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☆ 'Who should I hire? Will I get rich?' Fortune telling is a booming business in Singapore
  + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
To determine if a candidate was a good fit for his company, one CEO is said to have consulted a "feng shui" master. From who to hire to where to put their money and when is the best time to get married, more and more people are turning to fortune telling in Singapore. "Especially if it's a C-suite hire, or if it's a very important hire and the companies are unsure. said Chase Woo, managing partner at Hoseiki, a feng shui atelier which also does consultations. Jonathan Lok consulted a feng shui master before picking Jan. 27 to get married.
Persons: Luis Acosta, it's, Benedict, Feng shui, Mark Tan, Tan, Jing, Chase Woo, she's, feng shui, Roslan Rahman, Woo, Jonathan Lok Organizations: Afp, Getty, SINGAPORE, Way, Singapore's Department of Statistics, Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, Tripartite, country's Association of Small, Enterprises, Fengshui, Nurphoto Locations: Singapore
☆ Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine, Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin in Russia
  + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
Ukrainian forces have retaken the village of Andriivka, south of the city of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian military brigade fighting in the area said Friday. "It's official: The Third Separate Assault Brigade has liberated Andriivka. 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Federation - smashed to pieces!" "As a result of a lightning-fast operation, the Russian garrison of Andriivka was surrounded, cut off from the main forces and destroyed." The liberation of the village of Andriivka marks a symbolic and strategic victory for the Ukrainian forces, and comes after Wagner fighters left the Bakhmut area.
Persons: Wagner, Andriivka Organizations: Ukrainian, Separate, Brigade, Motorized Rifle Brigade, Russian Federation, General Staff of, Armed Forces Locations: Andriivka, Bakhmut, Russian, Ukraine, Donetsk
☆ Alibaba's Singles Day shopping event set to end with subdued sales and no fanfare
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Casey Hall | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
[1/4] A delivery worker sorts parcels at a makeshift logistics station ahead of Alibaba's Singles' Day shopping festival, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, November 10, 2022. The Singles Day shopping festival, which despite its name has evolved into a multi-week event, is a key barometer of Chinese retail demand. But Citi predicts rival e-commerce giant JD.com (9618.HK), which also holds a Singles Day shopping event, to fare somewhat better as it is strong in consumer electronics and home appliance offerings which are expected to remain popular. Singles Day has also had contend with the absence of one its two live-streaming mega sales gurus, Viya, who has been offline since being fined for tax evasion. "Alibaba has tried to make (the event) less about just dropping prices," said Mark Tanner, chief executive of Shanghai-based consultancy, China Skinny.
☆ Posh ice cream, craft beer in vogue as Chinese downsize their love of luxury
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Casey Hall | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
SHANGHAI, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Chinese consumers are typically known for lavish spending on high-end handbags, clothes and accessories that sustain Western luxury brands. Brands that have jumped on the trend include Kweichow Moutai (600519.SS), best known for $300 bottles of baijiu, the Chinese spirit popular at banquets. It debuted baijiu-infused ice cream at $10 a cup in May, racking up 2.5 million yuan ($350,000) of sales on the first day. Chinese consumers are "spoiling themselves with those little things and they're loving something novel," said Mark Tanner, founder of marketing agency China Skinny. "When times aren't so good, people want to feel better, guilty pleasures like ice cream can help," said Low.
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