Shadows lighten over Asia Asia Times | By R M Cutler | Asian bourses were broadly lower this week as economic fundamentals and the financial intermediation of national markets kicked in to trump technical consideration and drive the fluctuations. To speak first in general terms, before discussing individual markets: Asian stocks declin...
Asian stocks close mixed Dawn | HONG KONG, May 7: Asian stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the oil price soared to a fresh all-time high, with the Chinese market tumbling more than four per cent on fears of surging share supply. | The Shanghai bourse fell 4.13 per cent amid reports that shares worth some 40 billion dollars w...
DBS to sell preferred stock to fund growth International Herald Tribune | : DBS, the biggest Southeast Asian bank by assets, could sell as much as 750 million Singapore dollars, or $544 million, in preferred stock, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said Thursday, as it pushes ahead with expanding its business. |...
Shadows lighten over Asia Asia Times | By R M Cutler | Asian bourses were broadly lower this week as economic fundamentals and the financial intermediation of national markets kicked in to trump technical consideration and drive the fluctuations. To speak first in general terms, before ...
Indiabulls trust eyes Singapore IPO The Times Of India | SINGAPORE: Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust, a unit of Indiabulls Real Estates, plans to raise $235 million in an initial public offering in Singapore, a source briefed on the deal said. | The company, which filed a prospectus on Thursday, pl...
Asian stocks close mixed Dawn | HONG KONG, May 7: Asian stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the oil price soared to a fresh all-time high, with the Chinese market tumbling more than four per cent on fears of surging share supply. | The Shanghai bourse fell 4.13 per cent amid r...
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Asian stocks close mixed Dawn | HONG KONG, April 29: Asian stocks closed mixed on Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a key US central bank meeting expected to cut American borrowing costs. | Japan, Asia’s big...
Oil prices drop below US$116 a barrel The Star | SINGAPORE (AP) - Oil prices slipped further Friday after falling more than US$2 a barrel in the previous session as the U.S. dollar strengthened, prompting investors to book prof...
ADB says Asia rice stock still enough to meet demand The Times Of India | SINGAPORE: The Asian Development Bank said on Tuesday that rice stocks in Asia had hit their lowest level in several decades but were still strong enough to meet de...
Oil prices drop below US$116 a barrel The Star | SINGAPORE (AP) - Oil prices slipped further Friday after falling more than US$2 a barrel in the previous session as the U.S. dollar strengthened, prompting investors to book profits. | Oil stalled in its march toward US$120 a barrel on Thursday aft...
Singapore shares close 0.51 per cent lower The Times Of India | SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices closed down 0.51 per cent on Thursday in late profit taking that reversed earlier gains, dealers said. | They said caution over the health of the US economy returned. The blue chip Straits Times Index fell 16.29 po...
Singapore hot stocks-S-shares soar after tax cut in China The Times Of India | SINGAPORE: Shares of Singapore-listed Chinese firms or S-shares surged after a share trading tax cut in China, dealers said. | "The trading tax cut will start a rebound in the Chinese stock markets. Valuations of Chinese companies wil...
Rich stars pocket subsidies, state says The Boston Globe | When Governor Deval Patrick signed legislation a year ago to expand state tax subsidies for the film industry, he predicted it would help lure new movies to Massachusetts and pump millions of dollars into the economy. | But a new government study suggests much of the money will go to high-paid Hollywood actors, raising questions about the value o...
CAP Health Check: Climate change could lead to low local crop yields in as little ... Independent Online If the current climate change trends are allowed to continue unchecked, Malta’s crop yields could be negatively affected in as little as 20 to 30 years, according to reports drawn up in relation to the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. | The statement was made Leonard Mizzi, from DG Agri, during a press conference at the European Commission’s repres...
