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As Temasek develops the local bond market, corporates should come up with big growth plans
SINGAPORE (Oct 22): Michael Milken, the junk bond king of the 1980s, is still remembered as much for his role in developing the market for high-yield bonds as the securities violations that led to his paying massive fines, serving jail time and being perm
October 24, 2018
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US trade tariffs aimed at stopping Chinese theft of tech
SINGAPORE (Oct 15): The most frequent questions that I get when I speak to non-economists concern the US tariffs on imports from China. Why is US President Donald Trump’s administration doing this? Aren’t the tariffs a tax on the goods purchased by US
October 18, 2018
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Emerging markets: Worsening turbulence will hit Asia
SINGAPORE (Oct 15): Emerging economies have faced a perfect storm in the past few months, and things are going to get worse. Currencies and asset prices have plunged, with Argentina and Turkey worst hit, but many other emerging economies are suffering col
October 17, 2018