DocCom, a social networking firm for doctors and clinicians, participated in the Future Health Mission, in which 19 UK companies toured San Francisco Bay’s Silicon Valley region seeking investors. – Enterprise social-networking firm DocCom Solutions and 18 other UK health care
companies toured Silicon Valley the week of Jan. 13, as part of the 2011 UK Future Health Mission, to drum
up support for their work in health care and find potential investors to expand
into the United States.
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Australia, South Korea, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh already operate without a lunch interval. Singapore’s trading day now runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. local time, followed by a 90 minute break and an afternoon session between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Singapore Exchange, operator of the city’s derivatives and securities market, will scrap its midday trading break from March as it seeks to increase its regional role.
Australia, South Korea, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh already operate without a lunch interval. Singapore’s trading day now runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by a 90 minute break and an afternoon session between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is continuing her tour of the Persian Gulf in Qatar, VOA reports. There she is scheduled to discuss regional issues with foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC (GIC.UL) is seeking to sell an office building in Seoul, with an estimated value of up to 1.1 trillion won ($1.27 billion), South Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper reported in its Wednesday edition.
It bought the Seoul Finance Center for 355 billion won in 2000, breaking ground for Korea property investment as an institutional investor.
Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan believes in simple joys. So, for his 37th birthday Monday, all that the actor wanted was forgiveness from his sister-in-law Farah Khan Ali, who was upset with him over an issue. “Hello tweeple. I have upset d one person responsible 4 introducing me 2 dis twitterworld my beautiful FarahKhanAli who I [...]
Indonesia’s anti-trust agency (KPPU) is seeking ways to seize assets worth 120 billion rupiah ($17.1 million) from Singapore’s Temasek Holdings (TEM.UL) over an outstanding fine of the same amount, a KPPU commissioner said on Tuesday.
The KPPU ruled in 2007 that Temasek and eight affiliates were in breach of Indonesia’s anti-monopoly laws because of holdings in two Indonesian telecom firms, and ordered Singapore’s state investor to sell the stake in one while fining the affiliates 15 billion rupiah each.
At a Boston fraud-prevention summit, the Obama administration announced a plan to use predictive-modeling software to fight Medicare and Medicaid fraud. – Taking a tip from banks, credit card firms and insurance
companies, CMS (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) will implement
predictive-modeling software to fight fraudulent claims for Medicare and
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance program.
U.S. Department of Health and H…
The refinancing comprises a $3.5 billion seven-year amortising term loan and a revolving credit facility.
A Bosniak national council, which has not been recognized by Serbia’s authorities, said they wold ask for support from Sarajevo.
Sarajevo should help the council make problems faced by Bosniaks (Muslims) in Serbia an international issue, it was announced on Sunday in Novi Pazar.
Jennifer Lopez has launched a legal battle to prevent the release of sex videos taped by ex-husband showing her ”flashing”. The singer has taken Ojai Noa and his agent Ed Meyer to court to stop their reported attempt to sell and market videos made during the couple”s 11-month marriage in 1997. In the videos, she [...]
Ascendas Funds Management (S), the manager of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, says it is actively exploring regional investment opportunities for A-REIT.
Currently, the manager says it is actively exploring investment opportunities in China and has set up a representative office in Shanghai, China to enhance the manager’s visibility in the various business space sub-segments and micro property markets.
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has ignored summons to reach Delhi on Monday morning as directed by his party top brass and left for Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh to “seek the blessings” of Sri Satya Sai Baba. “I didn”t have to go to Delhi, our leaders have gone to speak to the party High Command. [...]
A Swedish prosecutor has requested a court order to detain Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, RFE/RL reports. Assange is wanted for questioning on allegations of rape, sexual molestation, and unlawful coercion.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday sought details from the Haryana Government on how former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore was promoted to the rank of DGP, when a complaint of molestation was pending against him. The court issued the direction while hearing a PIL filed by a local advocate [...]
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has expressed a desire for India and Ethiopia to strengthen their bilateral trade and investment ties. Dr. Singh conveyed this message during a meeting with his Ethiopian counterpart Meles Zenawi on the sidelines of the fifth Group of Twenty (G-20) Summit in South Korean Capital Seoul. Ethiopia, which is [...]
The European Commission wants to strengthen rules governing the collecting and use of personal data online. – The European Union wants to overhaul its privacy laws and tighten
Web users control over their information on social networking and
other sites.
The push for new rules follows continued concerns about online
privacy due spotlighted by recent controversies, such as the
situation with Google St…
