Singapore - China, India and South-East Asia are seen as the hottest and riskiest markets for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the near future, a survey found Tuesday.

Singapore -  Video games will carry ratings starting April 28 to help consumers and parents

Singapore - Stocks on the Singapore Exchange slid 2.6 per cent on Monday following Wall Street's slump on Friday amid fears of a recession.

Singapore  - The Asia-Pacific region received a larger number of private equity investments in the first quarter of this year, but the value of the deals has dropped, figures from Thomson Financial

Singapore  - Youth indulging in long-term binge drinking face disastrous consequences such as nerve and motor problems including poor memory or trembling, experts warned in a report Monday.

Those who think it is not wrong to go on binge drinking sprees "are indicative of stages of denial," The Straits Times quoted psychologist Daniel Koh as saying. "When intoxicated, reasoning power is over-ridden."

Over four nights, the newspaper spotted 23 drunk youths, mostly under 25, sprawled outside six Singapore nightclubs. Binge drinkers vomit, then go back inside clubs to party and continue drinking.

Young drinkers often indulge in alcohol for such reasons such as peer pressure, escapism or as a show of power, Koh said.

Singapore- Singapore is set to meet its target of recycling 60 per cent of its rubbish by 2012, environmental officials said in a published report Monday.