Diversity on the board is critical, said Associate Professor Annie Koh, Dean of Executive and Professional Education at SMU. As the business landscape changes, companies should also ensure fresh injection of ideas, she said.—

Yes pls...

U really so kind... ('',)

warren_buffet      ( Date: 30-Mar-2010 13:43) Posted: Watch out Bonn, I will be throwing soon for you to pick!  Have fun picking !  Bon3260      ( Date: 30-Mar-2010 12:47) Posted: Presently Mkt's behaving like no strength, especially Mid & Small Caps... If u hv no patient 2 wait, once u throw & later'll up. By honestly, I'm waiting impatient pple 2 throw. So dat I can collect @ cheap prices... Women r always hv patients 2 wait. Dat's y till now, my Maid earned more dan me. Even sm of my ladies friends earned alot of profits in tis stocks exchge. But cm 2 driving... Faint!!! ('',)

Presently Mkt's behaving like no strength, especially Mid & Small Caps... If u hv no patient 2 wait, once u throw & later'll up. By honestly, I'm waiting impatient pple 2 throw. So dat I can collect @ cheap prices...

Women r always hv patients 2 wait. Dat's y till now, my Maid earned more dan me. Even sm of my ladies friends earned alot of profits in tis stocks exchge. But cm 2 driving... Faint!!! ('',)

Even if STI can reach 3,000pts, Mid & Small Caps still wun climb... Unless Blue Chips no more meat & in/out transactions over.

B patient, time'll cm...

When u c STI's dropping, means Mid & Small Caps' turn cming liao... ('',)

Trading for the sake of trading is madness...

Always enter and exit for strong reasons only.. 

Too much of in/out transactions... Dat's y STI remained nice nice.

Left pocket in, rite pocket out. Broker, Handling & GST fees siong man. Muz b got discounted rate... ('',)

US consumer spending, income remain sluggish
Posted: 29 March 2010 2313 hrs

WASHINGTON : US consumer spending and income remain sluggish, fresh government data showed Monday amid a fragile economic recovery and unemployment concerns.

Consumer spending rose 0.3 percent in February from 0.4 percent the previous month while personal income was flat in February following an upwardly revised 0.3 percent growth in January, the Commerce Department said.

The latest figure showed the slowest growth in income growth since July and in spending since September.

Consumer spending is a key cog for US growth. The economy has been growing since the second half of last year after plunging into recession in December 2007.

Most experts had expected spending to rise 0.3 percent and income to grow 0.1 percent in February.

Wage income was flat in February, the Commerce Department said as consumers continued to struggle to obtain cash.

The saving rate in February slipped to 3.1 percent, its lowest reading since October 2008, as consumers spend at a faster clip than their incomes.

"The near-term outlook is still problematic," said Scott Hoyt, senior director of consumer economics for Moody's Economy.com.

"Wage income is rising only modestly. With unemployment near 10 percent, labor market power is clearly in employers' hands, so there is little prospect for much more acceleration in wage income," he said.

Consumers are spending "every extra dollar of income they receive and even a little more, as the saving rate dropped to its lowest level in about a year," he added.

"We need some job growth and that could start with Friday's March employment report," said Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors.

The monthly nonfarm payroll employment report later this week is expected to be positive even as unemployment remained a key impediment to economic recovery, analysts said.

Most analysts forecast nonfarm payroll in March to add 200,000 jobs -- compared with 36,000 job losses in February -- partly due to temporary hiring for the Census Bureau to conduct a massive census exercise.

Despite the expected job additions, analysts expect the unemployment rate to remain at 9.7 percent in March.