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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/ en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:49:36 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:49:36 -0400 30 Delta Air Lines has decided to upgrade the seats on its Boeing 747s to coincide with next summer’s travel. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682446 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:32:42 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682446 http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682445 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:30:42 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682445 Beirut has become the most expensive city in the Middle East this year. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682432 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:21:42 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682432 This week’s BD25 million issues of Government Treasury Bills, issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain, were oversubscribed by 308%. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682454 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:43:40 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682454 President Obama is to call for business investment tax breaks. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682161 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:32:18 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682161 The management team at the Kia automobile headquarters in South Korea has undergone a change following recalls of popular makes of cars. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682163 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:35:56 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682163 George Soros has given a fair chunk of his money to a human rights group. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682162 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:34:07 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682162 French strikers have gone to war with the government over plans to extend the retirement age. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682160 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:29 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682160 UK people believe retirement as it has been known is generally over. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682159 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:28:40 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682159 An increase in Asian travel has seen a greater need for pilots. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/681959 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:21:19 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/681959 There has been a sharp decline in UK car sales. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/681960 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:23:18 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/681960 Toyota Prius has become the top-selling car in Japan for August. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/681947 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:18:58 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/681947 The Australian central bank has left interest rates on hold at 4.5%. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/681946 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:04:37 -0400 Singapore News.Net http://www.singaporenews.net/story/681946 The Australian Cricketers Association has urged players to refuse to sign Cricket Australia contracts next year as a row has erupted over an attempt to take 10 per cent of their earnings from the Indian Premier League. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682249 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:33 -0400 ANI http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682249 Hewlett Packard sued its former boss Mark Hurd Tuesday for breach of confidentiality agreements a day after the highly-regarded executive was hired as president of rival Oracle, The Wall Street Journal reported. http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682147 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:03 -0400 IANS http://www.singaporenews.net/story/682147 BEIJING - Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving t... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468331&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:47:20 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468331&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc LONDON - World stock markets mostly slipped Wednesday amid new concerns about European banks' exposure to risky debt and as the yen's rise to a fresh 15-year high against the dollar weighed on Asian ... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468330&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:47:18 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468330&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By ERIKA KINETZAP BUSINESS WRITER MUMBAI, India -- An Indian court has upheld a tax department demand for Vodafone Group Plc to pay 120 billion rupees ($2.6 billion) in taxes for its 2007 acquisiti... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468333&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:45:14 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468333&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By JOE MCDONALDAP BUSINESS WRITER BEIJING -- Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments ord... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468332&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:45:13 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468332&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc -3.67% ) said Wednesday that its swung to a fiscal third-quarter profit of $137 million, or $1.83 a share, from a loss of $12 million, or 16 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 29% to $3.22 ... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468314&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:35:25 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468314&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock-index futures dropped on Wednesday, pointing to a second session of losses for Wall Street, as investors awaited a report from the Federal Reserve for more eviden... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468315&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:35:21 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468315&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc one of 0.7% in July and reverses most of the falls seen during the previous three months, leaving house prices at a similar level to the end of last year, the Halifax said.The group said activity in t... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468323&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:28:23 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468323&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc London Fashion Week looming and the summer on its way out, our thoughts may be turning to the temptations of the spanking new autumn fashions being paraded on the catwalk and, of course, the need for ... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468324&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:28:19 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468324&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Business secretary says Barclays' appointment of Bob Diamond illustrates dangers of having retail banks with massively profitable investment arms attached to them http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468325&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:28:14 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468325&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary wants to use just one pilot per flight as part of his ongoing drive to save costs at the budget airline.O'Leary said he intends to write to aviation authorities for permis... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468328&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:28:09 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468328&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc cautious about the outlook but real estate shares being boosted by a positive broker note.First to Barratt. The company has reported a loss of £33m for the year, before exceptional items, an improvem... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468327&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:28:03 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468327&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc is leading the fallers, down 10p to 304p on further reaction to the appointment of Bob Diamond as its new chief executive. Business secretary Vince Cable's comments about being worried by "the combina... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468326&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:27:59 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468326&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Britain’s the University of Cambridge has topped the QS World University Rankings, beating U.S. Ivy League universities Harvard, which headed the list in 2009, and Yale in... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468320&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:19:28 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468320&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss franc reached a record against the euro and the yen advanced to a 15-year high versus the dollar and as concern that European banks will struggle amid a slowing recove... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468319&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:19:27 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38468319&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Most European stocks declined as banks retreated amid renewed concern the region’s sovereign-debt crisis may force lenders to raise more capital. 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The trial sh... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465408&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:34 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465408&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Dana Petroleum PLC (DNX.LN), the oil and gas explorer, Wednesday agreed to buy Petro-Canada U.K.'s interests in certain U.K. assets for GBP240 million in cash and said the deal is strongl... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465407&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:33 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465407&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The potential for systemic riskin China's banking system cannot be overlooked, the country'schief banking regulator said in remarks reported on Wednesday. Liu Mingkang, hea... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465406&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:32 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465406&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Pioneer Corp. (6773.TO) said Wednesday it will not make a share dividend payment for the fiscal first half ending Sept. 30. The Japanese company, which last year pulled out of the plasma ... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465410&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:31 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465410&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc * Shares jump 6 pct on hopes for higher bid (Adds comments, background) By Victoria Thieberger MELBOURNE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Foster's Group Ltd,Australia's largest brewer, knocked back a private equit... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465413&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:23 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465413&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Swisscom AG (SCMN.VX) Wednesday said it will offer EUR256 million, or EUR18 per share, to acquire the outstanding shares in its Italian Fastweb business. The Swiss telecommunications comp... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465415&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:20 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465415&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The yen struck a fresh 15-year highagainst the dollar and edged closer to a nine-year peak againstthe euro on Wednesday on a flare-up in worries over euro zo... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465414&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:18 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465414&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TEL AVIV -- Richemont, the Swiss luxury-goods producer, expects to report "significantly" higher profit for the first half ended Aug. 31, but the chief executive said "the rest of the year is less str... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465417&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:09 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465417&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Watchmaker Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA (CFR.VX) Wednesday reported a strong rise in sales and gave an upbeat outlook for the current year. Sales in the five months to Aug. 31 grew 3... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465418&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:06 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465418&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average dropped morethan 2 percent on Wednesday as the yen's advance to a fresh15-year high against the dollar extinguished an upbeat moodgained from last week... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465419&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:28:03 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465419&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NVO ) said Wednesday it will receive 1.1 billion Danish kroner ($187.7 million) after agreeing to sell its 26% stake in biopharmaceutical firm ZymoGenetics Inc. ( http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465421&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:27:56 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465421&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc * Coming Up: API U.S. oil inventories; 2030 GMT (Adds details on refinery explosion, updates prices) By Alejandro Barbajosa SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Oil fell for a third straightsession on Wednes... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465422&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:27:53 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465422&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.LN) have entered into a new agreement under which Lonza will support the ongoing development of GSK's biopharmaceutical pipeline by supplying manufacturing capacity for five early... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465423&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:27:49 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465423&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- French utility Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) said late Tuesday that its board of directors has approved the sale of its U.K. electricity distribution networks to Cheung Kong Infrastru... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465424&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:27:45 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465424&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Swiss private bank Julius Baer Holding AG (BAER.VX) Wednesday said it will propose Heinrich Baumann, former chief executive HSBC Guyerzeller Bank Ltd., for election as a new member of the... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465425&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:27:42 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465425&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TORONTO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's state-owned Sinochem Corp has invited Temasek, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, to join a consortium that may bid for Canada's Potash Corp ( http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465388&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:26:02 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465388&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Kodak the world's foremost imaging innovator Kodak, has launched its social media platform targeting the Middle East consumers through dedicated Facebook and Twitter pages. http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465389&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:53:51 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38465389&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TOKYO - The U.S. dollar sank to a new 15-year low against the yen on Wednesday as investors continued to buy the Japanese currency as a safe haven for their money amid uncertainty about the global ec... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462493&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:21:17 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462493&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Pink slips will be coming back into fashion next year on Wall Street, one banking analyst is forecasting. Meredith Whitney, whose reports trumpeting hard times for US banks were stunningly on target a... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462497&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:14:59 -0400 New York Post http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462497&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc a letter to shareholders attacking a dissident shareholder he terms a 'detractor' and he also rejects claims made by legal counsel of two board members of the Irish pharmaceuticals group. http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462496&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:00:41 -0400 Finfacts Business News http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462496&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Oracle Corp. has hired former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd to help lead the database software maker in a pivotal moment in Oracle's 33-year history as it tries to move in on more of HP's turf. http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462498&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:55:46 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462498&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest securities firm, cut its 2011 sales growth and profit estimates for the country’s companies because of the stronger yen. http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462490&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:30:44 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462490&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc * Shares jump 6 pct on hopes for higher bid (Adds wine earnings, valuations) By Victoria Thieberger MELBOURNE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Foster's Group Ltd,Australia's largest brewer, has rejected a private ... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462499&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:28 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462499&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Telstra Corp. (TLS.AU) is seeking to increase its issuance of Australian dollar denominated debt, issuing in a range of maturities, according to analysts who attended a company briefing T... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462501&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:25 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462501&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Alejandro Barbajosa SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Oil fell for a third straightsession on Wednesday, with the U.S. benchmark depressed bybrimming petroleum stockpiles, as the dollar jumped and Asia... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462503&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:22 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462503&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Australia , a new report said Wednesday. While there is some merit to the theory of forcing banks to increase their liquidity holdings during good times in an effort to reduce risk in the banking syst... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462502&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:20 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462502&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Fixes typo in first paragraph) By Alex Richardson SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell onWednesday, with Japan's big exporters among the heaviest losersas a rise in the yen to a new 15-yea... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462504&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:19 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462504&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (In Sept. 7 story, corrects first paragraph to ... offer four orfive ..., not four of five; also paragraph 6 to ... the assetmanager's first actively managed...) By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO, Sept 7 (Reute... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462505&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:17 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462505&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid said Tuesday the Senate would return for a"mopping-up" session after the November congressional electionsand that he hoped to find support ... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462506&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:15 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462506&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc CHL ) at the bottom of a HK$79.20-HK$80.00 per share price range, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. The selling price represents a 3.4% discount to http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462507&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:15:05 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462507&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc China Mobile Ltd. falling sharply on a report Vodafone Group is selling its 3.2% stake in the Chinese mobile-services giant. The Hang Seng Index fell 1% to 21,186.49, and the Hang Seng http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462509&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:14:58 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462509&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, with Japan's big exporters among the heaviest losers as a rise in the yen to a new 15-year high threatens to erode their overseas earnings. http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462486&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:12:31 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462486&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government sharpened its rhetoric on foreign exchange intervention on Wednesday as a rise in the yen to a 15-year high underlined concerns that the currency's strength could ... http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462487&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:12:29 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.singaporenews.net/?rid=38462487&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc