Google may say it didn’t launch Instant to make more bucks from Google.com searches, but that’s exactly what has happened since Instant launched Sept. 8. – When Google launched Google Instant to the market in September, financial
analysts assumed the company designed the predictive search technology to boost
search revenues.
Analysts believed Instant, which displays changing results on the fly
as users type, would help users conduct quicker search…
Oriental Food (Holdings) says the company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Oriental Investments Group, has entered into a conditional share sale and purchase agreement to acquire the entire issued and paid up share capital of Jiangyin Dingsheng Jinshu Yayan Co. from vendor Li Yi for RMB25 million ($4.9 million).
RMB20 million will be paid to the vendor within one month from the completion of the proposed acquisition with the balance to be paid within six months from the completion of the acquisition.
Sinotel Technologies, the provider of wireless telecommunications infrastructure and solutions in China, says the grouo has inked a contract with Beijing Tong Lian Da Communications Technology to provide base station monitoring and diagnostics services to China Telecom worth RMB25.3 million ($5 million) per annum.
The system will monitor and diagnose the performance of some 35,000 base stations and generate data and key indicators for evaluation on a timely basis. Some of its capabilities are the ability to report faults, downtime, call-drop frequencies and signal strengths with the aim to improve network coverage thereby enhancing end-user’s experience.
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Thomson Medical Centre, the private healthcare provider for women and children, has posted a 43.5% growth in net profit after tax to $4.9 million for the three months ended 31 May 2010 (Q3 FY2010).
Thomson Medical says the growth was contributed by stronger performance from both of its core business segments, Hospital Operations and Ancillary Services and Specialised and Other Services.
Google’s YouTube video-sharing Website launched YouTube Partner Grants to pay $5 million to video producers to create
high-quality videos millions of people will want to watch. YouTube also launched 4K high-resolution video July 9. – In another move to boost content creation, Google’s YouTube Website July 9
said it is pumping $5 million into a program to spur the creation of
high-quality videos millions of people will want to watch.
YouTube Partner Grants is intended to give promising video producers with
little or no budge…
Mainboard-listed BBR Holdings (S) has secured a $4.9 million contract to undertake piling works for The Vision condominium development at West Coast Crescent.
The contract was awarded to BBR’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Singapore Piling & Civil Engineering, by Team Design Architects on behalf of the developer Grand Waterfront Development, a member of Hong Kong’s Cheung Kong Group. The ground work on Singapore’s tallest waterfront residence has already begun and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
Tiger Airways Holdings says in 507,000 passengers chose to fly with Tiger Airways in April this year, 45% more than the 349,000 passengers in April last year. Average Load Factors — the number of seats sold as a percentage of total seats available — increased 3 percentage points to 84%.
Hersing Corporation, the property agency and the provider of self-storage services, says profit after tax more than tripled from $1.6 million to $5 million for the quarter. Total group revenue for the quarter, at $63.3 million, was 92% higher than the $33 million in the corresponding period last year.
Tiger Airways Holdings today announced its operating statistics for March 2010 and for the full financial year ended 31 March 2010.
For the month of March 2010, 488,000 passengers chose to fly with Tiger Airways, a 51% increase over last year. Average Load Factors – the number of seats sold as a percentage of total seats available – increased 3 percentage points to 84%.
Koon Holdings, one of Singapore’s largest civil engineering, reclamation and shore protection specialists, says the company — together with JKM Engineers — have entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Jasper Investments to acquire the entire issued share capital of ECI Corporation for $5 million.
China Flexible Packaging Holdings, the manufacturer of biaxially-oriented polypropylene film in China, says net profit for the three months ending 31 January 2010 (1QFY2010) rose 328% y-o-y to RMB24.9 million ($5.1 million) due to an increase in sales as well as the improvement on gross profit margin over this period.
GMG Global, the planter, tapper, processor and exporter of natural rubber, says group turnover remained stable at $61.1 million for the three months ended 31 December 2009 (4Q2009).
For the first nine months of FY2009, GMG Global was affected by lower rubber prices and only returned to profitability in 4Q as rubber prices gradually recovered from their lows. Thus, net profit attributable to equity holders for 4Q was $5 million.
CSC Holdings, the homegrown foundation and geotechnical engineering specialist, has posted a profit after tax to $5 million for the three months ended Dec 31, down 39% from $8.2 million a year earlier.
Revenue fell 41.3% to $72.3 million from $123.1 million.
‘Alien’ star Sigourney Weaver has been dragged into a 5 million dollar court battle between two high-powered Manhattan cosmetics executives.
Anthony Minuto filed the lawsuit against his former business partner, Vincent Longo, the renowned makeup artist, and owner of cosmetics company Vincent Longo Inc.
Weaver, 60, and Hermes CEO Robert Chavez, who both have minority stakes [...]
It has only been a few weeks that Pentax had thrown W80 Compact into the markets and now the photography giant has announced the WS80.
The difference between the two models is that the new one has a more colorful body, lesser features and a lower price.
The waterproof feature in this camera is useful as it [...]
