These Songs Make You Work Harder
Before every match, Serena Williams reportedly listens to Flashdance… What a Feeling by Irene Cara, a song that helps her to gather her strength and prepare her mind before the trials ahead. For workouts, she’s a fan of Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) and P!nk’s Just Give Me a Reason. – July 30 / BBC News
Living in a Singapore Shophouse
Modernising a shophouse from the 1940s, but keeping the original features might be a challenge. However, this gorgeous home in Newton in central Singapore, shows how it can be done well. – July 30 / Expat Living
Mob Violence in Hong Kong
Global luxury brands, many of which have depended on Hong Kong as a dependable market for years, have recently faced disruption and poor sales due to the city’s ongoing anti-government protests and «vigilante»-style violence. – July 28 / Jing Daily
Betterment Wades Into Banking
Betterment is the latest robo to introduce banking services to its wealth management clients, which includes those using Betterment for Advisors. – July 24 / WealthManagement.com
What’s Behind China’s Beauty Addiction?
In China, selfie culture has created such unattainable beauty standards that body and face ideals in that country have been changing because of it. – July 22 / Jing Daily
Meet the Woman Who Ties Jeffrey Epstein to Trump and the Clintons
Heiress Ghislaine Maxwell paved the way to presidents. – July 22 / Politico
I Kept My Multimillion Dollar Business Secret
The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Marcin Kleczynski, chief executive and co-founder of US antivirus software company Malwarebytes. – July 22 / BBC News
Digital Platforms Are Eating Banking
While the term «platform» is widely used in the industry as a technology construct, there is another (non-footwear) use of the word – as a business model. And platform business models are taking over banking. – July 17 / Forbes
Even A Bad Chinese Economy Looks Pretty Good
Beijing is mindful of the situation at home. It’s hard for investors to bet against the Chinese government. It’s a Frankenstein monster economy —one part capitalist, one part communist. China is impossible to time or read beyond the standard theses out there. – July 16 / Forbes
A First Look at the New Raffles Hotel
Skip the queues at London's Burger & Lobster and throw peanut shells on the floor while sippin' on a Singapore Sling at the legendary Long Bar. – July 16 / Time Out
Beer, Boris and Brexit
Liquid lunch with the man set to be Britain’s next prime minister. – July 15 / Politico
David Bowie to Be Immortalised by Barbie
Toymakers Mattel have announced a new collectable doll inspired by his signature Ziggy Stardust fashion. – July 12 / BBC News
Will Humans Be Back on the Moon by 2024?
U.S. Prsident Donald Trump wants humans back on the Moon by 2024, as part of a new spacefaring age. – July 12 / BBC News
The GPS Wars Have Begun
Where are you? That’s not just a metaphysical question, but increasingly a geopolitical challenge that is putting tech giants like Apple and Alphabet in a tough position. – July 12 / TechCrunch
What Happens in the Brain When We Are Bored?
In people who are prone to boredom, this state can negatively affect their mental health. A new study investigates. – July 10 / Medical News Today
Kaizen Can Improve Your Life in Three Easy Steps
Here are three ways you can start implementing the Kaizen approach in your work-life right now. – July 10 / WEF
How These 10 Singapore Leaders Want to Be Remembered
We get these 10 leaders from Singapore, who are at the top of their fields, to contemplate the idea of their demise, and how they’d want to be remembered after all is said and done. – July 9 / High-Net-Worth
How the Sexes Differ With Their Finances
From the things they spend money on to the way they invest, men and women take different approaches to dealing with money. Men are more likely to make certain types of financial mistakes than women, and vice versa. – July 8 / Moneycrashers
Global Wealth 2019: Reigniting Radical Growth
By 2023, revenue pools of the private banking channel in Asia could equal or exceed those of Western Europe. – July 6 / Boston Consulting Group
Will Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Take Off in China?
The star’s halo effect has yet to translate into a selling point in China, as it has in the West. – July 5 / Jing Daily
What is the Future of Sex?
From reproduction without sex to open relationships, our attitudes towards sex may evolve rapidly in the near future, predicts the writer Brandon Ambrosino. – July 5 / BBC News
Fake Chinese Officials Scam On the Rise
There has been a re-emergence of the China officials impersonation scam this year, with victims cheated of at least S$4.8 million in 65 cases between January and April. – July 5 / Channel News Asia
Millions of Americans Believe God Made Trump President
A surprisingly fascinating book explains why. – July 3 / Politico
Japan Now Has Sleepable Rental Cars
Clever interior modifications turn parked car into private bedroom. – July 3 / Soranews24
7 Unique Concept Restaurants in Singapore
For those who truly appreciate the importance of ambience, you’ll want to check our seven recommendations for unique concept restaurants that’ll make your next meal irresistibly Insta-worthy! – July 2 / Sethlui.com
America Must Prepare for the Coming Chinese Empire
The last thing American policymakers or strategists should assume is that somehow Americans are superior to the Chinese. – July 2 / The National Interest
