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UOB-Kay Hian PTE Ltd

UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited (SGX: UOKH) is the largest listed securities company in Singapore.It engages in stock broking, futures broking, investment trading, margin financing, nominee and research services. It also involves in money lending, investment consulting, Internet broking, and research activities, as well as in corporate fund raising services through IPOs, secondary placements, and other corporate finance activities. In addition, the company offers underwriting and placement servi

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tsunami alert in Singapore 2011

The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses and cars. By 0800 GMT there had been no reports of a serious tsunami hitting anywhere beyond Japan. “A tsunami is a series of waves and the first wave may not be the largest,” the centre said. “The threat can continue for many hours as multiple waves arrive.” A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin

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Emanuela de Paula Bikini Photos

Emanuela de Paula had landed two makeup campaigns: M.A.C. Barbie Collection and Prescriptives.She walked in the Victoria#39;s Secret Fashion Show in 2008 and 2010. According to Forbes, de Paula ranked the eleventh highest paid supermodel for 2009, earning $2.5 million. She currently resides in New York City, and has walked runway for São Paulo Fashion Week, home to the largest fashion shows in Brazil. Emanuela de Paula (born April 25, 1989 in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Brazil) is a B

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Share Your Message for the World with mosaic:EARTH and Harmony

Photo credit: TckTckTck HRH The Prince of Wales has released his latest book, Harmony , detailing a new approach to understanding the world—and living in it. In an effort to bring these ideas to the largest audience possible, a film, inspired by the book and sharing the same name, will air on NBC this Friday. In addition, TckTckTck is launching mosaic:EARTH , a cutting edge collaborative media project that uni… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Texas Will Refuse To Implement Federal Permitting Rule On Greehnouse Gas Emissions

Texas coal mine locations. Image credit: Energy Report – Coal; Window On State Governmen t, via TX Railroad Commission. USEPA is proposing that, by this coming January, permit applications for especially energy intensive operations cover greenhouse gases. That would include facility modifications as well as new plants and periodic updates of permits. In response, “the chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, told the EPA in a letter last month that Texas would openly defy the regulations and refuse to ens… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Follow ‘The Great Marlin Race’ Across the Equator

Credit: Kate Spencer, Randy Kochevar via GreatMarlinRace.org The Pacific blue marlin is one of the largest billfish to swim the open ocean. Just how far can they swim, and where exactly are they going? Scientists are tracking the movements of 10 marlin as part of this year’s Great Marlin Race, and showing the results on the Internet. Last year, three marlins swam across the equator, from Hawaii to the Marquesas Islands , a distance of more than 1,8… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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World’s Largest Mining Company: We Must Move Away from Coal

Photo via Cleantechnica While we’ve received a healthy influx of signs that the world’s heavyweights aren’t planning on diversifying their energy portfolios to any radical degree in the near future — China building a submersible to dive 7,000 meters underwater to explore for oil among them — there are still reasons yet to be optimistic. Take this for example: the CEO of the largest mining company in the world, Australia’s BHP, ha… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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WEBN Fireworks 2010 schedule

Riverfest will run from noon until 9 p.m. Sunday. The Cincinnati Bell / WEBN Fireworks, commencing at 9:05 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 5th, is one of the largest and most prestigious public fireworks displays in the United States. This marks the 4th year of Cincinnati Bell’s title sponsorship and the 34th year for the annual end-of-summer Labor Day fireworks display on the Ohio Riverfront in Cincinnati, Ohio and Newport, Kentucky. The Cincinnati Bell WEBN Fireworks kicks off with live entertainment

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Wayne Rooney scandal

Wayne Rooney trained as normal with his England teammates on Sunday morning— hours after the News of the World and Sunday Mirror alleged that the Manchester United player cheated repeatedly on his then-pregnant wife last year with a prostitute. England striker Wayne Rooney will travel to Switzerland as planned for the team’s European Championship qualifier, despite allegations of a s-ex scandal splashed across Sunday’s British tabloids. According to the Sunday Mirror, the affair with 21-year-o

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In New York City, Clothing Recycling Program Could Spur Nationwide Movement

Image via Ecouterre . Come September, one of the largest textile recycling initiatives in the nation will launch in New York City, the Associated Press reports (via Ecouterre ). In 2008, over 190,0… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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