Singapore

Country

Daily Mail, 21.03.10 14:13 UTC

My Tenko Quilt: The 78-year-old reunited with the quilt she made secretly in Japanese camp

It was made by 18 members of a Girl Guide troop as a birthday present for their leader. But what makes it remarkable is that the girls who put it together were all British prisoners of war in the ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21.03.10 06:25 UTC

Hotel Review: Aman at Summer Palace in Beijing

THE BASICS It's not every day you get to stay somewhere with an imperial garden as your backyard. But Amanresorts, the ultra-luxe chain based in Singapore, has a knack for snagging extraordinary ...


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21.03.10 04:30 UTC

We fight the wars; China rakes it in

The West is mired in war and recession while China booms and says thanks for securing its profits, reports GlobalPost correspondent MICHAEL GOLDFARB


The Independent, 21.03.10 01:34 UTC

The Blair rich project

He has shared platforms with the great and the not so good, but for Tony Blair's next lucrative speaking engagement, he will stand among seemingly like-minded people. The former prime minister is to ...


Daily Mail, 21.03.10 01:34 UTC

Wife's anguish over British banker held in Qatar for a year

The wife of a senior British banker detained in Qatar after falling out with a sheik has spoken of her anguish as he marks his first anniversary trapped in the desert state. David Proctor, 50, has ...


Seattle Times, 20.03.10 22:13 UTC

Indonesian man creates career as Obama look-alike

Striding purposefully, his smile lighting up a rainy afternoon, Barack Obama appears to have arrived here early to tour an ...


Forbes, 19.03.10 21:16 UTC

The Singapore Trade

CEO Magnus Bocker lays out his goals for the Singapore Exchange.


Forbes, 19.03.10 20:31 UTC

An Exchange Grows In Singapore

Singapore Exchange CEO Magnus Bocker on his plans for the trading venue and the state of IPOs.


Newsweek International Edition, 19.03.10 19:45 UTC

Around the World in a Private Suite

It was somewhere over the Andaman Sea that I started thinking about how to blockade the door. I was sprawled in a private suite aboard a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380, and it had just occurred to me ...


Belfast Telegraph, 19.03.10 15:25 UTC

Software firm plans massive R & boost

Financial software firm First Derivatives today unveiled plans for a multi-million pound investment in research and development (R & ). The Newry-based company s plans to invest £4.1m in R & were ...


Valid XHTML + RDFa