Sound Global says it has won 18 projects from a group of urban-rural waste water treatment plants in Changsha County, Hunan province, China, totalling RMB275 million ($53.5 million) in investments.
The projects include the investment, building, operation and transfer of 16 urban-rural waste water treatment plants (with a total capacity of 29,400 tonnes per day) with a concession period of 30 years.
JP Morgan said it expects the bank’s low return on equity to reverse over the next three years and rise to 14% in 2013, from 9% in 2009.
1911: A Curtiss biplane becomes the first airplane to perform a landing on a ship.
The plane, piloted by Eugene Ely, landed on a platform bolted to the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania moored in San Francisco Bay. Ely had been flying for less than a year when approached by the U.S. Navy, which was interested in [...]
Osim announces it has purchased a 19.03% stake in Hong Ming (China) for US$313,585, raising its total effective stake in Hong Ming to 30.0%. Osim says Hong Ming is one of the R&D arms of associated company Daito-OSIM Healthcare and that the buy is accretive but not expected to have any material impact on EPS and NTA for FY10.
Bodyhorror is a genre that’s surprisingly nebulous in its definition. There’s a certain amount of medical horror mixed, some gore, but mostly just hideously malformed creatures that tear against the inside of your mind, making you nauseous with their very existence. Today, we salute those freaks, and look at the best bodyhorror movies. 18. Rosemary’s [...]
Missiles fired by a suspected US drone have struck a vehicle in north-west Pakistan killing at least 18 militants, officials say. The strike took place in Mir Ali village, 25km (16 miles) from Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district.
LIVEPHISH.COM OFFERING FREE MP3 DOWNLOADS OF
11/18 PRINCETON PERFORMANCE WITH
THE
SCORCHIO QUINTET
 Trey Anastasio |
As of this morning, fans can head over to LivePhish.com and grab a
free download of Trey
Anastasio and The Scorchio Quintet, live from Richardson
Auditorium in
Princeton, New Jersey on November 18.
A few songs from the performance are missing, including “Love Is Freedom,” “Water in the Sky,” and a new Trey
Anastasio/Amanda Green song called “Julie.” The files are only available in Mp3 format for now. Check out
the tracklisting below.
Tracklisting
1. Summer of ’89
2. Divided Sky
3. Greyhound Rising
4. Bar 17
5. Gone
6. Stash
7. Flock of Words
8. Strange Design
9. Wolfman’s Brother
10. Let Me Lie
PESHAWAR – At least 18 people were killed and 35 others got injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up beside a minibus at congested Tirah Bazaar in Kohat district on Wednesday.
According to details, a suicide bomber, who was reportedly 16 to 18 years old, approached a minibus carrying passengers from Tirah Bazaar to Orakzai Agency and blew himself up. Over 30 shops and around eight vehicles parked in the market were also damaged in the blast. The injured were rushed to Kohat and Peshawar hospitals.
Hospital sources feared that number of the deceased could go up, as many injured persons were in critical condition.
Personnel of police and other law enforcement agencies rushed to the blast site and cordoned off the area. They confirmed that it was a suicide blast, adding they had found the head and legs of the suicide bomber which had been sent for DNA test.
Bomb disposal squad officials said that about seven kilograms explosive material was used in the blast. No group claimed the responsibility for the attack till filing of this report.
Reuters adds: “A boy between the ages of 18 and 20, who was carrying about 6 kilograms (13 lbs) of explosives, carried out the attack,” said Dilawar Bangash, police chief in the town of Kohat.
Witness Inayat Orakzai said, “The bus, which was filled with passengers, was about to take off when a teenage boy came near the door of the bus and blew himself up.”
On Tuesday, a suicide bomber tried to assassinate the chief minister of Balochistan, damaging his motorcade and wounding nine people but leaving the minister unhurt.
A purported spokesman for the banned extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility, saying the official had been targeted for efforts to provide security to Shias.
On Monday, two suicide bombers in police uniform killed 51 people in Mohmand , attacking an anti-Taliban militia and pro-government elders.
The bombers damaged an administration compound in Ghal nai, the main town in the district of Mohmand.
Survivor Sakhi Jan, a 50-year-old member of the peace committee with injuries to his hand, said “double blasts rocked everything around”.
“Tribesmen and elders had been sitting in small groups on the lawn outside the office of the political agent,” said Shuja Ahmed, another committee member. Fifty-one people were killed and 120 wounded, with 25 in a serious condition, said an official.
Samsung, already the No. 2 phone maker worldwide, is reportedly hoping to raise mobile phone shipments by 18 percent in 2011, toward a goal of 330 million units. – Samsung has plans to boost mobile handset shipments by 18 percent in
2011, toward a goal of 330 million units, according to a Dec. 7 report
from Reuters. The report states
that an unnamed senior executive at Samsung told Electronic Times
Internet of the companys plans. A Samsung official told Re…
At the HP Software Universe 2010 in Barcelona, Tasktop launches the next version of its Application lifecycle Management (ALM) integration suite. – BARCELONA, Spain — At the HP Software Universe 2010 conference here, Tasktop Technologies, creators of the popular Eclipse Mylyn project and a leader in Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) integration and productivity, announced Tasktop Enterprise 1.8, a new version of its ALM integration …
SATS (S58.SG) +1.8% at $2.84 vs STI +0.7, likely getting lift from Nikkei report company in final negotiations to buy Japan Airlines’ in-flight catering subsidiary, TFK Corp.
UOB KayHian, which has Buy rating, $3.07 target, says “SATS already has strong exposure to north Asia and if it manages to acquire TFK, it will reap substantial synergy and cement its status as Asia’s leading in-flight caterer.”
Adds, if reported Y10 billion buy price correct, would translate to around 0.5x sales, even 49% stake would be attractive 1x sales; SATS currently trades at 1.8x sales.
“If deal goes through, SATS would be re-rated upwards, could command a higher valuation than the ascribed 16x P/E.” SATS spokesman couldn’t be reached for comment; intraday high of $2.85, also 30-day moving average may cap for now; any further upside likely to hinge on confirmation of deal talks, pricing, likely synergies.
{jcomments on}
A Scottish man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for spamming out e-mails laced with malware and stealing data. – A 33-year-old Scottish man was sentenced today to 18 months
in prison in the U.K.
for spamming out malware-infected e-mails and stealing data.
The sentencing today of Matthew Anderson of Drummuir, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, brought to an end to an investigation first launched four years
ago….
Singapore shares may rise on Thursday, supported by news the government expects GDP to grow around 15% this year, which is at the higher end of previous expectations. The successful IPO of General Motors (GM.N) and hopes Ireland may soon find a solution to its debt woes are also likely to lift investor confidence.
The following companies may have unusual price changes in Singapore trading today, say Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close. The market was closed yesterday for a holiday. Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 0.8% to 3,212.10.
UOL Group, today announced net attributable profit of $124.7 million, for the third quarter ended 30 September 2010, which represents an 18% increase from $104.1 million in 3Q09.
Pre-tax profit during the same three-month period rose 17% to $157.9 million backed by a record revenue of $345.2 million. This is attributable to higher profit recognition from property development, stronger performance in the Group’s hotel operations and increased share of profit from associated companies.
A Texas man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling counterfeit software online. – A Texas man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling more than $1 million worth of pirated software via the Internet.
Todd Alan Cook, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced Oct. 29 and
received a fine of $599,771 in addition to the prison time. Cook
pleaded guilty to criminal copyright in…
