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Jade Technologies posts modest net profit for 1Q

January 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Jade Technologies Holdings, the titanium dioxide manufacturer and distributor in China, reported a modest net profit of RMB 866,000 ($168,243) for the three months ended December 31, 2010 (1QFY2011) compared to a loss of RMB 3.4 million for the same corresponding period (1QFY2010).

This was achieved on the back of a significant improvement in revenue to RMB 36.2 million in 1QFY2011 from RMB 1.2 million in 1QFY2010, with the commencement of the group’s selling and distribution of titanium dioxide in mid-December 2009. In addition, for the period under review, the average selling price of titanium dioxide was RMB11,030 per ton as compared to RMB 9,435 in the previous corresponding period.

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DBS off 0.1%; RBS China buy deemed modest

December 15th, 2010 | No Comments

DBS’ (D05.SG) acquisition of RBS’ China retail and commercial banking business is unlikely to have a material impact on its shares in the near-term.

The operations won’t be contributing to DBS soon with the deal expected to be completed within 6 months.

The impact upon completion may also be modest as DBS will get only about 25,000 customers from RBS, which is selling its operations in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen.

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Wilmar +0.8%; modest impact from FFM buy – Nomura

December 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
Wilmar’s (F34.SG) 20% stake investment in PPB Group’s (4065.KU) unit FFM in bid to expand flour milling business doing little to boost investor interest. Stock +0.8% at $6.06 but volume paltry as underlying concerns over plantation group’s China business still persist given Beijing’s bid to rein in food inflation.

Wilmar will pay MYR378.1 million ($156.8 million) for stake in FFM, which operates 4 flour mills in Malaysia, 1 each in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia.

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PC Microprocessor Unit Shipments, Revenues Post Modest Q3 Gain: Report

November 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Worldwide PC microprocessor unit shipments and revenues rose modestly in the third quarter, according to IDC. – Worldwide PC microprocessor unit shipments and revenues in the third calendar quarter of 2010 (3Q10) increased 2.1 percent and 2.5 percent respectively, compared to 2Q10, according to the latest PC processor study from IT research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Compared to 3Q09, worldwid…


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STI +0.4%; modest gains amid pre-holiday caution

November 4th, 2010 | No Comments
STI last +0.4% at 3237.01, tracking gains across region after U.S. markets respond positively to Fed’s US$600 billion ($771 billion) easing program.

But gains fairly modest so far, reflecting investor caution ahead of long weekend (during which U.S. payrolls will be released), with Singapore markets shut tomorrow for public holiday; “I think we’ll probably get a little bit of a chance to take profit because the market has done very well recently and we’re going into a long weekend…that makes sentiment a little bit more jittery,” says analyst at local brokerage. 

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Modest fall in Singapore developers with China ops

September 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Shares of Singapore-listed developers with China operations mostly down, but decline in line with broad market pullback, not accompanied by heavy volume, suggesting investors not overly concerned about impact of Beijing’s latest measures to rein in home prices, says Dow Jones.

View backed by current gains in shares of China-listed developers.

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Singapore’s tourism targets modest: CLSA

September 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Singapore’s target of having 17 million tourist-arrivals, S$30 million in tourist spending annually by 2015 will prove to be modest, says CLSA, according to Dow Jones.

Notes opening of 2 casino-resorts earlier this year signals start of growth spurt for tourism sector: "The tourism sector will be one of the key drivers for the Singapore economy in the next five years."

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DBS 2Q net profit growth likely modest: Poll

July 29th, 2010 | No Comments

DBS Group (D05.SG) 2Q net profit likely grew modest 3.6% on-year to $572 million, according to Dow Jones poll of five analysts.

Look for weakness in net interest income despite likely growth in loan book, also non-interest revenues probably hit by global market correction in 2Q.

Bottom line likely supported by lower provisions.

“Among Singapore banks, we think DBS has the most potential to disappoint in terms of earnings downside risk, given its larger interbank market exposure,” says Goldman Sachs.

Analysts expect DBS 2Q earnings to underperform results from peers OCBC (O39.SG), UOB (U11.SG), which due next month. DBS results due before market open Friday.

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80/35 Fest Adds Modest Mouse

May 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

MODEST MOUSE TO HEADLINE 80/35 MUSIC FESTIVAL

Modest Mouse

80/35 makes its third lineup announcement with the release of Modest Mouse as the July 4th headliner. Also announced today are The Heavy, William Elliott Whitmore, Dar Williams, Sara Watkins, Cashes Rivers, and Omega Dog.

LINEUP

The next lineup announcement is Monday, May 10. All bands will be released by mid-May. More than 30 bands will play the festival.

Saturday, July 3

Spoon

Slightly Stoopid

Particle

William Elliott Whitmore

Earl Greyhound

Cashes Rivers

Omega Dog

Modern Day Satire

Sunday, July 4

Modest Mouse

Railroad Earth

The Walkmen

Avi Buffalo

The Heavy

Dar Williams

Sara Watkins

The Workshy

Christopher the Conquered

ABOUT 80/35

The third annual 80/35 is Saturday and Sunday, July 3 and 4, 2010, at Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines. The music festival will feature more than 30 acts on multiple stages for two full days of music.

TICKETS

A limited amount of advance tickets are currently on sale for $25 one-day, $40 two-day, and $175 VIP through midwestix.com. Find all ticket information at http://80-35.com.

Advance (Limited amount on sale now)

$175 VIP

$40 Two-Day

$25 One-Day

Regular

$60 Two-Day

$35 One-Day

Day of

$40 One-Day


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180º South: Modest Mouse Shins, Jennings Jack Johnson

April 29th, 2010 | No Comments

CHRIS MALLOY’S 180° SOUTH SOUNDTRACK TO FEATURE ORIGINAL SONGS BY
UGLY CASANOVA (ISAAC BROCK OF MODEST MOUSE), JAMES MERCER (THE SHINS) & MASON JENNINGS
ALSO FEATURES SONGS BY JACK JOHNSON & LOVE AS LAUGHTER

Mason Jennings

Brushfire Records will release the original soundtrack to director Chris Malloy‘s film 180°
South on June 22, 2010. The 180° South soundtrack features new music from James
Mercer (The Shins, Broken Bells w/Danger Mouse), Mason Jennings and Ugly Casanova (Isaac Brock of Modest
Mouse with various collaborators) – all of whom participated significantly in the overall film project. Songs by
Jack Johnson and Love as Laughter also appear, as well as
James Mercer’s cover of Neil Young‘s
“Journey Through The Past.” The compilation was assembled by the film’s producer, Emmett Malloy, who recently
directed The White Stripes‘ “Under
Great White Northern Lights”.

180° South (select markets nationwide) retraces Yvon Chouinard‘s and Doug Tompkins‘
epic 1968 journey
to
Patagonia through the eyes of adventurer Jeff Johnson. Along the way, Jeff is shipwrecked off Easter
Island, surfs the
longest wave of his life and plans a rare ascent of Cerro Corcovado. Jeff’s life takes a turn when he meets with his
heroes Chouinard and Tompkins, now spending their fortunes to save Patagonia’s wild lands from damming and
development. Director Chris Malloy’s film strikes deeply into the heart of Patagonia’s wilderness – it was there,
during the making of the film that the soundtrack was conceived.

Mason Jennings and James Mercer visited Patagonia during the shooting of the film. Deeply impacted, they spent the following weeks, months and years that followed, writing music and enlisting friends such as Modest Mouse’s Isaac
Brock and Jack Johnson to help get the soundtrack made.

“When we had a rough edit of the movie, we headed to Portland to Isaac’s studio to record the soundtrack for
180º
South. Pulling up to an old two-story craftsman house, we could hear the peaceful sound of guitars through
the
windows” says producer Emmett Malloy. Chris and I stopped and stared up at the attic, completely captivated. It was not long before we were
watching footage and going over ideas and it wasn’t long after that before we heard banjo, trumpet, squeezebox,
drums and harmonies coming from every corner of the house. That did not stop for almost two weeks.”

Track listing:

1. “MOUNTAINS OF STORMS” – Ugly Casanova
2. “HERE’S TO NOW” – Ugly Casanova
3. “MACHINES” – Mason Jennings
4. “DOUG’S THEME” – James Mercer
5. “WAVE GOODBYE” – Ugly Casanova
6. “LONESOME BLUES” – Ugly Casanova
7. “JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST” – James Mercer
8. “HOTCHA GIRLS” – Ugly Casanova
9. “SPRING WIND” – Jack Johnson
10. “MAYBE WE’RE LOST” – Ugly Casanova
11. “CORCOVADO” – Ugly Casanova
12. “COCONUT FLAKES” – Love as Laughter
13. “THE GEEZER” – Ugly Casanova
14. “LAY ME DOWN” – Ugly Casanova


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Modest Mouse: Summer Tour

April 21st, 2010 | No Comments

MODEST MOUSE ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR; AVI BUFFALO, MORNING TELEPORTATION TO OPEN
SHOWS

Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse have
announced their 2010 summer tour plans. The
new tour dates will take the band across the U.S. with a stop in Chicago
at this year’s Pitchfork Festival and over to Europe for appearances at
the Leeds and Reading Festivals. Avi Buffalo and Morning Teleportation
will open various shows on the tour. See below for full list of tour
dates.

Modest Mouse celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Moon & Antarctica
with the long awaited vinyl reissue of the landmark album on April 17.

Out-of-print on vinyl for the past five years, The Moon & Antarctica,
newly-struck on 12″ heavy double vinyl, has been remastered using the
band-approved 2004 CD master. The album features restored original
artwork and replicates the infinite lock groove found in the original
vinyl pressings of 2000. Recorded from July through November 1999, The
Moon & Antarctica, the third Modest Mouse album, was first released on
both vinyl and CD in June 2000.

The new vinyl reissue includes a download card for The Moon &
Antarctica.

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Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica Reissue On Vinyl 4/17

April 13th, 2010 | No Comments

MODEST MOUSE CELEBRATE THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON & ANTARCTICA

WITH LONG AWAITED VINYL REISSUE OF LANDMARK ALBUM ON APRIL 17

Modest Mouse

Epic/Legacy Recordings will celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Moon & Antarctica, the highly
acclaimed major label debut from American indie rock band Modest Mouse, with the long
awaited vinyl reissue of the landmark album on April 17.

Out-of-print on vinyl for the past five years, 12″ copies of The Moon & Antarctica have become prized
collector’s items.

Available in time for Record Store Day 2010, The Moon & Antarctica, newly-struck on 12″ heavy double
vinyl, has been remastered using the band-approved 2004 CD master. The album features restored original artwork
and replicates the infinite lock groove found in the original vinyl pressings of 2000. The new vinyl reissue includes a
download card for The Moon & Antarctica.

Recorded from July through November 1999, The Moon & Antarctica, the third Modest Mouse album, was
first released on both vinyl and CD in June 2000. A milestone for the band and a sublime presence on the
American pop music landscape, The Moon & Antarctica turned up on many year-end best-of lists.

The highly influential Pitchfork Media ranked the album #3 for 2000, #7 for 2000-2004, and #6 for the decade
(2000-2010). Better Propaganda named The Moon & Antarctica #23 for the decade, Rhapsody ranked it #4
on their Alt/Indie’s Best Albums of the Decade” list and Entertainment Weekly, who ranked it #37 (out of 100) in
“The New Classics” list (from 1983-2008) calling the “…major-label debut from the Northwest indie heroes…an
angular, experimental treasure….”

A success in both the mainstream and the underground, The Moon & Antarctica was certified gold by the
RIAA as of March 9, 2009.

Fans may pre-order the album online at
www.modestmouse.com or
www.modestmousemusic.com

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OpenOffice.org 3.2 Offers Modest Update, Better Startup Speed

February 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Version 3.2 of the open-source OpenOffice.org productivity suite delivers a handful of file format compatibility enhancements alongside feature tweaks for the suite’s Calc spreadsheet application and continued gains in startup speed for the suite as a whole.
– Last
month saw the latest release of OpenOffice.org 3.2, the first version of the
open-source,
cross-platform-friendly office suite to ship under the stewardship of Oracle.
The new release is a modest update, marked primarily by improvements to the
suite’s compatibility with Microsoft’s Office …


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A modest proposal

February 19th, 2010 | No Comments

A presidential commission may provide a start on cutting America’s deficit, but not much more

AMERICA is spending beyond its means, both parties and the president (not to mention pundits and protesters) have recognised. But cutting budgets is tough politics, which is why special commissions are at times called in to make recommendations away from the legislative hurly-burly. On Thursday Feburary 18th Barack Obama announced that he was forming such as commission, by executive order, to seek ways to tackle the deficit. Will it work?

The commission will be co-chaired by a long-time former Republican senator, Alan Simpson, and a Democratic former chief of staff to Bill Clinton, Erskine Bowles. The rest of the panel will include four more appointees from Mr Obama (one must be a non-Democrat), and three each for the Republican and Democratic leaders of both the House and the Senate. It can thus have no more than ten Democrats, and has to approve its recommendations by 14 votes, making bipartisanship a must. It is scheduled to report by December 1st this year, shortly after the mid-term congressional elections. …

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Pitchfork Music Fest: Pavement Modest Mouse, LCD, St. Vincent

February 5th, 2010 | No Comments

PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES PAVEMENT, MODEST MOUSE

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, ST. VINCENT, RAEKWON, CASS MCCOMBS AND MORE TO PERFORM AT 2010 FESTIVAL

Pavement

As previously reported, the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival will be held at Chicago’s Union Park on July 16-18. This year’s festival welcomes the highly anticipated return of legendary band Pavement as they make one of their first appearances since reuniting! Pavement will perform on Sunday night. Friday features indie rock, chart-topping mainstays Modest Mouse, while Saturday and Sunday sees performances by LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Here We Go Magic, St. Vincent, Lightning Bolt, Cass McCombs and Sleigh Bells. Stay tuned, as more bands will be announced in the coming weeks.

Tickets are on sale today (Friday February 5) at 12 p.m. CST at www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com. Single-day tickets can be purchased for $40 and three-day passes for $90. This year, Friday will feature more bands, providing festival-goers with a longer day of music. There will be no two-day passes for sale. Purchase your tickets early, as three-day passes are sure to sell out quickly!

The 2010 Pitchfork Festival Lineup so far:

Friday

Modest Mouse

Saturday

LCD Soundsystem

Raekwon

Sunday

Pavement

St. Vincent

Lightning Bolt

Cass McCombs

Here We Go Magic

Sleigh Bells

For more on Pitchfork Music Festival see our 2009 coverage here.


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“Patriarch’s death reveals people want modest leadership”

November 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

The funeral of Patriarch Pavle showed that the people want their leaders to show humility and modesty in these tough times, a B92 TV talk show heard. Political science professor and historian Slobodan B. Marković said that the funeral of the late head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) last week was “one of the four largest in the past 100 years in Serbia”, counting the funerals of King Aleksandar, Yugoslav President Josip Broz and assassinated Prime Minister Zoran ĐinÄ‘ić.

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REVIEW: Firefox 3.6, Google Chrome 4.0 Betas Show Modest Advances

November 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Based on tests of new beta versions, neither Firefox 3.6 nor Google Chrome 4.0 will be major steps forward for the browsers. The only significant new feature in the Chrome 4.0 beta is Bookmark Sync. The Firefox 3.6 beta boasts more new features than the Chrome 4.0 beta, but none are groundbreaking.
– In the new tradition of rapid browser evolution, both Google and
Mozilla have recently released new beta versions: Chrome 4.0 and
Firefox 3.6, respectively.
Looking at the version numbers, one would expect that Firefox 3.6
would have minor changes and Chrome 4.0 would be a major upgrade.
Howev…


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Anne Hill: A Modest Sign of Recovery

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

To gauge the pulse of the nation, I just step into my town’s post office and see what strange things the mail has brought.

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Modest Mouse New EP

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Modest Mouse To Release No One’s First, And You’re Next EP On August 4


Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse has announced they will release No One’s
First, And You’re Next on August 4. This new EP contains eight songs,
six of which were recently released as limited edition 7″ vinyl singles.
Also included on the EP is “King Rat” which was a limited promo-only 7″
single free with the purchase of We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
in 2007 and “I’ve Got It All (Most)” which was the b-side to the “Float
On” single in 2004 and is currently out of print. The vinyl version of
No One’s First, And You’re Next will be available on August 18.

No One’s First, And You’re Next track listing:
1. Satellite Skin
2. Guilty Cocker Spaniels
3. Autumn Beds
4. The Whale Song
5. Perpetual Motion Machine
6. History Sticks To Your Feet
7. King Rat
8. I’ve Got It All (Most)

Modest Mouse Tour Dates:


08/17/09 Mon Halifax Forum Halifax, NS

08/19/09 Wed Metropolis Montreal, QC

08/20/09 Thu The Ale House Kingston, ON

08/21/09 Fri The Sound Academy Toronto, ON

08/22/09 Sat The Sound Academy Toronto, ON

08/24/09 Mon Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Columbus, OH

08/25/09 Tue Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL

08/28/09 Fri San Diego Street Scene San Diego, CA

08/29/09 Sat The Grove Of Anaheim Anaheim, CA

08/30/09 Sun Outside Lands Festival San Francisco, CA

09/01/09 Tue In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT

09/02/09 Wed The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO

09/03/09 Thu Alberta Bair Theatre Billings, MT

09/04/09 Fri The Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT

09/05/09 Sat Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA

09/07/09 Mon Bumbershoot Festival Seattle, WA

09/09/09 Wed Pipeline Cafe Honolulu, HI

12/11/09 Fri Butlins Holiday Centre Minehead, GB


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