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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. The pandemic has significantly increased the demand for access to digital services.

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2 Reasons Why This is the Best Holiday Season Ever

Growthink Blog

The first is that we currently have awesome economic conditions: a roaring stock market, low unemployment, and solid consumer and business confidence, all of which make right now as good a time as ever to start, grow, finance, and/or sell a business. financing round. NativeAds (digital advertising) closed on a $4M venture financing.

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Jason Colodne of Colbeck Capital Interviews Energy Ventures Analysis’ Emily Medine

The Startup Magazine

Over the last four years, the coal industry has witnessed an ongoing transformation on a global scale – from decreased demand in the US to growing fuel needs in Asia and rising concerns about climate change. and global solid fuel demand and prices for alternative coal types, coke, and market segments. Last year, there were about 1.5

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[Asia] HKers, Singaporeans Eye Higher Salaries: jobsDB

YoungUpstarts

According to the online survey, 42% of workers in Singapore are seeking positions with a salary between 1,500 to 3,499 SGD, compared to 38% of Hong Kong workers who demand a higher salary between 2,449 to 4,899 SGD ( see diagram left ). 69% of neighboring Malaysian job seekers however, sought a salary between 400 to 2,000 SGD.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After having worked all over the world including Canada, the US, UK and France in the high-stress, long-hours world of finance since I was 18, I started my own financial services company in 2014, Black Hawk Financial. I started my company right after i graduated from University of Washington with Finance and Marketing degree in 2015.

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[Singapore] Far East Organization Unveils New SOHO Brand And Property

YoungUpstarts

Located along Scotts Road in the Cairnhill area of Singapore, the 231-unit The Scotts Tower comes under Far East Organization ‘s new Far East SOHO branding umbrella, which will introduce new generation SOHO-style apartments in Singapore, as well as other markets in the region such as China and Indonesia.

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