May 21, 2012 -- Updated December 30, 2010 09:39 HKT
Corn Prices Stall
Chicago Corn ends a 10 session winning run on year end technical selling Chicago Corn futures fell snaping a 10 session winning streak Thursday, hammered by last week’s sluggish US Corn export data as well as fear of index fund selling. Wheat reversed the week’s gains, and Soybean also dipped a bit. The most active [...]
Global Economy 2011
As Equities ease a bit, hopes run high for Y 2011 Global equities were mainly on the defensive Thursday, while the Swiss franc hit record highs against the USD and Euro as light trading characterized he markets. As the year comes to a end, optimism is high that Y 2011 will see further gains for [...]
Research In Motion PlayBook, RIMM, AAPL
RIM says that the PlayBook battery is not weak RIMM, AAPL Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) defended its embryonic PlayBook tablet computer against charges its battery life is shorter than that of rivals already on the market, saying power management will be comparable. Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu earlier this week cited unnamed sources saying the [...]
Malaysia 2011 Economic Outlook
Malaysian economy still faces challenges ahead The Malaysian economy has grown rapidly in Y 2010, and is very likely to attain an annual seven percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth. But the year ahead still poses challenges to the third largest economy in Southeast Asia. While the Malaysian government and some economists believe the Malaysian [...]
Russia removes fuel tariff to Kyrgyzstan
Russia removes fuel tariff to Kyrgyzstan in 2011 Russia will remove fuel tariff to Kyrgyzstan from Jananuy 1 of Y 2011, Kyrgyz government Information Office has said. This measure will help further promote the bilateral relationship between Russia and Kyrgyzstan, the Information Office quoted Kyrgyz new Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev as saying Wednesday. In addition, [...]
Gold and Oil Fall
Gold retreats for the 1st time this week on upbeat US job data, Crude falls on profit taking Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Merc ended a 3 session winning streak and gave up all the previous session’s gains on Thursday, as an upbeat US job report outweighed the dollar’s losses, [...]
The US is losing the #1 IPO position
The United States is losing its appeal as leading global center for stock market flotations, hit by restrictive regulations and competition from other financial centers, a survey of American lawyers showed on Thursday. Just over 70% of a 50-strong sample of transaction attorneys, whose firms advised on 75% of initial public offerings (IPO) listed on [...]
Singapore’s Armarda in talks to buy Chinese firm
Singapore’s Armarda in talks to buy Chinese firm Singapore-listed information technology company Armarda is planning to acquire a Chinese company in the next few weeks, a local newspaper reported Thursday. The target company will help Armarda in the areas of information technology and communications, the company said in an announcement. It did not disclose the [...]
Oil & Gas Assets Rally, AMEX:TIV, NYSE:APC, OTC:NXPN
Tri-Valley Corporation AMEX:TIV, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation NYSE:APC, High Plains Gas Inc OTC:NXPN Tri-Valley Corporation AMEX:TIV 0.835 0.840 +0.290 Tri-Valley Corporation (tick) conducts its operations through five wholly owned subsidiaries, Tri-Valley Oil & Gas Co. (TVOG), Select Resources Corporation, Inc. (Select), Great Valley Production Services, LLC (GVPS), Great Valley Drilling Company, LLC (GVDC) and Tri-Valley Power [...]
Indonesia Agriculture 2011 Hot Sector
Indonesia’s Agricultural sector is set to have strong growth in 2011. Indonesia expects output of key plantation crops, including palm oil and rubber, to increase next year on the back of expanded acreage, improving yields and expected good weather, a senior agriculture official said on Thursday. An unusually long rainy season this year has wreaked [...]
Investor Services
Most (71 per cent) Boomers can’t wait to spend their time as they wish in retirement, but four-in-10 (42 per cent) of those not-yet-retired expect managing cash …
Don’t give up on Gold yet Economist Shayne Heffernan said in a note to traders today, he added that Gold may still reach $2000 in 2013.
Central banks …
iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (EWM), iShares MSCI Indonesia Investable Market Index Fund (EIDO), iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund (EWS), Market Vectors Indonesia Index ETF (IDX), iShares …
The Hot List
Sky Power Solutions Corp (OTC:SPOW), INDOCAN RESOURCES INC (PINK:IDCN), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)
Sky Power Solutions Corp (OTC:SPOW)
Looks way oversold this morning, there has been what appears to …





















