the chairman of japan business federation in singapore on thursday. he's now on his three-nation cease asian tour which includes indonesia and thailand. he noted that singapore is exercising leadership as a negotiating member and an effort to make tpp rules and asked li about his country's strategy for trade and liberalization in the region. li said he hopes japan will join the negotiation as a member and welcomed the prime minister's efforts to reform the agriculture and said he hopes kan wins political support and move toward japanese participation in the negotiation. they want japan to join the tpp but japanese farmers remain strongly opposed to the idea. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

i mean, i came here from singapore via europe and, you know, when you come here from singapore, charlie, and you see the incredible investment in education singapore makes. i mean, singapore wakes up every morning wondering how they can better teach multiplication to their third graders. and then you look at the protestors in egypt and my heart goes out to them because i don't... you just know how far behind they are in terms of having the educational skills and the technical skills to really be competitive against the cutting edge of today's global economy. i mean, you know, i used to write egypt should have been the taiwan of the eastern mediterranean. it had all this cheap labor, english speaking educated work force. it had the suez canal. it would have been a perfect outpost for manufacturing. it would have been a great steppingstone for egypt into the global economy. but it never quite made it there. it started reforming-- in fairness to mubarak. he started appointing some very able people to manage the country's economy in the last five years. they grew at 6% or so the last two ye

into three separate singapore has become christian capital of the world is this right you should that's not because of personal tax regulation because the hedge fund managers who are making huge amounts of money don't want to pay fifty percent plus taxes in new york or london your taxable. of course a major issue of course but russia does have for this moment ok let's talk about going to julian want to talk about another issue that a lot of people talk about and that is the rule of law and this is an issue that is brought up often in dealing with russia are used to it one time be financial analyst at a major bank here in russia and i was back in the late ninety's and i still hear the same complaints to this day so julian what about the rule of law. he has a right a lot of complaints sansa thiessen is improving but improving very good a hillary as a result practice at least one more d t to. remove this problem so this is easier priming is crucial as he was a. global target is. russia. find themselves in the global south of this or it is possible to go back to where i'm likely to get a re

the singapore region and china was top in the latest national ranking.ther countries like finland, singapore always do a lot better. >> why is it that the chinese, the singaporeans have been really in the lead in this regard? what do you think the implications of the rise of china means? >> well, the more people in the world are educated, the more they go to college. the more innovation takes place globally. and so if you're worried about your kid getting sick, the fact that more people are doing medical research, that's a good thing. the world all benefits. so if the entire world could be as innovative as the united states, that would be a great, great thing. there is not like sports where only one person gets the trophy. if children stop dying, if there is a cure for cancer, i'm not going to look on the pill and it will say made in some other country and say ho oh no, no, i don't want that. >> my thanks to bill and melinda gates. >>> up next on "the wall street journal report," luxury rising, and riding. iconic sports car ferrari. la there are two kind

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in 2010, an international survey ranked it as 27, far behind places such as singapore, taiwan and south korea. one of the reasons for the decline may be people power. ann shore advises forms that are struggling to develop workers to be internationally adapt. he heads the japanese branch of an international consulting company. >> i also think innovative leaders -- reporte he knows what it is like to overmehaen a, he survive when and howo u inere as tbe ond >> i thi iascome criteria to eay aeader has to rorr:o 'rbelyro aa. ad oup reonllor fi >>> hi there. time now for your world weather update.lomo uettled weather on the way for eastern asia. we have showers affecting the pacific edge of japan, thunderstorms rumbling away in isolated areas and lighter rain will also come into tokyo later on. then, we've got this low pressure system starting to head hete china. that will bring rain and snow to the northern region. it will turn things wintery again on friday, bringing gnicower across china, we'll see that area of snow move away from the gifr inquseledo toward the south just now but more sno

more than 500 rescuers from countries including japan, singapore and australia have been working around-the-clock to save victims trapped under buildings. relief teams from china and the u.s. will join the rescue operations on friday. >> 47 bodies have been recovered from the collapsed canterbury television building where many people including the japanese are believed to be trapped. the building housed an english language school for foreign students. >>> fighting intensifying around the libyan capital of tripoli as security forces try to fend off anti-government protesters closing in on the stronghold of the country's leader moammar al gadhafi. with help from soldier who is defected from the army, government opponents have taken control of major northeastern cities. 200 kilometers east of tripoli is also in their hands. on thursday, fierce clashes between security forces and anti-government groups erupted in a town about 50 kilometers west of tripoli. demonstrator spoke to nhk over the phone about the crackdown by the government. >> security troops loyal to gadhafi are being dispatched to guard

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have people with the skills and the equipment in addition to the uk with the heavy u.s., australia, singapore, taiwan, all sending those sorts of skilled people here and we're going to need all of them. >> thank you for airtime. you are watching "bbc news". plenty more to come. all prices have -- oil prices have been reason. as the 12th largest exporter, their concerns. spillover into the other regional producers is a concern forcing up the price which could affect energy prices in europe. the big worry for investors in energy stocks is the possibility for future process in other countries. >> exports are being hit. it is the third largest oil producer in africa and has the largest estimated reserves. reports suggested there were blocked and a company has halted production. the price of crude is up. >> it ioil is not the only worr. libya also has a gas pipeline to italy and they are worried elsewhere. protests in algeria could threaten gas supplies to much of southern europe. the big worry for investors is the protests that have not happened yet. it is estimated that libya will be the largest

is yonekura's second stop on his three-nation southeast asian tour which includes indonesia and singapore. yonekura says he'll work to promote trade and investment liberalization through the economic integration of japan and asean or the association of southeast asian nations. abhisit says he has high expectations of japan's efforts to facilitate a transpacific partnership aimed at creating a free trade bloc in the asia-pacific nation. >>> tokyo stocks added their gains on thursday morning, following an overnight rise in new york. the nikkei average ended the morning session at 10,849, up 41 points, gaining 0.4%. export related issues led the advance as investors took their cues from a positive outlook for the u.s. economy. this came after the federal reserve released minutes for last month's policy meeting on wednesday. the document says the u.s. central bank upgraded its growth forecast for the nation's gross domestic product for this year. the dollar moving in a narrow range in mixed trading in tokyo changing hands at 83.60-65 yen, euro buying 1.3588-91. market sources say investors ar

also help from britain, united states, singapore, japan and taiwan. >> there's also a link with firefighters. los angeles firefighters are among those heading to new zealand as we speak. the heavy rescue task force is equipped to drill or dig through concrete reenforced buildings. now, compounding the disaster in all this, a lot of neighborhoods in that area of new zealand are flooded now caused by underground water pipes which were snapped by the earthquake. >> thank you and as just pointed out, tonight at 6:00, can the earthquake in new zealand teach us lessons about the earthquake risks here in e bay area? learn what the experts are saying at 6:00. >>> just in, we want to show you video from our choppers as firefighters put down a two-alarm fire in berkeley. investigators are looking into what started the blaze. you can see the flames no longer burning on the rooftop. no reports of any injuries. >>> the nbc bah area just got an update on a string of robberies outside the safeway stores. they have a person in custody. they are not finished with their investigation. in the past month, five

we went to singapore, the netherlands, belgium a federal court judge then announced that mr. william should be released from prison. [applause] he is currently still in prison because the state has an appeal, but the judge basically said, it

we are already trialing these cherries into other markets such as singapore, taiwan, hong kong. >> reid has been increasing sales and this year he plans to export 80 tons of cherries. eventually he wants to sell in other asian countries that have affluent shoppers. >> unfortunately due to record breaking rainfall in australia this season, reid fruits was only able to export 13 tons of their cherries to japan this year. but over the next few years he expects exports to grow to about 200 tons. that's all for this week's "asia biz forecast".

know i think so you have a reputation of being a very independent person who writes now is from singapore does he does he still believe in freedom and what's he doing about it and i do believe in freedom i don't know what the gentleman to the mind of mencia. that's supposed to be a very independent person being a minister can the three be independent you're a member of the government you implement the foreign policy which is determined by the president and if you don't do this you cannot be a minister. being independent in the sense of trying to have some time for myself yes and we'll never have a chance like to meet with my friends to play football i like to do downhill skiing and also to go white water rafting in siberia was my it was my company that's the legend you rafting is later this is a true you still don't have a phone on you when you rafferty you know. we use not to take you know a satellite phone which sometimes by the way ok when when people say you have a reputation of being independent i think you earned this reputation when you were at. representing russia in the u.n. and

chinese connections, say american born chinese or chinese from other southeast asian countries such as singapore. what yum brands did that was different was they went to taiwan, which is a country which is sort of western in many ways and has experience in fast food, but the culture is very much like main land china. they speak mandarin chinese, which is the main language of china, where as many chinese from the u.s. speak regional dialects. >> tom: you can read more of bill's story in the latest bloomberg markets magazine on news stands now. >> susie: it's time to get out your pencils, paper and a calculator and get busy preparing your 2010 federal income tax return. its due at the i.r.s. in two months. and we're here to help. all this week, kevin mccormally offers tips to get you started. he's editorial director at "kiplinger's personal finance." now in tonight's tax tips, figuring out your investment gains and losses. >> this is the year a new rule goes into effect to require brokers to keep track of the tax basis of the stocks and bonds you own. as you know, you compare that amount to what y

man believed to be kim jong chol was spotted and the concert of british guitarist eric clapton in singaporen money. the man in a t-shirt and pants was accompanied by 20 people. he didn't answer questions from the television crew and left the scene while one of the companions asked them why they were shooting the video. kim jong chol is said to be a span of clapton and was spotted at the concert five years ago. if the man was kim jong-il's son he was outside the country before his birthday. the second son plays a less report role now that his younger brother has effectively been appointed to succeed his father. >>> the commanders of the u.s. forces says the annual military exercise with south korea will focus on deterrents and defensive operations. the joint drills are due to start at the end of this month. the exercises, which were formally announced tuesday, will involve around 200,000 south korean and 12,000 u.s. troops. they will run from february 28th through march 10th with further drills planned through the end of april. south korean military sources say u.s. aircraft carrier will als

he is touring three countries including thailand and singapore. yonekura said he wants further liberalization of trade and investment between japan and asean members. yudhoyono said he welcomes the initiatives aimed at economic integration. he also said he aims to see more open trade in the region. yonekura also met with asean secretary-general surin pitsuwan. surin said asean countries are aiming to enhance economic integration. he called on japan to assist by investing in infrastructure such as roads and railway in the region. and here are the latest market figures. ♪ ♪ >>> bigger countries are not always better off when it comes to communicating across a vast land area. until recently russia used to have 11 time zones. so when it was 8:00 a.m. in moscow it was already 5:00 p.m. at the eastern border, a nine-hour difference. now, to make the country run smoother, the government has started cutting the number of time zones, but in at least one region the locals aren't happy. nhk world's yelena solodkaya has more. >> reporter: over 1,000 people pr

if you look on the screen there, we have a bunch of combinations that have been going on, singapore and australia, still waiting regulatory approval, the nasdaq and the norwegian exchange, the nyse which merged back in 2007 with france's euronext and the chicago merck and the cbot. so this raises the question, who's next. >> there could be another pending wave of m and a. of m and a's within industries usually do come in waves, it really becomes a keep up with the joness type atmosphere. it may become a circumstance where the minimum market cap to compete in this base will become $10 billion plus. so you might see some of the smaller players such as nasdaq omx, cboe, become acquisition targets themselves or merge with other international exchanges that really want some exposure to the u.s. or european market. >> susie: so this raises questions whether investors if they don't own these stocks, should they buy them, again looking at this list of how the various exchange stocks did today with the nyse, euronext had a nice gain of 14%, the deutsch exchange which is rumored to join up with i

we went to singapore, the netherlands, belgium a federal court judge then announced that mr. william should be released from prison. [applause] he is currently still in prison because the state has an appeal, but the judge basically said, it will be remanded to the same judge at said the evidence was bogus. the police department basically botched all the evidence. they executed more people in harris county than in many states. the judge says by next year this time, they fully expect him to be home with his family after being locked up for more than 18 years, more than half his life. so even just a small part of this victory on the horizon, that has been a blessing and an honor to be a part of that. i have a friend who is a skinhead -- was a skinhead. he was a white guy who used to beat up black people and gay people in texas. when he was the same age of the guy that got into trouble with the law as well, they used to hang outside of dallas. they would wait on a park bench, send a guy out, and when somebody came out to flirt with him, they would beat him up. that was their wee

see jobs that should have been or would have been in london move to the middle east, hong kong, singapore? i think that's likely to happen now and will be with greater uncertainty in london. >> it's become clear the banks are far from happy of news of the higher levy. that's thrown a new cloud over their talks with the government. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe. and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in depth reporting of bbc world news online. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and katherine t.c.u. macarthur foundation and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> bbc world news was presented by kcet, los angeles.

some of the big success stories, israel and singapore which are tiny countries that don't have a lot of natural resources. rwanda is really going after that model and it's really in stunning ways. >> i want to ask you, comparing the second one with the first, there's a bit of a parallel in that are some of the people who are starting the companies overseas like building buzz or building celebrity status among themselves the next great thinkers or new wave? >> the mark zuckerberg of rwanda. >> some are. some of the chinese ones i write about are more well known. definitely in china. beyond that these guys are pretty -- it's funny since the book has come out it's funny how their lives up ended in their countries. i heard from my favorite entrepreneur yesterday. he call immediate and i had a hard time get back in touch. he had sent his sister away to school and she called him like you're famous. you are all over the internet. i didn't know you were in the book. so it's taken a lot of these guys by surprise. they are personal stories. >> the name of the book? >> brilliant, crazy, cocky h

states to me partner somewhat comparable to what singapore us which will lead their small populations they want people to know they have weapons system basically want to be left alone saudi arabia does have some incursions into yemen and he's using it surely kit purchased from the u.s. and other states so i don't want to about that but not a missile or one could of course discuss the problem but to say that they're not using it at all i think it would be a question in the. last few years jewish communities demanding compensation from the government for property stolen by the nazis during the second world war but the claims have divided public opinion with many saying the country itself cannot be held responsible parties peter all of our reports from the baltic states. thousands of law being jews were robbed at the competition money and in many cases their lives by not retreat one of the major issues is how much on the side of nazi germany of today so really. unfortunately many believe the lothian waffen s.s. who fought against the bolsheviks were liberators but they in fact were bandi

of all places, at an eric clapton concert in singapore. the 29-year-old second son of the reclusive leader was wearing a black t-shirt. he was surrounded by plainclothes security guards who were trying to block cameras. >>> if you're looking for a cure to the common cold, you may want the to try some zinc supplements. taking some within 24 hours of the onset can shorten a cold by the day. our dr. richard besser has some doubts, though. >> some of the studies show it works. but in those studies, some were taking a 10 milligram lozenge every hour and a half when they're awake. that's a lot of zinc. and many people experience the metallic taste, as well as the nausea. you have to weigh those benefits -- i mean, those problems against maybe a one-day shortening of your illness. >> the new study also claims that zinc will decrease the severity of your cold symptoms. >>> and a different study says what many women already know. they are up during the night more than men. in fact, it shows women are 2 1/2-times more likely to get up. the main reas

states to me in part are somewhat comparable to a singapore of switzerland their small populations they want people to know they have weapons should be racially want to be left alone saudi arabia does have some incursions into yemen and he's using it charnock it purchased from the u.s. and other states so i'm not sure about the missile or one could of course discuss the problem is that they're not using it at all i think it would be a question. is divided over claims that the countries jews should be compensated for the property they lost during the second world war while many including the government say the country was fighting against both afic occupation at any cost necessary but jews claim that that was just a pretext to steal from their families peter all over discovered. thousands of lives been jews were robbed of their property money and in many cases their lives by nazi treats one of the major issues is how not only side of nazi germany of today so really. unfortunately many believe the lothian waffen s.s. who fought against the bolsheviks were liberators ever before but they i

put twenty five percent of the chairs in singapore holding through its operation this will bring the company stay conserve fifty percent. that wraps up the business bulletin but please do get more stories from our website r.t. dot com slash business. on . the street still keeps it seeks. to feel. the soviet silence mceachern seems. like want to.

in part are somewhat comparable to a singapore of switzerland their small populations they want people to know they have weapons racially want to be left alone saudi arabia does have some incursions into yemen and he's using it charnock it purchased from the us in other states so i'm not sure about that but nine or so where one could of course discuss the problem there but to say that they're not using it at all i think it would be a question. if. it's more news out of the middle east this hour to a brainy and warships are to pass through egypt suez canal on tuesday it will be the first time iranian naval vessels have sailed those waters since the country's nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution vessels have been due to enter the canal on monday but their passage has been delayed ships are heading to syria for training mission israel and the u.s. have expressed strong concern over the move thing it escalates already high tensions in the region are just falsely or is following developments in tel aviv. this many prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he views with most gravit