Mon, 10/11/2010 - 23:33 by harsheeb
Shanghai -- Ninth-seeded Fernando Verdasco was an upset victim Monday in the opening round of the ATP's $3.2 million Shanghai Masters.
Thiemo de Bakker topped Verdasco in a tight 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 match. A pair of third-set service breaks by de Bakker made the difference. De Bakker won 70 percent of the points on serve and fought off three of the four break-point situations he faced.
No. 12-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 13th-seeded Jurgen Melzer advanced out of the first round with straight-set victories. Tsonga handled Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 and didn't drop serve in the process. Melzer ousted Yang Tsung-Hua 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) by overcoming a second-set break.
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Wed, 10/06/2010 - 09:27 by harsheeb
Singapore -- Singapore Airlines said Tuesday it would outfit its fleet with mobile phone and Internet connectivity starting in the first half of 2011.
The airline said it would begin outfitting its Airbus A380, Airbus A340-500 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in partnership with OnAir, an in-flight connectivity services.
The airline said the service would allow SMS text messages with GSM-compatible phones and e-mails through smart phones, even at 35,000 feet in the air.
"Today with the increasing importance of remaining connected … we are now fitting all our long-range aircraft with the full suite of telephony and Internet features," said Yap Kim Wah, the airline's senior vice president of products and services.
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Fri, 11/13/2009 - 13:18 by Ishita Sood
Singapore, November 13 -- China, India and other Asian countries are leading the world out of the ongoing credit crunch, said business leaders Friday at the annual meeting for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Singapore.
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Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:33 by harsheeb
Singapore-- Englishman Ian Poulter shot a 1-over-par 72 Sunday and won the rain-plagued Singapore Open by a shot over Wen-Chong Liang of China.
Poulter, who finished at 10-under 274, had led after each of the first three rounds in an event that had three days of stoppages at the Sentosa Golf Club.
Players turned in their third and fourth rounds Sunday because of weather delays earlier in the event.
The win was the 33-year-old Poulter's first in three years.
Liang closed with a 70 and a total of 275.
Adam Scott (68) and Scott Hend (69) shared third place at 276 and Charl Schwartzel (69), Anders Hansen (70) and Graeme McDowell (74) tied for fifth at 277.
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Sun, 11/01/2009 - 11:17 by shalini.bahadur
Singapore -- Ian Poulter, Thomas Levet and Kodai Ichihara shared the lead Saturday when the third round of the Singapore Open was suspended because of bad weather.
Play was halted Saturday by a third straight day of inclement weather.
Poulter, a native of Hitchin, England, shot 7-under-par 64, giving him a five-stroke lead after the suspended second round, but he dropped four strokes in the first six holes in the third, allowing France's Levet and Japan's Ichihara to join him at the top of the leader board through 17 holes.
"I'm going to try and play for a win (Sunday) as I'm in a good position," a confident Ichihara said.
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Fri, 09/25/2009 - 01:19 by Salinder Kumar
Singapore -- Universal Studios Singapore has announced plans to create the world's only "Madagascar" theme park attraction from DreamWorks Animation.
Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa will also bring to life the first "Far Far Away Castle" from the "Shrek" movies, which will be created at the Universal Studios theme park in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. The park is to open early next year.
"Madagascar: A Crate Adventure" will be based on the popular "Madagascar" family flicks and will feature a state-of-the-art indoor boat ride with animated figures, digital projection, evocative sound and special effects, Universal said.
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Thu, 08/06/2009 - 12:57 by The Money Times...
Mumbai, August 5: TimesofMoney, payment solution provider from India, and global banking giant Citibank have entered a strategic tie up to launch a new remittance corridor. The bank will use TimesofMoney’s transaction processing capability to offer end-to-end online money transfer for its NRI customers in Singapore.
This alliance further strengthens the relationship between the two companies as it marks the second global remittance corridor set up after the same was launched for U.S. As a part of this arrangement, Citibank can offer a seamless, secure and quick money transfer service to its customers wherein they can directly transfer money from their bank account to the receivers account in India.
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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 02:50 by Salinder Kumar
Singapore -- Singaporean scientists say they have developed nanoparticles that might lead to new treatments for meningitis, fungal infections and drug-resistant bacteria.
Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology of Singapore said the stable bioengineered peptide nanoparticles effectively seek out and destroy bacteria and fungal cells that could cause fatal infections.
The scientists said their nanoparticles contain a membrane-penetrating component that enables them to pass through the blood brain barrier to an infected area that requires treatment, offering a superior alternative to existing brain infection treatments.
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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 01:34 by Salinder Kumar
Singapore -- U.S. and Singaporean scientists say a protein found in a fruit fly's brain, with a counterpart in mammals, can apparently prevent brain tumors from forming.
Researchers at Duke University and the National University of Singapore's Graduate Medical School have found the fruit fly protein PP2A suppresses brain tumor formation and controls the balance of self-renewal and differentiation of neural stem cells, said Assistant Professor Hongyan Wang.
"Given that mechanisms for stem cell division in flies and mammals are likely to be similar, our study on fly PP2A may provide useful insights for certain types of human brain tumors and possibly in a wide variety of cancers," Wang said.
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 17:18 by preet_20
Singapore, June 25: Mizoram Chief Minister Pu Lalthanhawla Thursday created a minor stir here when he said that in India he is often asked if he is an Indian because he hails from the northeast.
Speaking at the Singapore International Water Week, the chief minister said: "In India, people ask me if I am an Indian."
"When I go south, people ask me such questions. They ask me if I am from Nepal or elsewhere. They forget that the northeast is part of India. I have told many that see, I am an Indian like you," Lalthanhawla said.
The chief minister said that Indians consist of three races - "Dravidians, Aryans and we in the northeast (where people have facial features similar those in southeast and east Asia)."
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 15:34 by preet_20
Singapore, June 25: At a time when racial attacks against Indian students in Australia have attracted comments from the top leadership in both countries, Mizoram Chief Minister Pu Lalthanhawla Thursday said he too was a victim of racism - but in India.
Speaking at a conference on water at the Singapore International Water Week, the chief minister said: "In India, people ask me if I am an Indian."
"When I go south, people ask me such questions. They ask me if I am from Nepal or elsewhere. They forget that the northeast is part of India. I have told many that see, I am an Indian like you," Lalthanhawla said.
"I am a victim of racism," he said. Indians consist of three races - "Dravidians, Aryans and we in the northeast," Lalthanhawla said.
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 15:21 by preet_20
Singapore, June 25: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Thursday urged India to increase water tariff and invite foreign investment to improve the country's water infrastructure to the "desired level".
"Water tariff in India is too low. People there pay 20 times more for tobacco and 40 times more on alcohol," Hun Kin, director of urban development of ADB, said here at the India Business Forum on water, held as part of the ongoing Singapore International Water Week.
"When you don't want to pay for the water that you use, then it's difficult to improve the water infrastructure to the desired level. Unless people pay more, they won't be responsible to conserve water," Kin added.
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