When we covered the history of myNEWS and its founder, Dang Tai Luk, he’d already announced the company’s plans to bring the popular South Korean convenience mart chain, CU, to Malaysia. To help you gauge how big CU is, they have about 15,000 stores all over South Korea, according to …
Read More »With Only RM1k, This Duo Started A Buttermilk Fried Chicken Brand That Even Our PM’s Tried
Author’s Blurb: The MCO has bred plenty of new entrepreneurs, particularly in the F&B scene. Starting a home-based business is in a way easier now when coupled with the abundance of courier services and online marketplaces like Kravve or Good Finds. What started as a shared love for fried chicken …
Read More »SINGA Explained: Singapore Is Getting In Debt To Make Even More Money
One of the most important and yet the least covered topics of the latest 2021 Budget announcement in Singapore was the Significant Infrastructure Government Loan Act (SINGA). What it means is that for the first time in about 40 years, the Singapore government is going to borrow money to finance …
Read More »Even Though Her Cake Designs Go Viral, Selling Them Was Never This M’sian Baker’s Priority
For Keem Ooi, otherwise known as keempossible_2 to her 36.8k followers on IG, it takes at least an hour to produce her cakes. The fruits of her artistry and time invested can be seen in her Bernie Sanders design, based on the viral meme, among many others. Her gallery isn’t …
Read More »4 Reasons Why We Decided Against Publishing Sugarbook’s Stats Even Though We Got Them Too
Sugarbook has once again stirred up heated discussions amongst netizens, starting with an infographic that the sugar dating platform publicly released to media sites last week. By now, you probably know what the infographic was about, seeing as major news outlets across Malaysia were quick to publish the statistics. Vulcan …
Read More »Razer’s Huntsman V2 Analog keyboard has it all (even analog switches)
How open banking is driving huge innovation Learn how fintechs and forward-thinking FIs are accelerating personalized financial products through data-rich APIs. Register Now Razer has a new premium mechanical gaming keyboard that comes with all the extras. The Razer Huntsman V2 Analog is the followup to the popular and excellent …
Read More »AI holds the key to even better AI
How open banking is driving huge innovation Learn how fintechs and forward-thinking FIs are accelerating personalized financial products through data-rich APIs. Register Now For all the talk about how artificial intelligence technology is transforming entire industries, the reality is that most businesses struggle to obtain real value from AI. 65% …
Read More »Not Even Twin Births Could Budge This Cat Eye
If you’re a person with a uterus who plans to have kids, do you ever think about what labor’s like? Terror might come to mind. Maybe puddles of sweat. But for Nell Diamond (founder of Hill House Home and veteran ITG contributor), her birth-day featured two razor-sharp cat eyes that …
Read More »Why Medical Tourism Is Drawing Patients, Even in a Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated medical tourism, but pent-up demand remains for affordable treatment in foreign lands. On a cold February morning last year, as she lay curled up in a fetal position on her kitchen floor, Melissa Jackson called her manager at a New Jersey beauty salon to ask …
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