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Dole Food Company, Inc. NYSE:DOLE Urgraded to Strong Buy

Chutinush Taksinapinunt has upgraded Dole Food Company, Inc. NYSE:DOLE to a strong buy with a price target of $22 in 2012. Dole Food Company, Inc. (Dole) is a producer, marketer and distributor of fresh fruit and fresh vegetables. The Company operates in three business segments: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and packaged foods. The fresh fruit [...]

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ASEAN Market Outlook, PTT, PTTEP, Resorts World Sentosa

ASEAN Markets will begin the rally back to record highs today with the exception of Thailand that is still dogged by internal issues. PTT, PTTEP, Resorts World Sentosa are Shayne Heffernan’s best buys for the day. Overnight on Wall St At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 69.48 points higher, by 0.57 per [...]

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Singapore Stocks, Golden Agri, Indofood, Genting

In Singapore the Straits Times Index (STI) closed up 26.38pts at 3,211.12. The Singapore market will be closed on Thursday and Friday for the Chinese New Year.The total value of shares traded was S$1 billion, up from S$660 million in the morning session on Tuesday. Palm oil stocks rallied as Malaysian palm oil futures rose [...]

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Philippines Stocks, Ayala Land, Meralco, Ayala Corp

In Manila the Philippine Stock Exchange index lost 50.98 points, or 1.31 percent, to end at 3,830.49, the market did not follow the USA lead after an overnight bounce in Wall Street and the 7.3-percent economic growth reported by the government for 2010. The local index is now nearing technical support at 3,800, the index [...]

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Singapore Stocks, Olam, Noble, Wilmar, Golden Agri

Our Hot List today features Singapore listed food companies Olam International, Noble Group, Wilmar International. They also happen to be some of the largest food companies in the world. Singapore listed commodities companies are set to become the rising stars of the exchange in 2011 and will become global players of significant importance. Singapore’s Straits [...]

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Neptune Orient Lines Outperforms

Shayne Heffernan Strong Buy Neptune Orient Lines is growing as Asian trade increases. NOL container shipping volumes for the 7 weeks to Dec 31 rose 26 percent from a year ago, boosted by higher traffic on the internal trade in Asia and Asia-Europe routes. In trading today NOL gained 1.4 percent to S$2.23. Lited in [...]

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ASEAN Trading Oultook, Tiger Airlines, PTT, Genting, Aboitiz, KTB

ASEAN Markets will post gains today. Shayne Heffernan’s Best Buys are Tiger Airlines, PTT, Genting, Aboitiz, KTB Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines are all trading lower of late but that trend will now flatten off and the ASEAN markets will begin a recovery above and beyond the recent highs. The Dow Jones industrial average [...]

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Jakarta Outlook, Bank Rakyat, Multistrada, Tambang Batubara

Yesterday in Jakarta the JCI shed 78.44 points, or 2.3 percent, to close at 3,409.17. About three billion shares worth Rp 5 trillion ($555 million) changed hands, with decliners leading gainers 205 to 31. This should reverse today after better leads overnight from Wall St. Bank Rakyat Indonesia, the nation’s second-biggest lender by assets, dropped [...]

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Deal Makers Cannes 2011

Organised by 1UXEVENTS, all those involved (who range from CEOs to wealth managers) serve high-net worth or ultra high-net worth individuals in fields such as real-estate, lifestyle and private banking. Arno Grisel, Director of 1UXEVENTS and a luxury real estate expert based in the Côte d’Azur explained the purpose of the event: “Having attended numerous [...]

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Aboitiz a Buy as Philippines Falls

In Manila the Philippine Stock Exchange index lost 88.87 points or 2.24 percent to 3,881.47. The financial, industrial, and property companies led the day’s decline, respectively falling by 3.06 percent, 3.02 percent, and 2.25 percent. On such a steep fall bargain hunters will be active and Shayne Heffernan has selected Aboitiz as one to be [...]

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Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

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