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☆ I'm a Gen Z who just entered the workforce 2 weeks ago. Here are 3 things I want my future bosses to know about managing me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Reena Koh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Gen Z will make up a third of the workforce by 2030, but there's uncertainty about how to effectively manage them. Gen Z, who came of age during the pandemic and now faces geopolitical crises, is misunderstood and exhausted. I'm a Gen Z who recently joined the workforce — here are three things I want my future bosses to know. Typically defined as anyone born between 1997 and 2015, Gen Z will soon make up a third of the workforce. Here are the three things I would want my future bosses to know about managing me as a Gen Z employee:1.

☆ Meet the TikTokers teaching Gen-Z how to adapt to the corporate world
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Reena Koh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Gen-Z entered the workforce during the pandemic. Gen-Z is starting a new chapter in their lives during one of the most unstable and uncertain times in history. So, during these difficult times, who do they turn to for career advice? From teaching interview tips to lessons on how to use corporate jargon to establish boundaries, many creators have amassed a sturdy following in #corporatetok. Here are the top three TikTok creators Gen-Z turns to for career advice.

☆ Welcome to the age of 'AI-nxiety,' in which anxiety about AI taking over our jobs and lives is at the top of everybody's minds
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Reena Koh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The threat of AI is increasingly clear and well founded, and it is causing serious anxiety. Luckily, this wave of AI technology is projected to create 97 million new jobs, according to the World Economic Forum. Their forecast has proven to be true so far, as despite being in the early stages of development, AI technology has already significantly threatened a variety of industries. Just within the last couple of weeks, Buzzfeed announced that it will be using AI technology to generate content, while Netflix Japan has already created an animated film using AI-generated artwork, according to Vice. Simply put, the AI revolution is here to stay, and its ramifications will become increasingly noticeable in our everyday lives.

☆ A new app that lets people create avatars and hang out with friends in virtual bedrooms made its debut 3 weeks ago, and it's already taking Asia by storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Reena Koh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bondee is a new social networking app created by a Singapore-based tech company. Bondee's popularity remained strong against rumors of credit card info leaks. Bondee is a social networking app that allows users to connect with up to 50 of their closest friends in a virtual plaza. In the early days of its release, the app's creators were battling rumors of credit card info leaks. The company has also rejected all claims accusing the company of leaking credit card information, as reported on CNA.

[1/4] Spectators watch after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast in Holden Beach, North Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023. Regional analysts and diplomats are closely watching China's response after a U.S. fighter jet shot down the balloon - which Beijing says was an errant weather-monitoring craft - in the Atlantic off South Carolina on Saturday. China on Sunday condemned the attack as an "over-reaction", saying it reserved the right to use the necessary means to deal with "similar situations", without elaborating. But while bilateral tension has risen in the past few days over the balloon incident, Beijing and Washington have been seeking to improve ties. Naval Postgraduate School in California, said any Chinese response would be limited.

☆ How 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova ended up as the only woman on the FBI's most-wanted list
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Ruja Ignatova is one of the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives -- the only woman currently on that list. FBIShe is now one of the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives, alongside accused gang leaders and murderers, and is the only woman currently on that list. The bureau declined to provide additional details to CNN beyond court documents from the US Department of Justice, which did not list an attorney for Ignatova. “The cryptocurrency OneCoin was established for the sole purpose of defrauding investors,” IRS Special Agent John R. Tafur said in a statement. Less than two weeks later, on October 25, 2017, she boarded a commercial flight from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Athens, Greece, court documents said.

"There'll certainly be an impact to the fourth quarter," Chief Commercial Officer Ryan Green told reporters on a call on Thursday. While other U.S. airlines got back to their feet relatively quickly, Dallas-based Southwest is still limping back to normalcy. Employee unions say they have repeatedly warned Southwest management that the airline's technology systems badly needed upgrades. Flight attendants have been complaining about technological failures at the airline for years, according to Lyn Montgomery, president of the Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants Union, a local 556 of the Transport Workers Union. The comments echoed those of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, which said leadership had failed to adapt operations to address repeated systems failures, despite years of calls for improvements by the union.

☆ Southeast Asian venture capital firms expect to be pickier in 2023 than in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Venture capital-backed companies only raised $369 billion for the first three quarters of 2022, according to Crunchbase data. Malte Mueller | Fstop | Getty ImagesVenture capital firms in Southeast Asia will probably be pickier next year, with valuations plunging and economic headwinds slowing growth in 2022. Sequoia Southeast Asia raised a $850 million fund in June, East Ventures raised $550 million in July, and Insignia Ventures Partners raised $516 million in August. Indonesia-based e-grocery company HappyFresh ceased operations in Malaysia after seven years, while Grab discontinued its quick commerce service GrabMart Kilat in Indonesia. "The 15-minute model of quick commerce in Southeast Asia is very difficult because the unit economics are very negative.

☆ I will drop clients that don't meet sustainability standards, says UBS APAC CEO
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | 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 EmailI will drop clients that don't meet sustainability standards, says UBS APAC CEOEdmund Koh of the investment bank tells CNBC's Christine Tan he doesn't want to have any part in greenwashing.

The exemption allowed Alameda to keep borrowing funds from FTX irrespective of the value of the collateral securing those loans. The other was a mechanism whereby FTX customers deposited over $8 billion in traditional currency into bank accounts secretly controlled by Alameda. Indeed, he told investors that Alameda received no preferential treatment from FTX, the SEC complaint said. This would allow Alameda to keep borrowing more FTX funds without the need to provide more collateral. Bankman-Fried's house of cards "began to crumble" in May 2022, the SEC complaint said.

☆ Bankman-Fried's FTX, senior staff, parents bought Bahamas property worth $300 mln
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Koh Gui Qing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] View of the entrance to the condominium complex ONE Cable Beach, a beachfront residence in New Providence, Bahamas, November 18, 2022. The deeds show these properties, bought by a unit of FTX, were to be used as "residence for key personnel" of the company. PROPERTY PURCHASESReuters searched property records at the Bahamas Registrar General's Department for FTX, Bankman-Fried, his parents and some of the company's key executives. FTX Property Holdings Ltd, an FTX unit, bought 15 properties worth nearly $100 million in 2021 and 2022. The property records for the penthouse, dated March 17, were signed by Ryan Salame, the president of FTX Property, and showed it was intended as "residence for key personnel."

☆ EXCLUSIVE Bankman-Fried's FTX, parents bought Bahamas property worth $121 mln
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Koh Gui Qing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The deeds show these properties, bought by a unit of FTX, were to be used as "residence for key personnel" of the company. Reuters could not determine the source of funds that FTX and its executives used to buy these properties. PROPERTY PURCHASESReuters searched property records at the Bahamas Registrar General's Department for FTX, Bankman-Fried, his parents and some of the company's key executives. FTX Property Holdings Ltd, an FTX unit, bought 15 properties worth nearly $100 million in 2021 and 2022. The property records for the penthouse, dated March 17, were signed by Ryan Salame, the president of FTX Property, and showed it was intended as "residence for key personnel."

☆ Days after Biden's face-to-face meeting with Xi Jinping, Kamala Harris is making a rare trip to a South China Sea hotspot
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Palawan looks over the South China Sea, where Beijing and its neighbors have competing claims. "This is another historic visit, as the vice president is the highest-ranking US official ever to visit Palawan," a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday. It divides the Sulu Sea and the South China Sea, where the Philippines is one of several countries that dispute Beijing's expansive claims. The Philippine province of Palawan separates the Sulu Sea and the South China Sea. Asked on Tuesday how China should view the trip, the US official said, "China can take the message it wants.

The two leaders will meet on Monday, the White House said, for their first face-to-face meeting since Biden became president, amid low expectations for significant breakthroughs. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan announced the plan to brief Taiwan about the talks on Thursday, telling reporters the United States aimed to make Taiwan feel "secure and comfortable" about U.S. support. China is firmly opposed to it," Zhao told a regular briefing, shortly after the ministry announced that Xi would meet Biden and also attend the G20 meeting and a later APEC summit next week. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the White House in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2021. Biden and Xi last met in person when Biden was vice president during the Obama administration.

☆ I was a writer on 'The Office' but ended up selling shirts at Macy's. Landing another TV writing job after the hit show was shockingly hard — and my race absolutely had something to do with it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

After a successful run on the show, he couldn't land another writers room job for over two years. It was my first TV writing job. A few years later, I got my first job on "The Office" through NBC's diversity program. Ryan Koh started working again fairly quickly as well. It was a race thing, for sureLooking back, I think that part of why I couldn't get another TV writing job after "The Office" was because the writers rooms were smaller.

☆ Hear why people are upset about a massive diamond on royal crown
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

People in India are calling on Britain to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond, a 105-carat jewel on the Queen Mother's crown, after Queen Elizabeth's death. CNN reporter Vedika Sud has more.

☆ The Kohinoor diamond was obtained by the British Empire. Some argue it should be returned to India.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-12 | by ( Brahmjot Kaur | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

After the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week, online users are calling for the British government to surrender artifacts obtained by the British Empire, including the Kohinoor diamond — one of the most famous diamonds in the world. Conversations about the diamond — also spelled Koh-i-noor — which is part of the British crown jewels, have been trending on social media amid coverage of the queen’s death, with users posting their opinions about the empire — and memes about stealing the diamond back. “The actual histories of British imperialism tell a much different story, one of horrific violence, dispossession, prejudice and significant economic exploitation,” she said. Maharaja Duleep Singh, the son and successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, held on to the diamond until the British annexed Punjab in 1849. (The Royal India Company was the royally chartered company formed to exploit trade with East and Southeast Asia and India.)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II inspects a guard of honor at the Presidential palace in New Delhi during her visit to India in 1997. Queen Elizabeth II meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Buckingham Palace in London, England in 2015. “If you don’t see people mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth in India, (it is) because she doesn’t have that connection with the new generation of Indians,” Ravi Mishra said. Queen Elizabeth II meets Indira Gandhi at Hyderabad House in Delhi, India, in 1983. The proposition before this house is the principle of owing reparations … the question is: is there a debt?… As far as I’m concerned, the ability to acknowledge a wrong that has been done, to simply say sorry, will go a far, far, far longer way than some percentage of GDP in the form of aid,” Tharoor said.

☆ Ambasadorul Ucrainei în Thailanda, Andrii Beshta, a fost găsit mort în camera sa de hotel
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: thestar.comAmbasadorul Ucrainei în Thailanda, Andrii Beshta, a fost găsit mort în camera sa de hotelAmbasadorul Ucrainei în Thailanda, Andrii Beshta, a fost găsit mort duminică în insula balneară Koh Lipe (sudul ţării), unde se afla în vacanţă cu fiul său, a anunţat poliţia thailandeză. Poliţia thailandeză a anunţat că el a fost găsit mort în jurul orei 05:30 dimineaţa (22:30 GMT). „Ancheta preliminară nu a dezvăluit niciun semn de atac, niciun semn de raid sau de violenţă", informează o declaraţie atribuită purtătorului de cuvânt al poliţiei thailandeze, Kissana Phathanacharoen. Trupul lui Andrii Beshta a fost iniţial trimis la un spital local pentru autopsie, după care a fost transportat la un spital al poliţiei la Bangkok, capitala Thailandei, pentru o anchetă aprofundată asupra cauzelor decesului. Diplomatul Andrii Beshta a fost numit ambasador al Ucrainei în Thailanda în 2016.

Persons: Andrii Beshta, Ostap, Diplomatul Andrii Beshta Locations: Ucrainei, Thailanda, ţării, Bangkok, Thailandei

☆ Ambasadorul Ucrainei în Thailanda a fost găsit mort
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-30 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Ambasadorul Ucrainei în Thailanda, Andrii Beshta, a fost găsit mort, duminică, 30 mai, pe insula Koh Lipe, aflată în sudul Thailandei, unde se afla în vacanţă cu fiul său. Poliţia thailandeză a anunţat că el a fost găsit mort în jurul orei locale 05:30 dimineaţa, în camera unui complex hotelier din Koh Lipe, o insulă care se bucură de mare popularitate pentru apele sale cristaline. „Ancheta preliminară nu a dezvăluit niciun semn de atac, niciun semn de violenţă”, a declarat purtătorul de cuvânt al poliţiei thailandeze, Kissana Phathanacharoen. Trupul lui Andrii Beshta a fost iniţial trimis la un spital local pentru autopsie, după care a fost transportat la un spital al poliţiei la Bangkok, capitala Thailandei, pentru o anchetă aprofundată asupra cauzelor decesului. Andrii Beshta a fost numit ambasador al Ucrainei în Thailanda în 2016.

Persons: Andrii Beshta, Ostap Locations: Ucrainei, Thailanda, Koh, Thailandei, Bangkok

☆ Ambasadorul Ucrainei în Thailanda, găsit mort în camera sa de hotel pe o insulă balneară
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-30 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Diplomat de carieră, Andrii Beshta, 45 de ani, a fost numit ambasador al Ucrainei în Thailanda în 2016.Poliţia thailandeză a anunţat că el a fost găsit mort în jurul orei 05:30 dimineaţa (22:30 GMT), în camera unui complex hotelier din Koh Lipe, o insulă balneară care se bucură de mare popularitate pentru apele sale cristaline. "Ancheta preliminară nu a dezvăluit niciun semn de atac, niciun semn de raid sau de violenţă", informează o declaraţie atribuită purtătorului de cuvânt al poliţiei thailandeze, Kissana Phathanacharoen.Membrii echipei medicale care a sosit prima la faţa locului erau îmbrăcaţi în combinezoane speciale pentru a examina trupul neînsufleţit, în timp ce autorităţile l-au interogat pe fiul ambasadorului, Ostap, cazat în aceeaşi cameră.Acesta a declarat că tatăl său s-a culcat în jurul orelor 23:00, dar că s-a trezit la orele 04:30 dimineaţa vomitând, înainte de a-şi pierde cunoştinţa, a spus Kissana Phathanacharoen, care a adăugat că şi alţi martori au fost de asemenea interogaţi.Trupul lui Andrii Beshta a fost iniţial trimis la un spital local pentru autopsie, după care a fost transportat la un spital al poliţiei la Bangkok, capitala Thailandei, pentru o anchetă aprofundată asupra cauzelor decesului.

Persons: Andrii Beshta, Ostap, cameră.Acesta Locations: Ucrainei, Thailanda, Koh, Bangkok, Thailandei

☆ Ambasadorul Ucrainei în Thailanda, găsit mort în camera sa de hotel
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Ambasadorul Ucrainei în Thailanda, Andrii Beshta, a fost găsit mort duminică în insula balneară Koh Lipe (sudul ţării), unde se afla în vacanţă cu fiul său. Diplomat de carieră, Andrii Beshta, 45 de ani, a fost numit ambasador al Ucrainei în Thailanda în 2016. Poliţia thailandeză a anunţat că el a fost găsit mort în jurul orei 5.30 dimineaţa, în camera unui complex hotelier din Koh Lipe, o insulă balneară care se bucură de mare popularitate pentru apele sale cristaline. „Ancheta preliminară nu a dezvăluit niciun semn de atac, niciun semn de raid sau de violenţă”, informează o declaraţie atribuită purtătorului de cuvânt al poliţiei thailandeze, Kissana Phathanacharoen. Trupul lui Andrii Beshta a fost iniţial trimis la un spital local pentru autopsie, după care a fost transportat la un spital al poliţiei la Bangkok, capitala Thailandei, pentru o anchetă aprofundată asupra cauzelor decesului.

Persons: Andrii Beshta, Ostap Locations: Ucrainei, Thailanda, ţării, Koh, Agerpres, Bangkok, Thailandei

☆ How to fix a friendship (or leave it behind if toxic)
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-18 | by ( Christine Koh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —When a friendship hits a stumbling block, how do you know whether to work on the relationship or let it go? It can be tempting to let a friendship fade instead of facing conflict — especially when life feels overwhelming in other ways — because conflict is hard. But we are already facing a loneliness epidemic, and relationship repair carries further urgency in the face of biological evidence. Here are five ways to repair a friendship — or leave it behind if it’s toxic. Franco encouraged people not to let a single issue break up a friendship, which is something she sees in her practice.

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