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September 02, 2010 SEOUL, Sept 2 — South Korea’s most prestigious film festival said yesterday it has chosen Taiwanese director Tsai Ming Liang as its Asian Filmmaker of the Year. The Pusan International Film Festival praised Tsai’s (picture) work over the past three decades for pioneering unexplored areas that overcome the limitations of the art film industry. “His 30-……
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At last night’s Country Awards for Achievement dinner, we announced Malaysia’s Public Bank as the winner of our Best Asian Bank award. Like the other country awards, the achievement refers to the period from June 1, 2009 to May 17, 2010. “The Best Asian Bank honours the bank that stood out among the best of Asia’s top banks,” said Lara Wozniak, editor of FinanceAsia. “The selection of the winning ……
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What a great article in the Business Times, finally somebody looking at PN17 companies and putting things on the table. But PN17 companies are not dead, there are always a few of them on the top 10 volume list. So, why are so many investors or punters willing to trade them when they are already PN17?I can think of two. One, they are good stocks to trade when they have volume. They are cheap in abs……
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JCY is in a bear market on its own. What gives? 1) AnnouncementSubject :JCY INTERNATIONAL BERHAD (”JCY” OR “COMPANY”)- Extension of Time to Obtain Completion and Compliance CertificationContents :We refer to the approval letter dated 26 January 2010 (“Approval Letter”) from the Securities Commission (“SC”) for the listing of JCY on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad…….
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price history SMF m100 S&P 500 DJIA Nasdaq Graph Period: [7 Days] [30 Days] [90 Days] [6 Months] [1 Year] [2 Years] [3 Years][4 Years] [5 Years] [Since Inception] recent returns vs. major indexes ……
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The way a company handle acquisition and disposal of assets tells us a lot about management’s savvy and the way they would handle corporate strategy. London Biscuits / Lay Hong / QLI like QL and London Biscuits, but following the deal, I would have to take London Biscuits off the list. I liked their expansion plans, but obviously London Biscuits had no inkling of how to leverage, improve, rebrand,……
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Readers of this blog will be aware of my strong support for Leslie from pop pop music label. His stable of artists have churned out excellent audiophile recordings by JZ8, 2V1G, Roger Wang and Gina Panizales. I have been a fan of The Solianos through the years, but mainly listening to their interpretations of jazz standards and the occasional Malay songs.Don’t get me wrong, I love Gadis Idaman Ku,……
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It is popularly known that emerging markets as a percentage of total listed market cap in the world was a dismal figure. I don’t have the exact number but I believe it was under 30% 10 years ago. That figure has been rising steadily as emerging markets got bigger, and more companies get listed in emerging markets. Just think, as emerging markets companies grow bigger, and thanks to the last coupl……
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There is earnings recovery, and then there is distinctive earnings recovery. There are still a number of issues which troubles the stock but overall its a concerted recovery over the past 18 months. Time for a major rerating. Its not a business I particularly like or fancy, just a trade in rerating.A good indication of firmer footing, the company also declare a 2 sen dividend after paying nothing ……
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I received the following article from Singapore on sell side and buy side analysts. At the end I have added a posting on the same topic.————————————– Fund managers value honest and independent analyst reports that offer a different viewpoint. But they feel that such reports are few and far between. Of course, underscoring that assessment is what they perceive to be a ……
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