Mel Gibson: Check Adam Lambert: Check Now we can add Russell Brand to the list of celebs who have gone bonkers on the paps in the past few days. Brand was taken into custody by police at Los Angeles International Airport (the scene of many a crime against snappers) after allegedly attacking a pushy paparazzon during an altercation [...]
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Credit Suisse – Corporate moves
September 16th, 2010 |
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Osama Abbasi has been appointed CEO Credit Suisse, Asia Pacific/board member, Credit Suisse Group AG and Credit Suisse AG wef Oct 1
Work experience: Head, equity department, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse; head, global securities, Non-Japan Asia and Australia, Credit Suisse
Singapore hotel rooms most expensive in Asia
September 15th, 2010 |
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Singapore is the most expensive city in the Asia-Pacific region for hotel rooms, according to a survey of hotel prices in major destinations across the world.
A Singapore hotel room cost an average of $230 per night in the second quarter this year, up 22% from the same period last year, according to a survey by online hotel booking operator Hotels.com.
Singapore NOL carried 13% more cargo in 4 weeks to Aug 20
September 13th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines (NEPS.SI) (NOL), the world’s fifth-largest container shipping firm, said on Monday it carried 13% more containers in the four weeks to Aug 20 compared to a year ago.
NOL said in a statement it shipped the equivalent of 216,900 40-foot containers (FEU) on its vessels in the period, up from 192,800 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$3,181 ($4,256), up 45% from a year earlier.
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Pacific Healthcare places 62 million new shares to Affluent Healthcare to raise $6. …
September 8th, 2010 |
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Pacific Healthcare Holdings says it has entered into a share subscription agreement with Affluent Healthcare Holdings, an investment holding company, with interests in several commercial businesses, including the healthcare sector.
Under the deal, Affluent Healthcare will subscribe to 61,951,563 new Pacific Healthcare shares, representing 14.9% of the share capital of the company on an enlarged basis, at at an issue price of $0.11 each.
Pacific Healthcare says the net proceeds of $6.65 million will be used to fund the future expansion of the company. The subscription will also strengthen the equity base of the company and also reduce its gearing.
DMG & Partners Securities acted as the financial advisor in the subscription deal.
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SingTel unlikely to bid for C&W, says Citigroup note
September 7th, 2010 |
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Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI), Southeast Asia’s largest telecoms firm, is unlikely to bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWP.L) as the company wants to focus on the Asia-Pacific region, Citigroup said on Tuesday.
“SingTel had clarified its preference to focus on acquisitions in the Asia Pacific region where it can build scale and drive revenue growth via penetration,” Citi analysts Arthur Pineda and Ravi Sarathy said in a note to clients after a meeting with the Singapore firm.
Merrill Lynch hires new Asia wealth chief from UBS
September 7th, 2010 |
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Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch hired Michael Benz from UBS <UBSN.VX> as its new Asia-Pacific head of wealth management, underscoring aggressive competition for top bankers in the world’s hottest private banking market.
Benz, a Swiss citizen, will succeed Antony Hung who is retiring. He last headed UBS’s investment products and services unit in Asia-Pacific and will join the US bank in the first quarter of 2011.
Artivision Technologies – Corporate moves
September 6th, 2010 |
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Emily Goh Hoon Nee has been appointed non-ED wef Sep 1
Work experience: Director, portfolio management and investor relations, Tembusu Partners Pte Ltd; director, International, Pacific-AL Consultancy Pte Ltd
Bumbershoot Preview
September 1st, 2010 |
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By: Dennis Cook
JamBase Associate Editor
Bumbershoot :: 09.04.10-09.06.10 :: Seattle Center :: Seattle, WA
As much a city-unifying cultural spectacle as a music fest, Bumbershoot plays up all the quirks and characteristics that make Seattle such a hyper-cool town while offering a smorgasbord of stage talent as well as comedy, film and more. Its name comes from a slang term for umbrellas, which seems appropriate given the locale’s notorious rep for wetness. Bumbershoot takes place on a 74-acre site originally built for the 1962 World’s Fair, and has been running annually since 1970, making this installment the 40th anniversary. Big names on the bill this year include Bob Dylan, Hole, Jenny & Johnny, The English Beat and The Decemberists. Here are a few other acts on this year’s lineup that’ll brighten your Labor Day Weekend at the Seattle Center.
1. Plants and Animals :: Saturday :: 12:45-2:00 PM :: Green Vibes Stage
A true original in the rock world, Plants and Animals take the raw ingredients familiar to all and mix them up in a way that renews faith in the genre. Like kindred spirits The Slip and Apollo Sunshine, this band approaches their music with a level of craftsmanship and empathetic instinct that is truly impressive. They are currently on tour behind one of the great sleeper releases of 2010, La La Land, which listeners with good taste are encouraged to explore post-haste.
2. Justin Townes Earle :: Saturday :: 4:55-6:00 PM :: Starbucks Stage
Not so much a chip off the old block, Steve Earle’s son is happy extension of the line begun by Woody Guthrie and his namesake Townes Van Zandt, a true songwriter’s songwriter and boot leather slaying troubadour. Justin is full of tics and scars all his own, too, which makes his work more compelling with each passing year.
3. Horse Feathers :: Sunday :: 1:15-2:15 PM :: Starbucks Stage
Delicate things and ideas who elude easy phrasing soar in this folk-slanted quiet-rock unit, who seem to go from strength to strength with each release and subsequent tour.
4. Billy Bragg :: Saturday :: 8:30-9:45 PM :: Starbucks Stage
For decades has fought the good fight for the right causes AND made a mountain of great music in the process. Rarely has a politics and social justice ever had such a hugely romantic champion. The struggle for connection, be it on a grand scale or one hand cradling another, is at the center of Bragg’s oeuvre. Don’t miss a chance to see one of the few guys doing what Joe Strummer once did. He’s also a masterful storyteller, as this clip shows.
5. Trampled By Turtles :: Monday :: 1:15-2:30 PM :: Starbucks Stage
We’ve pushed TBT before, but we really think that Dave Simonett is one of the emerging young Americana songwriters out there, and the whole damn band picks with a finger-bleeding intensity and nimble skill that bowls one over live. They’re also really smart, nice guys, and that rates in our book. After catching two bracing sets at High Sierra, we’re more convinced than ever that these Turtles are picking up speed fast.
6. The Moondoggies :: Monday :: 5:00-6:15 PM :: Starbucks Stage
With a harmony sense that harks back to Crosby & Nash, a gospel sprinkled songbook, focused playing and an all-in energy that compares well with Delta Spirit and Dr. Dog, Seattle’s The Moondoggies are ripe for much wider discovery. Their debut floored a bunch of us (JamBase review), and their follow-up, Tidelands, arrives October 12. And kids, we’ve heard it already and it’s freakin’ awesome!
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Ustream to Webcast John Mayer Live from Red Rocks
August 31st, 2010 |
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LOG ON WEDNESDAY SEP. 1 AT 8:45 PM MDT; 10:45 PM EDT; 7:45 PM PACIFIC
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John Mayer‘s “Battle Studies
World Tour” arrives in Colorado tomorrow night to perform at the breath-taking Red Rocks venue. Join the sold-
out
crowd by logging on to a live stream of the show.
Fans can log on Wed. Sept 1 at 8:45pm MDT (10:45pm EDT; 7:45pm Pacific)
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Kim Eng halts talks to invest in Malaysia stockbroker
August 30th, 2010 |
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Singapore stockbroking firm Kim Eng (KEHS.SI) said on Monday it has discontinued talks on making a possible investment in Malaysia’s Inter-Pacific Securities. Inter-Pacific is a unit of Berjaya Corp.
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Mogwai: Live Album & Concert Film US Screening Dates
August 24th, 2010 |
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BURNING AND SPECIAL MOVES OUT TODAY; NORTH AMERICAN SCREENING DATES
NOW AVAILABLE
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Mogwai fans, the wait is over! The Scottish band, known for their unparalleled live shows, are releasing today their
long-awaited live album Special Moves and concert film Burning. Shot at their
sold-out three night residency at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg in April 2009, this captivating film and
sonically intense live album are as close as one could ever hope to experiencing a real Mogwai gig. Check out the
video clip of “Mogwai Fear Satan” here.
North American Public Screening Dates
Aug 24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Aug 24 – Vancouver, BC @Pacific Cinematheque
Aug 25 – Seattle, WA @ JBL Theater
Aug 26 – Cambridge, MA @ Brattle Theatre
Aug 26 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
Aug 28 – Long Beach, CA @ Art Theatre of Long Beach
Aug 29 – Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar
Sept 2 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
Sept 4 – San Francisco @ Roxie Theater
Sept 10- Portland, OR @ Bagdad Theater
Sept 12 – Los Angeles @ Echoplex
Sept 14 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake Underground (2 showings)
Sept 23 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Oct 3 – Montreal, QC @ Ukrainian Federtation
Special Moves
1. I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead
2. Friend of the Night
3. Hunted By a Freak
4. Mogwai Fear Satan
5. Cody
6. You Don’t Know Jesus
7. I Know You Are But What Am I
8. ILove You, I’m Going to Blow
Up Your School
9. 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
10. Like Herod
11. Glasgow Megasnake
Extra tracks on vinyl and CD download
12. Yes! I Am a Long Way From Home
13. Scotland’s Shame
14. New Paths to Helicon Part 1
15.
Batcat
16. Thank You Space Expert
17. The Precipice
Burning
1. The Precipice
2. I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead
3. Hunted By a Freak
4. Like Herod
5. New Paths
to Helicon Part1
6. Mogwai Fear Satan
7. Scotland’s Shame
8. Batcat
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Raffles Education reports 8.2% rise in full-year net profit to $55.8m
August 24th, 2010 |
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Raffles Education Corporation, one of the largest private education providers in the Asia Pacific region, today reported an 8.2% increase in net profit to $55.8 million for the financial year ended 30 June 2010 (FY2010).
Revenue for FY2010 decreased 6.9% to $188.1 million from the $202.0 million reported in FY2009 due mainly to lower enrolments resulting from a reduction in the allocation of National Education School students to the Group as a result of the decline in the overall number of students in China taking the gaokao.
Auric Pacific Group rated ‘invest’ by SIAS Research
August 23rd, 2010 |
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SIAS Research in an Aug 20 research report says: “Auric Pacific Group Limited’s (Auric) net attributable profit for the first half ended 30 June 2010 exceeded our expectations, at 64.2% of our FY10 forecast. 1H Profit after tax hit $1.7 million, against a loss of $3.3 million last year.
Citi names Hodes head of Asia-Pacific wealth products
August 19th, 2010 |
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Citigroup has named its Malaysian retail bank head Paul Hodes as Asia Pacific head of wealth management products for its regional consumer bank in a bid to boost sales of investment products to wealthy Asians.
Hodes will also lead sales of traditional managed investment products such as bonds and equities to high-net-worth individuals in the Asia Pacific region.
Citigroup wealth management in Asia Pacific manages US$165 billion ($223 billion) in assets.
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Texting-While-Driving Likely To Blame For Plastic Surgeon Frank Ryan’s Fatal Crash
August 18th, 2010 |
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Need more evidence that texting-while-driving kills? Dr. Frank Ryan — Hollywood plastic surgeon-to-the-stars — was Tweeting a message about his Border Collie when his Jeep careened off the Pacific Coast Highway, killing the doctor on impact, law enforcement officials say.The California Highway Patrol confirms that Ryan, 50, was texting before the crash, but investigators [...]
Hollywood Mourning Death Of Plastic Surgeon Frank Ryan
August 17th, 2010 |
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Hollywood is mourning the death of one of Tinseltown’s most prolific sculptors. Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to a bevy of stars — including Janice Dickson, Gene Simmons, and Lorenzo Lamas and the man responsible for turning Heidi Montag into the woman she is today, died of head injuries he suffered when his Jeep careened [...]
Bacteria and Phytoplankton Affect the Weather
August 17th, 2010 |
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It turns out that critters so small that they can’t be seen with the naked eye might affect the weather, and perhaps even climate.As I pointed out last year, spacefaring bacteria might affect rainfall:In 2002, several scientists claimed that bacteria …
Dr. Frank Ryan — Hollywood Plastic Surgeon To The Stars — Dies In Crash
August 17th, 2010 |
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Frank Ryan — the Hollywood cosmetic surgeon who famously transformed Heidi Montag with 10 cosmetic procedures in one day and even nipped/tucked former supermodel Janice Dickinson — was killed in a car crash this week.Dr. Ryan, who worked in Beverly Hills, died on Monday, Aug. 16 after the Jeep he was driving crashed down a [...]