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TRE’s and TOC’s readers, and other Singaporean netizens may not realise it, but Temasek doesn’t always lose money on its overseas investments. In 2008, just before the financial crisis, Temasek sold its majority stake in BII for a price that put a value of the Indonesia bank of 4.6 times book value. The sucker buyer... 

Yesterday, Yahoo! Singapore Newsroom ran a short survey on Facebook entitled "If you could live like a billionaire for a day, what would you do?" The survey only received 40+ comments. I believe people shunned from commenting because they found it to be unreachable and hence, meaningless. Out of those who did reply, the 2 most... 

Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi is a remarkable woman. If she had not gone back to Burma, we would not have been able to witness the steel beneath a deceptively frail-looking housewife. She became a politician overnight because of circumstances. Even under the same circumstance, not many can do achieve what she did. Considering...