Last Friday, Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index (.FTSTI) rose 0.8% to 2,790.29 points. Financial stocks such as DBS (DBSM.SI), and Singapore Exchange (SGXL.SI) may be inspired by gains on Wall Street as US employers cut fewer jobs than expected last month and consumers showed signs of shedding their penny-pinching ...
Last Friday, the Straits Times Index dropped 0.4% to 2,757.14. Asian investors are likely to be wary ahead of the opening of Shanghai shares on Monday after a week-long holiday for the Lunar New Year, but last week’s gains on Wall Street could offset any negative sentiment. The ...
SOME DAYS WE BUY FLOWERS FOR OURSELVES With Valentine's Day arriving this Sunday, we wanted to give a musical shout-out to those who'll be celebrating the annual salute to lovers alone or with an inflatable date. We'll return to the Instrumental Gold series next Friday. Check out last week's ...
Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index (.FTSTI) fell 2.24% to close at 2,683.56 points last Friday. US stocks erased a midday drop to end slightly higher last Friday, closing out a volatile week punctuated by mixed signals from the labour market data and growing anxiety over fiscal problems in Europe. Here ...
Dr. Conrad Murray, the Houston physician that was with Michael Jackson when the musician died of an overdose last summer, will be arraigned in Los Angeles on Friday on a charge manslaughter in connection with the King of Pop’s death, a source with knowledge of the investigation tells The ...
PM Mirko Cvetković said on Friday that “a recovery and a mild growth of the economy are expected this year.” Cvetković told members of the business community gathered at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) today that the government stands by its position to maintain the economic stability of the ...
Russia's powerful prime minister, Vladimir Putin, said on Friday totalitarianism and Ukrainian-style political chaos are equally unacceptable for Russia. Putin spoke at a Kremlin session of the State Council, an advisory board of regional governors and top officials, where President Dmitry Medvedev urged earlier on Friday "a flexible multi-party system" ...
Save Duckie!! Two and a Half Men actor Jon Cryer believes his ex-wife hired a hitman to kill him. Last Friday, production on the CBS series had to be sent down after an unidentified party made a death threat against Cryer. The cast was later able to resume taping — but ...
Los Angeles prosecutors on Friday urged a judge to reject film director Roman Polanski's request to be sentenced in his absence for a 1977 sex crime, saying he was a fugitive who should not be able to dictate his case from afar. In ...
The Indian space agency will launch a series of rockets from its two centres between Thursday and Sunday to study Friday’s solar eclipse and its aftereffects. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to send up a series of sounding rockets – rockets carrying instruments to measure the physical ...
-Friday will mark what would have been Elvis’ 75th birthday, and the folks of the Big Apple are planning a major celebration in Manhattan to commemorate the occasion. The party kicks off Friday Jan., 8, 2010 @ 11:30AM at Ossco Bucco Restaurant, 88 University Place in Greenwich Village. Fans can ...
At least three suspected militants were killed Friday in the second US missile strike in as many days targeting Pakistan's wild tribal region of North Waziristan, security officials said. The northwest area, rife with Islamist extremist networks, has been the focus of a barrage of bombings
At least three suspected militants were killed Friday in the second US missile strike in as many days targeting Pakistan's wild tribal region of North Waziristan, security officials said. The northwest area, rife with Islamist extremist networks, has been the focus of a barrage of bombings
-Robin Thicke treats fans to a little “Sex Therapy” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday….. - Keira Knightley drew mixed reviews Friday for her debut on the London stage in The Misanthrope…… -Lil Wayne’s at it again….. -Meet the Actors Behind the Blue Faces of Avatar…. -New York is the saddest state in America ...
The following companies may have unusual price changes in trading today, say Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Share prices are from last Friday’s close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index rose 0.7% to 2,800.75. The Dow and S&P 500 closed up for a third straight session last Friday after several solid consumer-related ...
Parliament President Slavica Đukic-Dejanović has scheduled a parliament session for Friday, December 11. MPs will meet to to discuss the draft bill on the 2010 state budget.
Florida: In the early hours of last Friday, Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) investigated into a one-car accident and issued a traffic citation a fine for 164 US dollars to Tiger Woods for careless driving. Though Woods would not be facing any criminal charge. “The investigation has concluded that Mr Woods was ...
AT Ts refurbished iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS deals arent quite what they were on Black Friday. But theyre still a deal and will arrive quicker than the next-generation iPhone, which new rumors are pointing to the existence of. - AT amp;Ts refurbished 16GB iPhone ...
AT T's refurbished iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS deals aren't quite what they were on Black Friday. But they're still deals, and will arrive sooner than the next-generation iPhone, which new reports are suggesting may be being tested. - AT amp;T's refurbished 16GB iPhone 3G for $49.99 was ...
Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Target, Apple and Best Buy led online shopping sales on Black Friday, the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season, says research company ComScore. Despite an increase in Black Friday online sales over 2008, analysts are concerned that recession-conscious holiday shoppers continue to be reluctant to shop. Cyber ...