More than 80 percent of students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) start smoking when they are as young as 14 years, a survey has found. Tobacco use among teenagers remains a concern for health authorities as new data shows a quantum leap in the number of student smokers in the past five years, Khaleej [...]
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Most UAE students start smoking before 14
February 3rd, 2011 |
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14 dead, 14 injured as train roof-riders fall off
February 2nd, 2011 |
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At least 14 people riding on the roof of a train died and 16 were seriously injured Tuesday after they were swept off as the train passed under a low over-bridge in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahajahanpur district, police said. The accident took place before the train entered Rosa station in Shahjahanpur, 190 km from Lucknow. The [...]
The 14 Best Zombie Flicks
January 30th, 2011 |
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The last few years have seen a resurgence in the zombie genre, to the point where zombie film rarely stand on their own weight, instead acting as flavoring to other stories — be they documentaries (World War Z), romantic comedies (Zombieland) or historical dramas (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies). Regardless of how they’re used, the shambling [...]
Ke$ha Becomes Disney Princess As Ex-Managers Sue For $14 Million
January 26th, 2011 |
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First there was Snow White. She was followed by Cinderella. And there was nothing cooler than 1989′s introduction of finned-princess Ariel. Now The Mice of Disney Inc. are rolling out the red carpet for a grungier kind of Animated Princess: Pop grunter Ke$ha. “An exclusive, sneak peak at the newest Disney movie; Disney’s Princess Ke$ha. [...]
Susan Boyle Sold 14 Million Albums In 14 Months
January 25th, 2011 |
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It’s a great start to a New Year for Susan Boyle, who just received a plague celebrating 14 million albums sold in 14 months. The Scottish talent show sensation was presented with the award last Friday in London, where those who have worked with Boyle on her first two albums — I Dreamed a Dream [...]
Oprah Pregnant At 14: “Losing My Baby Saved My Lifeâ€
January 18th, 2011 |
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“Oprah had no remorse about her baby dying, and even tried suicide to end the pregnancy….” blarred a headline promoting British broadcaster Pier Morgan’s interview with Chat Show Queen Oprah Winfrey on Monday night. In a candid chat with CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, Winfrey, 54, admitted that she considered committing suicide after she fell pregnant [...]
SembMarine +1.4% on new orders, peers also rise
January 18th, 2011 |
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SembCorp Marine (S51.SG) is +1.4% at $5.21 in healthy volume, against the STI +0.1%, after the company says it secured a newbuild contract for a dynamically positioned research vessel and three upgrading contracts, totalling $215 million.
While analysts’ bullish views on demand for high spec jackup rigs have cheered investors as SMM and Keppel (BN4.SG) are key beneficiaries (60% market share in new jackup orders in 2010), these orders are likely generating interest as they highlight SMM’s strong capabilities in the highly specialized niche and customized vessel sector.
Jan. 14, 1794: First Successful Cesarean in U.S.
January 14th, 2011 |
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1794: Elizabeth Bennett delivers a daughter by cesarean section, becoming the first woman in the United States to give birth this way and survive. Her husband, Jesse, is the physician who performs the operation.
He was pressed into service after Elizabeth, struggling with a difficult labor and believing she would die, requested her attending physician to [...]
Jan 14: Singapore property stocks in focus on new cooling measures
January 14th, 2011 |
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Singapore property developers such as CapitaLand (CATL.SI) and City Developments (CTDM.SI) are likely to be in focus on Friday, after the government introduced new measures to cool home prices that have continued to rise. Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> was up 0.34% on Thursday to 3,255.87 points. Here are some other stocks and factors to watch:
Jan 14: CapitaLand, China Gaoxian, KLW, Wilmar
January 14th, 2011 |
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The following companies may have unusual price changes in Singapore trading today. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index gained 0.3% to 3,255.87.
Developers: Singapore will increase down payments for second mortgages and impose a stamp duty on property held for less than four years to cool property prices. The nation’s private home prices climbed to a record in the fourth quarter as the nation’s fastest economic growth since independence helped counter earlier measures.
GLP +1.4% in active trade on China by news
January 5th, 2011 |
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Global Logistic Properties (MC0.SG) +1.4% at $2.17 and it’s today’s most active stock on SGX, after the unit of Singapore’s GIC sovereign wealth fund says it will buy a 53% stake in China’s Airport City Development in a deal worth US$375 million ($483.6 million); ACD is the sole developer of air side cargo handling and bonded warehouse logistic facilities for BCIA; the completed, planned GFA of the facilities is around 793,000 square metres vs GLP’s 6.2 million square meters of completed GFA at June 30 2010.
STI rises 1.4% to 3,235.77 at closing
January 3rd, 2011 |
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Singapore’s Straits Times Index rose 1.4% to 3,235.77 as of 5 p.m. close of trade, its biggest gain in seven weeks. Twenty-six of the 30 stocks on the benchmark measure climbed.
Shares on the measure are trading at 15.8 times estimated earnings, compared with an average multiple of 14.8 times in the past one year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The following shares were among the most active in the market.
Dec. 14, 1962: Mariner 2 Reaches Venus, an Interplanetary First
December 14th, 2010 |
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1962: Mariner 2 passes within 21,000 miles of Venus and begins transmitting data back to Earth, making it the first successful interplanetary spacecraft.
The spacecraft was the second in NASA’s Mariner series, a program designed for conducting planetary exploration by gathering as much data as possible in the course of a carefully choreographed flyby. Mariner 1 [...]
Genting Singapore off 1.4%; Refinancing ignored
December 10th, 2010 |
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Genting Singapore (G13.SG) is down 1.4% at $2.17 on light profit-taking after a sustained rise over the past 7 sessions.
The gaming group’s move to refinance $4.19 billion of loans doesn’t appear to have caught investors’ eye, despite being offered more favourable terms.
NOL off 1.4%; MS bearish on freight rates N/T
December 7th, 2010 |
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Neptune Orient Lines (N03.SG) off 1.4% at 4-session low $2.18, with latest operating data affirming expectations for freight rates to remain soft in near term. Average revenue per box down 4.1% sequentially during 4 weeks ended November 12, marking 3rd consecutive fall.
Google Launches App Engine SDK 1.4
December 2nd, 2010 |
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With the new Google App Engine SDK 1.4, developers gain several new features, including the lifting of the 1MB size limit on many APIs. – Google has announced a new version of the Software Development Kit for its App Engine cloud platform, Google App Engine 1.4.SDK.
Google officials said this is the largest release of the year for the App Engine SDK, which includes new features such as the Channel API. The Channel API is a bi-directi…
Khloe Kardashian says she lost her virginity at 14
November 30th, 2010 |
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Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian has revealed that she lost her virginity at the age of 14 to an older man. The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ joined her sisters on “The View” to dish on the intimate details of their celebrity family. “He was only I think, 18, but for 14 to 18 now [...]
Suntec REIT off 1.4%; Limited DPU impact: CIMB
November 30th, 2010 |
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Suntec REIT (T82U.SG) down 1.4% at $1.41 after it places 313 million units at $1.37 each to part fund MBFC stake buy; CIMB notes placement price at top end of indicative $1.34-$1.38 range flagged Monday, though below house’s $1.42 assumption, but says limited DPU impact from lower placement price.
Khloe Kardashian Lost Virginity At 14
November 24th, 2010 |
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When Khloe Kardashian-Odom was 14, she was one broken condom and a few missed birth control pills away from becoming 1998′s answer to Bristol Palin. On the pages of Kardashian Konfidential, the new tell-all memoir Khloe penned along with sisters Kourtney and Kim, the gangly Double K sisters recalls her days as a wild teenage, [...]
Weekend Comment Jan 14: Property market gets the chills
Singapore government’s measures to curb property speculation sent shares of city-state’s biggest developers down the most in 11 months today.
The Straits Times Real Estate Index fell 0.3% at the close, with three stocks falling for every two that gained. CapitaLand, Southeast Asia’s biggest developer, fell 3.4% to $3.71, while City Developments, the second largest, declined 4.6% to $12.16, both retreating by the most since Feb 22.
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