Archive for December, 2006
According to latest news from The Edge, Bursa Malaysia Bhd now plans to re-introduce regulated short selling in January after postponing it several times this year, and will later incorporate it as a feature into its new trading platform for equities which is expected to be ready by end-2007. Short selling however would initially be […]
... written on Dec 12 2006It’s the annual repetitive cycle again around this time that energy or oil-related stocks will make its’ charge again towards end of the year. So have you allocated some of your funds into these black-gold stocks yet? If not, why not? Today Reuters reported that most OPEC members are in favor of a cut in […]
... written on Dec 12 2006Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE : PROTON, stock-code : 5304), which is now evaluating a number of parties as strategic partners for its manufacturing operations, may decide to take in the Europe’s largest carmaker, Volkswagen Aktiengessellschaft (FRA : VOW), as its’ new partner. According to a source reported by Asia Pulse, the German carmaker could sign […]
... written on Dec 12 2006Everyone – from the exchange to the brokers and public listed companies (PLCs) – has a role to play to ensure that the stock market continues to perform, said Bursa Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Yusli Mohamed Yusoff today. “The role of the PLCs is to perform well and do investor relations (IR), the role […]
... written on Dec 12 2006The top business news since last Friday were the official announcement of Genting International (SIN : G13) & Star Cruise Ltd (SIN : S21) winning the Singapore second casino on the Sentosa Integrated-Resort (IR) island projects and how everyone should keep an eye on this new casino giant. The news was pickup not only within […]
... written on Dec 11 2006A source was reported told Business Times that RAJA Teh Maimunah has left the Bahrain-based Unicorn Investment Bank (UIB) to join Kuwait Finance House ( KFH ) in January 2007. She has been appointed as the chief corporate officer, overseeing the international business and corporate expansion of KFH, the source added. Raja Teh was previously […]
... written on Dec 10 2006I’d decided to ring the register last Friday, 8-Dec-2006 on the giant online-bookstore, Amazon (Nasdaq : AMZN, quote). Most of the analysts were shying away from this stock given that it hasn’t proven that it can grow profitably. In fact its’ operating margins slipped to 1.7%, from 2.2% last quarter. While the profit margin is […]
... written on Dec 10 2006There’re different types of terms being created and used as a standard to measure the performance or to forecast the potential revenue of a specific business sector. Of course this depends on whether the underlying factors which affecting the business is tangible or not. For example in telecommunication sector, companies normally use the term “ARPU” […]
... written on Dec 08 2006The Genting International-Star Cruises consortium has aced the Sentosa integrated resort project. The result which was announced at a press conference earlier came as no surprise as analysts had picked Genting as a frontrunner right from the start. Genting International (SIN : G13), the international investment arm of Genting Berhad (GENTING, stock-code : 3182) has […]
... written on Dec 08 2006The Singapore Tourism Board said in a statement that the government would announce the successful bid at a media conference which will start at 5.30pm today, 8-Dec-2006. A panel of government ministers will award the 30-year concession to run the integrated resort based on criteria such as the tourism and architectural appeal of each proposal. […]
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