Asia-Pacific air travel up in May

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia's biggest automaker Perodua says its production of cars is being disrupted by a shortage of parts from Japan following last month's earthquake and tsunami....

Kevin Grewal submits: As economies in Asia continue to prosper, the demand for air travel is following putting the Guggenheim Airline ETF (FAA) in a position to potentially reap the benefits.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - On an idyllic

By Rachel Armstrong SINGAPORE (Reuters) -

Singapore on Friday took over a historic train station and large tracts of railway land from Malaysia as part of a multibillion-dollar deal that removed an old irritant between the neighbours.The last train to Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur left before the Thursday midnight (1600 GMT) deadline from Tanjong Pagar station, a 79-year-old art deco structure in downtown Singapore that will be preserved as a monument.Starting Friday, all rail services to Kuala Lumpur will leave from a modern facility in northern Singapore, linked by a causeway to Malaysia's Johor state.