beyond Revenue
The long-term impact of the coronavirus on luxury remains unclear. The industry, however, is already facing serious consequences. – 12 February / Jing Daily
Bromance at UBS
The new co-heads of UBS' wealth unit are at opposite ends of their career – and learning from each other as they seek to kickstart the Swiss private banking giant. – 10 February / Euromoney
Diary of a Banking Affair
What's different about an extramarital affair in finance than elsewhere? The diaries speak volumes. – 10 February / The Cut
Meet China’s 113 Cities With More Than One Million People
There are now 113 urban areas in China that surpass the one million population threshold. In comparison, North America and the EU combined have 114 urban areas that surpass one million people. – 9 February / Visual Capitalist
The City's Filching Trader
What could a senior trader on a $1.3 million annual salary possibly want to steal? You'd be surprised. – February 9 / BBC
Millennials: Young, Isolated, and Alone
A new study shows millennials and Gen Zers feel lonely at work. Steps leaders can take to make young workers feel connected. – 8 February / Korn Ferry Institute
How Much Should You Actually Worry About This New Coronavirus?
Let’s put this into perspective. – 8 February / Self.com
How McKinsey Destroyed the Middle Class
Technocratic management, no matter how brilliant, cannot unwind structural inequalities. – 6 February 2020 – The Atlantic
When Ana Ditched Andrea
She runs mega-bank Santander; he’s a top deal-maker. She offered to make him the best-paid CEO of any bank in euroland. It didn’t happen, and the $123 million lawsuit that followed shows even banking royalty can’t always get their way. – 1 February / Reuters
