GDP up, But no cheer heard The Star Today's more knowledgeable, diversified new generation which is tech-savvy and better informed demands more, and expects more from society. BY THE day, Singapore - in seemingly perpetual transformation - is full of surprises. Hardly a year of being hit by one of its worst ever crises, the economy has surprisingly turned red hot. In fact, it looks set to make Singapore the world's fastest-growing country this year,...
Danville's high-life Ponzi schemer gets prison San Fransisco Chronicle 0 0 0 (07-30) 17:09 PDT OAKLAND -- A Danville man who defrauded 500 investors of $62 million in a Ponzi scheme and used the money to live a life of luxury was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison. Peter C. Son, 38, must also pay restitution in an amount that will be determined later, U.S. District Judge D. Lowell Jensen said at a hearing that was packed with Son's victims, many of them Korean Americans....
Market Report: Nerves jangle over report into Shire's ADHD drug The Independent Shire lost ground last night amid nervousness about American studies looking into the safety of the company's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs. American regulators are looking to into concerns over potential heart risks from the company's ADHD drugs, which account for a substantial chunk of Shire's revenues. Earlier this week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which was expected to issue...
Agriculture: The next big thing? Gulf News London: As the world's population expands, China switches from rice to meat, and biofuel growth looks set to rocket, City experts think agriculture is the best place to make money in the next decade. Hedgefunds, with billions of pounds in assets, are recklessly gambling on food prices, with speculators driving massive price volatility that threatens the most vulnerable people on the planet. That's the view of the...
