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David Mintz, Whose Tofutti Made Bean Curd Cool, Dies at 89

He set out to create an ice cream substitute for people who keep kosher. He created a phenomenon, also loved by vegans, diabetics and people with milk allergies. The rise of David Mintz from Brooklyn caterer to the multimillionaire who became known as the “P.T. Barnum of tofu” began with …

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Inspired By Tealive, These M’sians Create DIY Boba Kits That Can Be Made As Fast As Milo

Back in 2019, it seemed like there was a new boba tea brand popping up every week. Towards the beginning of 2020, plenty were already closing down as the hype dwindled even before the MCO.  We’re now left with bigger name brands who’ve proven that they dominate the Malaysian boba …

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M’sian Creatives Need Better Networking Sites, So This Team Made Their Own “LinkedIn”

While LinkedIn is currently the go-to place for many professionals to connect with one another, this platform can’t serve professionals from all industries equally yet. Resumes and portfolios may be enough to showcase a banker or a manager’s knowledge and abilities, for examples, but they may not serve artists as …

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A Pandemic Is Hard Enough. For Some, Being Single Has Made It Harder.

“One day I realized it had been three months since I had touched a human being,” one man said. The coronavirus pandemic has been rough on virtually everyone. But those who have been single through the isolation, fear and upheaval say they’ve been confronted with a distinct set of challenges …

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School Dropout To Hawker: This S’porean Now Runs A F&B Empire That Made $150M Annual Revenue

In 1985, the then-15-year-old Tan Kim Siong dropped out of school to work full-time in a hawker stall. Since age 13, he had been helping his grandmother at her Teochew fishball noodles store, while also working as an assistant for other hawker stalls. These stints helped him score a full-time …

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7 Top Costly Mistakes Investors Made in 2020

ESB Professional / Shutterstock.com Warning: Big investing mistakes can be hazardous to your wealth. One or two basic blunders can undermine years of diligent saving and crush your dreams of building life-changing wealth. Financial professionals see investors make such errors all the time. Recently, they identified the most common of …

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From Entrepreneurs To Billionaires: 8 S’poreans Who Made It Big Despite Being School Dropouts

The world’s most famous school dropouts have got to be Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Both Zuckerberg and Gates left Harvard during their undergraduate years to start their businesses, which have since made an indelible mark in the global tech industry. However, they are not the …

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This S’pore Startup Made A “Passport” For COVID-19 Test Results So You Can Travel Seamlessly

Singapore currently has plans to form Air Travel Bubbles (ATB) with other nations, various green and fast lane arrangements, and has since opened up its borders to China and Australia. It will allow for travel without quarantine, provided that the traveller’s Covid-19 test results are negative. However, these results are …

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