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SINGAPORE (Jan 25): Since its establishment as a trading post under the British East India Company, Singapore has flourished as a trade and financial services hub.

(Sept 13): If he were alive today, the rubber and pineapple king of 1930s Singapore would surely be asking whether the custodians of his empire just sold another chunk of it too cheaply.

HO CHI MINH CITY (Sept 8): The world's largest brewers from Europe to Asia are lining up for a chance to buy a stake in Vietnam's top beer-maker, in a deal worth at least US$1.8 billion ($2.4 billion) as consumption in the South-east Asian country