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Green Pine Capital: Charity ‘important investment’
Written by Andrew van Buren (in Shenzhen)   
Saturday, 04 July 2009

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Volunteers with Green Pine-sponsored Qiang ethnic troupe in Sichuan Province. Photo credit: www.pinega.org

Green Pine Capital Partners is extremely adept at making money for its clients, and thus rich rewards for itself.
 

But the Shenzhen-based venture capital firm believes that redistributing some of its hard-earned gains to society, especially in times of plenty, is not only ethically and ethnically responsible -- but a wise business practice as well. 

Historically underprivileged and disenfranchised ethnic minorities have often been left out of the economic miracle that has brought millions of peasants out of poverty, and any effort to better their lot is in the interests of overall sustainable development for all 1.3 bln Chinese citizens. Click here to read more.
 
Yikes! My encounter with an over-aggressive salesman
Written by Leong Chan Teik   
Friday, 03 July 2009

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Famous Tsim Sa Tsui shopping area. Photo by Leong Chan Teik

Hong Kong is a shopper’s paradise, eh? Sure, until you encounter sharp salesmen with unsavoury practices, as I did recently.

All I wanted was a Nikon camera, but the guy had a tactic to try to make me buy a Sony at 3X what I was going to pay for the Nikon.

Read my account here.
 
China Print Power shares grossly undervalued?
Written by Andrew van Buren (in HK)   
Friday, 03 July 2009

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Pascal Pluchard, CEO, Partenarires-Livres

CHINA PRINT POWER, which is listed on the Singapore Exchange, last traded at 12 cents but its Net Asset Value is 22.54 cents.

Its French substantial shareholder, Partenarires-Livres, or Book Partners, believes its reasonable value is 30 cents.

The Paris-based firm took a stake in China Print Power in order to rapidly turn the page to peer outside its traditional comfort zone in Europe and chase faster growth and bigger market potential in China. 

Click here to read more.

 
Overweight REITS, says DBS Vickers
Written by Leong Chan Teik   
Thursday, 02 July 2009

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Cambridge Industrial Trust is projected to have a dividend yield of 13.5% this year by Phillip Securities.

OVERWEIGHT S-Reits, said DBS Vickers Research in its Q3 Strategy report.

S-Reits have underperformed property developers and the broader market in 2Q09.

“We ‘overweight’ the S-Reit sector. Going forward, the sector should experience some stability with most of the recapitalisation and debt refinancing activities completed,” said the research report authored by Janice Chua.

For more click here.

 
Two US funds buy more of GOODPACK
Written by Leong Chan Teik   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

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Goodpack's containers are used to ship natural rubber, synthetic rubber and juices around the globe.
***Goodpack closed up 8 cents (8.7%) today

A New York-based foreign fund, Mason Hill Advisors, has emerged as new substantial shareholder of Goodpack.

Goodpack is a Singapore company that is the No.1 in the world in its business of supplying and leasing containers to ship natural rubber, synthetic rubber, fruit juices and other products.
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Meanwhile, another foreign substantial shareholder, The Capital Group Companies, has raised its stake further.

For more, click here.


 
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