Terrorist siege has ended, India says – International Herald TribuneMUMBAI : The full scope of the horror and desperation of the terrorist attack on Mumbai began to come into focus Saturday afternoon after Indian commandos finally took control of the last nest of resistance. The Mumbai police said the death toll had Source: [...]

Aston Martin DBS Touchtronic 2–A Bonding experience – Autoweek.comThe 2009 Aston Martin DBS Touchtronic 2 is both a GT and a sports car. Unlike everyone else who’s ever written about an Aston Martin, we promise to get through this DBS review without mentioning James Bond. Oops. OK, forget it. Suffice it to say that [...]

‘Mad Money Lightning Round’: Pull the Trigger on Diageo – Street.ComHere’s what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the “Mad Money Lightning Round” Friday evening: CF Industries ( CF Quote – Cramer on CF – Stock Picks ) : “No, I’m going to tell you to [...]

Uganda: Ezra Suruma – My Journey Through the Turbulent Times – AllAfrica.comIN 1973 when I returned from a seven-year tour of studies in the US to take up a teaching job at Makerere University, General Idi Amin was the president and political parties were banned. There was no political bus to ride on. The economy [...]

S’pore extends help – Straits TimesActing Mayor Chen Xinyou (right) discussing with Mr Lim and Mr Yeo (left) the plan to rebuild the quake-ravaged Wu Du school in Hanwang town in Mianzhu (in the background). — PHOTO: IE Singapore CHENGDU – THE site in Sichuan province, which was hit Source: www.straitstimes.com
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Singapore Hot Stocks – CityDev, CapitaMall, K-REIT – ForbesDeutsche Bank cut its recommendation on Singapore’s City Developments (CityDev) to ‘hold’ from ‘buy’ and halved its price target to S$7.15 from S$14.90. CapitaMall Trust said on Tuesday that distribution for the third quarter rose 7.3 percent on an Source: www.forbes.com
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DBS Q3 falls on bad debts; to cut 900 jobs – Reuters IndiaSingapore (Reuters) – DBS Group, Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, said it will cut 6 percent of its staff after posting a bigger-than-expected 38 percent drop in quarterly profit as losses from bad debts quadrupled. DBS and its peers in Asia such as [...]

SMRT adds 112 more trips – Straits TimesThis increase in number of trips SMRT has made brings the total number of weekly trips added in eight months to 895. — PHOTO: THE NEWPAPER PUBLIC transport commuters can look forward to more breathing space onboard trains during rush hours from Source: www.straitstimes.com
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