The fourth-quarter data is in line with the initial estimates published earlier this month.
1967: Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed on the launch pad when a flash fire engulfs their command module during testing for the first Apollo-Saturn mission. They are the first U.S. astronauts to die in a spacecraft.
The command module, built by North American Aviation, was the prototype for those that would eventually [...]
The following companies may have unusual price changes in Singapore trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index climbed 1.3% to 3,220.78.
Ascendas India Trust (AIT SP): The operator of business parks in India said third-quarter income for distribution fell 7% to $13.2 million from a year ago. The stock gained 0.5% to 96 cents.
Singapore shares may open slightly higher on Thursday, following gains on Wall Street overnight, but a tepid view of the economy from the Federal Reserve may weigh on investor confidence.
Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> rose 1.25% at 3,220.78 points.
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“The adjustments will offer only partial relief from the higher operating costs rising from increases in the price of jet fuel,” said Singapore Airlines in a statement.
Loathe Ricky Gervais the awards show host, but love Ricky Gervais the actor? Well, you’re in luck, the former is making a comeback with the role that made him famous. According to New York Magazine’s Vulture Column, Ricky Gervais will reprise the role of David Brent, from the original UK version of The Office for [...]
1831: HMS Beagle, a 10-gun, Cherokee-class brig sloop of the Royal Navy’s survey service, sets sail from Plymouth, England on its second voyage as a survey vessel.
On board, at the invitation of Beagle captain Robert FitzRoy, is a young biologist called Charles Darwin. Darwin’s account of The Voyage of the Beagle, published in 1839, establishes [...]
Singapore shares may trade range-bound in holiday-thinned trade on Monday, little swayed by Chinese central bank’s second interest rate hike in just over two months in an effort to rein in stubbornly high inflation.
The following companies may have unusual price changes in Singapore trading today, say Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index climbed 0.2% to 3,143.80 in holiday shortened trade on Dec 24.
HLN Technologies (5HH.SG) +2.7% at $0.380 on above-average volume as the Singapore-based precision components maker seeks to diversify its earnings base by venturing into China’s real estate market.
Former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader will remain in custody in Austria until December 27 when the Austrian prosecution will hold new press conference.
More details about possible extradition of Sanader to Croatia could be revealed then.
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here on Sunday that a robust growth of over 27 per cent in exports during the first six months of Financial Year 2010-11 has fuelled hopes that India may cross the trade target of USD 200 billion for the entire fiscal. In April-September this fiscal, Indian exports [...]
See Hup Seng, the provider of corrosion prevention services in Singapore and strategic value-added distributor of refined petroleum products in Asia Pacific, today reported that the Group has achieved higher revenue of $47.0 million for the three months ended 30 September 2010 (3Q10).
This represented a year-on-year (y-o-y) increase of 11% from $42.4 million in 3Q09, driven by improved sales performances of both core businesses – Refined Petroleum Distribution (TAT Petroleum) and Corrosion Prevention (CP).
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC Bank) today reported a net profit of $570 million for the third quarter of 2010 (3Q10), an increase of 27% from $450 million a year ago.
Earnings growth was underpinned by higher net interest income, strong fee and commission income, and lower credit losses. The 3Q10 results included the consolidation of Bank of Singapore, acquired in January this year.
