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Wall Street Journal, 2 December 2010 The release of U.S. diplomatic cables this week could impede American diplomats' ability to engage in one of their most essential functions—learning about foreign countries—say some of those cited in cables. "No one else [among my peers] talks to the Americans— now I see why," said... 

Private equity companies may struggle to recoup almost $565 million in investments in India’s microfinance industry since 2006 after a regulatory backlash led at least two firms to delay initial public offerings. Temasek Holdings Pte, billionaire George Soros and Sequoia Capital are among investors who’ve put money into... 

Vincent Wijeysingha Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." I grew up in an atmosphere where to be ignorant of suffering around you was to live only half a life. Singapore today is ignorant of what is happening around itself. We have stopped questioning what is wrong and...