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Introduction Tim Harford in his book, Fifty Things that Made the Modern History,listed the S-bend as one crucial invention . He noted that in 1800’s, as London’s population expanded in number, the city’s system for disposing of human waste became woefully inadequate. The main system used then was cesspits, which were prone to leaking, overflowing […]
Introduction Beyond Meat Inc., a company producing plant-based meat has submitted an application for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US. We have reviewed its prospectus and noted what makes Beyond Meat burger unique. Overview Beyond Meat is one the fastest growing food companies in the US, offering a portfolio of revolutionary plant-based meat. […]
Patania II, owned by Dede of Belgium Introduction Today we noted two contrasting developments, 1) the price of Brent crude oil had fallen below US$60 per barrel, and 2) a company will start deep sea mining of precious metals. In the 1980’s I worked as a refining planning engineer in ESSO’s refining unit in […]
In 2010, we published a book, Securing Private Equity in Malaysia, as a guide for entrepreneurs on how to raise money from investors. We believe the book is still relevant today as it was in 2010. In line with the forthcoming giving season, we want to make the ebook of the publication free to visitors […]
Background We noted an interesting article by Roger Boyes in the London Times on November 14th, 2018. He predicted that the push to produce electric cars worldwide would alter the dynamic of the existing energy-producing countries. The International Energy Agency has forecast that oil use by cars will peak in seven years because of the […]
Factory Runs By Robots to Make Robots Swiss robotics company ABB has revealed that it’s spending US$150 million to build an advanced robotics factory in Shanghai — one that will use robots to build robots. The company will rely on its YuMi single-arm robots, which it once used to conduct an orchestra, for small parts […]
Introduction Every month, a meter reader, wearing light blue shirt, will be entering our house compound to read the electricity meter at our house. Then, he will drop the electric bill into our mailbox. This October’s bill reads RM294. We dream of a day that we will receive a cheque from the meter reader instead […]
Introduction The World Trade Report 2018 (The Report), published by World Trade Organization, examines how digital technologies are transforming global commerce. The Report describes four digital technologies, namely artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things , additive manufacturing (3D printing) and blockchain, which have been achievable by the exponential rise in computing power, bandwidth and digital […]
Making Overseas Call Then In early 2000, my son was accepted to study at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the US. Being my wife’s boy, she wanted to talk to him regularly on the phone. We would call the local telephone operator and she got him connected to us. Then the magic word, […]