If any one person embodies both the miracles and maladies of our digital age, it is probably Pavel Durov, the Russia-born founder of the Telegram messaging app
I was in a friend’s car on the way to Jalan Besar for our breakfast of bak chor mee. She was navigating heavy traffic, trying to change lanes, but no one would give way. Cars zipped in and out, and one overtook her car on the slant, cutting in. Although I was protected by over a tonne of metal in her car, I flinched.
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) needs to be revived – and everyone knows that. Exciting companies, put off by its lack of liquidity, are not tempted to list on it. Jaded investors, unimpressed by its offerings, have increasingly stayed away from it.
I was in a friend’s car on the way to Jalan Besar for our breakfast of bak chor mee. She was navigating heavy traffic, trying to change lanes, but no one would give way. Cars zipped in and out, and one overtook her car on the slant, cutting in. Although I was protected by over a tonne of metal in her car, I flinched.
Mr Olaf Scholz pitched up in east Germany this week to rally his embattled Social Democrats (SPD) ahead of state elections on Sunday. He could barely be heard above the shouts of “liar”, “warmonger” and “send him to the front”.