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• US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest

  was involved in any classified research.The FBI has supported Singapore police claims that the hard drive had been handled by Singapore authorities who were checking for evidence, and not by an unknown person as previously believed.The coroner's inquest will   Read more »

• Singapore to host WTA Championship from 2014-18

  corporation that looks for growth," WTA Chairman and CEO Stacey Allaster said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Singapore. "You just have to look at GDP potential and potential for growth and the billions of fans we can reach in this territory."The tournament,   Read more »

• Singapore sentences 4 Chinese strikers to jail

  -- A Singapore court has sentenced four Chinese immigrant bus drivers to up to seven weeks in prison for instigating the city-state's first labor strike in 26 years.Three of the men were sentenced Monday to six weeks' imprisonment. A fourth driver faced an   Read more »

• Former Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew hospitalized

  -- Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, has been hospitalized following a brain-related blockage.A statement from the Prime Minister's Office says the 89-year-old Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Friday after experiencing a suspected   Read more »

• Singapore gay couple seeks to abolish gay sex law

  attitudes toward homosexuality by speaking out against discrimination and raising legal cases to challenge the law.Singapore's High Court held its first full hearing Thursday in a case brought by Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee.Peter Low and Choo Zheng Xi, the lawyers   Read more »

Around the web

• ICBC to start clearing yuan in Singapore from Monday

  and Commercial Bank of China will provide yuan clearing in Singapore to financial institutions from Monday. ICBC's Singapore branch said it would start yuan clearing bank services for participating banks. That might divert some yuan flows from Hong Kong because 3:48 PM from SCMP Read more »

• The Pilette Family’s 100 yr Racing History Celebrated at Indy

  Johnson, Business Development Director – Private Client Group, Sales@Heffcap.com Singapore 3 Raffles Place #07-01 Bharat Building Singapore 048617 Tel: +65 6329 6408 Fax: +65 6329 9699 Paul A. Ebeling, Jnr. Paul A. Ebeling, Jnr. writes and publishes The Red 3:41 PM from Ebeling Hefferman Live Trading News Read more »

• Singapore's economic growth slows by significant margin in first quarter

  -- Singapore's trade-sensitive economy slowed in the first quarter on sluggish demand for its exports, the government said Thursday, warning that risks remained despite improved global conditions. The Ministry of Trade and Industry said gross domestic product 3:33 PM from China Post Read more »

• APF at Asian Venture Philanthropy Network conference: Reflections on Water

  team at Asian Philanthropy Forum is pleased to provide coverage of the in Singapore as a media partner. Water. We all need it. We can’t live without it. Many of us also take for granted that it is clean, drinkable, and usable. To first-world inhabitants, it 3:01 PM from Humanitarian News Read more »

• Accenture Doctors Survey

  Accenture conducted an online survey of 3,700 doctors across eightcountries: Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore, Spainand the United States Accenture Doctors Survey_All Country Profiles (2) by The Vancouver Sun 2:56 PM from Vancouver Sun Read more »