#Newsweek of 7 November

kelvesy Companies November 12, 2016 | 0

Here was my reading of the week:

If Japan is out of the monetary easing game, other countries will doubtless follow. The era of bold monetary policy experimentation that began with the global financial crisis is now drawing to a close. More and more, economic policy makers will look to fiscal initiatives and to deeper structural reforms to boost growth and stop deflation: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-10/japan-shuts-down-its-monetary-lab

McDonald’s launches a Nutella burger: http://www.goodfood.com.au/it-pro/mcdonalds-launches-a-nutella-burger-20161112-gsnsw0

World’s 1st Swarovski merry-go-round will be in KL: http://www.star2.com/living/2016/11/12/worlds-1st-swarovski-merry-go-round-will-be-in-kl/

Malaysian engineer named Young Tunneller of the Year: http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/11/12/malaysian-engineer-named-young-tunneller-of-the-year/

Alibaba breaks Single’s Day record with $17.8bn sales: http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Alibaba-breaks-Single-s-Day-record-with-17.8bn-sales

Toshiba’s memory chips yield surprise gold mine: http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Toshiba-s-memory-chips-yield-surprise-gold-mine

ComfortDelGro’s profit edges up 3% despite weaker pound and yuan: http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/ComfortDelGro-s-profit-edges-up-3-despite-weaker-pound-and-yuan

Uber just poached a longtime Google exec from SoftBank to be its new head of HR: http://www.businessinsider.sg/ex-google-softbank-liane-hornsey-to-join-uber-as-chief-hr-officer-2016-11/

Macy’s looks like it’s spiraling into ‘terminal decline’: http://www.businessinsider.sg/macys-tries-to-save-itself-from-terminal-decline-2016-11/#xIrSbf9S2imyKlIt.99

China’s Tencent celebrates anniversary with HK$1.7bn gift to employees: http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2045242/chinas-tencent-celebrates-anniversary-hk17bn-gift-employees

SGX reprimands Foreland Fabrictech Holdings Limited, former Executive Chairman Tsoi Kin Chit, former Executive Director Zhang Hong Lai and former Non-Executive Director Chen Chao Ying: http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/20161111_Regulatory_Action_Foreland_Fabrictech_Holdings_Limited.ashx?App=Announcement&FileID=428991

You Are Not Stanley Druckenmiller: http://awealthofcommonsense.com/2016/11/you-are-not-stanley-druckenmiller/

Five Market Insights from Stanley Druckenmiller: http://ivanhoff.com/2016/10/04/five-market-insights-from-stanley-druckenmiller/