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Communication and trust are essentials, if you want to build relationships and be successful in life. Realising after the fact that you were lied to, and after each occurrence, you will beat yourself up for trusting the wrong person, which resulted in poor decisions. Ethical persuaders do not lie, conceal facts or distort the truth […]

As featured on Straits Times Singapore-listed mm2 Asia announced on Wednesday (July 28) that it has received an offer for its Cathay cinema business from local financial investment firm Kingsmead Properties. mm2 Asia operates eight Cathay cinemas in Singapore and 13 cinemas in Malaysia, as well as a movie film distribution business. It entered into […]

As featured in Dollars and Sense In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks of glove companies (both the supplies and the shares) were in hot demand globally. As healthcare providers rushed to stock up sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) including gloves, investors rushed to buy the stocks of glove suppliers. In […]

“We live in a culture of blame. People will blame anyone or anything for their misery sooner than take the responsibility to own it and make it better.” Dr. Henry Cloud; Dr. John Townsend, It’s Not My Fault. We have met many many investors around the world. There are those who are responsible and there […]

Read more here GEM COMM: In January 2020 a novel coronavirus, was identified as the causative agent of an outbreak of viral pneumonia centered around Wuhan, Hubei, China. That disease is now called COVID-19. The virus has caused a widespread outbreak of disease similar to SARS throughout China and now this Pandemic is widespread. According […]

GEM COMM RESEARCH: The Government has come up a generous budget consisting of rebates, bridging loans and cash payouts to help Singaporeans and businesses during this uncertain times. This Budget is also seen by many as a sweetener for the election-year budget, which is anticipated to be in 2020. We did a GE comparison of […]

The plethora of viewing options at home—from streaming video to cable TV (especially the addiction of watching series like Game of Thrones and Grey’s Anatomy in your fav pyjamas)—mean that bricks and mortar cinemas are facing a battle to attract audiences?