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Singapore’s World Press Freedom Index ranking has dropped to a new low from the previous year’s 133rd to 136th, according to the latest figures released by Reporters Without Borders. Singapore’s ranking by Freedom House remains at 151 out of 196 assessed, according to the “Freedom of the Press 2010... 

Dani Rodrik On a recent Saturday morning, several hundred pro-democracy activists congregated in a Moscow square to protest government restrictions on freedom of assembly. They held up signs reading “31,” in reference to Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly. They were promptly... 

The H1N1 swine flu virus may be starting to mutate, and a slightly new form has begun to predominate in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, researchers reported on Thursday. More study is needed to tell whether the new strain is more likely to kill patients and whether the current vaccine can protect against it completely,... 

作者:李剑芒 在公司战略里，一个最让人头疼的概念就是所谓的“沉淀成本”。什么叫沉淀成本呢？首先我们要明白什么是公司最佳战略。公司的最佳战略就是从战略制定的那个时 间向将来看，在所有的各种战略选择中，将给公司带来最大利益的那个战略选择，它就是公司的最佳战略。一个理性的公司应该永远追求那个最佳战略。 但往往公司并不是这样，公司往往追求的是既定战略。因为公司已经在某个领域进行了战略投资，这个投资已经投出去了，收不回来了，所以叫“沉淀成本”！这个“沉淀成本”使得公司漠视新展示出来的任何战略机会而死死套在了既定战略上，哪怕既定战略只能带来新出现的最佳战略十分之一的利益。 也有人说，公司和人一样，对自己过去做出的决定有一定的“感情”。这种“感情”使得公司很难摆脱“沉淀成本”而转向新的最佳投资战略。 搞明白“沉淀成本”，除了搞明白人的自然愚蠢倾向（不愿意认错）外，我们还要知道另一个因素；即一些人利用“沉淀成本”攻击执政者。公司主要职位谁都想做。IBM的CEO... 

We received an email today from a China Company named YGNetwork entitled “Notice of Intellectual Property-Trademark Name” informing us that a company named “Huaxia” is “registering the name “temasekreview” as their Internet Trademark and “temasekreview.cn”, “temasekreview.com.cn”... 

Teo Ser Luck The North East CDC’s Mayor Teo Ser Luck, commented in a recent to be published (Straits Times) article that the CDC intends to : “to raise $3 million from sponsors by 2012 to help 24,000 needy residents.” He further goes on to say that the CDC will match “dollar-for-dollar”, raising the amount... 

THE US Senate has passed a bill to shield US journalists, authors, and publishers from ‘libel tourists’ who file suit in countries where they expect to get the most favourable ruling. The popular legislation headed to the House of Representatives, which was expected to approve it and send the measure to US President... 

THE Temasek Review, which on Wednesday night carried a masthead that displayed ‘New Temasek Review’, has claimed that the name change was due to a slow response from its web host. Temasek Review, a socio-political website, did not give any reason for the apparent name change at the time, which was reported by... 

The various press reports of these proceedings are sparse and contradictory, so as an interested foreigner googling this case I’d like to know if and how the issue of jurisdiction has been addressed, which I expect the Court will have to satisfy itself on before looking at anything else. I doubt anyone would claim that... 

OCT 21 — “Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Docks” is about to become Malaysia’s Strategic Information and Research Development Centre’s (SIRD) bestseller to date. The book has seen four print runs of 2,000, 1,000, 1,000 and 2,000 in just five months, totalling 6,000 copies with over 5,500 copies...