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· Alan Van
iPhone 6 Scammers Preying on Tourists Continue to Give Singapore a Bad Name
Goddamnit, Asians and their iPhone troubles never end. The story of a 19-year-old international student from India being bilked by another suspect store at Sim Lim Square in Sinagpore has just emerged from The Straits Times (they should be sending royalty checks to Sim Lim…
· Derek Low
This is What It’s Like to Fly the $23,000 Singapore Airlines Suites Class [PHOTOS]
In 2008, Singapore Airlines introduced their Suites Class, the most luxurious class of flying that is commercially available. The Suites were exclusive to their flagship Airbus A380, and they go beyond flat beds by offering enclosed private cabins with sliding doors that cocoon…
· Laura Dang
Inside the Superstar Life of the ‘Taylor Swift of China’
A 24-year-old pop star is being hailed as the Taylor Swift of China. She writes her own music about boys and breakups and is currently on her first North American tour. Chinese singer and songwriter G.E.M., whose name stands for “Get Everybody Moving,” is a pop icon in Hong Kong…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Hackers Arrested After Making $110,000 Posing as Prostitutes on WeChat
A group of Chinese men in their twenties hacked WeChat to pose as prostitutes in Malaysia and Singapore. The five hackers from central China used software to distort their location and message men in Singapore and Malaysia on the popular social media app WeChat, according to…
· Max Chang
Here’s the Loophole That Let One Man Snag an Epic $60,000 First Class Flight for $300
Sam Huang is a man who doesn’t fly frequently and would never pay outrageous amounts to sit in first class, but earlier this spring, he managed to take a $60,000 trip of his life by exploiting an airline loophole — and he only paid $300 out of his own pocket for the entire trip.…
· Editorial Staff
How a College Dropout Became the Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire in the World
At 31 years old, Elizabeth Holmes is the world’s youngest female billionaire. She is very often compared in media profiles to her idol, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. On her company’s board of directors sits powerful political luminaries such as George Schultz, Henry Kissinger,…
· Laura Dang
After Selling Myspace for $580 Million, Tom Now Travels the World Taking Epic Photos
Ever curious what everyone’s first friend on MySpace is doing these days? Tom Anderson, recognizable by his famous whiteboard picture as the default friend on MySpace, sold his social networking site to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation for $580 million back in 2005. Anderson,…
· Riley Schatzle
Why the Most Expensive Perfume in the World Costs $140,000
The most expensive perfume collection ever created was unveiled on Saturday. Diamond corporation World of Diamonds collaborated with luxury perfume company Cuarzo The Circle collaborated to concoct three of the most expensive scents in the world, valued collectively at $140,000,…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s What Happened After Beijing Banned 5 Million Cars From Driving for Two Weeks
China has never been known as a country with the cleanest air. Their smog reportedly kills 4,000 people every day. But that all changed for a bit in Beijing on August 20, when 5 million cars were forced to drive on alternating days and restrictions were implemented on factories…
· Riley Schatzle
These 15 Photographs Show the World of the Wealthiest One Percent We Don’t See
In a new book, photo editor Myles Little takes a provocative approach to exploring the lifestyles of the world’s wealthiest one percent. “1% Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality,” crowdfunded on Kickstarter and set to be released in December, is Little’s attempt to contrast…
· Laura Dang
A 26-Year-Old Real Estate Agent Makes $1.1 Million Overnight After Closing Huge Deal
A 26-year-old property agent has become an overnight millionaire after closing a $51 million ($38 million) deal for a penthouse at the Le Nouvel Ardmore in Singapore last month. The agent, Shirley Seng, joined the Singapore-based PropNex real estate agency in January and has…
· Benny Luo
How a Nerd Who Got His First Kiss at 21 Built a $30 Million ‘Sugar Daddy’ Dating Empire
“Love is a concept invented by poor people.” – Brandon Wade One of the best ways to create a great product is to simply come up with a solution for your own biggest problem. For entrepreneur Brandon Wade, his problem was relationships. For a long time, he struggled to find a…
· Max Chang
Now Anyone Can Be a Venture Capitalist Without Having to Be Rich, SEC Ruling Says
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted on Wednesday for a resolution that will allow startups to raise funding over the internet from almost every American who wants to invest. This is the first major step towards equity crowdfunding, which is exactly what it sounds like —…
· Alan Van
Jover Chew: The Saga of the Notorious iPhone 6 Scammer Who Made His Customers Cry
In Tarantino’s bloodbath masterpiece “Kill Bill,” the mythical Hattori Hanzo sagely tells the Bride, “Revenge is never a straight line. It’s a forest, and like a forest, it’s easy to lose your way … to get lost … to forget where you came in.” Truer words about revenge and its…
· Editorial Staff
New Study Estimates 1 in Every 22 New Yorkers is a Millionaire
A new study this week calculated the percentages of millionaires in city populations around the world. By net worth alone, excluding their primary residence, the study found that 4.63% of New Yorkers, or around 389,100 people, are millionaires- and New York is only number four…
· Editorial Staff
This is How 8 Entrepreneurs Came Up With Their Game Changing Startup Idea
Whether it’s closing a round of funding or an acquisition, we always hear about the successes of startups. However, we rarely hear about their beginnings. No, I don’t mean how they launched, but the very start of how the idea of some of today’s hottest startups were conceived.…
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Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.
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Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.
