Islamabad is “watching what is happening” in Egypt and will evacuate its citizens if the situation worsens, authorities said. Express Tribune reported Monday that the Foreign Office did not make it clear as to when it plans to bring back around 150 Pakistani families. Anti-government protests in Egypt Monday entered the seventh day as demonstrators [...]
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Egypt situation being monitored: Pakistan
PM to submit answers to questionnaire on Monday
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will hand the answers to the European Commission (EC) questionnaire to EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on Monday.
The EC is going to prepare an opinion on Serbia’s request for European Union membership based on the answers to the questionnaire.
Jan 24: Singapore stocks may rise on US, Europe optimism; Keppel in focus
Singapore shares may gain on Monday after Wall Street ended the week mostly higher and on optimism the euro zone’s debt problems may be receding.
Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> fell 0.65% on Friday to 3,184.60 points.
Here are some stocks and factors to watch:
Jan 24-28
MONDAY, JAN 24
Singapore
Consumer Price Index (y-o-y, Dec)
Frasers Centrepoint Trust – AGM
MFS Technology Ltd – AGM
Jan 17: Singapore stocks may open higher; China moves seen limiting
Singapore shares may open higher on Monday following gains on Wall Street overnight,lifted by financial stocks. However, any gains may be subdued due to China’s latest move to tighten monetary policy. Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> fell 0.3% on Friday to 3,245.96 points. Here are some stocks and factors to watch:
Schwarzenegger invites Medvedev to ski with him
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who on Monday stepped down as California governor, used his Twitter account to thank Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for his wishes.
The action movie star invited the Russian leader to ski with him, RIA Novosti reports.
Monday Crumbs: Toni Braxton Reality Show! Mystery As Thousands Of Birds Fall From Arkansas Sky; “American Idol†Gets New Bandleader
-Actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, 93, was rushed to the hospital over the holiday weekend complaining of pain from a severe blood clot that’s prompted doctors to consider amputating the lower half of the dame’s right leg. Though she’s battling the onset of gangrene, MDs are trying their best to save Zsa Zsa’s leg. [...]
Jan 4: Marco Polo Marine, Technics Oil and Gas, Chemoil, Chosen
Singapore shares may rise on Tuesday after Wall Street climbed overnight in its first session of the year, buoyed by strong U.S. manufacturing data. Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> rose 1.43% on Monday to 3,235.77 points. Here are some stocks and factors to watch:
Shares of Singapore-listed ship-chartering firm Marco Polo Marine (MAPM.SI) may be in focus after it said on Monday it plans to issue Taiwan depository receipts (TDR) to broaden its investor base.
CoE’s Marty visits Moscow
Council of Europe (CoE) Special Rapporteur Dick Marty said ON Monday in Moscow on Monday that he does not fear for his life. Asked by reporters whether he feared assault by Kosovo Albanians after he designated outgoing Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci as the leader of a criminal gang involved in organ, weapons and drug trafficking since 1999, Marty answered that he did not.
Cyber Monday Spending Rose in 2010: ComScore
Cyber Monday 2010 saw a noticeable jump in shopping dollars over 2009, according to new data from research firm comScore. – E-commerce spending rose on Cyber Monday 2010, in what analyst firm comScore termed the “heaviest online spending day in history.”
Created in 2005 as a marketing buzzword, “Cyber Monday” denotes the Monday following Thanksgiving, when holiday shoppers supposedly use their return to work and presum…
Cyber Monday Crackdown: Government Shuts Down 82 Websites
Federal courts order the seizure of 82 Web site domains involved in selling counterfeit goods, the DOJ announced. – Attorney General Eric Holder and Director John Morton of the Department of Homeland Securitys Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced seizure orders have been executed against 82 domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and cop…
Comcast Outage Knocks East Coast Offline Pre-Cyber Monday
Comcast customers from Boston to Washington, D.C., lost Internet access late Sunday evening due to an issue with the DNS servers. – Comcast subscribers up and down the East Coast lost Internet access on Nov.
28. While the company said access was restored, there were still a handful of
users reporting issues as of Monday morning.
Comcast’s customer service initially reported an quot;Internet-related
issue quot; on Twitter un…
Brazil’s defense minister on cooperation, Kosovo
Brazil’s Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, who is due to arrive here on Monday, says that his country looks to strengthen ties with Serbia. “Brazil has made efforts to expand its participation at the international scene by engaging as many countries as possible in the discussions and decisions on the matters that concern the entire international community, and the strengthening of ties between Brazil and Serbia in the field of defense fits into that context,” Jobim has stated.
Zagg sportLEATHER iPhone backs, Wrapsol offers Cyber Monday discount, Dev-Team talks jailbreak for 4.2.1
Zagg has unveiled a couple new protective covers for the back of your iPhone 3G/3GS or iPhone 4. The covers are in the Zagg sportLEATHER line and look like a real football or a baseball with correct textures and laces. Wrapsol has announced a special discount code for films that will fit any device for [...]
Nov 22: Ezra, SGX, Keppel Land, Z-Obee
Singapore shares may open higher on Monday after S&P 500 stock index futures rose after the EU and IMF agreed on Sunday to help bail out Ireland with loans to tackle its banking and budget crisis. Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> fell 0.56% on Friday to 3,197.37 points, say Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg.
Ezra Holdings (EZRA.SI), a Singapore offshore support and marine services provider, said on Monday it will buy four multi-purpose platform supply vessels for US$130 million ($168.4 million). It also said it has secured US$51 million worth of new charters of six vessels to various oil companies for operations in Asia and Australia. The average period for the new charters will exceed two years.
Capri Anderson, Charlie Sheen Prostitute, On “Good Morning America†Monday
Capri Anderson, the petite pornstar who was found hiding in the bathroom of actor Charlie Sheen’s Plaza hotel room during the Two and a Half Men star’s early morning tirade last month, will share her story on ABC’s Good Morning America this Monday, Nov. 22. Sheen, 45, was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation in October [...]
Hackers Target Black Friday, Cyber Monday Search Terms
Security researchers warn that attackers are creating malicious sites with high SEO to target users searching online for Black Friday and other holiday shopping deals. – Attackers have set their sights on holiday shoppers searching for leaked
Black Friday ads, creating malicious sites that appear on search engine result
pages, according to a Nov. 18 alert by SonicWall. The security warning comes as
shoppers prepare for the 2010 holiday shopping season.
Security …
Official concerned about north of Kosovo
Oliver Ivanović said on Monday that he is concerned about recent incidents in the north of Kosovo. The state secretary with the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija stressed that Kosovo police KPS should be quick to react and investigate into the motives of the perpetrators and arrest them.



