http://business-times.asiaone.com/viewsopinions/0,4571,,00.html? The Business Times Online Edition - Singapore en-us Copyright 2010 Business Times Online. 11 Mar 2010 SGT 11 Mar 2010 SGT 60 http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/static/image/images/topmastheadsmall.gif http://business-times.asiaone.com http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/views/story/0,4574,376186,00.html? TAXES for some people were actually raised in the recent Budget but judging by the apparent indifference of those affected, one could assume that these folks do not actually mind paying more. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/views/story/0,4574,376184,00.html? THE 'generation gap' endures as a staple of American political and social analysis. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/views/story/0,4574,376182,00.html? FEW, if any, are promoting 'collapsist' theories about China of the kind often heard in relation to North Korea, but the notion of a China 'bust' seems to be gaining ground. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/views/story/0,4574,376194,00.html? THE recent election in Iraq seems to have triggered a wave of historical revisionism among American neoconservatives. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/views/story/0,4574,376201,00.html? JOHN Maynard Keynes wrote during the Great Depression that only 'fools and madmen' will tell you 'the path of escape is to be found in strict economy'. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/views/story/0,4574,376133,00.html? MAINTAIN 'outperform'. We raise our FY2009-2011 profit forecasts by 15-25 per cent to factor in higher sales and margin assumptions. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/views/story/0,4574,376193,00.html? I REFER to your article, 'Time to beef up governance disclosure' (BT, March 9). 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/views/story/0,4574,376118,00.html? (LONDON) The yen slipped yesterday, giving back recent gains, amid increasing expectations that the Bank of Japan will adopt further easing measures, while the pound sterling fell on persistent credit and economic concerns. 11 Mar 2010 04:00 SGT