The first birth my wife Jillian witnessed was also the first death. It happened many years ago, just a few days before Christmas, when she started her journey as a new specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN), working the graveyard shift in the labour and delivery ward. Walking into the
‘… I replaced all the windows, but I made the new ones as much like the old ones as I could, I put the windows into the same frames just with an extra pane of glass instead of one in every window, one pane that opens out, one that opens
Nature didn’t select me. I selected myself by harnessing my nature. – Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod in Billions, Season 5, Episode 3: Beg, Bribe, Bully. Despite the endless cycle of economic crises, it seems that the appetite for a position within investment banking is as insatiable as ever. Recruitment numbers have
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s banking sector is projected to continue recording higher profits in 2025, supported by steady loan growth, a stable interest rate environment, and non-interest income, said an economist. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid anticipates total loans to grow around 5.5 per cent
A new form of social tyranny has broken out. Opposition to it seems churlish and unsporting. Refusal risks offence. Other than actual or feigned injury or bad weather, there is truly no escape. I am speaking of the invitation that seems to arrive with everincreasing frequency from acquaintances, clients and
CHINESE residents have been illicitly moving billions of dollars out of the country under authorities’ noses as a cratering property market and economic uncertainties push people to find safer places to park their wealth overseas. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon didn’t hold back when addressing the issue at the Global
It is never easy to re-examine one’s fundamental convictions, but now I am forced to question my previous disbelief in the existence of Satan. I am compelled to confront this ugly possibility by the fact that from time to time my electronic devices seem to fall under demonic possession. Now,
THE banking sector got a jolt recently when the family of the late Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow announced a plan to pare down their 21.6 per cent stake in Public Bank Bhd to comply with the Financial Services Act (FSA) 2013. While the sell down plan is in the
‘Control your own destiny or someone else will.’ — Jack Welch (1935-2020), former CEO of General Electric (GE) A redemption T the end of June, my email inbox dinged with a name I recognised but hadn’t seen in over 20 years. I was on a week’s leave, enjoying some downtime
‘The poll that matters is the one that happens on Election Day.’ Heather Wilson, a Republican Party leader I was savouring a delightful pea – and – mint risotto at the U.S. Election Watch event hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Singapore last Wednesday. Held at one of those grand
