Singapore

There’s a little bit of an oddball crowd out there in Singapore—the type that considers moving to Johor Bahru.

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever,” so says a famous Chinese proverb.

When American parents drop off their children at primary school, the parting words are usually “have fun” rather than “work hard”, and until the internet boom created teenage millionaires out of non-athletic nerds. The most admired students in high schools are the football captains and cheerleaders. When a high school senior chooses which colleges to apply to, he/she often asks about the party scene rather than academic standards. The Ivy League colleges would admit sportsmen, movie starlets and children of politicians with mediocre transcripts and SAT scores, in order to add “diversity” to its student population. One President of Yale University, Bart Giamatti, resigned to become the US Baseball Commissioner.

A major challenge to international arbitration is the perception by corporate and in-house counsel that this process has grown to be time-consuming and costly. A recent survey by the Corporate Counsel International Arbitration Group (“CCIAG survey”) found overwhelming agreement with 100% of the respondents agreeing that it took too long (56% of respondents strongly agree) and cost too much (69% of respondents strongly agree).

Fundamentally the business of business is simple!

They are blaming the Eurozone and US crisis as well as China slowdown.

Boeing 747-400 freighter service operates via Hong Kong and Dallas Fort Worth.

The value of properties owned by Singapore's billionaires grew 14% in 2011, albeit at a slower pace than the 147% recorded five years ago.

The sugar division posted a profit of Rp12b in the second quarter through the sale of 11,000 tonnes of sugar.

Thanks to its Tower 3's newest tenants.

Students expecting this much salary has been increasing by 10% yearly.

ASL Marine likewise will focus on securing more conversion and major repair and refurbishment jobs for FSOs, FPSOs, and oil rigs.

This will be for the next three years, thanks to lower interest rates.

Thanks to one-off gains such as disposals, fair value changes in financial derivatives and forex gains of about US$10m.

ECS Holdings’ set of results was below analysts’ expectations.

Halloween Horror Nights will run for seven nights over two weekends, from 19 to 21 October and 25 to 28 October.