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Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... service to our nation, as well as the generosity and co-operation he has shown throughout this transition. Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... and trouble abound. The global financial crisis shows no signs of abating. The global economic future looks glum. Yet Americans are unable to afford their usual psychological crutches as they see the value of their homes and investments continue to erode ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
Two million jobs and counting. This is the number of Americans that will bring increased profits to Campbell Soup come Christmas time. And because these ordinary taxpayers' have to give part of their now non-existent income and drastically reduced wealth ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Wall Street celebrates Thanksgiving Day today - a 400-year tradition celebrated by Americans commemorating the pilgrims' gratitude for a bountiful harvest. Given the way the global economies are shaping up, Thanksgiving 2008 offers only patchy harvests. ...

CalPERS grows green strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... partners investing in 79 portfolio companies reduced greenhouse gas emissions by the amount produced annually by 39,000 Americans.

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... Dating Committee still has to officially pronounce the US economy in recession, by all intents it already is. Ordinary Americans do not have to wait until January 2009 when the fourth quarter US National Accounts are released or when the NBER finally ...

Bail-out Plan B

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... in the months to come and with it pain. Not only for the US but also for the world. It has now become a paradox that Americans are being flooded with money and urged to borrow to spend to solve a problem rooted in over-borrowing and excessive spending. ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... election campaign jokes go, 'will the White House now be named differently?' The White House will remain the White House. Americans will get used to US President Obama. Mothers around the world from hereon would be able to point to that little, thin ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... of the free market. We're facing a choice between action and the real prospect of economic hardship for millions of Americans.' How true! The 228 members of the US House of Representatives who voted 'NAY' to the plan's passage are worried about the amount ...

TARP or TRAP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... system puts their economic well-being at risk. When local banks and thrifts aren't able to function as they should, Americans' personal savings, and the ability of consumers and businesses to finance spending, investment and job creation are threatened.' ...