by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Market Overview Major Indexes Performance: Dow Jones: -0.2% (down) S&P 500: Fractionally lower Nasdaq: +0.6% (fourth consecutive closing record) All three indexes had set intraday records for a fourth consecutive session early in trading. Federal Reserve Decision...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
At 63 years old, John—a two-time stroke survivor—made a decision that defies conventional understanding of parental love. Rather than allow his daughter to sacrifice her medical education to care for him, he liquidated his entire life in Boston, gave every cent to his...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Informational Vacuum: Assessing the Economic and Policy Costs of Data Interruption During US Federal Government Shutdowns Abstract Prolonged lapses in US federal appropriations, leading to government shutdowns, exert immediate and measurable economic costs—chief...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Strategic Pause: Analyzing the Geopolitical and Economic Implications of the US-China Trade Deal Negotiations (2019-2020) Field: International Political Economy (IPE), Foreign Policy Analysis, Geopolitics Abstract This paper analyzes the critical juncture in...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Regulatory Oversight and Professional Ethics in Private Investigation: An Analysis of Public Prosecutor v. Tan Hui Ting & Tan Kok Boon in Singapore Abstract This paper examines the recent charging of two private investigation agency partners in Singapore for...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Resilience of Strategic Ambiguity: Taiwan’s Confidence in US Security Guarantees Amidst US-China High-Level Summitry Abstract This paper analyzes the declaration of “confidence” by Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung regarding US-Taiwan relations...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The October 2025 Trump-Xi Meeting: A Tactical Pause in an Unfolding Geopolitical Rivalry Abstract: This paper analyzes the US-China leadership summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, held in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, 2025, on the...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Fragility of Hyperscale: Analyzing the 2025 Microsoft Azure Front Door Outage and Lessons for Configuration Management and Cloud Resilience Abstract The widespread service disruption experienced by Microsoft Azure customers on October 29, 2025, following an...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Bilateral Agreements for Food Security: Analyzing the Singapore-Vietnam Rice Trade Deal Abstract: This paper examines the bilateral agreement signed between Singapore and Vietnam on rice trade, formalized during the APEC meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on October...
by chung chinyi | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Navigating Strategic Transformation: Keppel’s “New Keppel” and the Demerger of Non-Core Assets Abstract: This paper analyzes Keppel Corporation’s strategic pivot towards an “asset-light, global asset manager and operator” model, as...
