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- Exclusive coverage on Asia's business, economies and politics | Cancel anytime. Offer exclusive to the above link. Terms are subject to change. Above discount open to new subscribers only. |  | In the world's fastest-aging societies, regenerative therapies attract the rich and curious Businessman Dato Shaun Lim was a successful real estate mogul until he suddenly decided to switch careers in 2019. Flicking through the movie list on an international flight, he chanced to watch a documentary about "geroscience" -- the study of aging and how it can be stopped. That struck Lim as a rather good business proposition. Later that year, Lim would co-found Regenosis, a clinic and geroscience research company, devoted to stem cell therapies designed the halt or reverse the aging process. Today, the fruits of Lim's investment can be found at the Southern end of the Malay Peninsula, in the city of Iskandar Puteri, which is mostly home to people working in downtown Singapore, an hour away by train. But a trickle of ultrawealthy people are commuting in the other direction, their destination a futuristic building decorated with Saturnian rings and skywalks that houses Regenosis. For those willing to pay a presumably astronomical price tag, which Regenosis will not disclose, they can attempt to cheat death with stem cell therapies. Read more. |  | Anonymous social media platform for employees starts selling services to employers When Carol, a recent computer science graduate at the University of California, Berkeley, received four offers from big tech companies and startups in Silicon Valley, she immediately sought advice on Blind, an anonymous online forum that exclusively discusses workplace matters. "First job out of college. FAANG or startups?" The 21-year-old posted on Blind's job groups, referring to the big five tech companies -- Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google. Dozens of replies poured in over the next few hours, from former and current employees of those companies. They enthusiastically helped her compare the compensation and benefits, shared their firsthand accounts of work culture, and even offered her tips to negotiate better pay. Read more. |  | As unfinished homes disrupt lives, pressure grows on developers and Beijing alike Chen Peng put his entire life savings, and that of his parents, into a 300,000 yuan ($44,000) down payment for a condominium that should have been finished in 2018. Four years later, the 36-year-old musician is still waiting for the keys. His complex is one of tens of thousands of residential projects lagging behind schedule across China. And as the songwriter and guitar player is unable to earn much -- the government's zero-COVID policy all but prohibits musical performances -- he relies on credit cards to cover bills, sinking deeper and deeper into debt. "I always think I am already at the bottom of society and there is no way that I could be pushed down further. Now I know that even if you are at the bottom of the valley, they can still trample you into the mud," Chen told Nikkei Asia. Read more. | If you no longer wish to receive information like this, unsubscribe here by unchecking "Receive invites, events and offers from Nikkei Asia and the Nikkei Group" on the "Profile & Newsletters" tab. You need a password registered to log in to your account. Go to the log in window and click "Forgot password?" to register a password. 1-3-7, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8066, Japan
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