Singapore imposes strict IPO rules to lure big firms

Singapore imposes strict IPO rules to lure big firms


Singapore imposes strict IPO rules to lure big firms

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:14 AM PDT

Singapore's stock exchange will impose stricter admission rules for initial public offerings (IPOs) to woo bigger brand name companies to list on its bourse, it said Thursday.

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Massive iceberg breaks off Greenland glacier

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:59 PM PDT

A massive iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken off of a glacier in Greenland, according to NASA satellite imagery, in what could be the latest indication of global warming.

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One killed, scores injured in India's Maruti factory clashes

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:31 PM PDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - One person was killed and scores injured in clashes between workers and managers at a Maruti Suzuki plant, the company said on Thursday, with production suspended and shares in India's biggest carmaker falling more than eight percent.



No sign of Assad after bomb kills kin, battles rage

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:25 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, as battles raged in the centre of Damascus a day after a bomber killed his top security chiefs.



31 dead, over 100 missing in Zanzibar ferry disaster

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:36 PM PDT

At least 31 people have drowned and more than a hundred more are missing feared dead after a ferry sank off Zanzibar, police said Thursday, a day after the accident.

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ASEAN near consensus on sea row: Indonesia

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:28 PM PDT

Southeast Asian nations are "on the cusp" of agreeing a statement of unity on the South China Sea dispute, Indonesia's top diplomat said Thursday after meeting his Cambodian counterpart.

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Mourners bid farewell to 'first Bollywood superstar'

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:06 PM PDT

Mourners gathered in Mumbai under heavy monsoon rain to bid farewell and catch a final glimpse of Bollywood's first superstar, Rajesh Khanna, who was to be cremated on Thursday.

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Reap benefits of integration: ADB

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:42 PM PDT

Greater integration brings benefits but also potentially huge risks. As such, Asian governments must work together to put in place policies and structures to ensure the region minimises those risks and reaps the benefits, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its new Asian Economic Integration Monitor.

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China strengthens Africa ties with $20 billion in loans

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:53 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday offered $20 billion (12.7 billion pounds) in loans to African countries over the next three years, boosting a relationship that has been criticised by the West and given Beijing growing access to the resource-rich continent.



VIDEO: US sees Assad 'losing control'

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:08 PM PDT

The reported killing of three top figures at the heart of Syria's defence establishment shows President Bashar al-Assad is losing control, the White House has said.


About 3,000 people ordered to evacuate again in Japan's Kyushu

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:49 PM PDT

About 3,000 people in a city of southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu were forced to evacuate their homes again on Thursday due to threats of landslide and flood caused by heavy rain, local press reported.

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Zubair and the truth

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:40 PM PDT

Of course, after the focus is shifted, it has at the same time killed an opportunity to discover the truth.

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Indian MPs vote for president, Mukherjee set to win

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:33 PM PDT

Indian national and state lawmakers voted on Thursday for a new president, with former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee seen as a certainty to take up the mainly ceremonial post.

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One killed, over 90 injured in India's Maruti factory unrest

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:28 PM PDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - One person was killed and scores injured in clashes between workers and managers at a Maruti Suzuki plant, the company said on Thursday, with production suspended and shares in India's biggest carmaker down more than eight percent.



China strengthens Africa ties with $20 billion in loans

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:15 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday offered $20 billion (12.7 billion pounds) in loans to African countries over the next three years, boosting a relationship that has been criticised by the West and given Beijing growing access to the resource-rich continent.



VIDEO: Music piracy: Google under fire

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 05:50 PM PDT

The British music trade body, BPI has requested the deletion of more illegal online music files in the six months of this year so far than in the whole of 2011.


VIDEO: America's fascination with the apocalypse

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 07:39 PM PDT

The BBC spoke to the co-author of The Last Myth to find out what a rise in apocalyptic thinking says about the US today.


VIDEO: Iceberg breaks off from glacier

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 06:57 PM PDT

The Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland has calved an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan, scientists say.


One killed, over 90 injured in Maruti factory unrest

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:11 PM PDT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - One person was killed and scores injured in clashes between workers and managers at a Maruti Suzuki plant, the company said on Thursday, with production suspended and shares in India's biggest carmaker down more than eight percent.



China strengthens Africa ties with $20 billion in loans

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:08 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday offered $20 billion (12.76 billion pounds) in loans to African countries over the next three years, boosting a relationship that has been criticised by the West and given Beijing growing access to the resource-rich continent.



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