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(26 Apr) - No company symbolizes German industrial might like Daimler, the giant maker of Mercedes-Benz autos and trucks. So when the company said this week that it, too, had finally been caught in the downdraft of the European economic crisis, it was an ominous sign for all of the Continent, if not the whole world. German... 

(24 Apr) - Working six days a week at a Taipei noodle stall, Hsu Ching-ni earns only US$500 a month, not nearly enough to support her family of seven including three children, or even pay rent. Instead, they have to survive on welfare. "I'm the only one in my family working. My husband suffered a stroke and can't work. My... 

Minister Ng Eng Hen in Parliament: "The F-35 will be the vanguard of next-generation fighter aircraft in operation" (24 Apr) - Top Pentagon officials on Wednesday cited both progress and continuing risks on the $396 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program, and said Singapore had shown "tremendous interest"...