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...Look for yourself. Do you see any burger, fries or bread here?" asks a beaming Kanageswari Suppiah, 50, co-owner of Kuala Lumpur's McCurry, a typical Indian restaurant in the bustling center of the Malaysian capital. Suppiah points to an array of authentic Indian dishes under the restaurant's glass counter - curried chicken, goat's intestine in chili paste, fish head in hot spicy curry, and mee goring, a fried noodle dish beloved by locals. Just hours earlier on Sept. 8, 2009, she had won a landmark court case against American fast-food giant McDonald's, earning the right...
...officials say they are adjusting their investment plans to match a world in which protectionist sentiment is rising. Singapore's Temasek has already said it is becoming more cautious. "In every country, whether it is in Asia or Europe, there is an increasing tide of nationalism," Temasek chairman Suppiah Dhanabalan told Singapore's Straits Times. "We've got to take various factors into account, such as whether the company or the activity is iconic for that country, whether it will arouse all kinds of emotional sentiment...
...Some SWF officials say they are adjusting their investment plans to match a world where protectionist sentiment is rising. Singapore's Temasek has already said it is becoming more cautious. "In every country, whether it is in Asia or Europe, there is an increasing tide of nationalism," Temasek chairman Suppiah Dhanabalan recently told Singapore's Straits Times newspaper. "We've got to take various factors into account, such as whether the company or the activity is iconic for that country, whether it will arouse all kinds of emotional sentiment...
...this bleak scenario, Aquino brings the promise of honesty and the hope of political stability. "One very positive feature of her presidency," says Singapore Foreign Minister Suppiah Dhanabalan, "is that confidence, an important ingredient of economic growth, will be re-established." That was readily apparent last week, when some issues traded on the Manila Stock Exchange climbed by as much as 40%. On the American Stock Exchange in New York City, the price of shares in the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., the country's equivalent of AT&T, more than tripled...
...long parade of leaders inveighed against most of the world's ills, including Latin America's crippling $370 billion debt, famine in Africa, war and terrorism in Central America, Afghanistan and the Mideast, apartheid in South Africa, and the nuclear arms race. Amid the rhetorical hand wringing, Foreign Minister Suppiah Dhanabalan of Singapore cautioned, "There is a clear danger that this organization may become irrelevant to issues of peace and security, the primary issues for which it was founded...