America Girls Gone Wild

When private patients' patience can wear thin
AS AN impoverished student in England years ago, I thought nothing of taking a 24-hour plane journey from London to Singapore that stopped at four capitals in between. The journey was twice as long as the shortest available flight that had... [Read more]

Top MBA list: NTU up 35 spots
SIX years ago, Chinese national Peng Hong Jiang earned $46,000 annually as an assistant finance manager in a logistics firm here. Now, armed with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the 38-year-old takes home nearly three... [Read more]

Ex-CEO 'did not wield absolute power'
THE old NKF board directors and executive committee had given its former chief executive T.T. Durai the power to run day-to-day affairs, but 'not at any time delegated absolute power' to him.In his defence yesterday, its former board chairman Richard Yong... [Read more]

Dept of Statistics explains income data
SINGAPORE'S Department of Statistics (DOS) has issued a statement concerning a Feb 13 Straits Times report of its study on last year's key household income trends.In response to feedback it received regarding the article, 'Household income of lowest wage earners rises',... [Read more]

Directors' Trades
INNOVALUES CHIEF RAISES DIRECT HOLDING THE chairman and chief executive of Innovalues Precision yesterday bought 80,000 shares in his own company at $1.11 apiece. Mr Goh Leng Tse paid $88,800 for the shares, raising his direct stake to 15.11 per cent... [Read more]

New sculpture hints at old days at S'pore River
THE reeds that used to grow along the Singapore River are back - this time in the form of a cast bronze sculpture. Called the Reed Sculpture, it was designed by Mr Peter Chen, 39, who is trained as an architect... [Read more]

How to live with neighbours: Stay cool despite heated spats
IN 2002, Shanghai authorities decided that the Shanghai Concert Hall was in too noisy a neighbourhood, no thanks to a nearby expressway. Seven months of planning later, in April 2003, the entire building was moved off its foundation. It was hoisted... [Read more]

Harvard updates core curriculum
BOSTON - HARVARD University has announced its biggest curriculum overhaul in three decades, focusing on sensitive religious and cultural issues, the sciences and overcoming American 'parochialism'. The curriculum at the oldest US university has been criticised as focusing too narrowly on... [Read more]

Some questions remain on trans fat labelling
I AM encouraged by the brave initiative by FairPrice to have healthier 'no trans fat' house-brand products on its shelves ('FairPrice house brand to get trans fat labels'; ST, Feb 8). It may start the ball rolling and see the efforts... [Read more]

Wing Tai's mid-year gains more than double to $85m
STRONG home sales helped property and retail group Wing Tai Holdings double its first-half net profit. Earnings jumped 103 per cent to $84.6 million for the six months ended Dec 31 last year, the mainboard- listed group said yesterday. This was... [Read more]

Bollywood star set to meet Queen and Blair
BOLLYWOOD star Shilpa Shetty, who won the British reality television show at the heart of a racist bullying row, looks set to meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Tony Blair.'It is a huge honour. I am humbled,' the Indian actress... [Read more]