David Tan

Type: Person

Name: David Tan

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Unsung heroes

SINGAPORE - The role of the family physician changed significantly over the years as the increasing complexity and emergence of new diseases has demanded improved sophistication in care.Gone are the days where family doctors operated in isolation. The ... [Published Today Online - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Family Medicine, David Tan, Patient, Health Care, Singapore

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Apple Inc

Five Lessons from Appleâs Fall

The stock market may be the world's most ruthless headmaster, teaching investors costly lessons on a daily basis. But few lessons are more instructive — or more costly — than those provided by the meteoric rise and fall of the shares of Apple (symbol ... [Published Kiplinger - May 16 2013]

Entities: Apple Inc, Stocks, Roberts

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Days Inn

Singapore brothers hit jackpot in China hotel sector

SINGAPORE ( /ANN) -- Three brothers from Singapore with a flair for the hospitality business have hit the jackpot, thanks to China's booming middle class discovering the travel bug.The brothers set up a single Chinese hotel of the all-American Days Inn ... [Published Yes World - May 06 2013]

Entities: David Tan, China, Days Inn, Singapore

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Massachusetts General Hospital

Combat-medicine lessons applied to Boston wounded

Evansville Courier & PressImprovised explosive devices caused carnage on the street of an American city, but after more than a decade of grim experience treating U.S. troops maimed by such weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of the emergency workers ... [Published Evansville Courier - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: compression bandage, Boston (Massachusetts, United States), David Tan, Massachusetts General Hospital

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

iPad

Apple confident about iPad Mini despite low margins

Six months after its launch, the iPad Mini is a drain on Apple's profits, but the company is willing to endure the financial strain as long as it can sell more iPads, analysts said.The low-priced iPad Mini was one of the reasons Apple reported a drop ... [Published Good Gear Guide - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: iPad Mini, Apple Inc, iPad, David Tan

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

RM13.7b turnover target for medical devices

GEORGE TOWN: The domestic medical devices industry is targeting to achieve RM13.7bil in turnover this year, up 8% from 2012.The Association of Malaysian Medical Industries (AMMI) secretary Hitendra Joshi said that the growth was consistent with the achievements ... [Published thestar.com.my - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Medical Devices, Turnover, Malaysia

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

DRB-Hicom Bhd

DRB-Hicom lends a hand by sponsoring education pullouts

Sulaiman (third from right) presenting the mock cheque to Wong (third from left) and Goh (second from right). With them are (from left) Mohammed Shukor, Shukrie, Tan and Mohd Zain at Menara Star in Petaling Jaya. IN their bid to help primary school pupils ... [Published thestar.com.my - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: DRB-Hicom Bhd, David Tan, Star Publications

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

BOSTON: Combat medicine put to use

Improvised explosive devices caused carnage on the street of an American city this week, but after more than a decade of grim experience treating U.S. troops maimed by such weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of the emergency workers and volunteers ... [Published San Angelo Standard-Times - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Boston (Massachusetts, United States), David Ross, IED Improvised Explosive Device, David Tan

First reported Feb 12 2013 - Updated Feb 13 2013 - 1 reports

Senate wants ex-NFA chief Banayo probed

Sen. Francis Pangilinan, chairman of the agriculture committee, presided over the hearings, which initially began with an investigation into the multimillion-peso attempted smuggling of rice at the ports of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone and Legazpi, Al ... [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - Feb 12 2013]

Entities: David Tan, UK Department for Business Enterprise and Regul..., Danilo Garcia, Financier, Pure Country

Quotes

"our niche market is good because when times are good, the two-star travellers want to upgrade and give themselves a treat to a three-star hotel. when times are bad, the five-star travellers want to save some money and move down to a four-star hotel" said Mr Harry Tan

Singapore brothers hit jackpot in China hotel sector [Published Yes World - May 06 2013]

"if customers don't recognize the quality difference, they are not willing to pay the extra price" Tan said. The iPad Mini looks like a smaller version of the iPad, but uses older hardware than the 9.7-inch iPad

Apple confident about iPad Mini despite low margins [Published Good Gear Guide - Apr 24 2013]