DBS launches new online stock trading portal

June 2nd, 2006

DBS launches new online stock trading portal
Channel NewsAsia – DBS Vickers has launched a new investment portal, targeted at online share traders. It is called DBSVOClarity or"Clarity"for short. It is the first of its kind in Asia."Clarity"is not just a trading portal, it also provides investors with news

Big Sell-Off Worldwide; Dow Sheds 184 Points
Tuscaloosa News – Worries about inflation and another rise in interest rates prompted a sell-off on Wall Street yesterday, the latest dip in a market that has experienced a high degree of volatility in the last few weeks."The main thing that ails the stock market is

Zimbabwe unveils new money note
BusinessWeek – MAY. 31 8:49 A.M. ET The central bank unveiled a new bank note Wednesday that was double the face value of inflation-wracked Zimbabwe's largest bill at 100,000 Zimbabwe dollars — and worth less than one U.S. dollar (less than a euro). The new bill

Share prices continue to slide on interest-rate fears

June 1st, 2006

Share prices continue to slide on interest-rate fears
ABS-CBN – Philippine share prices closed lower for a third consecutive session, losing 1.03 percent with investors unloading stocks on concerns over possible further increases in US interest rates and volatile commodity prices, dealers said. The composite

Long arm of law nabs share guru
Age – WHEN it comes to successful wheeling and dealing in the sharemarket, trader Larry Richard Williams is a guru. The author of books on the subject such as Trade Stocks and Commodities and Insiders and The Right Stock at the Right Time or Day Trade

NFL draft day 1 stories roundup
Connellsville Daily Courier – Texans pick Mario Williams with No. 1 pick in NFL draft HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans knew Reggie Bush was the popular choice as the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. In the end, they decided Mario Williams was the right one. The Texans signed the

Digital Cinema Show 2006 discusses business and tech aspects
Indian Television – MUMBAI: Digital Cinema Show 2006, organised by Saicom Trade Fairs&Exhibitions got underway in Mumbai today. The three day trade show is packaged with an exhibition, conferences and film screenings. This year's conference topics range from the Cost

Cardinals draft Leinart
AZCentral.com – When it was time to make the 10th pick in the draft Saturday, the Cardinals weren't on the clock, they were on the stopwatch. They couldn't turn in Matt Leinart's name fast enough."It took us about two minutes,"said Rod Graves, vice president of

Canadians Fear Fallout From Mexico Rules
Washington Post – TORONTO, May 15 — Every 4.7 seconds, on average, a cargo truck rumbles across the border from Canada to the United States. More than 6,000 passenger cars cross to the United States every hour. Inspectors on both sides wave through nearly 70 million

Reitsma will be just fine
Atlanta Journal Constitution – That mighty sigh of relief you heard Friday night from the direction of 755 Hank Aaron Drive was created by the choppers and the chanters after John Smoltz, the Hall of Fame starter, also performed his former role of John Smoltz, the Hall of Fame

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ESPN Soccernet – Key additions : D Claudio Suarez, F Ante Razov, M Jesse Marsch, D Carlos Llamosa, M Sacha Kljestan, D Jonathan Bornstein, D Lawson Vaughn, GK Preston Burpo. Bob Bradley's first task as head coach was rebuilding a defense that allowed a league-worst

China: Moratorium On Public Trading Ended

May 31st, 2006

China: Moratorium On Public Trading Ended
India Daily – China has ended a one-year moratorium on share sales, permitting businesses that meet 34 criteria to trade stock publicly, the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission said May 7 on its Web site. Among the new criteria are requirements that Chinese

IBM, VoiceBox Talk Up XM Satellite Deal
TechWeb – IBM Corp. said Tuesday that VoiceBox Technologies will integrate IBM Embedded ViaVoice into its VoiceBox Navigator. It also said Openstream Inc. will embed IBM WebSphere Everyplace Multimodal software into its mobile software platform. It provides

Rising baht'slowing economy'
Nation – Thailand – For every one baht the US dollar loses in value against the Thai currency, the economy will slow by 0.29 percentage points, according to the Fiscal Policy Office of the Finance Ministry. The projection is part of a macro-economic scenario the Fiscal

Spitzer talks energy, airfare
Daily Star – ONEONTA New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer discussed promotion of and setbacks to economic growth with local business people at a luncheon in Oneonta on Tuesday. Major concerns facing New York businesses include the possibility of

How they learned to stop worrying and love Iran
Canada Free Press – You read the words and you think of Slim Pickens, a B-52, Russian airspace, a befuddled Dmitri and the unplanned delivery of a thermonuclear weapon. Today, however, there are more sinister forces at work, with the Democrats throwing all caution to

Mobile Phones Replace Wallets, Keys and Credit Cards
Al Watany – Mobile phones just keep getting more versatile in Japan. With cellular phone in hand, Japanese can purchase from vending machines, buy train tickets, order a bowl of noodles, trade stock, bid at online auctions and change channels on a TV set. Just