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Hong Kong GDP Improves

Hong Kong’s GDP up 7.2% in Q-1
Hong Kong’s gross domestic product (GDP) went up 7.2% in real terms in Q-1 of Y 2011 from a year earlier, compared with the 6.4% increase in Q-4 of Y 2010, the city’s Census and Statistics Department announced Monday.
According to the department, analyzed by constituent sector and on a [...]

Read More » No commentJune 21, 2011

Shayne Heffernan Says TMB a Strong Buy

TMB is one of Thailand’s major Bank’s and rates a very strong buy in the current market. Financial ratios are improving and ING is attempting to buy a 26% stake in the bank from the Thai Government.
Boontuck Wungcharoen, TMB’s chief executive, said the bank’s capital adequacy ratio now stood at 16%, almost double the central [...]

Read More » No commentFebruary 19, 2011

Club Nove, Best Night Club in Bangkok

Bangkok International Night Club, Club Nove
This Weekend Bangkok, Thailand: Cristal Night at the Watermark begins a new level of sophistication in one of Asia’s greatest cities.
Featuring Djay Buddah, This is a place for those who take dining seriously. Trendy diners can experience the tantalizing tastes which are creatively inspired by renowned Dr.Roberto Ugolini. The [...]

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Club Nove, Bangkok

Club Nove is the place to be beautiful Saturday night in Bangkok.
Ladies! Arrive in PINK and pick one of the PINK cocktails created especially for you with LOVE by Chef Jakub, of course it is on him! After all it is our Vday at Club Nove Thonglor soi 9 this Saturday!
Club Nove is starting the [...]

Read More » No commentFebruary 11, 2011

Valentine’s Day in Bangkok

Celebrate Valentine’s Day in True Italian style at Watermark Bangkok.
Italian lovers are famous throughout history: Paolo and Francesca, the ill-fated pair described in Dante’s La Divina Commedia; Romeo e Giulietta (Romeo and Juliet), the two young lovers from Verona immortalized by Shakespeare.
In classical history, the Roman holiday Lupercalia was a pagan spring celebration. Priests called [...]

Read More » No commentFebruary 9, 2011

Pongphan Sampawakoop, Apex Development PCL

Apex Development Public Company Limited was Suntech Group Public Company Limited which the court authorized on April 30, 2007 to be released from its rehabilitation plan and to return to normal commercial business.
In August of 2007, the company increased its registered capital via a new group of investors led by Mr. Pongphan Sampawakoop, who bought [...]

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Shayne Heffernan Asian Market Preview

ASEAN Markets will begin the rally back to record highs today with the exception of Thailand that is still dogged by internal issues.
PTT, PTTEP, Resorts World Sentosa are Shayne Heffernan’s best buys for the day.
Overnight on Wall St
At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 69.48 points higher, by 0.57 per cent, at 12,161.63. [...]

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Al Gore to Invest in Asia

Al Gore is starting a $500 million fund to invest in Asian stocks through his Generation Investment Management LLP. Generation is looking to invest in countries including China and India to correspond with Asia’s demands for natural resources and its impact on the global economy.
The fund will be separate from Generation’s venture-capital business, which provides [...]

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Indonesian Banks Undervalued

5 Indonesian Banks now rank among the world’s 500 most valuable banking brands, according to consultancy company Brand Finance.
The Indonesian banks on the list are Bank Rakyat Indonesia, which came in 195th, followed by Bank Mandiri (208), Bank Central Asia (225), Bank Negara Indonesia (256) and Bank Danamon (311).
BRI, the second-largest bank in the country [...]

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Asia and the Food Crisis

Shayne Heffernan of HCM is one of Asia’s most respected traders/funds managers. Today Shayne Heffernan shared his opinion on the food crisis looming around the world.
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation said record food prices in December were 25 per cent higher than a year earlier.
The warning follows a key world Food Price Index [...]

Read More » No commentJanuary 28, 2011