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By Augusto Townsend k.
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Friday, 21 November 2008 15:39 |
 THE PRESIDENT of Peru Alan Garcia will open the annual and 16th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum and Economic Leaders Summit on November 22, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.
The leading economic power, the United States, will be led by President George W Bush, but who will be in his last two months of office. Barack Obama, the new US President will enter world stage next January 2009, so will it be an effective meeting? |
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India’s billionaire heiresses |
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By Neetal Lal
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Friday, 21 November 2008 14:48 |
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 Leading a retail revolution
Pia Singh
INDIA’S renowned realty baron K.P. Singh’s daughter Pia Singh, 36, holds a whopping $400-million stake in the country’s biggest real estate firm — DLF Retail.
A Wharton School alumnus, Pia began her career at GE Capital’s risk underwriting department. Since then, her remarkable career growth trajectory has seen her play key roles in helping DLF establish a strong national footprint. |
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The new face of Australian wealth |
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By Ida Wong
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Friday, 21 November 2008 10:58 |
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 Australia is opening its doors for more skilled migrants and with one in four millionaires being born overseas, the land down under is ripe for the brave-hearted, tells Ida Wong
The Rudd Government has moved to ease pressure on employers struggling with the skills shortage by adding an additional 31,000 skilled migrants to the 2008-09 Migration Program. |
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