American death in Singapore raises questions about espionage, foul play
In a case with possible national security implications for the U.S., an American electronics engineer was found hanged in Singapore last year.
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Virgin Finally Hooks Up: Why Richard Branson Made a Deal With Delta
Look up flights to London Heathrow from New York City airports on Kayak or Travelocity for departure next week and there appear to be about 400 non-stops daily, with most round trips in the $1,300 to $1,700 range. The number of flights is deceiving, though, and so is idea that there’s that much competition, because most of the departures are code-shares. A British Air flight is the same one offered by American Air and Iberia; Delta, Air France and KLM cohabit another listing, while United teams with Lufthansa. It’s the kind of market cooperation/collusion that has driven Virgin Atlantic founder Sir Richard Branson up the wall for decades. But it’s also the driver behind’s Delta’s $360 million deal to acquire the 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic currently held by Singapore Airlines. Branson, the prankster-in-chief at Virgin Atlantic and myriad other businesses, has railed against BA and American in particular for trying to control competition on the valuable New York-Heathrow route, ...
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Asian shares fall from nine-month high on weak U.S. data
SINGAPORE - Asian shares slipped on Tuesday after a plunge in U.S. manufacturing activity hit American stocks and the dollar, while the euro hovered near a six-week high on optimism over Greece's plan to buy back debt.
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More U.S. firms may shift some business from China to ASEAN: survey
SINGAPORE - A growing number of U.S. companies plan to shift some operations from China to Southeast Asia in the next two years as confidence in countries such as the Philippines improves, a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore showed.
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Peru to seek investment from Singapore funds
Peru’s finance minister, Miguel Castilla, said the country will seek investments from Singapore’s sovereign wealth firms after they indicated interest in the Latin American country’s projects, according to a report from Bloomberg on Thursday.
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