Finance

I have been reading my earliest postings, some are worth reposting again. This was back in October 2005, gawd its nearly 7 years already, many people would have had two failed marriages within that period of time. The long standing argument of whether we want foreign institutions...

HDBS Research:Sector valuation is overpessimistic. Even with lower crude oil prices and the EU debt crisis, we believe plantation stock prices have been unjustifiably sold off despite precarious vegetable oil supply outlook. By end Sep12F quarter, the combined ending stock of palm, soybean and rapeseed oils (as a share...

Just how bad is Spain? Greece is Greece,its still relatively small in the whole scheme of things. Once the spotlight starts to shine on Spain, this will drag in Italy as well. Greece and Spain, and you can add in Portugal, and to a lesser extent Italy, have the same economy type,...

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p/s: it should read "upsize" instead of "size up", plus deutsche and jp morgan cannot be termed as lead underwriters together, while we are talking about errors, you probably cannot locate 3 bottles of 98 Chateau Le Pin in Malaysia ...

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I may not agree with the way this issue got itself listed, still from a trading perspective, there is a decent opportunity in the first few days. My assessment from the overall demand patterns, it has a very good chance of hitting RM5.40, a good chance of RM5.60, and if the market...

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When Liu Chia Chiang meets Li Zhong Shen. I was not brought up on Mandarin popular music, if anything, I am more a Canto-pop kind of guy. However, if you examine the musical landscape of Mandarin music, no greater giants can you find other than the two names mentioned, from the 70s...

Buffett has said before that the total market cap vs. GNP is one of his preferred valuation metrics. The current reading of 89% is still above his preferred buying range (70-80%), but well off the highs we've seen in the last 15 years. Buffett has previously explained his thinking...

Malaysia is the third-most-active venue for the IPOs globally this year after Felda's offering, up from 20th place at this time last year. IPOs on the Bursa Malaysia have raised $3.45 billion already, according to data provider Dealogic. A successful offering by IHH will only further...

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Pardon my attempt at basic French, went for a nice and easy Saturday morning hunt for the bread maker that has been given rave reviews by some of my friends. So it is with guarded expectations and muted anticipation that me and my special friend went searching for this little gem....

Found an exquisite poem, probably in Turkish, author unknown.KorkuyorumI am AfraidYagmuru seviyorum diyorsun, yagmur yaginca semsiyeni a�iyorsun... G�nesi seviyorum diyorsun, g�nes a�inca g�lgeye ka�iyorsun... R�zgari seviyorum diyorsun, r�zgar �ikinca pencereni kapatiyorsun... Iste,bunun i�in korkuyorum; Beni de...

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Been particular every time I go to a so called Vietnamese food place because having spent 11 years in Sydney, I have had authentic, very good Vietnamese fare there. I think more than half a million "refugees/immigrants/boat people" came to Australia in the 70s. Most of them choosing...

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There is black and whitebut we know no one can be completely unblemished or the other extremeKnowingly or unknowingly, we take on shades of greySome start from white while some tries to lighten from the dark side Politics and business, you cannot have one without the otherWe all...