What I wrote last week
I wrote about why I think Apple Card would be a significant credit card as Apple Pay grows more popular
I wrote about Target, Salesforce’s acquisition talk with Slack and Uber vs Lyft
I reviewed President Barack Obama’s new memoir “A Promised Land“
Business
The difference in the business model between Booking.com and Expedia
NYTimes and The Washington Post expanded their subscriber base substantially in the last two years
Black Friday’s online shopping exceeded $5 billion
Amazon is strengthening its advantages with delivery capabilities that can rival UBS’
TikTok used its biggest stars in its legal fight against the US government
Technology
There are 123 Fintech startups in Vietnam in 2020. Most of them operate in the Payments area
What I found interesting
Hanoi and Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City is the second busiest domestic flight route in the world
This piece tells a story about how Utah uses collaboration and human touch to create policies that help foster the state’s equality and economy. Two quotes stand out to me
Utahns seem strongly committed to charitable works, by government, alongside government or outside government. Whatever tools used are infused with an ethic of self-reliance that helps prevent dependency . . . when there’s a conflict between that ethic and mercy, Utah institutions err on the side of mercy
Betty Tingey, after seeing the news coverage about the Utah Compact, wrote to the Deseret News, “I don’t know much about politics except the sick feeling I get inside when there is constant arguing. . . . I don’t know how to settle debates, but I know a peaceful heart when I have one. I felt it when I read the Utah Compact.”
Source: American Affairs Journal
This clip about an 86-year-old baking master in Greece gave me mixed feelings. On one hand, I admire his work ethics, but on the other, it can be a condemnation of a system that forces old people to work this late in their life
Minh Quang Duong 