Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks ??? April 17

Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks ??? April 17


Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks ??? April 17

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:13 PM PDT

Investors in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the start of trade today:?? Shares may be mixed today as investors digest news the government's latest warning about real estate prices, as well as announcement about corporate profits and stock sales. Shares in heavy equipment makers Sany Heavy and Zoomlion Heavy Industry ...


Cuban Says Vringo Stake Hedges Patent Risk In Other Investments

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT

This story gets curiouser and curiouser. In response to an inquiry from FORBES, Mark Cuban said his investment in the patent troll??Vringo is a hedge against the patent risk he has in other companies in which he has investments. In short, Cuban ? ??a vocal critic of the current state of the U.S. patent system ...


American Employers are Waiting for You to Close the Wage Gap

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:02 PM PDT

? It?s Equal Pay Day today, the day when the typical woman's earnings catch up to those her male counterpart earned in 2011. To celebrate, check out the resources the National Women?s Law Center has made available on its website here and read yesterday?s post at??the aptly named Equal Pay Negotiations Blog. Then prepare yourself ...


Smirking Norway killer Breivik pleads not guilty

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:21 PM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian far-right gunman who massacred 77 people last summer gave a clenched-fist salute, smirked at the court and pleaded not guilty on the first day of a trial that threatens to turn into a "circus" showcasing his anti-Islamic views.


VIDEO: Breivik to address murder trial

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:49 PM PDT

The man accused of killing 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in Norway last July is due to take to the stand on the second day of his trial in Oslo.


US to investigate secret service scandal

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:45 PM PDT

Pentagon says alleged misconduct by Obama's security personnel and military at hotel in Colombia has "embarrassed" army.


VIDEO: World Bank boss sets priorities

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:42 PM PDT

The World's Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, has said that capitalist "market-based growth is a priority for every single country".


Singapore Exports Unexpectedly Fall

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:48 PM PDT

Singapore's non-oil exports fell in March, mainly due to the absence of high-value deliveries from the island nation's shipyards. Economists say the data weren't alarming.


Mexico raises alert for Popocatepetl volcano

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:52 PM PDT

The Popocatepetl volcano spews a cloud of ash and steam high into the air as seen from PueblaMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano near to Mexico City on Monday after it started spewing red-hot fragments of rock. The lava dome of Popocatepetl, some 50 miles to the southeast of the capital, started to expand on Friday, Mexico's National Center for Disaster Prevention said. This change in activity in the 5,450 meter (17,900 foot) volcano could provoke big explosions capable of sending incandescent fragments out over considerable distances, as well as ash showers, the center said in a statement. ...



Ex-army chief wins East Timor presidency: election official

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:51 PM PDT

Former army chief and guerrilla leader Vasconcelos speaks to reporters in DiliDili (Reuters) - The former army chief and guerrilla fighter Jose Maria de Vasconcelos has won East Timor's presidential elections, an election official said on Tuesday, citing provisional results. Vasconcelos, known as Taur Matan Ruak, won about 61 percent of the 452,000 votes that have been counted so far, Tomas Cabral, an election commission official, was quoted as saying on local television and radio in the capital Dili. "The tally is still being updated but it indicates that Taur Matan Ruak has gotten the majority of votes," said Cabral. ...



Strong quake rattles Chile capital

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 11:05 PM PDT

No immediate reports of injuries or major damage as 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Santiago.


Strong quake shakes Chile, no reports of damage

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:14 PM PDT

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Chile's eastern coastal port of Valparaiso early on Tuesday, shaking buildings as far away as the capital Santiago, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and the country's main copper mines were unaffected. State emergency office ONEMI said a stretch of coastline was being evacuated as a precaution, but there was no tsunami alert. The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey measured at magnitude 6. ...


Pebble Raises $3 Million+ in Four Days, What Kickstarter Means for Entrepreneurs

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:46 PM PDT

In Sunday?s post I introduced the Kickstarter project for the Pebble e-paper smartwatch. I said that it was the most successful project ever on Kickstarter based on the trajectory of its growth ($2.6 million in three days) compared to the previous record, the video game, Double Fine Adventure, which raised $3 million in 60 days. ...


Mexico raises alert for Popocatepetl volcano

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:52 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano near to Mexico City on Monday after it started spewing red-hot fragments of rock.


Ex-army chief wins East Timor presidency: election official

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:56 PM PDT

Dili (Reuters) - The former army chief and guerrilla fighter Jose Maria de Vasconcelos has won East Timor's presidential elections, an election official said on Tuesday, citing provisional results.


Chavez battles re-election hurdle: Venezuela inflation

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:29 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is so determined to contain one of the world's highest inflation rates in an election year that his price control officials are sticking signs outside stores to enforce compliance.


Australia to end Afghan mission in 2013

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 10:56 PM PDT

Prime minister Julia Gillard announces plans for troops' exit a year before 2014 deadline for international withdrawal.


An Acquisition & A Death Signal Ascendancy of Smartphone Over PC

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 09:13 PM PDT

Last Monday, the world learned about two seemingly unrelated events.??Facebook??purchased Instagram and word got out that Jack Tramiel had died. Tramiel was president of Commodore in 1977 when introduced the Commodore PET as one of the first personal computers around the time Radio Shack debuted the TRS-80 and????and Steve Wozniak unveiled the????II. The PET was ...


Getting An Extension Is Not Like Strapping Your Dog To The Top Of The Car

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:53 PM PDT

Probably every day is a holiday somewhere, but??yesterday??was rather special.?? In Massachusetts, it??was Patriot?s Day (?One if by land and two if by sea, and I on the opposite shore will??be.?)?? This used to create a peculiarity in tax season, since it extended the due date for people who mailed their return to the IRS ...


AdVoice: 5 Ways Richard Branson Could Improve Customer Service using CRM

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 08:49 PM PDT

I seem to be on a roll. ??Earlier this month I wrote about how I thought Branson's banking endeavors would benefit from a focus on the kind of personalized customer service that he's brought to Virgin Atlantic. Subsequently, Flavio Martins at themana.gr took up the theme with his blog on 7 customer service rules from ...