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...year, $5 billion plan to turn it into a world-class playground for the wealthy, with multimillion-dollar seafront homes, a megayacht marina and a Universal Studios theme park. The point of this real estate renaissance: change Singapore's image as a prosperous but rather dull commercial hub into that of a vibrant, fun destination-a place people will want to live in or at least visit on holiday, not merely transit on their way to more exotic Southeast Asian locales such as Bangkok and Bali. "Our entire nation is focused on a self-transformation," says Lim Neo Chian...
...push appears to be contributing as much to recent economic growth as property. Since 2000, production of drugs and medical devices has quadrupled to $15 billion. World-class educational institutions such as INSEAD and Johns Hopkins University have established Singapore campuses. The city-state is becoming the largest hub for private banking outside Zurich. Assets held in the Singapore offices of private banks including UBS and Citigroup have been rising 20% annually since 2003. More than 100 hedge funds have relocated to the island, up from 20 in 2004, according to the Singapore Monetary Authority. The Boston Consulting Group reckons...
...common spaces on campus, it is centrally located with regard to academic buildings, and offers a host of specifically designed amenities to attract students throughout the day. With the College’s great need for common social spaces, The Queen’s Head could serve as the hub for student life...
...identifying routes by the names of 1980s heavy-metal bands. We drive down Bon Jovi, where the barbershop used to be, and pass Skid Row, which had the best falafel in town. At the end of the block is Poison, which four years ago was Mansour's commercial hub, lined with restaurants, shops, a gym and even a liquor store. Now every storefront is shuttered, and there isn't a car on the road. The mostly Sunni residents who live in Mansour have their own name for this spot. They call it "the edge of civilization...
...name after he assumes office on May 16, says France knows exactly what it's getting in Sarkozy. "The people voted for him because he had a clear and concrete message," he says. Sarkozy's taste for direct action is bound to make the Elysée Palace a hub of policy making that it hasn't been under President Jacques Chirac. Manuel Aeschlimann, Sarkozy's special adviser for public opinion, says: "He injects himself in everything. There are very few things he considers negligible. He's vigorous, young and full of spirit. We'll have a very different Elys...