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RBI Holds Pat on Rates – What Does That Mean for You?
In its policy meeting today, the Reserve Bank of India left interest rates unchanged for a second straight meeting. You read it in the news, you've seen it on TV but the question that you are probably asking is, as a layperson, should you care? Well of course. All...
Icicle’s Bonnie Woo on Money For Nothing: Creative branding in Hong Kong
When you Think Asia, do you think Hong Kong? And when you think Hong Kong, do you think design and creativity? Bonnie Chan Woo is the CEO of the Icicle Group. She has just returned from just back from the TDC’s “Think Asia, Think Hong Kong” held in Chicago last week,...
Daily life of a writer – Which cover design should I choose for my new book?
My big dilemma today is trying to figure out which cover design to pick for my upcoming YA novel, 'When Arya Fell through the Fault.' I must respond to my editor at Om Books International later today. There is something to be said for that fact that the publisher, my...
Behind the scenes at Money for Nothing – June 19th 2015
Since many of you are very curious to know what happens behind the scenes at Radio 3, I have decided to use Periscope.tv as an attempt to show you the inner working of the show. As you can see, there is much ADHD involved as I am working the board, reading the...
Connecting with audiences: For me ‘Karma’ is an excuse to put things off…
I have started using Periscope.tv to connect with my audiences. Sometimes it's about tracking what I do in the studio at RTHK Radio 3. Other times, it's simply about tracking my life as a writer. If you'd like to join the conversation, please connect with me on...
My Writer’s Journal – June 18 2015, Hong Kong
My Writer's Journal is an opportunity for me to connect with audiences. I have started doing this largely on Periscope. If you'd like to join the conversation, please join me on Periscope.tv: @reenymal Here, I connect with audiences in the USA...it's around midday in...
A Pledge to Join the 100 Saree Pact
A few years ago during a particular Ayurveda video shoot in Mumbai, the director suggested that I wear a pair of trousers rather than my usual go-to outfit, a saree. Needless to say, I couldn't help but ask why. "We've hired you to be a spokesperson for modern...
This Week in Finance: Low expectations for Hong Kong CE Policy Address
Wednesday looks to be the most newsworthy day this week. It's time for Chief Executive CY Leung's annual policy address. After more than two months of street protests during the Umbrella Movement last year, he is seeking to save his plan for the 2017 election of the...
This week in Finance: Will OPEC do something about declining oil prices?
US markets certainly appear to be in a great mood. Last week ended with global growth hopes driving the S&P 500 Index to a fifth week of gains. This and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both got a boost late in the week from a bounce in oil prices and energy shares....
This week in Finance: Meeting of the Minds
Two different Meetings of the Minds are set to take place in the region this week. APEC is already in full swing in Beijing. The US has ruled out a"major announcement" on an ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an Asia-Pacific free trade deal. The sticking...
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