About 5 to 10 per cent of borrowers here service debts amounting to more than 60 per cent of their monthly incomes, added Mr Wong, who spoke on behalf of MAS chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam. – business.asiaone.com. Last modified on Tuesday, …

Also, we can't help but notice that this lifestyle seems to work out for affluent women—who generally finish college, marry and have kids after they get married— but not for the poor. In fact, since the government began funneling birth control into …

Former President John F. Kennedy's wife Jackie knew about his affair with movie icon Marilyn Monroe and even spoke with Monroe about it on the phone, a new tell-all book that features some of John and Jackie's closest friends, relatives and associates …

Bill Schambra's takedown of so-called strategic philanthropy is delicious, and completely accurate. While it's a great idea to search for root causes of social problems, many of them don't have a single cause. Or if they do, it's a cause not curable by …

Corporate philanthropy has historically involved employee-matching programs, community days, and grant-giving. While these programs are certainly needed and much-appreciated, McKinsey notes, “in a majority of cases, CSR has failed to fulfill its core …

The giving landscape is changing rapidly as young people mature and the population gets more diverse. Explore the stories and data below to learn what charities need to do now to flourish later.

We love talking about philanthropy. It's such a positive word, both in how it sounds and feels – and what it represents. Why is it then, when we look at what's happening with giving, we get so down? The problem, in short form, is that giving isn't …

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It also brought in the Prius C in 2012, while its luxury brand Lexus is, as yet, the only brand with a full lineup of hybrid vehicles (the CT 200h, RX 450h, GS 450h, LS 600hL) in the country. All these at a time when sales of hybrid vehicles in this …