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ITB Asia 2008 Exhibitor Profiles
SINGAPORE -- ITB Asia 2008 takes place October 22, 2008 - October 24, 2008 at the SUNTEC International and Convention City Centre in Singapore. Listed below are the ITB Asia 2008 exhibitor profiles. For in-depth information about ITB Asia 2008, visit http://www.itb-asia.com/ Business Wire is the official news...
Tags: Business Wire, E-mail, Singapore
Research articles 2008-10-21
Aircraft News - Asia / Pacific
Oct 13, 2008 AgustaWestland AgustaWestland has continued to make inroads in its battle with rival Eurocopter for Japan's helicopter market, with the company signing a commitment for 16 aircraft with its local representative Kanematsu. The deal covers 14 AW109 Power light helicopters and two AgustaWestland Grand helicopters for...
Tags: Airbus S.A.S., aircraft, board, helicopter, Manufacturing, Qantas Airways Ltd., Singapore
Research articles 2008-10-13
Company Watch - Airbus
Oct 13, 2008 Airbus sold 31 planes in September, bringing gross orders for the first nine months of the year to 785 as the European planemaker held a lead over strike-hit Boeing in new orders and deliveries. Oct 7, 2008 Airbus is poised to begin flight-testing the Pratt...
Tags: Airbus S.A.S., aircraft, Manufacturing, Singapore
Research articles 2008-10-13
Oil prices ease as US taps strategic reserves
SINGAPORE AFP — Oil prices fell in Asian trade Wednesday as the US government announced the release of oil from its strategic reserve to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Gustav. In afternoon trade New York's main contract, light sweet crude for October delivery, dropped 71 cents to 109.00...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, barrel, HARDWARE, OPEC, reserve, Singapore, Storage
Research articles 2008-09-03
Women trafficked to Singapore lured into prostitution
SINGAPORE AFP — Three weeks after having her appendix removed last year, Filipina bar girl Camille was forced by her pimp back to work as a prostitute in Singapore. Penniless and deeply in debt in a foreign land, 24-year-old Camille, not her real name, had no choice. She...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Singapore, women
Research articles 2008-09-01
Long-term incense use 'increases cancer risk'
SINGAPORE AFP — Long-term daily use of incense, an important feature of Asian religious practices, increases the risk of some cancers, an international study has found. The research found that people who burned incense at home daily for more than 40 years had a risk of getting a certain...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Collaboration, Groupware, Singapore, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-08-28
Singapore tourism sector tunes-up before F1 night race
SINGAPORE AFP — Singapore is giving workers in the tourism sector a tune-up before tens of thousands of auto racing fans descend on the city-state for the world's first Formula One Grand Prix night race. Up to 2,000 supervisors who work in shops, bars, restaurants and tourist attractions will...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Singapore, training
Research articles 2008-08-28
Singapore PM warns ASEAN on protectionism
SINGAPORE AFP — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday warned against "backsliding" toward protectionism as Southeast Asian economic ministers launched a week of talks to strengthen regional trade links. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the annual meeting of ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, agreement, FINANCE, India, minister, negotiation, Singapore
Research articles 2008-08-26
Hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak looms in Singapore: report
SINGAPORE AFP — An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease HFMD is looming in Singapore, the Straits Times reported Saturday quoting health ministry officials. The newspaper said 553 people became infected with the virus last week, up from 415 the previous week and just 12 fewer than the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, outbreak, Singapore, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-08-23
Zidane film inspires Spike Lee documentary on Kobe Bryant
SINGAPORE AFP — US director Spike Lee said here Friday a film on France football legend Zinedine Zidane inspired him to do a similar documentary on American basketball star Kobe Bryant. "Three or four years ago there was a film in Cannes on the great soccer player Zidane," Lee...
Tags: camera, documentary, Games, NBA, Singapore
Research articles 2008-08-15
Wikipedia founder aims to break Google stranglehold
SINGAPORE AFP — Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination as the world's most widely used Internet search engine. Google and fellow titans Yahoo and Microsoft dominate the Internet search engine market which Wales said was...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Google Inc., INTERNET, SEARCH, Singapore, Wiki, Wikia Inc., Wikipedia
Research articles 2008-08-14
Torres plans time of her life at fifth Olympics
SINGAPORE AFP — Few people have competed at five Olympics, and at 41 years old American swimming mum star Dara Torres knows this is her last hurrah. That's why she's having the time of her life -- 24 years after winning her first Olympic gold. In a sport...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beijing, coach, Games, Singapore, team
Research articles 2008-08-03
An African exploration of the East Asia's education experience
An African exploration of the East Asia's education experience. (CD-ROM included) Ed. by Birger Fredriksen and Tan Jee Peng. The World Bank 2008 374 pages $60.00 Paperback LA1141 Ten education and development specialists from the World Bank and the countries of Singapore,...
Tags: African, CD-ROM, East, FINANCE, Singapore, Vietnam, World Bank
Research articles 2008-08-01
Emerging Bioplastics Market in SEA: Unlimited Growth Potentials and Challenges
SINGAPORE -- Frost & Sullivan's Chemicals and Materials Practice in Asia Pacific (http://www.chemicals.frost.com) will host an exclusive live briefing on the Emerging Bioplastics Market in SEA: Unlimited Growth Potentials and Challenges, on Thursday, August 14th 2008 at 11:00 hrs (GMT+ 08:00hrs) Singapore time. The bioplastics market in SEA has...
Tags: Asia-Pacific, chemicals, Frost & Sullivan, Government, Singapore
Research articles 2008-07-29
Building Automation Markets in Asia - Where are the Hot Spots?
SINGAPORE -- Frost & Sullivan's Environment & Building Technologies practice in Asia Pacific (http://www.environment.frost.com) will host an analyst briefing webinar on the Building Automation Markets for Asia on August 19th, at 11:00 hrs (GMT +08:00hrs) Singapore time. As the economy in so many parts within Asia is taking off,...
Tags: Asia, automation, Frost & Sullivan, Singapore
Research articles 2008-07-28
Singapore Airlines Q1 profit down 15.4pct
SINGAPORE AFP — Singapore Airlines said Monday its net profit in the first quarter fell 15.4 percent compared with the same period last year as higher fuel costs cut into rising revenues. The airline reported a net profit of 359 million Singapore dollars (263 million US) for the three...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Singapore, Singapore Airlines
Research articles 2008-07-28
Brazil wins pre-Olympics exhibition match in Singapore
SINGAPORE AFP — Led by AC Milan star Ronaldinho, Brazil's pre-Olympics preparations were off to a smooth start as the samba kings defeated a stubborn Singapore Selection side 3-0 in an exhibition match Monday. The Brazilians dominated possession for most of the first half of the match but failed...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Brazil, exhibition, Games, Singapore
Research articles 2008-07-28
Singapore's Temasek confirms Merrill Lynch stake
SINGAPORE AFP — Singapore's state-linked investment firm Temasek Holdings, the largest shareholder in troubled US investment bank Merrill Lynch, confirmed on Tuesday it was increasing its stake. The move is the latest Singapore investment in global financial houses battered by a crisis that began in the US subprime, or...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Singapore
Research articles 2008-07-28
US calls for peaceful resolution of Thai-Cambodia flare-up
SINGAPORE AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday called for a peaceful resolution to a dangerous border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia as Asia's main security talks were held here. Foreign ministers from the region and key world powers gathered in Singapore for the ASEAN Regional...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Myanmar, SECURITY, Singapore, Thailand
Research articles 2008-07-24
Rice urges NKorea to talk to SKorea on tourist death
PERTH, Australia AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged North Korea Thursday to take up Seoul's offer to engage in direct talks over the shooting death of a South Korean tourist in the communist state. "I hope the DPRK will take up the invitation of South Korea...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, FINANCE, North, resort, Seoul, Singapore
Research articles 2008-07-24
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