Singapore businesses riding on the US election wave

Strolling through Singapore shopping centres you will find some shops trying use the huge interest in the US election for promoting their business. You can bet people are stopping to see what that's all about and taking photos.

Attention that's all these shops want and they got it!

Congratulations Barack Obama

In a historic victory, the Illinois senator becomes the first African-American to win the presidency.

We put our hope into him to reach out to his opponents and together pull this economy out of the worst performance since the great depression.

We also hope in a change of the arrogance that occurred under President Bush towards other countries. All nations have to stand together to get the world economy out of this turmoil. Obama, the US and the whole world will face a lot of challenges in the months and probably years to come.

PARIS FOR PRESIDENT

McCain, Obama or Paris that is the question and it's headlining the news since the Primaries started over a year ago. It is important for the world which direction US politics will be heading to, no doubt about that, however sometimes the coverage of most TV News channels is getting to much, if not annoying . There is more going on in the world than these childish 'tit for tat' reactions of the candidates.

You like America or not, but one thing no one can deny is the freedom of press. It is really refreshing and entertaining to watch some of these "Late Night Shows", be it Jay Leno, David Letterman, Brian O Connor or others. They can openly make fun of their President or the candidates without being sued.

I'm not a fan of IT girl Paris Hilton but her reaction after having been featured in McCain's video about Obama's celebrity status is a funny one which I guess no one would have expected her to be able to do. Watch this: If you have trouble watching click this funny video link or below

See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die