SEVEN STORIES YOU JUST GOTTA KNOW ABOUT
Welcome back to our weekly digest of the top stories to hit JamBase in the past week, along with a little bonus stimuli.
1. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax To Play Single Concert in SoCal.
2. Animal Collective U.S. Tour
3. Lotus Set To Tour U.S. and Japan
4. Inaugural John Hartford Memorial Festival in June
5. Bob Seger Announces 2011 Tour
6. Robin Trower Announces New Album and Extensive U.S. Tour
7. Willie Nelson Country Throwdown 2011 Tour
Grab your popcorn and set your DVRs, Crunchers: We hear producers of Saturday Night Live are working to get Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to appear in a sketch on this weekend’s broadcast, which will feature musical guest Nicki Minaj and Best Actor Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg. Eisenberg received an Academy Award nomination this week for [...]
SEVEN STORIES YOU JUST GOTTA KNOW ABOUT
Welcome back to our weekly digest of the top stories to hit JamBase in the past week, along with a little bonus stimuli.
1. David Crosby & Graham Nash Tour.
3. The Black Crowes Schedule European Shows Before Hiatus
5. Iron & Wine/The Low Anthem Spring Dates
6. Grateful Dead Europe ’72 Box Set
7. New Orleans Jazz Fest 2011 Lineup
SEVEN STORIES YOU JUST GOTTA KNOW ABOUT
Welcome back to our weekly digest of the top stories to hit JamBase in the past week, along with a little bonus stimuli.
1. Trey Anastasio Acoustic/Electric Winter Tour.
2. Stockholm Syndrome Tour In February
3. Bass massters Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten To Tour Together
5. Coheed and Cambria 10th Anniversary Tour
7. Tibet House Benefit Concert In March
Singapore government’s measures to curb property speculation sent shares of city-state’s biggest developers down the most in 11 months today.
The Straits Times Real Estate Index fell 0.3% at the close, with three stocks falling for every two that gained. CapitaLand, Southeast Asia’s biggest developer, fell 3.4% to $3.71, while City Developments, the second largest, declined 4.6% to $12.16, both retreating by the most since Feb 22.
GUTHRIE GTS and Lee Kim Tah Holdings are two retail mall plays which are trading below their net asset values. At 50 cents, Guthrie is trading below its NAV of 66 cents, at a price-to-book ratio of 0.75 times. Lee Kim Tah’s book value is 62.7 cents, and it is trading at a price-to-book of 0.9 times. The two companies own a 50% stake each in Jurong Point I, and a 25% stake each in Jurong Point II.
In a research note on Jan 7, Kim Eng Research raises the possibility of Guthrie GTS unlocking value of Jurong Point via a REIT. Following the completion of Jurong Point II, Jurong Point I and II together is Singapore’s largest suburban mall with a nett lettable space of about 750,000 sq ft, housing 450 shop units and adjacent to Boon Lay MRT station and a bus interchange.
Wedding bells are ringing for Thor actor Chris Hemsworth. The chiseled Australian-born leading man wed Snakes on a Plane actress Elsa Pataky — a Spanish-born star, 34 — over the holiday weekend, PEOPLE has learned. The newlywed, who has been seeing Elsa for more than a year, was previously romantically-linked to screen stunner Isabel Lucas. [...]
CHINA’S RUNAWAY ECONOMIC growth has fuelled investor confidence in Asian stock markets. But it has done little for the country’s own stocks. This year, China was the only Asian stock market that delivered negative returns. The Shanghai SE Composite Index is down 11.8% this year while the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index is down 3.1%.
Those of us old enough to remember when people wore fanny packs and New Wave pop ruled the Billboard charts look back on the late ’80s comedy Weekend at Bernie’s with a chuckle and smile. But for some film fans (namely rappers….), the 1989 hit — about a pair of insurance salesmen (Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan [...]
SEVEN STORIES YOU JUST GOTTA KNOW ABOUT
Welcome back to our digest of the top stories to hit JamBase in the past week paired with a little bonus stimuli.
1. Leftover Salmon Schedule Mini-Tour in February
2. Summer Camp 2011 Set For Next May
3. Sno.down 2011 Initial Lineup Announced.
4. Hot Buttered Rum & Friends Headed to Africa
5. Initial Lineup and Dates for the Suwanee Springfest Announced
6. Eric Clapton Kicks Off World Tour in February
7. Judas Priest Announces Farewell Tour in 2011
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari may meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this weekend on the sidelines of a summit in Turkmenistan, which both leaders will be attending on December 11. According to sources, Zardari will attend the summit in which the heads of the governments of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and India will also participate to [...]
The TDR listing aims to broaden and diversify the company’s shareholder base and provide it with an additional fund-raising platform for future expansion. Osim had previously mentioned that it would consider acquiring new brands in China to boost its presence in that country. The listing will also “strengthen public awareness of the Osim brand in Taiwan, which has been a key market for Osim products since 1987,” the company said in a statement on Dec 2.
Kingston Gets His Nails Did…. Kingston’s ready for his closeup….and so are his cuticles! Just when you thought Kingston Rossdale — the celebuspawn of former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale and No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani — had already peaked in adorableness, he’s gone and got a rainbow-hued manicure and pedicure. Kingston, 4, accompanied his glamorous mom [...]
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1’, made a grand opening with 330 million dollars in global ticket sales over the weekend. The seventh Potter movie generated an estimated 125.1 million dollars in North America making it into No. 1 there, reports the New York Times. It was the second-biggest domestic opening for the [...]
-Gap is launching its Holiday campaign, which includes a series of charity-centered videos featuring Community actor Danny Glover and an assortment of other stars. The videos answer the question-if you could give anything in the world, what would it be? In the video, Donald speaks passionately about giving back to Community Connections, which offers mental [...]
SEVEN STORIES YOU JUST GOTTA KNOW ABOUT
Welcome back to our digest of the top stories to hit JamBase in the past week paired with a little bonus stimuli.
1. Dark Star Orchestra To Recreate Legendary 12/31/76 Grateful Dead concert on NYE
2. Trombone Shorty & Los Amigos Tour in 2011
3. Neil Young Tribute Concert at Carnegie Hall in February.
4. Robert Plant U.S. Tour in Early 2011
5. Brian Wilson To Tour Canada & U.K. in 2011
6. Jeff Beck Tours In Honor of Les Paul Next Spring
7. From Good Homes To Play Reunion Shows In December
Weekend Comment Jan 28: SIA disappoints
The full-service carrier reported a disappointing set of third quarter results after the market closed on Jan 28, falling short of the average profit estimates of analysts tracked by Bloomberg. For the three months ending Dec 31, SIA posted a 29% y-o-y fall in net income to $288.3 million, after it booked charges of as much as $199 million relating to antitrust cargo fines.
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