Recent Posts

Flying-car future looks like a dystopia

Flying cars! So futuristic! A world in which they’re buzzing around the skies must be dazzling – like a Popular Mechanics feature come to life! Well, yeah. About that. It seems increasingly likely that aerospace companies and startups are rushing to embrace a world of vertical take-off robotaxis. Just don’t be surprised if it looks a lot more like “Blade ...

Read More »

Singapore’s office market is buzzing

What’s not to like about Singapore’s office property market? Take a look at CapitaLand Commercial Trust’s 2018 results. Singapore’s biggest office landlord, owner of $7.4 billion of the city-state’s commercial buildings, finished the year with a record-high occupancy rate of 99.3 percent. To achieve this, the real-estate investment trust didn’t have to compromise on pricing, at least not too much. ...

Read More »

Don’t hold your breath for Venezuelan oil industry

The longest a human has held their breath is 24 minutes and 3.45 seconds, according to Guinness World Records. Even if every minute were three months, Venezuela’s oil industry won’t be back on its feet by the time you have to come up for air, no matter how the current political chaos plays out. I’m not going to try to ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend