via Business Daily: Today, as the global economy is experiencing its first green shoots, one cannot forget the trauma of the economic winter precipitated by the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, one of the worst in living memory. Following the crisis, many economists revisited the perennial question as to whether ‘the …

via Economic Times: Regardless of the time of year or the general news cycle, there’s little doubt that a company with substantive fundraising news will nearly always take center stage in the media. Was it always this way, and if so, why? To better answer that question, it’s important to first …

via CNBC: Bitcoin fell below $9,000 Tuesday, the first trading day of May. The cryptocurrency traded 3.9 percent lower around $8,880 as of 8:49 a.m. ET, according to CoinDesk’s bitcoin price index. The decline followed a gain of about 33.5 percent for April. There was no immediately apparent reason for bitcoin’s …

via morningstar: Dan Kemp outlines five contrarian portfolio ideas that appear to offer superior risk-adjusted returns. Are you brave enough to invest in the unloved?  Investment markets are always moving and finding the best opportunities requires a deep understanding of both risk and reward. This can be a relentless exercise, as …

via HumanResources: HR leaders from Citi Singapore, Kantar, Unilever, Maxis, NETS, Schroders, and T-Systems Malaysia share some of 2018’s biggest and most anticipated L&D trends, with Jerene Ang and Wani Azahar, and how they plan to leverage them. With Singapore moving towards its Smart Nation ambition and Malaysia’s 2020 skilled-workers vision, …

via Forbes: Nobody gets funded by spilling their brilliant idea to a stranger at the airport bar who turns out to be a secret venture capitalist just itching to invest. You need a business plan if you’re going to be taken seriously. Don’t skimp on it or fall into common traps. …

via The Hans India: Accounting is a systematic process of identifying, recording, measuring, classifying, verifying, summarizing, interpreting and communicating financial information. It reveals profit or loss for a given period, and the value and nature of a firm’s assets, liabilities and owners’ equity. Accounting provides information on the: resources available to …

via SBR: Almost half believe non-banks provide better assistance than traditional banks. Singapore is amongst the countries leading the rest of the world in its residents’ attitude towards digital banking alternatives, according to a report from Oracle, which revealed that seven in 10 Singaporeans are open to such alternatives – a …

via Workforce: Human resources is working overtime to address accusations that practitioners have been on the wrong side of the #MeToo movement. The wide-scale makeover of processes, policies and the profession’s image comes in the wake of revelations of widespread sexual harassment at U.S. employers of every size and in virtually …

via PitchBook: It’s no secret that women secure a minute amount of venture capital funding compared to their male counterparts. In 2017, women-only founding teams raised just 2.2% of all VC in the US. To increase that number, some firms in Silicon Valley and beyond have taken the crucial (and …

via the star: PETALING JAYA: Calls to impose a tax on Google and Facebook have gained speed as the Internet giants guzzle an increasing amount of digital advertising revenue. The issue of a tax on such revenue was brought up by Malaysian media companies with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr …

via Forbes: Over the past five years, I have had the privilege of meeting and working with hundreds of angel investors. Armed with this recent experience, I felt it would be a great honor to help new entrepreneurs and budding investors themselves better understand what four characteristics to look for in …