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Neptune Orient Lines says shipping volumes increased 43% y-o-y to 312,500 FEU (Forty-foot Equivalent Unit) for the six weeks of Period 12 from Nov 14 2009 to Dec 25 2009 while average revenue per FEU declined 25% to US$2,189 over the same period last year. The improvement in volume ...

Total bank lending in Singapore rose 1.01% to $278.2 billion in November from $275.4 billion in October, central bank data showed today. Housing loans to consumers rose almost 2% to $90.86 billion from $89.1 billion in October. {jcomments on}  

Visitor arrivals in Singapore rose 8.4% in November from a year earlier, the highest growth for 2009, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said today. The STB said there were 830,000 visitors in November. Tourists also spent more time in Singapore in November, leading to the first year-on-year ...

The Robert Half Technology annual salary guide is now out. Today, well list out a few of the IT job titles most affected by declining wages by national average. Vorex is combining a Web-based suite of solutions aimed at streamlining the HR operations of budget-conscious businesses. The solution, backed by ...

The following companies may have unusual price changes in trading today, say Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index dropped 1.1% to 2,762.22 last Rhursday. The market was shut for a public holiday last Friday. DBS Group Holdings (DBSM.SI) owns 50% ...

LAST THURSDAY, China’s key Shanghai Composite Index dived 119 points, or 3.6%, triggered by a sell-off in bank and property stocks. The newly listed China Minsheng Bank in Hong Kong fell back on its second day of trading and was down sharply in Shanghai, by 5.7% ...

Pacific Shipping Trust says payment of the distribution in US dollars of 0.8180 US cents per unit will be made on Nov 30 instead of Nov 26 as announced earlier on Oct 22. Pacific Shipping Trust says it was informed by the Central Depository today that the depository can ...

The following companies may have unusual price changes in trading today, say Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index gained 0.5% to 2,792.84. US stocks rose in light trading volume last night, supported by data that pointed to stabilisation in the ...

MONDAY, NOV 30 SingaporeM1 Money Supply (y-o-y, Oct)M2 Money Supply (y-o-y, Oct)Bank Loans & Advances (y-o-y, Oct) Read more...

TUESDAY, DEC 1 ATTEND the Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Beethoven Festival: Pastoral Pleasures. The orchestra performs the composer's popular Symphony No. 6, also known as the Pastorale. There is also Brett Dean's Pastoral Symphony and Nielsen's Flute Concerto featuring flautist Emily Beynon. Date: Dec 1 Time: 7.30pm Venue: Esplanade ...

The following companies may have unusual price changes in trading today, say Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 0.6% to 2,779.98. Asian stocks may extend losses today after US data showed slower than expected growth, but markets could find ...

A malicious worm is attacking iPhone users. And its pretty serious, as the worm can act like a botnet. The iPhone is also making news in South Korea this month, as regulators recently granted Apple a license to operate location-based services in the country. Data security and management solutions company ...

The following companies may have unusual price changes in trading today, say Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index advanced 1.3% to 2,797.88 last night. Asian stocks are likely to rise today after strong US home sales data fuelled optimism about ...

THE STRAITS TIMES Index closed the week on a high,  at 2,761.54 points, following news that the Singapore  economy had pulled out of recession, lifted  by the manufacturing and services sectors, which  grew 26.6% and 11%, respectively, in 3Q2009. Singapore’s  GDP rose 14.2% from July to September, compared  with a ...

The following companies may have unusual price changes in trading today, say Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index was little changed at 2,761.54 last Friday. Asian stocks are seen trading weaker on Monday following a soft session on Wall Street ...

The following companies may have unusual price changes in trading today, say Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Share prices are from the previous close. Singapore’s Straits Times Index gained 0.5% to 2,758.79. US stocks slid last night as another batch of economic data pointed to the fragility of the recovery ...

Phillip Securities Research in a Nov 18 research report says: “Yingli announced that they have successfully raised $154.5 million through a placement of 253.2 million new ordinary shares at 61 cents each to institutional investors. The issue price represents a discount of 15.5% to $0.7217, which is the VWAP (volume ...

Microsoft released a security advisory to help users mitigate a bug affecting Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2. The bug lies within the SMB protocol and affects SMB versions 1 and 2. SMB is the file sharing protocol used by default on Windows-based computers. NetSuite and InsideView recently ...

Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukic-Dejanović said on Monday that a session on drafts on Vojvodina authorities and statute will start on November 24. After meeting with parliamentary group leaders, Đukic-Dejanović said that most of them agreed to have the current session adjourned twice due to important issues on the agenda such ...

NEW YORK and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2009 – Despite one of the worst recessions in history, Americans have increasing faith in technology innovation as an engine of economic growth, but are plagued with doubts about the nation's ability to ...