Thinking Aloud
How to be an expat boss
There is a formula for success in Singapore; unfortunately, there is durian involved
2025: The year AI came of age – and the questions ahead for 2026
The technology has moved from boardroom curiosity to balance sheet necessity
A clean sweep: How China won the war for your living room floor
The Roomba’s predicament shows how the US is the worse off for its trade dust-up with its peers
A lesson for small powers from the Nexperia imbroglio
The Americans has targeted Nexperia in their Entity List – a trade restriction measure to sanction firms deemed inimical to their security
Could Jakarta’s moving goalposts corrode investor faith in nickel?
The Indonesian government’s big push for downstreaming is delivering results, but it comes with trade-offs
Replacing staff with AI could be an expensive mistake
What the workplace needs is some form of hybrid, where soft skills become increasingly valued even as technical know-how remains necessary
When your new job description is actually a countdown timer
Accenture’s ‘reinventor’ label for its employees is coming for the rest of us
After the leeway provided in 2025, will 2026 be the time to tighten belts?
Government goodies and low inflation helped to support spending power this year. Next year does not promise the same
Jho Low, Chen Zhi: Two fugitives, two ecosystems
These high-profile frauds expose an uneasy truth about financial oversight in South-east Asia
Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein’s deeply troubling ties
New documents demonstrate catastrophic lapses in judgment and raise questions about the impunity of elite networks
