Apple is stepping up enforcement of its in-app purchasing policy for e-books, bringing it into conflict with Sony and, potentially, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. – Apple is ratcheting up its policy enforcement for e-book apps, stating
flatly that app-makers such as Sony and Amazon must offer in-app purchasing
through Apples online storefront if they want to make e-books purchased on
other devices available on Apples mobile devices.
That has the potential …
Robert Grenier – a 27-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service, and Director of the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center from 2004 to 2006 – writes today: Events in the Middle East have slipped away from us. Having long since opted in favour of…
India Saturday said its new telecom policy to be unveiled soon will tighten the norms for grant of licences and airwaves to service providers in a bid to induce transparency and provide a level-playing field to new and existing players. Announcing this at a hurriedly convened press conference here, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal also said [...]
Marina Bay Sands scrapped a plan to give demerit points to staff who failed to show up for work even if they had a medical certificate, according to an e-mailed statement from the company. The Straits Times reported the policy earlier today, citing a memo dated Jan. 21.
A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Tuesday rose in early trade ahead of the monetary policy review by the Reserve Bank of India which is expected to result in a hike of key interest rates. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 19,227.42 points, was ruling at [...]
Chinese President Hu Jintao has faced his critics in the U.S. Congress for talks on human rights, economic policy and North Korea, VOA reports. House speaker John Boehner said he and his colleagues raised their “strong, ongoing concerns” of reports of human rights violations in China, including the denial of religious freedom, and the use of coercive abortion as a consequence of the “one child” policy.
After reviewing current economic trends, the NBS Executive Board today announced it had raises the reference interest rate from 11.5 to 12 percent. The central bank’s board considered the fact that inflation exceeded the upper end of the target range and that further restrictions of monetary policy are needed in order to contain inflation pressures driven by the rise in regulated prices, inflation expectations, food prices and the price of oil on the world market, a statement said.
Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić has stated that one of the tasks of Serbia’s diplomacy in 2011 will be to present the country’s internal reforms to the EU.
He also pointed out that EU integration would remain Serbia’s main strategic goal.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting criticised the policy of showing replays on the big screen before a decision is made, and admitted that the Hot-Spot heat-camera vision had prompted his anger towards umpires Aleem Dar and Tony Hill on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test. “I guess one flaw we’ve got in the system [...]
Facebook has re-worded its vulnerability disclosure policy to calm fears bug submitters would be subject to legal action. – Facebook has updated its bug disclosure policy in a bid to get more researchers to come forward with security vulnerabilities.
Facebook has long encouraged researchers to let the company know about security issues they uncover and give the social networking giant time to address them before going …
The U.S. Senate has voted overwhelmingly to end America’s ban on openly-gay military service, setting the stage for a major advancement of civil rights.
A handful of Republican senators joined a united Democratic caucus to repeal the law known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Executive Board voted to raise the key policy rate by one percentage point to 11.5 percent. In making this decision, the Executive Board took into account the need to contain inflationary pressures stirred up by the rise in agricultural product prices, regulated price growth and the effects of past depreciation of the Serbian dinar.
Unemployment is rising again.This updated chart from Calculated Risk tells the story:Mish provides the following summary of the new job numbers:Check out these Grim Job Details courtesy of Bloomberg.Payrolls increased 39,000, less than the most pessim…
Several leaked U.S. diplomatic cables that have been published by WikiLeaks to date mention Kosovo in the context of the ethnic Albanian UDI. The cables originate from the U.S. embassy in Paris, and were sent in the first half of 2007, and the first half of 2008.
Overall impact of Beijing’s recent measures against food inflation on Singapore-listed China companies ranges from neutral to positive, although prospect of more controls in near term still poses concerns, says DMG.
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says the Belgrade-PriÅ¡tina dialogue will be carried out “in keeping with the UN mandate”.
“Serbia will negotiate in keeping with its state policy adopted by in parliament,” he told Jagodina’s Palma Plus TV late on Thursday.
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CityDev (C09.SG) +0.6% at $13.12 after pullback from current November high of $13.50 late last week to end flat for last 3 sessions.
Interest however, subdued as volume thin. Being Singapore’s largest residential developer by land bank, CityDev deemed most at risk of any additional government measures to rein in housing prices, with upside for stock hence likely limited in near term.
“CDL was expecting the mid-high end residential market to recover in 2010, but this has not yet played out,” says Morgan Stanley; has Equalweight call with $11.87 target.
Adds, while developer still receiving enquiries for its high-end projects, asking prices not at desired levels, “foreign demand is less than in the previous up-cycle” with demand from US and Europe down, Chinese buyers being “very specific on their requirements”.
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Singapore developers holding up despite prospect of more government measures to cool housing market, as still-healthy new home sales supportive, according to Dow Jones.
“Recent launch of projects such as UOL’s (U14.SG) Spottiswoode Residences and Keppel Land’s (K17.SG) The Lakefront Residences are enjoying good response,” says DBS Vickers; “we expect pricing growth to be modest and reiterate our medium-term view that high-end residential prices will remain resilient.”
