SingTel just announced that he had reached a "non-binding conditional agreement" to take 14.5% of Time Engineering, 20% of Time dotCom and 20% of Time's new Internet Service Provider, Time Online.

CNN: Business: SingTel Wins One At Last

Make no mistake: A comprehensive, long-term, binding plan that brings the budget into balance over a reasonable time frame is essential.

WSJ: Bill McNabb: Uncertainty Is the Enemy of Recovery

Only a few months ago ASEAN leaders were talking about setting up a regional human-rights body and adopting a strong new charter that would, for the first time, impose binding decisions on member countries and sanctions against wayward ones.

ECONOMIST: Why ASEAN should be worried about Myanmar