Mayors Lee and Rawlings-Blake join more than 100 U.S. Mayors in their focus on service.

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In an after-dinner speech Tuesday to U.S. businessmen, Lee Hsien Loong made a couple of jokes that could pass for stand-up comedy.

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Last year, the Supreme Court overturned numerous trademark rulings by deciding in favor of a Philippine garments manufacturer whose label is similar to U.S. jeans-maker Lee.

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Gates, 63, is also a member of the Iraq Working Group headed by former Secretary of State James Baker, another Bush family loyalist, and former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton (R-IN).

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Lee wants to turn the tables on Andrew Left, the U.S.-based investor behind Citron.

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There were other high-profile departures in the form of 2011 U.S. PGA champion Keegan Bradley, Lee Westwood and 2012 British Open winner Ernie Els.

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On an aftertax basis, it's safe to say that few of the U.S.' highest paid CEOS (see table, page 61) outearn Lee Shau-kee and Li Ka-shing.

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