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What Percentage of U.S. Equity Trades Are High Frequency Trades?

Several financial analysts have said that some 70% of American stock trades are high frequency trading:The former head of Nasdaq said that high frequency traders account for 73% of the volume on the stock marketJoseph Saluzzi – partner and co-head of …

NOL +4.1%; $2.10 cap; guidance may turn positive

Neptune Orient Lines (N03.SG) is the top percentage gainer among blue chips, +4.1% at $2.05, as buyers return after stock closed below $2 on Friday for first time in more than a month, according to Dow Jones.

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Singapore to raise employers’ pension contribution by 1%

Bosses in Singapore will have to pay an additional 1 percent of salary to their employees’ pension plan to raise the amount of savings available to people in their old age, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday.

He said employers face a 0.5 percentage point increase in their contribution to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) in September, with the other 0.5 percentage point rise taking effect in March 2011, according to local media reports.

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Small Percentage of Twitterers Consistent Users, Study Finds

Thanks to a Red Carpet Era of celebrity Twitter users, the microblogging site’s usage is up, but a report from Barracuda Networks finds only 21 percent of Twitterers use the services consistently.
– A report from security firm Barracuda Networks compiling data about
Twitter trends and tracking, Web threats and trends and e-mail spam and
viruses found only 21 percent of Twitter users are grouped into what
Barracuda calls “True Twitter Users,” defined as a user that has at
least 10 followers,…


A blue wash

Which American states still support the Republicans?

THE road back to power for the Republican party looks long and steep judging by the latest polling data from Gallup. In the first six months of 2009, only four states solidly supported the Republicans (with an advantage of ten percentage points or more over the Democrats in polls). Just one other state, Alabama, leans Republican (between five and nine percentage points in favour of the party). Contrast that with the nearly 40 states that favour the Democrats. Of course, polls can be a fickle guide. Some states, such as Kentucky, leaned Democrat last year but voted for John McCain. And a month is a long time in politics. Recent polls have shown a dip for both Barack Obama and the Democratic party, as the issue of health care has come to the fore.