
GIC bets big on Chinese debt
(6 Jun 2014) Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC is making waves in the Asian debt markets with a series of unusually big investments in bonds from China. According to market sources, in recent weeks, GIC has bought US$700m of unrated 4.7% bonds due 2019 from computer maker Lenovo, a US$400m 2019 private placement from property...

S’pore netizens mourn death of ‘Cineleisure Auntie’
Cineleisure Auntie (12 June 2014) - Since Wednesday, Singapore netizens have been mourning the passing of an elderly woman usually spotted along Orchard Road - at a traffic light near Mandarin Gallery - selling packets of tissue, instant coffee and instant noodles, among others. “She is in a better place. My heart is saddened...

Indian police gang-rape woman after she fails to pay bribe
India rape protest (12 June 2014) Woman says she was attacked at a police station in Uttar Pradesh after going there to seek her husband's release. An Indian woman has said she was gang-raped by four officers at a police station, the latest in a string of sex attacks in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The woman said she was...
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