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TRAVEL

 Best Layover Mini-Vacations 

Who needs the boring airport when you can get out and explore?

Sep 14, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stuck with a long layover? You don’t have to idle in the airport. Condé Nast Traveler presents its readers' best suggestions for killing an hour or 4:
  • Honolulu: Take a 25-minute cab ride to Waikiki Beach to enjoy the sand, surf, and views of Diamond Head
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Minneapolis • San Francisco • London • Los Angeles • Singapore • airport • Honolulu • Vancouver • Jay-ZTV

Singapore Teen Gamers Planned Mass Suicide

Leader who leaped to his death believed they could come back to save world

Sep 8, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight Singapore teenagers who played the video game Slayers planned to commit mass suicide but backed out after watching the first two leap to their death from an apartment building window, reports the Straits Times. One of the boys who died vowed the group would come back from the dead... More »

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Internet • suicide • web • Singapore • teenager • internet game • suicide pact

(Newser) - Hong Kong emerged from the recession with a bang last quarter, posting better-than-expected growth of 3.3% from April to June. The Chinese territory suffered four quarters of contraction but came out of the red thanks to a pickup in exports and increased private consumption. Singapore also blasted out of... More »

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Asia • economic growth • Hong Kong • growth • recession • Singapore

 Seoul's Airport Is World's No. 1 

None in North America makes top 10

Jun 9, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Incheon International airport in Seoul, South Korea, is the world's best, according to a British survey that took into account passengers' experiences with check-in, departures, transfers, and arrivals. Two other Asian airports, in Hong Kong and Singapore, finished second and third, the BBC reports. More »

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San Francisco • South Korea • Seoul • Dallas • Hong Kong • Amsterdam • Zurich • Singapore • airport • air travel • Vancouver • Munich • Auckland • Incheon airport • Kansai • Kuala Lumpur • Nagoya

 Man Without 
 Prints Stumps 
 Airport Security 

1 in 50 lack matchable fingerprints worldwide

May 27, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The side effects of a drug to treat cancer led to a Singapore man being detained for hours by airport security officials who couldn’t find his fingerprints, USA Today reports. The drug capecitabine causes hand-foot syndrome, in which the skin peels off; the man was finally allowed through after... More »

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cancer • immigration • fingerprint • Singapore • cancer drug • Xeloda • hand-foot syndrome

(Newser) - London has tumbled off its perch atop the list of priciest places to buy residential property, the Financial Times reports, allowing Monaco to swoop in and take the crown. Monaco’s top properties now fetch $68,000 per square meter, compared to $38,000 for London and $22,500... More »

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London • Manhattan • Moscow • Hong Kong • Rome • Paris • Tokyo • Singapore • Monaco • home prices • Sydney

(Newser) - A 9-year-old Singapore boy has created a drawing application for the iPhone that is popular around the world, the Electric New Paper reports. Lim Ding Wen reworked one of his existing 20 programs for the touchscreen gadget. “I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw,... More »

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computer programming • Singapore • game • iTunes Store • iPhone applications • child • drawing • Lim Ding Wen

TRAVEL

 Super Spas (for the Still-Rich) 

Less waiting perhaps, too, at these top-flight pushers of relaxation

Jan 7, 09 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - From ancient minerals and monasteries to herb-infused wraps and waterfalls, sit back, relax, and enjoy Vanity Fair’s list of the world’s poshest spas:
  • Amangani, Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Jet-setters can get a taste of the Old American West, where “wildlife runs wild.”
  • The Spa at
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travel • Arizona • list • Singapore • Milan • Prague • spa • yoga • skin care • massage

 Outage Strands 173 on 
 Singapore Ferris Wheel 

545-foot-tall ride is world's largest; no serious injuries reported

Dec 23, 08 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - 173 passengers on the world’s largest observation wheel were stuck for 6 hours today when a fire caused the Singapore Flyer to lose power, AFP reports. 10 of the stranded sightseers were lowered to safety in harnesses, while the rest waited for electricity to return. Its manager said some... More »

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Singapore • rescue • power outage • attraction • stranded passengers • observation wheel • Singapore Flyer

 Asia Stocks Edge Up 

Aussie rate cut spurs recovery in some markets, Nikkei down to 5-year-low

Oct 7, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asian stocks outside Japan made a modest recovery from yesterday's plunge after Australia slashed its interest rate a full percentage point to 6%, Reuters reports. Indexes in South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore all edged up slightly. In Japan, the Nikkei was down 3% to a 5-year low after the Bank... More »

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Australia • South Korea • Taiwan • Singapore • Nikkei • Asian markets • Bank of Japan • interest rate cut

300M 'Chinglish' Speakers Can't Be Wrong

English as spoken in China may soon become a dialect

Jun 29, 08 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 300 million English speakers in China are altering the language in small but important ways—and may be creating their own dialect, Michael Erard writes in Wired. So-called "Chinglish"—which stresses unique syllables, drops dos and dids, and adds sounds for questions—has already been studied in... More »

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Singapore • language • English • Chinese • grammar

Dubai Is the New Mecca
for Theme Parks

Abu Dhabi, Shanghai also among locations planning impressive amusements

Apr 3, 08 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The big US amusement companies—Six Flags, Universal, SeaWorld, Warner Bros., MGM—have all seen the future, and it's in Dubai. That's where the world's largest playland—a sprawling $64-billion collection of theme parks, golf courses, museums and hotels—is going up, but it's only the most dramatic of projects... More »

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South Korea • Universal Studios • Dubai • amusement parks • Singapore • Abu Dhabi • DreamWorks • theme park • Shanghai • Six Flags • Dubailand

 Sovereign Funds 
 Agree on Conduct 

Treasury's Paulson works deal on keeping investment from crossing political bounds

Mar 20, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investment funds bankrolled by the governments of Abu Dhabi and Singapore agreed today with US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on guidelines aimed at allaying fears of political interference by the sovereign wealth funds, the Wall Street Journal reports. Decisions should be “based solely on commercial grounds," a statement... More »

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International Monetary Fund • Henry Paulson • Singapore • Abu Dhabi • sovereign wealth funds

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Get Creative at Top Artsy Hotels

Pitched tent, disco balls enliven lodgings on Budget Travel list

Mar 2, 08 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A good hotel provides comfort; a great hotel ... inspiration? Artists touched up the staid look of these hotels, selected by Budget Travel for their fake-fur tapestry, psychedelic mazes, and speckled French graffiti:
  1. The Winston, Amsterdam: This avant-garde hotel once displayed dead leaves; check out the Playnation room's trippy ceiling
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Berlin • art • list • Amsterdam • Singapore • hotel • art hotels • Winston • New Majestic • Arte Luise Kunsthotel • Daddy Long Legs Hotel • Windsor • Cape Town • Nice, France

Jesus-Themed Cosmetics
Fail to Amuse

Mock-religious line pulled from shelves
in Singapore

Feb 14, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - What would Jesus use? A line of cosmetics that worked just that angle has been whisked from shelves in Singapore after a Catholic backlash, reports the Independent. The US-made line, called "Lookin’ Good for Jesus," drew criticism over slogans for lotions and bubble bath like “Get Tight... More »

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Christianity • Massachusetts • Singapore • cosmetics • Catholics • Cat Butt • Dirty Girl • Wash Away Your Sins • BlueQ

For Hurting US Companies, World Supplies Band-Aid

In economic sea change, 'we need the money,' one US Rep. says

Jan 16, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The subprime collapse has US financial institutions in uncharted waters—asking for help from foreign investors and governments, the Wall Street Journal reports. Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley all have recently sought bailouts, a dramatic switch from a tradition that saw US banks coming to the “rescue of... More »

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China • Saudi Arabia • Japan • Citigroup • subprime mortgages • Morgan Stanley • Merrill Lynch • Singapore • Abu Dhabi • Kuwait • sovereign wealth funds

Merrill's $15B Write-Down Nearly Doubles Estimate

Latest loss, driven by mortgage woes, dwarfs original figure

Jan 11, 08 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Merrill Lynch will announce $15 billion in losses stemming from mortgage investments, figure twice its earlier forecast, the New York Times reports. The firm is expected to raise $4 billion quickly from outside investors. New CEO John Thain, who has already sold a $5.6 billion stake to a Singapore... More »

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Charles Schumer • Merrill Lynch • Singapore • write down • John Thain • sovereign wealth funds • subprime crisis

Merrill Deal Yields $6.2B
in Capital

Bank sells discounted stock to investors, sells division to GE

Dec 24, 07 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - With another quarter of massive writedowns looming, Merrill Lynch today announced a deal to raise up to $6.2 billion by selling discounted stock to two investors. Up to $5 billion will come from Temasek Holdings, Singapore's state-owned investment company. The other $1.2 billion comes from money managers Davis... More »

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Wall Street • subprime mortgages • Merrill Lynch • capital • Singapore • stock price

UBS Writes Down $10B; Sells $11.5B Stake

Subprime exposure will cost bank Q4 profit, result in loss for the year

Dec 10, 07 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Investors from Singapore and the Mideast will breathe $11.5 billion in new capital into UBS as the Swiss banking giant announces that it will write down an additional $10 billion in subprime holdings, Bloomberg reports. The bank said the subprime losses, the biggest  by a European bank, will wipe... More »

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subprime mortgages • UBS • Singapore • Abu Dhabi

Rudy Partners
Served Some
Sketchy Clients

Singapore gambling venture linked to organized crime

Nov 24, 07 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid has focused on his record as mayor of New York, while his highly lucrative run at Giuliani Partners has received little scrutiny. The company declines to reveal all the clients in its far-flung portfolio, but the Chicago Tribune did some digging on one, a proposed $3.... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • casino • Singapore • Stanley Ho • consulting • Giuliani Partners

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