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Rather than rest on those rankings or trim passenger amenities as its U.S. rivals are doing, Singapore Air plans to spend $100 million by June to improve its business cabins, mainly by adding beds on every long-haul plane in the fleet. Despite these investments--and unlike most of its competitors--government-backed SIA is making good money. Profit of $358 million made it the second most profitable passenger airline in the world in 2001, behind only Southwest Airlines ($511 million). For the six months ending last September, the latest period reported, profit was $443 million (at least...
...thwarting of a 17th century plot by rebel Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament (most recently referenced in graphic novel and film V for Vendetta), the libertarian Republican raised $4.2 million in 24 hours. The one-day total sets a record for GOP candidates, besting the previous top haul by more than $1 million...
Moreno-Ocampo speaks in clipped, declarative sentences and sports the three-day stubble of a man who constantly looks as if he just got off a long-haul flight. When I met him for breakfast at the ICC's cafeteria in late October, he ordered two coffees at a time, to avoid having to go back for refills. Though he has indicted nine people from three different conflicts, Moreno-Ocampo knows he needs to deliver results in the form of high-profile convictions to ensure that the court evolves into something more than a monument to good intentions. "The next...
...Hong Kong's Shatin track. In the three races that Pocket Money has run so far this year, he has finished first twice and second once. Lo is pleased, not least because Pocket Money's $260,000 in winnings is the biggest haul for any Hong Kong horse thus far in the 2007-08 season. With owners entitled to a 70% cut, his successes have more than paid back the various costs Lo and his partners incurred in six years of horse ownership. "We're enjoying it," says Lo serenely...
...confusing” when an original text evolves into “infinite versions,” she said. “Do you think it’s important that we’re not going to be able to point to things easily over the long haul?” Darnton responded that he would be delighted if there were many different versions of his book, calling the traditional idea of a set copy “an illusion.” “The notion of the final fixed copy is giving...