City Developments has sold 77% of its residential units at Piccadilly Grand, a residential condominium it is jointly developing with Hongkong Land unit MCL Land just outside the Singapore central business district, despite the government’s property cooling measures. An artist’s impression of the Piccadilly Grand, a residential condominium being jointly developed by City Developments and…
Private Labels Are Flooding Retail
While private label brands have been around for a long time, we now see growing interest in them. Rising prices, high inflationary pressures, and an uncertain economic environment are forcing many retailers to be creative and introduce new private brands to serve their customers. While private label brands have been around for a long time,…
Building Resilience In An Age Of Disruption
Every company is different and will require its unique approach. The defining question of this decade is clear: How can business leaders build a resilient organization that delivers on core capabilities? Identify your core capabilities and invest in them. Figure out your organization’s core capabilities and shift your business strategy to focus on them. Netflix,…
CryptoCodex: Crypto Now Braced For A Coinbase Bombshell After Bitcoin And Ethereum Price Collapse
The following is an excerpt from the daily CryptoCodex email newsletter. Sign up now for free here… The bitcoin price has this morning dropped to under $33,000, down more than 20% over the last 30 days. Terra’s luna is struggling despite moves from the Luna LUNA Guard Foundation and Terra Labs to shore up the…
Supply Chain Transparency And Sustainability Outshine Short-Term Profits
Supply chain transparency and sustainability are becoming increasingly more important regarding where products are made, how they are made, what materials they are made of and in what conditions they are made. Two immediate questions that arise are: Have they been kept in the freezers in their entire supply chain journey as required? Lives are…
Biden Administration Answer To Learning Loss? Killing Charter Schools.
The first Administration in history since bi-partisan charter schools were conceived is pursuing a misguided strategy. President Clinton pats former City Academy student Thomas Gonzalez on the shoulder just before … [+] Gonzalez got up to introduce the president at City Academy charter school in St. Paul, the first charter school in the nation. This…
AI Ethics And The Law Are Dabbling With AI Disgorgement Or All-Out Destruction Of AI As A Remedy For AI Wrongdoing, Possibly Even For Misbehaving Self-Driving Cars
A rising use of AI Disgorgement or the destroying of an AI system is being undertaken by governmental authorities, but the question is whether this is the proper thing to do and whether it is realistically feasible. This includes too for AI-based self-driving car. Will we seek to use AI disgorgement or the destroying of…
Why Are Investors Bullish On Paychex Stock?
Returns of -3.5% or lower over a five-day period on 218 occasions out of 2516 (9%); Stock rose in the next five days in 124 of these 218 instances (57%). After observing a sell-off in early January, the stock again observed a dip in recent weeks. over a five-day trading period, compared to the broader…
Norwegian-Backed Investment To Take Control Of London’s West End
Over a thousand years since the Vikings last invaded the U.K., a fresh incursion is on the cards as Norwegian-backed real estate companies Capco and Shaftsbury are poised to merge. The two real estate companies own large chunks of London’s West End property estates, while backer Norges Bank –Norway’s huge sovereign wealth fund – already…
Texas Home Appraisals Are At An All-Time High. Should You Protest?
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners in Texas appear ready to make their voices heard after receiving their 2022 home appraisals. Texas Has The Sixth-Highest Property Taxes In The U.S. Texas famously has no income taxes, but it still has school, hospitals, highways and more that need to be funded. Record Number Of Home Appraisal Protests…