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What JPMorgan’s CEO learned from Greenspan

  Look past the fracas about Jamie Dimon’s shifting prognosis for the US economy — from cautious optimism a week ago to warning of an imminent “hurricane.” What matters is that a titan of American finance is prepared to say what too few have over recent decades: Domestic conditions can look pretty good, until they’re quickly undercut by adverse events ...

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Shareholders’ support helps Singapore Air beat pandemic

  Bloomberg The day after Wuhan went into a lockdown in January 2020, Singapore Airlines Ltd Chief Executive Officer Goh Choon Phong called a crisis meeting at Airline House, the company’s massive, factory-like headquarters at the end of Changi Airport’s runways. The question to be answered: How bad is this going to be? Within weeks, as China locked down more ...

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Alibaba replaces Lazada CEO in SE Asia shakeup

  Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd replaced Lazada Group Chief Executive Officer Chun Li with the head of its Thailand business and one-time business assistant to Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang as competition in Southeast Asia intensifies. James Dong, 42, is taking the reins of Lazada, Alibaba’s Southeast Asian arm, with immediate effect while Li will serve as adviser to Lazada ...

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