Reuters (LSE: RTR; Nasdaq: RTRSY), today announced plans to relocate David Gurlé, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Reuters Communication Services and its communication services business (RCS) to Singapore.

A new report by the World Bank says countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, along with emerging markets including China, and India, have made the greatest strides over the past year in terms of the ease of doing business in those countries. The just released (9/25) Doing Business 2008 report says, in general, private entrepreneurship has become easier worldwide.

Following a successful tour of USA, France and Spain in 2005, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra is planning a three-concert tour in China in October 2007, which will showcase the SSO at the cultural centres in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou.

Following his highly successful 2006 outing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra playing Ravel's Concerto in G, Alexandre Tharaud returns on October 12 to take on the Concerto for Left Hand, composed by Ravel for the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm in World War I. Its revolutionary jazz-influenced rhythms have made this work deservedly popular today.

Alcatel-Lucent(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announcedits involvement inSingTel’s pay TV service, mio TV, which was launched on 20 July 2007. mio TV is expected to revolutionise the way Singapore watches TV. Unlike other services, which require customers to be tied to program schedules and rigid tier packages, mio TV allows subscribers full flexibility to watch what they want, when they want.

Come 6 October, Stephen Hough, widely regarded as one of the most important and distinctive pianists of his generation, joins the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in Brahms' flamboyant Piano Concerto No. 1, the work written as a tribute to Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.

To commemorate Edward Elgar's 150th birth anniversary the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, featuring cellist Wang Jian, brings to life the bittersweet beauty of the British composer's last great masterpiece, the Cello Concerto.

Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival this year with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra at the Singapore Racecourse on September 9.

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra is holding an audition in search of young talented musicians for its President's Young Performers Concert. Singaporean string, woodwind, brass, percussion and conducting musicians are invited to apply.

IBM today announced that live sales avatars from Australia, Singapore and Malaysia will staff its virtual IBM Business Center at http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%20Business%20Center////.
This team will also help clients from New Zealand.

On 14 September, Pierre Amoyal will join the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in Alban Berg’s popular and engaging Violin Concerto. This wrenchingly moving work was written as a memorial to Manon Gropius – daughter of Mahler’s wife Alma and Walter Gropius – who had died tragically at 18 of polio.

Put on your Wizard's robes and hat, and hop on your broomstick for a magical ride into the world of fantastic creatures with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra on September 8.