Latin America fast-becoming top investment destination for Singapore firms: IE Singapore
Latin America, especially Mexico and Brazil, is fast-becoming a top investment destination for Singapore firms.
According to a survey by IE Singapore, 86 percent of Singapore-based businesses there reported profits last year.
The survey also showed that the wholesale sector drew the most investments from Singaporeans, followed by transport and manufacturing.
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Singapore sailors win Team Racing Nations Cup in South America
Singapores Optimist sailors have won the Team Racing Nations Cup at the IODA South American Championship.
They won all their preliminary races against Colombia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and defending champs Bermuda.
The wins were made harder by the fact that the Singapore sailors had to go through re-matches against Colombia and Mexico, but still came out tops the second time round.
Singapore is taking this regatta as training for this years IODA Worlds Championship, so the extra races came in handy.
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Avian Flu Update on Talk to America
Tune in to Talk to America on Thursday, June 15 at 1400 UTC for this informative discussion.
Avian, or bird, flu has killed more than 125 people around the world since late 2003. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group recently completed a major bird flu disaster exercise in Australia, testing how well various countries would communicate during a pandemic. The results will be discussed at a summit in Singapore in August. Talk To America gets the latest on this world health threat with guests Dick Thompson, Communications Officer in the World Health Organizations Pandemic
State's Wayne Hails Economic Growth in Latin America
Miami -- Rapid economic growth in Latin America has helped some 13 million people in the region escape poverty in 2004 and 2005, says E. Anthony Wayne, the U.S. State Department's assistant secretary for economic and business affairs.
Speaking December 7 at the Miami Conference on the Caribbean Basin, Wayne said Latin America hit a 24-year high in 2004 of 5.6 percent annual growth in its gross domestic product. Latin America is on track to have higher than average growth in 2005 of 4 percent, while the forecast for growth in 2006 is
India wants to play home games in N.America, Middle East
India's cricket board aims to rake in $200 million by playing some home matches in neutral venues over the next five years, including North America, a top Indian board official said on Friday.
The board has invited bids for global media rights for all matches India will play on neutral grounds (belonging to non-ICC member countries) for a period of five years.
"The main objective ... is to take the game to the expats, who otherwise only get to watch matches on TV," board vice-president Lalit Modi told Reuters.
"We have identified eight markets,
Cars waxes on Americas open-road past
Cars surprises with a wonderfully nostalgic twist - and we can hope that, in the glow of animated brilliance, it isnt lost on children.
Superbly scenic and incredibly imaginative, Pixar Animation Studios and Academy Award-winning director John Lasseter (Toy Story, Toy Story 2) have created a heartfelt tribute to a piece of paved Americana.
Stretching from Chicago to Santa Monica, Route 66 was once dressed in neon. It represents a time in our history when the journey was as valuable as the destination. And, as weve found faster and faster ways to get where were going,
