Now he aims to propel his technology company, Sunevision, to the forefront of Internet-based commerce and technology infrastructure in Hong Kong. By Bruce Gilley. Most Asian dotcoms don't tell customers how their personal data are used, and some routinely feed such details to advertisers. But Web companies must get serious about protecting the privacy of users-or face new laws forcing them to. By Charles Bickers.
Asian banks are awash in cash and interest rates have fallen sharply.
That's encouraging savers to demand better returns, and is helping to propel broad changes in investment trends that ultimately promise to put money to more efficient use than in the past. By Tom Holland. The mandatory CPF is less a pension fund than a cheap way to channel public savings into infrastructure development. While this might have benefited the government, Singaporeans face financial pressures in retirement. By Ben Dolven.