
Singapore becomes a destination for junk bonds
The allure of junk bonds * High-yield issuance hit record in 2013 * Southeast Asian companies bet on demand for high coupons * Private banking fuels search for returns (4 Oct) - Companies in Southeast Asia are looking at Singapore as a viable alternative for high-yield bond issues in amounts that would be too small for dollar...

PRC Civilized Tourist Guidebook: ‘Do not pee in pools’
Chinese tourists disembarking from a bus at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo (AFP/ Toshifumi Kitamura) | AFP (3 Oct) - Chinese tourists should not pick their noses in public, pee in pools or steal airplane life jackets, China's image-conscious authorities have warned in a handbook in their latest effort to counter unruly...

Girl fired for racist slurs against Miss Philippines
(3 Oct) - Devina DeDiva becomes jobless after making racist comments to Miss Philippines Megan Young for Winning Miss World 2013. According to Philippine Inquirer, Devina DeDiva gets fired from her position, who is working as an assistant teacher from a school being run by Filipino supervisors. A reliable source informed the...
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