TR EMERITUS

In the Sunday feature article ("At Oxley Road, we value the frugal life"), the author wrote that "the house we have lived all my life is more than 100 years old." It was odd therefore to recall that the same person was named in the purchase of two condominium units which caused much public disquiet in 1996. It all started... 

Rapid GDP growth is sinfully wonderful to our PAP govt and it will try its best to scale down only in a wayang way. Why? 1) More foreign workers means bigger profits for transport companies like SMRT and Comfort Delgro, both owned by Temasek Holdings and controlled by PAP! 2) More foreign workers means higher demand for housing... 

From the Wall Street Journal: New York's top banking regulator threatened to strip UK bank Standard Chartered PLC of its license to do business in the state, alleging that a unit illegally handled at least $250 billion in transactions with Iranian entities. From 2001 to 2010, the unit "operated as a rogue institution," earning...