Mm.Finland: An economic model for Puerto Rico

Singapore Airlines (SIA), the first to fly the A380, has made much of the 12 super-premium "Suites" compartments which feature a full-length bed behind sliding doors.

Is Mukesh Ambani the richest man alive? Yes, according to a report by the Press Trust of India released on Monday, which pegged his wealth at $63.2 billion (almost Rs 2.49 lakh crore).
.He has reportedly just overtaken Carlos Slim of Mexico and Microsoft’s Bill Gates, whose personal assets are $62.299 billion and $62.290 billion respectively. The calculations take into account Ambani’s holding in Reliance Industries and Reliance Petroleum through Reliance Industries, apart from stakes in Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd.


Systematic mass murder of Jews detailed in huge Nazi archive
This is the largest archive of Nazi documents in the world - more than 33 million pages of records, stored in six buildings in Bad Arolsen, a Baroque town north of Frankfurt. The archive was established after World War II by the Allies, taking advantage of the town's location between Germany's four areas of occupation, and the fact that it had suffered practically no damage from bombardment. I


Mafia Is Italy’s Biggest Business
Six billion euros is how much Italy’s harassed shopkeepers paid into the coffers of organised crime in one year. Some 132,000 of the 160,000 victims of protection rackets live in the four regions – Sicily, Campania, Calabria and Puglia – where gangs continue to hold sway. But loan sharks raked in twice that figure, pocketing 12 billion euros. Gangs can count on income from 150,000 business people, most of whom go under trying to pay interest that is now generally fixed at 10% per month. From 2004 to 2006, Mafia-style loans caused the closure of 165,000 retail businesses and 50,000 hotels.


Finland: An economic model for Puerto Rico

Today, Finland is one of the world’s most successful countries, but it is well aware that you can’t rest on your laurels, that change is inevitable, and reinvention must come time and again as the years go by. This is a lesson we must learn in Puerto Rico.


Africa is losing its brightest to the First World. Less than 10% of doctors trained in Zambia since its independence in 1964 are still in the country: the other 90% have migrated, mainly to Europe and the United States.