SIA, Air India and the US$1.5 Billion Question: A Shareholder’s Capital-Allocation Test0

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• August 27, 2026

By Boo Kok Chuon Air India is reportedly asking its two shareholders, Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (“SIA”), for approximately US$1.5 billion in fresh equity.[1] The headline number is eye-catching. Air India and its budget subsidiary Air India Express reportedly suffered combined losses of approximately US$2.33 billion in the financial year ended March 2026. Reuters

Borrowing at 1%: Have We Finally Discovered Free Money?0

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• July 16, 2026

By Boo Kok Chuon On 16 July 2026, Standard Chartered Singapore publicly advertised its CashOne Personal Loan at interest rates from 0.90% per annum, translating to an effective interest rate (EIR) from 1.75% per annum, depending on the borrower’s credit profile and loan tenure. Barely three weeks earlier, on 23 June 2026, the Department of

Why S$230,000 Was Justified: Understanding Defamation Damages Through Shanmugam v Bloomberg0

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• July 15, 2026

By Boo Kok Chuon When the High Court awarded Mr K Shanmugam and Mr Tan See Leng S$230,000 each in general and aggravated damages against Bloomberg LP and its reporter Mr Low De Wei in Shanmugam Kasiviswanathan v Bloomberg LP [2026] SGHC 147, the figure immediately became the subject of public debate. Some questioned whether

独家视角：DeepSeek背后的“捭阖之道”0

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• May 25, 2026

西方真正低估的，从来不只是中国今天能够制造多少纳米的芯片，或者训练出多少参数的模型。

他们真正尚未充分理解的，是中国科技体系在高压环境下所逐渐形成的长期战略韧性。

真正的博弈，从来不只是看谁在顺风时期跑得最快。

而是看谁在风暴降临后，依然能够持续重构自身体系，并在高压环境中完成下一轮演化。