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☆ Singapore law professor discusses biggest challenges the country's new prime minister will face
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSingapore law professor discusses biggest challenges the country's new prime minister will faceEugene Tan, associate professor of law at Singapore Management University, discusses the issues that incoming Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will have to address. Wong will be sworn in on Wednesday.

Persons: Eugene Tan, Lawrence Wong, Wong Organizations: Singapore, Singapore Management University

☆ Singapore’s Lawrence Wong sworn in as new prime minister — the first leadership change in 20 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Lawrence Wong was sworn in on May 15 as Singapore's new prime minister, after Lee Hsien Loong stepped down following two decades in office. Edgar Su | Afp | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — Singapore's Lawrence Wong was inaugurated as the city-state's fourth prime minister on Wednesday, taking over from former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, who has led Singapore for 20 years. Trade and industry minister Gan Kim Yong will be promoted to deputy prime minister and work alongside current DPM Heng Swee Keat. Lee, the eldest son of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, announced last month he will hand over power to the new prime minister in mid-May. Wong also served as principal private secretary to then prime minister Lee Hsien Loong from 2005 to 2008.

Persons: Lawrence Wong, Lee Hsien Loong, Edgar Su, Singapore's Lawrence Wong, Lee, Gan Kim Yong, Heng, Kim Yong, Swee Keat, Wong, Gan, Ong Ye Kung, helming, Singapore's, Lee Kuan Yew Organizations: Afp, Getty, SINGAPORE, Trade, Monetary Authority of, Party Locations: Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Gan

☆ Singapore's incoming PM Wong appoints new deputy PM in minor reshuffle
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Singapore's Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will be promoted to deputy prime minister, in a cabinet reshuffle announced on June 6. Singapore's incoming prime minister Lawrence Wong announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on Monday ahead of assuming the top post later this week, with the biggest change the promotion of the trade minister to become his deputy, local media reported. Trade Minister Gan Kim Yong, 65, was given the additional title of deputy prime minister and was made Wong's replacement as chair of the central bank, media said. Wong will take over the premiership from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, 72 on Wednesday. Wong will become only the fourth prime minister of the 59-year-old nation, which has been ruled by one party since 1959.

Persons: Lawrence Wong, Gan Kim Yong, Wong, Lee Hsien Loong Organizations: Singapore's, Trade

☆ India’s time zone: Why the world’s most populous country has a unique one
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Dhruv Tikekar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world. The start of the 20th century saw some push from scientific associations to calibrate India’s time to GMT. That recommendation was rejected by the colonial government, which opted for a unified time that sat squarely in the middle: five and a half hours ahead of GMT. In 2015, North Korea moved out of sync with South Korea by creating “Pyongyang Time,” putting the country eight and a half hours ahead of GMT instead of nine. India’s colonial-era time zone decision making, however, reflected a chorus of political, scientific and commercial voices both from within the government and outside of it, Gordon says.

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☆ Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Amy X. Wang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Even before he really knew what it meant, Allen Wong wanted to be rich. What “rich” seemed to dangle was something simpler, more elementary, more a feeling than anything else: freedom from pain. “I didn’t want to be absent from my family and only show up a few hours each day after work. Wong’s father was ousted from his business, sank into a depression and committed suicide; his mother tripped down a spiral of mental illness. Suddenly, Wong’s entry-level computer programming job was the household’s only source of income, and there was a world financial crisis going on.

Persons: Allen Wong, Wong, “, ”, Wong’s, doggedly Organizations: Lamborghini Locations: Guangzhou, Hong Kong, New York City, Chinatown

☆ Long-Lost Klimt Painting Sells for $37 Million at Auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Scott Reyburn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” an enigmatic, long-lost 1917 painting by Gustav Klimt, sold Wednesday for 35 million euros with fees, or about $37 million, at the auction house im Kinsky in Vienna. The unsigned and unfinished work was estimated to sell for between $32 million and $53 million, before the addition of fees. The winning bid was tendered in the room by Patti Wong, the founder of the Hong Kong-based art advisory company, Patti Wong Associates. The result was remarkable, given that there are questions surrounding this Klimt portrait. The auction house said in its sale catalog that it had “not been able to clarify the precise provenance of the painting” since 1925, and the identity of the seller has not been revealed.

Persons: Fräulein, Gustav Klimt, Patti Wong, Wong Organizations: Patti Wong Associates Locations: Vienna, Hong Kong, Austria

☆ China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers, tenders show
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Specifically, the servers contained some of Nvidia's most advanced chips, according to the previously unreported tenders fulfilled between Nov. 20 and Feb. 28. While the U.S. bars Nvidia and its partners from selling advanced chips to China, including via third parties, the sale and purchase of the chips are not illegal in China. Contacted by Reuters, Nvidia said the tenders specify products that were exported and widely available before the restrictions. Daniel Gerkin, a Washington-based partner at law firm Kirkland & Ellis, said Nvidia chips could have been diverted to China without a manufacturer's knowledge, given a lack of visibility into downstream supply chains. It did not respond to subsequent questions about tenders that identified its products as a source of banned Nvidia chips.

Persons: Wong Yu Liang, Daniel Gerkin, Kirkland, Ellis, Clare Locke, Gigabyte Organizations: Nvidia, Getty, Super Micro Computer Inc, Dell Technologies Inc, Gigabyte Technology, Reuters, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong Artificial Intelligence, Hubei Earthquake Administration, U.S, U.S . Commerce Department, Industry, Security, Super Micro, Dell Locations: China, U.S, Shandong, Hubei, Southwest, Heilongjiang, Washington

☆ Tim Cook visits Singapore amid Apple's Southeast Asia expansion efforts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Dylan Butts | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., center, arrives at Apple Developer Academy at Binus University in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Apple's Tim Cook is in Singapore for the latest leg of his whirlwind tour around Southeast Asia as the CEO pivots toward the region for expansion and sales growth amid struggles in China. Cook's arrival in the city follows Apple's announcement of plans to invest over $250 million into its operations in Singapore. While the tech giant already employs 3,600 people in the country, Apple said the expansion will provide space for new roles, including in artificial intelligence. Apple did not immediately respond to a CNBC request for comment about Cook's itinerary.

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☆ Scientists solved the 70-year-old mystery of an insect's invisibility coat that can manipulate light
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"This is really the first study to understand how the brochosome's complex geometry interacts with light," Wong said. After almost a decade of research, they managed to 3D print the world's first synthetic brochosomes. Wong's future research will partly focus on making smaller synthetic brochosomes to target the shorter end of the electromagnetic spectrum. Yaorusheng/Getty ImagesAlthough Wong's synthetic brochosomes mark a major step towards invisibility-cloaking technology, scientists are still decades away from bringing anything to market. "Depending on our imagination, I think there are many cool applications that can come out of brochosomes," Wong said.

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☆ Jennifer Pan and her former boyfriend were both found guilty of conspiring to kill her parents. Here's where Daniel Wong is now.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A retrial was ordered in 2023 for the first-degree murder charge, and the case currently sits with the Canadian Supreme Court. According to Toronto Life, all five of the accused faced first-degree murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder charges. NetflixWong received the same sentence and charges as PanWong was found guilty of the same charges as Pan: first-degree murder and attempted murder. For the first-degree murder charge, he received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years; for the attempted murder charge, a life sentence. If it doesn't, Wong, Pan, and the other accused will be allowed to seek parole.

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☆ Professor discusses whether ByteDance will sell TikTok's algorithm
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHighly unlikely Beijing will allow ByteDance to sell TikTok's algorithm to foreign buyers: ProfessorAngela Zhang, director of the Philip K. H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law and associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, says the Chinese government's stance is aligned with TikTok's position.

Persons: Angela Zhang, Philip K Organizations: Wong Centre, Chinese Law, University of Hong Locations: Beijing, University of Hong Kong

— Alex Harring 6:46 a.m.: HSBC sees Snowflake pulling back after rally Snowflake's good news has already been priced in with a recent rally, according to HSBC. Analyst Sara Russo upped her price target by $26 to $72, now implying a smaller downside of 43%. — Alex Harring 6:05 a.m.: Macquarie moves to sidelines on Sony There's reasons for pause on Sony , Macquarie warned. Still, the analyst noted the "many" risks to the stock price, including valuation and if the ETFs become a competitor to Coinbase itself. The bank initiated coverage of the medical technology stock with a buy rating and a price target of $100 per share.

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☆ Shopify Fulfillment Network is back — sort of. Here's why it's different this time around.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The new app has a familiar name: Shopify Fulfillment Network. With the new Shopify Fulfillment Network , merchants can sign up to use Flexport's services through Shopify's app. The newly named Shopify Fulfillment Network is not merchants' only option for fulfillment. Wong said the company had also indicated Flexport would not be the exclusive provider for Shopify Fulfillment Network. "They've definitely given themselves more choices than there were before when it was just Shopify Fulfillment Network or bust," he said.

Persons: Shopify, Tobi Lütke, Oppenheimer, Ken Wong, Wong, It's, Flexport, They've Organizations: Shopify Logistics, Business, Shopify, Flexport, Amazon Locations: Flexport, mlstone@protonmail.com

☆ First he was a teacher. Then he was China's top tech titan. Now, meet Jack Ma 3.0 — a high-tech farmer.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewAlibaba cofounder Jack Ma was once the invincible poster boy of Chinese tech. Now, it appears Ma is debuting a refreshed version of himself, in what you just might call Jack Ma 3.0. Jack Ma 1.0: A struggling teacher who wanted in on the tech sceneIt's easy to understand why Ma is so popular in the US and China alike. His first business — China Pages — failed, but he gathered a band of 17 friends in 1999 to set up Alibaba. AdvertisementMa himself cavorted with the biggest names in business, tech, and government globally — from Bill Gates and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son to then president-elect Donald Trump.

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☆ Agnes Chow: Hong Kong democracy activist reveals she has moved to Canada and plans to skip bail
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In her Instagram post, Chow said she decided to flee after “considering the situation in Hong Kong, my personal safety, my physical and mental health,” adding that she had faced sustained pressure from authorities. Chow said she received permission from Hong Kong authorities to pursue her master’s degree in Canada, on the condition that she returned to Hong Kong to report to police during school breaks. Chow was among the first pro-democracy leaders to be detained under the law in Hong Kong. In her Instagram post, Chow said she was admitted by a university in Toronto earlier this year. The Hong Kong police statement on Chow confirmed they had returned her passport to allow her to study overseas and prolonged her bail.

Persons: Kong’s, Agnes Chow, ”, . Chow, “, Chow, Chow’s, ’, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Demosisto, Wong, you’re, ” Chow Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Hong, Police, Critics, The Hong Locations: Hong Kong, Canada, ., Hong, China, Beijing, United Kingdom, The, The Hong Kong, Toronto, Shenzhen

☆ A father-son duo took their Tesla on a 28-day road trip and slept in it every night
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Tesla owner took his 12-year-old son on a 28-day road trip. Wong said the experience was a major contrast to horror stories some have shared about EV road trips. AdvertisementWhile some EV owners have shared horror stories about taking an electric car on a road trip, other Tesla owners are bucking that narrative. Tesla owner Simon Wong told Business Insider, referencing an EV road trip where even Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he struggled to find working chargers. AdvertisementWong shared a map of the course his road trip followed.

Persons: Wong, —, Tesla, Simon Wong, Pete Buttigieg, he's, Simon Wong Wong, he'd Organizations: EV, Service, Trans, Google Locations: Canada, Montreal, Winnipeg, San Diego, Key West , Maine, Seattle, Teslas, Montana, America, Southern California, New York City

☆ Women are turning to Facebook for a DIY approach to getting pregnant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Some women have turned to Facebook groups to connect with free sperm donors and skirt sperm banks. But after 10 vials of donor sperm, she was out $10,000 and still didn't have a child. Gordy is a serial sperm donor — he says his donations have produced 70 children to date. Kristina GrahamShe's since worked with two free sperm donors at different times, both of whom she met on Facebook. Women may have to weed through some creeps when looking for a sperm donor on Facebook.

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☆ It's starting to look like majoring in computer science isn't the road to the promised land of money and job security after all
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Many computer science majors say job hunting has become tougher after layoffs hit the industry. Ben Leong, a Singaporean computer science professor, said getting a job was never easy. He told Insider he picked his major because he was interested in technology — and also because of the industry's salaries. Wong told Insider last month that he's applied to 17 jobs and has heard back from five companies. AdvertisementAdvertisementBryan Ho, a 23-year-old junior studying computer science at the National University of Singapore, told Insider he's applied for roughly 100 internships.

Persons: Ben Leong, —, Joel Wong, Wong, Bryan Ho, he's, Ho, Ethan Ang, Ang, sprees, That's, Leong, Aline Lerner, Insider's Kali Hays, NodeFlair's Ang Organizations: Service, National University of Singapore, Tech, Facebook, Google, Big Tech, MIT Locations: Singapore, Asia, The Singapore, Southeast Asia

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Led by Simone Biles, the U.S. women won a record seventh consecutive team title at the gymnastics world championships on Wednesday night. The American team of Biles, Shilese Jones, Skye Blakely and Leanne Wong combined for a total of 167.729 points to edge Brazil and France. The U.S. women have won gold in the team event at every world championship that included a team competition since 2011. Biles now has 26 world championship medals, 20 of them gold, to go with her seven Olympic medals, including the 2016 Olympic title. Biles capped off a successful night for the U.S team with a spectacular floor routine rewarded by a 15.166.

Persons: Simone Biles, Shilese Jones, Skye Blakely, Leanne Wong, Biles, Larisa Latynina, Joscelyn Roberson, Wong, Jones, Cheng, Pike, ___ Organizations: American, The U.S, Soviet Union, China, U.S Locations: ANTWERP, Belgium, U.S, Brazil, France, The, Antwerp

☆ Two New Yorkers Hiked Up to the Hudson Valley With $700,000. Which House Was the Right Fit?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Karen Angel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Unlike many recent New York City transplants, Dina Elachi and Victor Wong started looking for a house in the Hudson Valley in 2019, before the Covid pandemic supercharged the market. “We had been coming up here a lot for biking, hiking, rock climbing and ice climbing,” said Dr. Elachi, 36, a neonatologist and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. “The area we were in wasn’t good for Wonton,” Dr. Elachi said. Of course, as Ms. Sweeney reminded them, “For most sellers, a lower down payment would not be a good thing. It was up to me to sell the story of allowing someone with debt to do what Americans want to do, which is own a home.”The search was “very exhausting,” Dr. Elachi said.

Persons: Dina Elachi, Victor Wong, ”, Elachi, Wong, Laurel Sweeney, Berkshire Hathaway, ” Ms, Sweeney, “ Organizations: Presbyterian Hospital, New, Berkshire Locations: New York City, Hudson, New York, Harlem, Korea, New Zealand, Ulster County

☆ The First Chinese American Movie Star and the Cost of Glittering Fame
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jennifer Szalai | More About Jennifer Szalai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Unlike “Daughter of the Dragon” the film, “Daughter of the Dragon” the book is clearly intended as a form of reclamation and subversion. “Anna May drew attention to or even exploded the stereotype by overacting these roles,” Huang writes, not entirely convincingly. “She has to take what is offered.” Especially when she is an Asian American woman at a time when Asian roles often went to white actors in adhesive tape and yellowface. The Production Code of 1930, which banned onscreen portrayals of miscegenation and interracial relationships, was a “virtual form of foot-binding for Anna May,” Huang writes. (The only film in which she was kissed by a white man was “Java Head,” a British production.)

Persons: Huang, ”, Anna May, ” Huang, Julian Barnes, ” Wong, Wong, — “ Dietrich, Anna, Mary, Mary despaired, Pearl Organizations: Java Locations: ”, Asian American, Hollywood, British, China, yellowface

Image The Pioneer Inn in Lahaina, Hawaii, last year. Image Shops and dining destinations along the sidewalks and streets in Lahaina, Maui. Mr. Hedani said the fabled beach areas on Oahu that Hawaii is best known for held nothing on Lahaina. “The sunset looks fake every time I see it.”Image Sunset in Lahaina, Hawaii. “What happens when you take away the most important street on Maui?” he said.

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☆ Olaplex is losing favor with its most critical ambassadors – hairstylists
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Olaplex is losing ground with hairstylists, a key source of new customers for hair care products. The brand's sales through stylists fell 61% during its second quarter, which ended in June. But according to Olaplex, stylists play an outsized role in growing sales. One of them was a lawsuit, in which about 100 Olaplex users claimed that the company's products had caused hair loss and other damage. Other products that claim to strengthen users' hair have also appeared on the market, increasing competition for Olaplex products.

Persons: Olaplex, JuE Wong, Wong Organizations: Service Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ 14 New Books Coming in August
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( The New York Times Books Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendevous With American History, by Yunte HuangHuang, the author of a biography of Charlie Chan and another book about the conjoined twins Chang and Eng, now recounts the life of the Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong, who was born in Los Angeles in 1905. Wong went on to appear in more than 60 films — an astonishing number, given the few roles afforded nonwhite actors in the early decades of the 20th century. Liveright, Aug. 22

Persons: Anna May Wong’s Rendevous, Yunte Huang Huang, Charlie Chan, Chang, Eng, Anna May Wong, Wong Locations: American, Los Angeles

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