Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger announced that a regional forum of the World Economic Forum will be held in Vienna at the beginning of July 2011. Eastern Europe and Asia will be the focus of the forum which should gather about 50 participants, including heads of state and government, as well as economic and civil society representatives, Spindelegger stated at the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Facebook Credits Use Mandatory Starting July 1
January 25th, 2011 |
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Facebook Credits will be the mandatory virtual payment processing system for Facebook’s social gaming platform July 1. The social network wants to run all payments in-house. – Facebook is throwing its muscle into its vaunted application
platform, requiring that its Facebook Credits system be used by all social game
developers to process payments on the social network.
Launched to beta in 2009, Credits is a virtual currency system that lets consumers enter their payment…
Swiber said to sell $120m of 5.9% notes due July 2014
January 12th, 2011 |
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Swiber Holdings sold $120 million of 5.9% bonds which mature in July 2014, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The sale was managed by DBS Group Holdings, the person said, asking not to be identified as details are private.
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Many Users Face OST Data Loss! Whats The Remedy? Convert OST Outlook Posted By : Maichal July
January 4th, 2011 |
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If you have not altered your original Exchange profile, then there are good chances of getting back the access to your email data of Exchange client (Outlook) in the offline mode with your old OST file. SysTools OST Recovery software can convert OST Outlook.
Facing Data Corruption in Exchange Server? Convert Outlook OST to PST is a beneficial Remedy Posted By : Maichal July
December 24th, 2010 |
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Sometimes Exchange Server corrupts and this prevents you to read OST files and thus your important work halts to a great deal. If you recover OST files and if you convert OST files into PST file then you can access OST files in PST. Using SysTools OST Recovery software it is possible to convert Outlook OST to PST
Singapore August bank lending up 1.5% from July
September 30th, 2010 |
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Total bank lending in Singapore rose 1.5% to $303.12 billion in August from $298.69 billion in July, central bank data showed on Thursday.
Housing loans to consumers rose 1.5% to $105.08 billion from $103.57 billion in July.
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STI may slip below 2,900 on weak US housing data
August 25th, 2010 |
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Singapore shares likely to slide as record drop in US existing home sales for July aggravating already-jittery investor sentiment, says Dow Jones.
If STI, which closed down 0.1% at 2,922.85 yesterday, fails to hold above 2,900, next support tipped at 2,875 (lower end of breakup gap formed July 7).
“The opening will be weak but there might be some buying on dips as the day goes on. Shares here have been holding relatively well despite the slew of disappointing US economic data in recent weeks, so we might still be able to see some resilience,” says dealer at foreign brokerage.
July manufacturing likely +6.3% on-year: Poll
August 24th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s July manufacturing output growth likely slowed sharply to +6.3% on-year vs +26.1% June after US, Europe electronics demand eased, pharmaceutical companies completed existing orders, according to median estimate in Dow Jones poll of 6 analysts, says Dow Jones.
“The sequential expansion of the electronics sector may have plateaued in July even as the sector is likely to show still healthy year-on-year growth rates due to a favourable low base effect. However, we expect weakness in pharmaceutical output to be the key reason dragging headline industrial growth,” says Standard Chartered Bank economist Alvin Liew.
Data due 1 p.m. on Thursday.
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Singapore July CPI +3.1% on year vs +3.0% expected
August 23rd, 2010 |
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Singapore July CPI +3.1% on year, tad faster than +3.0% forecast in Dow Jones poll of 7 economists, on higher transport, housing, food costs.
Data unlikely to move markets as within government’s expected band.
Transportation costs +10.7% on year on higher car, fuel prices, while housing costs +2.7% on-year on electricity tariffs, accommodation costs. July CPI +0.5% on month, seasonally adjusted terms vs 0.4% fall in June, +0.4% poll.
Government expects 2010 Singapore CPI to rise 2.5%-3.5%.
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Changi Airport July passenger up 16%
August 23rd, 2010 |
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Singapore’s Changi Airport Group, Asia’s fifth busiest measured by number of passengers, said on Monday the number of passengers in July rose 15.9% from a year ago to 3.67 million. The airport, a major hub in Asia, also said it handled 11.8% more cargo in July from a year earlier.
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Kings of Leon Reschedule St. Louis Show
August 16th, 2010 |
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JULY 23 TICKET HOLDERS ATTEND FREE OF CHARGE
 Kings of Leon |
Kings of Leon have
announced they will return to the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre in St. Louis on September 25. On July 23, the band
left the stage three songs into their set after being hit with bird droppings.
“As soon as what happened happened, we knew we were going to come back,” Jared Followill told the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “We knew leaving would be horrible, and we knew people were not going to be
happy. We were just trying to figure out the best way and the easiest way to get back and make it better.”
All fans who bought tickets to the original show on July 23 will be able to attend the rescheduled date free of
charge.
For those who did not attend the infamous gig, $10 tickets will go on sale soon.
Click here to read the full article in the St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
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NOL carried 18% more cargo in 4 wks to July 23
August 16th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), the world’s sixth-largest container shipping firm, said on Monday it carried 18% more containers in the four weeks to July 23 compared to a year ago.
NOL said in a statement it shipped the equivalent of 220,200 40-foot containers (FEU) on its vessels in the period, up from 187,400 a year earlier, mainly due to higher shipments on trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe routes.
The average revenue in the period from each container rose to US$3,076 ($4,197), up 39% from a year earlier.
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Singapore exports likely +20% on-year in July: Poll
August 16th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s July non-oil exports likely +20% on-year vs +28.7% June; pace easing on faltering global economy, according to median estimate of six analysts in Dow Jones poll.
On month, July exports likely to decline 2.7% in seasonally adjusted terms, after having shrunk 0.1% in both May and June.
“We are looking for a third consecutive month of sequential contraction in July with one difference — a deeper contraction compared to May and June,” Standard Chartered Bank economist Alvin Liew writes in note.
Liew adds, weaker exports “performance should be driven by a marked moderation in pharmaceutical exports. That said, the volatile pharmaceutical could still swing either way”.
Data due tomorrow 1:00 p.m.
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Aug 23-28
August 16th, 2010 |
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MONDAY, AUG 23
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Tiger Air reports 42% rise in passengers for July
August 10th, 2010 |
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Tiger Airways says it reported strong passenger volumes and load factors in July 2010. The number of passengers in July grew 42% over last year to 523,000. The average load factor across both airlines in Asia and Australia for the month was up 4 percentage points to 89%.
From August 2009 to July 2010, a total of 5.4 million passengers flew with Tiger Airways, an increase of 51% over the 3.6 million passengers who booked in the preceding 12 months.
SGX commodities and derivatives activity grows in July
August 3rd, 2010 |
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) said today that derivative and commodities trading grew in July.
Securities Market
Securities daily average trading value picked up into the new financial year, up 16% in July from a month earlier. Exchange traded funds were active, with trading value up 86% from a year earlier.
July deadly for U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan
July 31st, 2010 |
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Six American soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nine-year war. NATO says one service member died in an insurgent attack Friday, while a roadside bombing killed two others. Three other troops were killed Thursday in two separate bombings in the south.
July 30: DBS Group, Hongkong Land, Keppel Corp.
July 30th, 2010 |
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The following companies may have unusual price changes in Singapore trading today. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index gained 0.4% to 2,997.65.
Dairy Farm International Holdings (DFI SP): Hong Kong’s second-biggest retailer said first-half profit rose 17% to US$182 million ($248 million) from a year earlier. Dairy Farm gained 1.6% to US$7.52.
DBS Group Holdings (DBS SP): Southeast Asia’s biggest bank reported a surprise net loss of $300 million in the second quarter because of a goodwill impairment charge of $1.02 billion. Analysts had expected a profit of $572.9 million, according to eight estimates compiled by Bloomberg. DBS lost 0.1% to $14.50.
July 29: MapletreeLog, CapitaMalls Asia, Great Eastern Holdings, SingPost
July 29th, 2010 |
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Singapore shares are expected to open lower on Thursday after US stocks fell overnight on weak data and a downbeat outlook from the Federal Reserve. Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index rose 0.2% on Wednesday to 2,985.38 points.
Singapore’s Mapletree Logistics Trust (MAPL.SI) which owns warehouses across Asia, said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy three properties in Japan for $200 million.
Weekend Comment July 30: Bank stocks in focus next week
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