Singapore's SingTel posts 24-per-cent rise in quarterly profit
| Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel), South-East Asia's biggest phone company, said Tuesday that net profit for its third quarter rose 24 per cent from a year ago on the back of st...
Resorts World Singapore casino to open this week
| hungyee@thestar.com.my | PETALING JAYA: Genting Singapore PLC, which has been issued a licence for its casino at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), is expected to open its doors this week. | Managing dire...
CordLife released cord blood to treat cerebral palsy, a medical first in Singapore
| CordLife, homegrown cord blood banking leader, announced the release of a cord blood unit for the first time to treat a case of cerebral palsy in Singapore. | In this breakthrough medical procedure,...
Singapore phone company 4Q profit rises 24 percent
| February 8, 2010 | (AP) — Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said its profit rose 24 percent last quarter, boosted by higher income from its local and Australian businesses. | The company, a...
Soft Drinks Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk
By CHRIS EMERY | Contributing Writer, | Feb. 8, 2010 | Regular consumers of sugary soft drinks are at higher risk for pancreatic cancer than fruit juice drinkers or the general population, a new Singa...
Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer: study
| WASHINGTON (AFP) – People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows. | Researchers collected ...
Actress Christy Yow bares all for mag in Singapore
| Kuala Lumpur, Feb 7 (ANI): Actress Christy Yow, who played the legendary striptease Rose Chan in her new movie Mei Gui Xiang (The charming Rose) and acted in several Singapore Chinese dramas, has po...
Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer
WASHINGTON - People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows. | Researchers collected data on the co...
Singapore's SingTel expands mobile customer base by 23 per cent
| Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, or SingTel, said Monday that its mobile customer base in the Asia-Pacific expanded to 285 million by the end of December, up 52 million, or 23 per cent,...
Soft Drinks Could Boost Pancreatic Cancer Risk
| MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- People who down two or more soft drinks a week may have double the risk of developing deadly pancreatic cancer, compared to non-soda drinkers, new research suggest...
Samsung C&T wins Singapore LNG construction deal
* Samsung C&T beats 4 other bidders for engineering contract * LNG Terminal on track for early-2013 completion * Foster Wheeler to be project management consultant (Adds comments) By Seng Li Peng SING...
Singapore awards contract for first LNG terminal to Samsung
| Singapore - Singapore on Monday has awarded South Korea's Samsung C&T Corporation with a contract to build the city-state's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. | The total budget for the ter...
Foster Wheeler Awarded PMC Contract for LNG Terminal in Singapore
ZUG, Switzerland, Feb 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- | Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract to p...
Weekly pop may double pancreatic cancer risk
By Sharon Kirkey, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 8, 2010 4:08 AM | Drinking two or more soft drinks a week may nearly double a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer, researchers are warnin...
Singapore rite looks painful, yet smiles abound
| Singapore, February 08: These body piercings have nothing to do with fashion — they are Hindu devotees' way of fulfilling their vows to the deity Lord Muruga. The rite is part of the annual festiv...
Samsung C&T wins Singapore LNG terminal engineering deal
SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp has won the contract for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of Singapore's first liquefied natural gas terminal, Singapore LNG ...
Singapore rite looks painful, yet smiles abound
| After being pierced with metal pins on different parts of their bodies, the faithful set off on a 4 kilometer (2 1/2-mile) walk from one temple, many carrying kavadis, ornately decorated canopies th...
Singapore Rite Looks Painful, Yet Smiles Abound
At Hindu Festival In Singapore, Body-piercings And Grueling Hike Are A Thing Of Joy | Font size Print E-mail Share | (AP) | (AP) | (AP) | (AP) | (AP) Previous slide Next slide (AP) SINGAPORE (AP) - Th...
Singapore rite looks painful, yet smiles abound
| SINGAPORE-These body piercings have nothing to do with fashion -- they are Hindu devotees' way of fulfilling their vows to the deity Lord Muruga. The rite is part of the annual festival of Thaipusam...
