Singapore’s Straits Times Index increased 0.5% to 2,903.65 as of 10 a.m. local time. Three stocks gained for each that fell on the 30-member gauge.
Shares on the measure trade at 15.2 times estimated earnings, compared with about 17.5 times at the start of 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The following shares were among the most active in the market.
Shares on the measure trade at 14.9 times estimated earnings, compared with about 17.5 times at the start of 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The following shares were among the most active in the market.
Shipping companies: The Baltic Dry Index, which measures the cost of shipping commodities, rose 3.9% in London on March 5, taking a seven-day climb to 20%.
Apple has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against HTC, one of the primary manufacturers of smartphones that run Google Android. If Apple succeeds in what could be a protracted lawsuit, it could temporarily dampen the Android-equipped devices in the U.S. market at a time when some data shows Android enjoying an increasing rate of adoption among consumers. Apple has other lawsuits in play against Nokia, and is being sued by Kodak, over other patent-related issues.
– Apples patent-infringement lawsuit against HTC comes at a time when
Google Android, the smartphone operating system that will be incorporated into
many HTC devices through the end of 2010, has been gaining ground in the
ever-hotter smartphone wars.
According to data released by analytics
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At less than 2 percent, raises in technology salaries will be small in 2010, according to a report by Computer Economics. Developers are at the top of both the raise list and the salary list, especially for highly complex application development work. Managers and senior executives will have to get to the back of the line.
– IT workers are due to receive a median 1.8 percent bump in
salary in 2010 below the 2.7 percent rate of inflation and the lowest rate in
the last five years according to data from a 2010 salary report from Computer
Economics. A similar report from technology job board Dice, in January, showed tha…
Describes why there is an urgent need for a more sustainable window material, in the wake of Copenhagen – and how new technology is providing the solution.
VMware View 4 uses a specialized transport protocol to squeeze out lag time and significantly increase the number of monitors supported by the virtual desktop. The VMware View 4 platform worked well in eWEEK Labs’ tests–delivering full desktop and application functionality to a variety of end-point systems, including thin clients, Linux-based systems and older Windows-based PCs. VMware View centralizes OS and application management tasks while significantly reducing help desk calls by preventing end user tampering with desktop systems. However, IT managers must balance those savings against the platform’s costs.
– VMware View enables enterprises to deliver centrally managed virtual Windows XP and Vista desktops, and now uses a specialized transport protocol to squeeze out lag time and significantly increase the number of monitors supported by the virtual desktop.
View 4–which has the flexibility to meet the…
The Serbian government met in Belgrade this Thursday and decided to increase excise duty on oil derivatives and cigarettes by 1.58 pct. At the same time, the duty on alcoholic beverages went up 10.37 pct.
Avaya, which already is competing with Cisco and others in the enterprise communications space, now appears to want to take on Cisco in the larger enterprise networking market. Avaya announced that as part of its plans to integrate Nortel into its business, it will keep Nortels data products, including routers and switches. Avaya will have to invest a lot of money in the products if it plans to compete with Cisco, HP ProCurve and others, analysts said.
– There wasnt much surprising in Avayas road map for integrating Nortel Networks enterprise communications technologies with its own.
In a conference call with reporters and analysts Jan. 19 hours after
releasing some details about their plans, Avaya officials spoke of the
similar market outlook be…
A University of Utah report suggests texting while driving is more dangerous than talking on a mobile phone while driving.
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A report by University of Utah researchers found texting on
a cell phone while driving is six times more dangerous than talking on a cell
phone while on the road. The researchers used a driving simulator to determine
that people who texted and drove were far less likely to brake o…
Transcu Group says wholly-owned subsidiary, TTI-ellebeau, Inc. (TTIE) has converted its JPY60 million ($0.93 million) loan to Biomass Energy Corporation (BME), a Japanese gasification technology company, into 1,200 shares representing 50% of the issued share capital of BME.
Following the loan conversion, Transcu’s total indirect interest in BME increases to 72.5%, making BME an indirect subsidiary of Transcu. Prior to the loan conversion, Transcu held 45% of BME through Transcu Green Tech Pte (TGT).
National Bank of Serbia Governor Radovan Jelašić says increases in the price of oil, communication services and cigarettes are likely by the end of the year. Although inflation this year should stay in single figures, prices controlled by the state and local authorities have already reached the planned level for next year, warned Jelašić.
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai’s lead increase to 46 percent in the latest batch of results released by the country’s Independent Election Commission. That is still below the more than 50 percent he will need to avoid a runoff election with former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah.
Russia’s top investigation committee announced that the number of Russian soldiers killed during the war with Georgia in August last year now stands at 67. Previous official reports said the death toll in the “five-day war” between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia was 64 Russian military personnel.
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute concludes drivers who send text messages run a crash risk over 20 times higher than that of drivers not using phones. The VTTI study also shows that drivers using headsets are just as likely to be involved in traffic accidents as drivers using handheld devices.
– Sending text messages should be banned in moving
vehicles for all drivers to avoid an epidemic of traffic crashes, according to
a study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. VTTI’s large-scale,
naturalistic driving study (PDF) purports to be one of the clearest studies yet of
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