Malaysian shares outlook - Lower on political worries, TMI debut - Forbes

Malaysian shares outlook - Lower on political worries, TMI debut - Forbes
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Financial) - Malaysian shares may open weaker on Monday with investors expecting a weak debut for TM International Bhd. and renewed political concerns with the start of parliamentary sessions . It will be the first legislative
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ADRs: Low-hassle access to global equities - Globe and Mail
There's more to life after mutual funds than buying the old standby stocks listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Blue-chip global stocks, the same ones that are in your global equity funds, are easily available to Canadian investors. All the usual
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Russia's aluminium oligarch prefers Hong Kong to London listing - Guardian Unlimited
Russia's richest man, Oleg Deripaska, yesterday gave his strongest indication yet that he intends to float his multi-billion dollar aluminium business in China rather than on the London Stock Exchange. Deripaska - who enjoys a close friendship with
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China Life net profit down 61% in Q1 on stock slumps - English Eastday
China Life Insurance Company Limited, the country's largest life insurer, said yesterday its first-quarter net profit plummeted 60.9 percent year on year on slumps of its stock investment returns. The insurer's net profit in the first three months
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Foreign investors trim stake in 31 pivotal stocks in FY08 - Sify
An analysis of the shareholding pattern filed by the companies with the stock exchange also shows that in relative terms the decline is sharper as two of the 50 stocks (DLF and PowerGrid Corporation) had not even been listed as of March 2007. The
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China Construction Bank Q1 net profit 32.118 bln yuan amid fall in - Forbes
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China Construction Bank Corp (SHA 601939; HK 939), the country's second largest bank by assets, said first quarter net profit was 32.118 bln yuan under Chinese accounting standards, amid a significant decline in non-performing
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Tokyo exchange suspends trading in Matsushita, Sanyo on tie-up/merger - Forbes
TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday halted trading in shares of Japanese consumer electronics maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and struggling rival Sanyo Electric Co. following a report that the two companies may
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Malaysia Hot Stocks-TM Int'l to boost market - dealers - Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Reuters) - Malaysian stocks are likely to advance on Monday, helped by TM International's TMIT.KL debut, but lingering worries about the global economy's health will cap gains, a dealer and an analyst said. The stock exchange
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Investors shun new stocks - Thanhnien
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange’ benchmark VN-Index of 154 listed firms has slumped more than 44 percent this year, closing Friday at 515.88 points. At least three of the IPOs planned in the first quarter failed because too few people registered to
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