Singapore Airlines expects early recovery Gulf News | Singapore: Singapore Airlines, the world's second-largest airline by market value, said yesterday that a recovery in passenger and freight traffic should be sustained in the near term after posting better-than-expected first quarter profit. | Global airlines are recovering from the worst down...
Oil hover near $79 as stocks extend rally Houston Chronicle | SINGAPORE - Oil prices hovered near $79 a barrel Monday in Asia as regional stock markets extended a rally from last week amid improving investor optimism. | Benchmark crude for September delivery was down 20 cents at $78.76 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the Ne...
Singapore: Legal Charges Threat to Freedom of Expression Human Rights | (New York) - Singapore officials should cease using criminal defamation and contempt laws to silence government critics, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrest of Alan Shadrake, the 75-year-old British author of Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore J...
Malaysia gears up on deep-water drive Upstream Online Malaysia’s state player Petronas Carigali will need three drillships between 2010 and 2015 to support the development of deep-water oil and gas fields, the company’s head of deep-water development, Rosli Hamzah said at a conference in Sin...
Africa Singapore Business Forum Ends Peace FM Online The maiden edition of the African Singapore Business Forum, a platform to bring together investors from Africa and Singapore to explore ways of extending their businesses to each other's territories, has ended in Singapore with a call on participants...
Singapore Airlines expects early recovery Gulf News | Singapore: Singapore Airlines, the world's second-largest airline by market value, said yesterday that a recovery in passenger and freight traffic should be sustained in the near term after posting better-than-expected first quarter profit. | ...
Airbus looks to double order book at air show Gulf News | London: Airbus, the world's largest aircraft maker, can double the 131 orders it received in the first half of the year during this week's Farnborough Air Show as global travel r...
World stocks mixed amid US recovery worries The Miami Herald | SINGAPORE -- World stock markets were mixed Friday as a drop in American factory output and weak U.S. regional manufacturing activities fueled concern over the strength of a reco...
Now, Freedom for Theodore Orji This Day Each time I read one of my all time favourite books, From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965 - 2000, the seminal work authored by Lee Kuan Yew, a former Prime Minister of Singapore, I am always left with the realization that superior int...
International Researchers Meet In Singapore To Discuss Research Integrity redOrbit | First-ever global research integrity code to be finalized at the conference | Research plays a crucial role in economies that value knowledge creation and innovation. As more countries develop their research and development (R&D) capabilities a...
Asia Falls on Bernanke, Strong Yen Wall Street Journal By SHRI NAVARATNAM And WEI-ZHE TAN | SINGAPORE—Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday as investors were spooked by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's downbeat assessment of the U.S. economic outlook. Exporters' stocks in Tokyo were hit by...
Oil hovers below $78 after small crude supply drop The State | SINGAPORE - Oil prices hovered below $78 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies fell less than expected last week, suggesting demand for fuel remains tepid. | Benchmark crude for September delivery was up 25 cents to $...
British author released on bail in Singapore Zeenews Singapore: British author Alan Shadrake, who was arrested on charges of criminal defamation and contempt of court, was Tuesday released on bail. | Freelance journalist Shadrake was arrested at a hotel on Sunday, a day after he arrived here to promote...
Oil steady near $77 after sharp U.S. petroleum stocks gain The Guardian * U.S. crude stockpiles jump most since October 2008 * Coming Up: U.S. weekly jobless claims; 1230 GMT By Alejandro Barbajosa SINGAPORE, July 29 (Reuters) - Oil was steady around $77 on Thursday after falling in the past two sessions on weak durable good data and the biggest weekly increase in crude inventories for nearly two years in the United St...
Dollar, euro firm in Asia Inquirer | TOKYO, Japan—The dollar and the euro firmed in Asia Wednesday as a stronger performance for equities in the region boosted risk appetite, analysts said. | The dollar rose to ¥87.90, slightly higher than ¥87.78 in New York Tuesday afternoon. | The euro was at $1.3020, firming from $1.2997 in New York. The single European currency fetched ¥114.24 c...
