Chase Carey

This year's F1 in Singapore is well-timed as interest rates have finally been cut. It may be the start of a new travel boom here.

SINGAPORE (Sept 15): Singapore has signed a four-extension with Formula 1 for its race to remain on the F1 calendar.

(Sept 14) Formula One sees Singapore as an anchor venue and wants to extend the world’s most popular motorcar-racing series there beyond this year.

(Sept 8): John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. agreed to buy the company that controls Formula One from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for US$4.4 billion ($5.9 billion) in cash, stock and convertible debt, giving the US cable-TV entrepreneur owne