Posts Tagged as ‘hawker’s markets’

June 30, 2008

The billion dollar idea

I’ve always been close to the next big thing: investing in China, a disposable paper suit, leather made from livestock struck dead by lightning.  But this time I’ve come up with something that is both necessary and lucrative.  I’m not going to disclose it all right here or now, but suffice to say it involves [...]

May 28, 2008

the U.S. economy, seen from here

In the Straits Times this morning, in an article about a conference in which a Singaporean government minister was interviewed by students via text messages projected on a large screen, the American economy was described as being “meltdown.
 
on a similar note, in conversations I’ve had, and in conversations I’ve eavesdropped on at hawker’s markets, the [...]