And they say, You know what? Do I need turbo? Do I need this heavyweight car?

Neptune Orient Lines, SingTel and Hong Leong Asia have a very high proportion of their sales and assets outside Singapore, owing to their heavyweight subsidiaries abroad and their globalization strategies.

For instance, Neptune Orient Lines, SingTel and Hong Leong Asia have a very high proportion of their sales and assets from outside Singapore an outcome of their heavyweight subsidiaries abroad.

LONDON Ten years on, the euro is a resounding success. A financial market heavyweight, it now outperforms the dollar, the yen, and, until recently, the mighty Chinese yuan, while euro denominated bond trading rivals the US market in size.

Given these historical analogies, a slew of heavyweight Keynesian critics are warning that the world is about to repeat all the disasters caused by bad fiscal policy in the 1930 s. But this interpretation of the Great Depression, common though it is, is misguided.

There will be 25 Commissioners, one for each EU member country, whereas previously big countries had two and small countries one. Moreover, the new Commissioners will include three former prime ministers, five former foreign ministers, and three former finance ministers all heavyweight people with big political agendas at home.

At the same time, the Saudi leadership is facing significant domestic challenges, including vast economic disparities, inadequate services, growing frustration with the lack of political freedom, and a difficult succession process within the royal family. Nevertheless, though Saudi Arabia s soft power is waning, its massive oil wealth will likely ensure that it remains a regional heavyweight.

LONDON The economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936) to bring to an issue the deep divergences of opinion between fellow economists which have for the time being almost destroyed the practical influence of economic theory Seventy years later, heavyweight economists are still at each other s throats, in terms almost unchanged from the 1930 s.

Moreover, the EU has a somewhat paradoxical asset at its disposal it is not a Pacific power and does not carry the burden of great power status in Asia. Far from being a weakness, this is precisely the source of the EU s potential strength in Asia, for it provides a degree of diplomatic agility that the American heavyweight cannot muster.

The three Benelux countries, along with a few other smaller EU nations, are opposed to the new European president being from a large nation. And there are also those who fear that a political heavyweight in the job might eclipse the EU Commission s President, former Portuguese prime minister José Manuel Barroso, who has just been confirmed for a second five year term, and devalue the role of the foreign policy chief whose authority Lisbon is due to beef up.