Shin Corp. Pcl, a Thai holding company majority owned by Temasek Holdings, climbed the most in a month in Bangkok trading after saying a court ruling to seize assets from its founder, Thaksin Shinawatra, doesn’t impact its business, reported Bloomberg. Read more...
Starting later this month, Fleet Foxes leader Robin Pecknold will open a few shows for conquering hero Joanna Newsom. And now, Pecknold's taken to his YouTube page to play a ...
2010 marks the second year that eWEEK has commemorated Black History Month with a focus on contributions African Americans have made to the IT industry. Last year, we took a look at leaders in the world of corporate IT, such as Charles Phillips, president of Oracle Corp., as well as ...
Singapore’s exports increased for a third straight month in January as electronics manufacturers shipped more goods overseas, countering a decline in pharmaceutical sales, reported Bloomberg. Non-oil domestic exports rose 20.8% from a year earlier, after a 26.1% gain in December, the trade promotion agency said in a statement today. ...
Bloomberg says Genting Bhd. rose the most in a month in Kuala Lumpur trading after its Singapore unit obtained a casino licence for its resort in the city-state. Genting gained 1.6% to 6.89 ringgit ($2.84) at 9:02 a.m., set for the steepest gain since Jan 5. {jcomments on}
Scandal-scarred golfer Tiger Woods is leaving the Mississippi clinic where he’s been receiving treatment for sex addiction for the past month, RadarOnline is reporting. Tiger has reportedly completed the Gentle Path program at Pine Grove Center and will soon return home to his wife Elin and their two children in suburban ...
Euro MPs are pushing for an extra 1,500 euros a month in allowances to cover what they argue is an increased workload under the Lisbon Treaty. The extra money would be in addition to the current 17,540 euros a month that MEPs get to pay their personal staff.
Belgrade daily Blic writes that the Serbian parliament would start a debate on a resolution on Srebrenica on February 2. The plans are to get the resolution onto the parliamentary agenda as soon as possible, as well as another, condemning all crimes committed against Serbs in the former Yugoslavia.
It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anything from Jamie Lynn Spears, Nickelodeon star-turned-safe sex poster child. It looks like big sister Britney isn’t the only Spears woman who locks changing up her locks and taking a walk on the wildside as a brunette. Jamie Lynn, 18, rocked a black ...
Parliamentary Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović said that the next parliamentary meeting will most likely be scheduled before the end of January. “I will talk next week with MP group chiefs, to agree on a new meeting, because I haven’t received any cases for calling a meeting,” Đukić-Dejanović said.
Singapore shares ended at an 18-month high today in line with market rallies across the region and following a strong showing on Wall Street by stocks, which were supported by firmer-than-expected manufacturing data. The benchmark Straits Times Index finished 25.73 points, or 0.9%, higher at 2,920.28 points. Gainers outnumbered ...
China Cosco Holdings Co., the world’s largest operator of dry-bulk vessels, rose the most in a month in Hong Kong trading after a measure of commodity-shipping costs climbed for the first time in about four weeks. The shipping line jumped as much as 4.9% to HK$10.28 ($1.85) and was ...
From Dexter To Desperate: Julie Benz is heading for Wisteria Lane. The ex-Dexter star has reportedly been cast in the role of Debbie — a stripper with a Master’s degree in education — on the campy ABC dramedy Desperate Housewives. Julie’s Dexter character, Rita, was murdered on the fifth season finale ...
Singapore’s private home sales slowed for a fourth straight month following a rebound in property prices and the introduction of government measures to prevent excessive price swings. Sales fell to 600 units in November from 815 in October, according to data on the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s website today. That’s ...
Holly Madison has revealed that she is “super excited” about former ”Girls Next Door” co-star Kendra Wilkinson’s first pregnancy. The 29-year-old, who shot to fame as the number one girlfriend of Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner, confessed she was counting days when Wilkinson would give birth to her first son later this ...
Amazon.com announces that November was the best sales month for the Kindle e-reader thus far. The announcement comes as Sony and Barnes Noble are struggling to get their e-readers, the Daily Edition and the Nook, onto shelves for holiday shoppers. - Amazon.com announced Nov. 30 ...
For its Kindle e-reader, Amazon announced that November was the best sales month ever. The announcement came as Sony and Barnes Noble are struggling to get their e-readers, the Daily Edition and the Nook, on shelves for holiday shoppers. - Amazon has announced that November ...
Singapore’s consumer prices fell the most in seven months in October amid lower housing and recreation costs, a sign the economy may not have recovered enough to spur demand. The consumer price index declined 0.8% from a year earlier, after falling 0.4% in September, the Department of Statistics said ...
Wilmer Valderrama’s got his hooks in another Hollywood hunny. The notorious lothario — previously romantically linked to singer/actresses Ashlee Simpson, Mandy Moore, and Lindsay Lohan — is reportedly making beautiful music with punk princess Avril Lavigne. We expected more from you, Avril…. Just a month after filing for divorce from Canadian rocker ...
This is National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo). The idea is that you do a post a day for the month. It’s an extension of a similar thing where you write a whole book in one month. I’m to tired to google that right now. I’m going to do Reverse NaBloPoMo and ...