Mobile Devices and Their Semiconductors:New Report from Jon Peddie Research Looks at 10 Unique Markets for Mobile Devices

TIBURON, Calif.–(Business Wire)–
Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for
graphics and multimedia, announced today its new report on mobile devices.

E-Books, tablets, slates, netbooks, notebooks, phones, and MIDS – the mobile
device market is fragmenting as low-cost, power-efficient processors emerge with
advanced capabilities. Jon Peddie Research has released its latest market study
– a guide to ten markets for mobile devices and covers the application and
multimedia processors designed for those handheld consumer devices. The markets
covered are:

DAB-HD radio Digital Picture Frames
Digital Still Cameras e-books
MIDs & Gadgets Mobile Game Console
Navigation Personal Media Devices
Smartphones Tablets & Smartbooks

The report provides an individual segment historical background of the market
from 2006 and forecasts unit shipments for each individual market from 2009 to
2015.

The companies covered include:

Anyka Broadcom Freescale Intel
Marvell MediaTek Mtekvisio NEC
NetLogic Nvidia Qualcomm Renesas
Samsung Sigma Design ST-Ericsson Telechips
Texas Instruments Wondermedia Zoran

The total available market (TAM) for these multifunctional devices is almost 700
million units in 2010, growing to over 1.3 billion by 2015, representing a CAGR
of 14.3%.

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 CAGAR
Total Device Shipments 597.4 682.9 771.8 881.9 1,014.7 1,164.7 1,335.1 14.3%

The market for eBooks, tablets, smartphones and other mobile consumer products
is exploding and with the recession behind us the consumer is ready to start
spending again.

This report is written for:

* Senior management who are looking for adjacent market opportunities for their
products
* Financial analysts who want to understand the mobile device space better and
look at companies and their chances of success
* Marketing staff at companies that sell mobile products that work with mobile
devices
* Technology professionals who want an introduction to mobile technology and
mobile devices
* Engineers who need to select a processor for a mobile device
* Press and public relations professionals who need to get up to speed on the
mobile devices market, players, and products

This report has been created as a resource to uncover the opportunities for
semiconductor suppliers and their IP partners who traditionally have served the
non-PC and industrial markets such as POS, medical, and test equipment and to
help them extend their technology into what we are calling the “adjacent
consumer markets” with a focus on mobile devices for consumers.

Prices:
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Purchasers of this report may also be interested in the companion report,
“Suppliers of Low Power GPU and IP: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats.”

Discounts for a bundled sale are offered.

Pricing and Availability

The Q4’09 edition of Jon Peddie Research’s Market Watch is available now in both
electronic and hard copy editions, and can be purchased for $995. Included with
this report is an Excel workbook with the data used to create the charts, the
charts themselves, and supplemental information. The annual subscription price
for JPR’s Market Watch is $3,500 and includes four quarterly issues. Full
subscribers to JPR services receive Tech Watch (the company’s bi-weekly report)
and a copy of Market Watch as part of their subscription. For information about
purchasing Market Watch, please call 415/435-9368 or visit the Jon Peddie
Research website at www.jonpeddie.com.

About Jon Peddie Research

Dr. Jon Peddie has been active in the graphics and multimedia fields for more
than 30 years. Jon Peddie Research is a technically oriented multimedia and
graphics research and consulting firm. Based in Tiburon, California, JPR
provides consulting, research, and other specialized services to technology
companies in a variety of fields including graphics development, multimedia for
professional applications and consumer electronics, high-end computing, and
Internet-access product development. Jon Peddie’s Market Watch is a quarterly
report focused on the market activity of PC graphics controllers for notebook
and desktop computing.

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Indian shares extend gains to 1 pct on day

MUMBAI, April 5 (Reuters) – Indian shares extended gains to 1 percent on Monday afternoon, with ICICI Bank (ICBK.BO) and Reliance Industries (RELI.BO) leading the rise, helped by firm Asian markets.

Financials

At 2:33 p.m. (0903 GMT), the 30-share BSE index .BSESN was up 1.09 percent at 17,885.67 points, with 24 components advancing.

The 50-share NSE index was up 1.2 percent at 5,351.50 points. (Reporting by Ami Shah; Editing by Aradhana Aravindan)

Wheat arrivals cross 1 lakh tonnes in Haryana

Chandigarh, April 5 (IANS) Nearly 104,000 tonnes of wheat have arrived in grain markets in Haryana in the first four days of the procurement season that began April 1.

A Haryana food and supplies department spokesman said out of the total arrival of wheat stocks, 103,850 tonnes had been procured by five state agencies and the Food Corporation of India.

Private traders had picked up only five tonnes.

In neighbouring Punjab, officials said only a few thousand tonnes had arrived in the market so far, although the procurement began on the same date.

Punjab and Haryana together contribute more than 60 per cent of food grain to the national kitty.

A bumper harvest has been forecast this year despite the warm temperature prevailing over the region in March-April.

Both states had procured over 180 million tonnes of wheat last year.

Sensex breaches 16,000 mark

Mumbai, Sep 7 (ANI): The Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) gained 325 points to reach 16,014 on Monday.

Markets have surged higher in the second half with the NSE Nifty has surging past the 4750 mark to reach a 52 weeks high and the BSE Sensex has also surged past the 16000 levels.

Accept ITC and Mahindra and Mahindra all the other companies gained from today’s transaction.

Among the major gainers were ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, L and T, Bharti and HDFC. (ANI)

Lalgarh scene of violence again by Maoists

Lalgarh, Aug 21 (ANI): A landmine blast and road blockades marked third day of shutdown call by Maoists in West Bengal.

Maoists gave an indefinite shutdown call on Tuesday in West Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia districts of the state, demanding withdrawal of security forces from Lalgarh and protesting alleged police excesses on villagers in tribal dominated areas.

A landmine exploded near a canal at Mohultala forest area of Maoist-infested Lalgarh region while paramilitary forces, patrolling nearby, defused three other landmines planted by suspected Maoists.

The landmine blast however caused no damage.

Traffic was disrupted as the roads were damaged at several places in the Lalgarh area.

“When I came here this morning I was shocked to see the entire road damaged, causing inconvenience to all. I am unaware since it must have happened at night,” said Suman Mahato, a resident.

Markets and schools remained closed and public transport also kept off the road following the shutdown.

People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), which is also demanding the withdrawal of troops from Lalgarh, supported the shutdown call.

Hundreds of Maoists, who seek to expand their influence in India, had declared the town of Lalgarh, about 170 kilometres from state capital Kolkata, as a ‘liberated zone’ before they fled in face of police action.

The Maoists were evicted from the trouble-torn Lalgarh region of West Medinipur district around June 20, only after an almost weeklong joint operation of the state armed police and federal elite security forces.

The villagers due to fear of Maoists have been demanding withdrawal of the security forces.

Officials apprehend such a demand is a ploy to give the Maoists a foothold again. (ANI)

Govt. initiative to establish Power Exchanges benefited country: Shinde

New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Power Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday said that the Government’s initiative to establish Power Exchanges in India has benefitted the country.

The minister said it happened by ensuring payment security, promoting competition among stakeholders, reduction in transaction costs by providing a common platform for trading, empowering demand side response to price signals and bringing about efficiency.

“Power is a high priority sector for the Government and policy initiatives will continue to promote competition, efficiency, restructuring and investment,” said Shinde while delivering the inaugural address at a seminar on “Journey to Competitive Markets” in the national capital.

Shinde said that a number of other initiatives have also been taken for empowerment of the State Load Despatch Centers, thereby, facilitating further growth of the Power Market.

These include setting up of committees by the Ministry of Power to look into various aspects to improve the infrastructure and other facilities in the State Load Despatch Centers and their ring fencing.

Organised by Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), the seminar was meant to mark its first anniversary and attended by several luminaries of power sector.

Shinde, on this occasion, said that during the year the total number of members and clients of IEX has crossed 130 and over 3,600 million units of power worth Rs. 3,000 crore has been traded through the Power Exchange.

The Electricity Act, 2003 has been brought about to facilitate private sector participation and to help cash strapped SEBs to meet electricity demand. It envisages competition in electricity market, protection of consumer’s interests and provision of power for all.

The Act provides for National Electricity Policy, rural electrification, open access in transmission, phased open access in distribution, mandatory SERCs, license free generation and distribution, power trading, mandatory metering, and stringent penalties for theft of electricity.

The minister said considering the present inter-State power trading scenario and the need to promote power trading in a free power market, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) approved the setting up of IEX as the first power exchange in India. (ANI)

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Mint launches in Kolkata

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI/Business Wire India): Mint, HT Media’s business daily in exclusive content partnership with The Wall Street Journal, is now going national.

With the launch of the Kolkata edition on May 25, the daily now has a national footprint that includes Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Pune as well.

With an introductory price of Rs. 3, Mint will target the key business and policy leaders in the metropolis, in line with its reader profile nationally.

In just over two years, Mint now has a readership of 200,000 daily. With a readership of 175,000 in the Delhi and Mumbai editions alone, and a circulation of 25,000 in the other cities, Mint is a strong and growing No. 2 player in the category.

With a one-third share of readers in the cities that matter, Mint is now the choice of advertisers for reaching decision makers across markets.

Mint was created to the address the growing reader demand for Clarity in Business.

“The spectacular readership numbers have validated our belief that there is a market for unbiased, jargon-free reporting and analysis in the business news domain, across formats”, said Rajiv Verma, CEO, HT Media Ltd.

With its accent on clarity in reporting, stand-out design and printing, and the exclusive WSJ section, the daily has been embraced by senior decision makers across industry and government. There is no better proof of this than the fact that 4 out of 5 Mint readers do not read another business paper.

The new edition in provides discerning readers in Kolkata the same Clarity that the rest of the country has so overwhelmingly embraced.

“The clean design and printing quality, premium and contextual content environment, an array of innovative advertising options and events, and the large unduplicated reader profile with the best audience makes Mint the choice of premium advertisers. The addition of Kolkata gives advertisers yet another reason to partner Mint”, added Vivek Khanna, Publisher and Business Head, Mint.

Every weekday, Mint comes with a special section of international news and analysis from the 1,900 global journalists at The Wall Street Journal, the world’s leading business newspaper.

These are the articles that are selected by Mint editors with the Indian reader in mind.

Mint also comes with Markets Watch, a Tuesday to Saturday pullout that offers comprehensive and relevant market data on stocks and funds. Campaign, on Tuesday, offers readers insights into strategy and marketing.

On Saturday, Lounge, the magazine-style weekend edition of Mint, takes reader beyond business. With its emphasis on lifestyle and life aspirations of the well-heeled discerning leader, the magazine is a window to life that is both comprehensive and stimulating. (ANI)

Sensex, Nifty hit upper circuit, trading halted

Mumbai, May 18 (ANI): Markets on Monday hailed the return of the ruling United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) to power with the Bombay Stock Exchange’s (BSE) Sensex and National Stock Exchange’s Nifty hitting the upper circuit, following which trading was halted for an hour.

The BSE Sensex opened on 1,305.97 points or 10.73 percent at 13,479.39, while the NSE’s Nifty was locked at 4203.30, higher by 14.48 per cent or 531.65 points.

All major sector-indices were in the positive zone.

It is for the first time that the Sensex has hit the upper circuit of 10 percent. (ANI)

Satyam-linked Maytas in talks to restructure debt

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Cash-strapped builder Maytas Infra Ltd is negotiating with its 17 lenders, including State Bank of India (SBI), according to official sources.

“We have appointed certain committees. We will have a project management committee. We have also constituted an audit committee, banking and financing committee and the legal committee and in these committees, the project management committee… We have also included others like ILFS, ICICI bank, SBI. Our main task is to evaluate the project and restore the confidence with the customers and vendors,” said K Ramalingam, Chairman, Maytas Infra Ltd, at a news conference in New Delhi.

The company will hire SBI Capital Markets to implement the restructuring.

The board was expected to pursue five billion rupees in receivables from customers as part of a mandate to revive the company that has seen orders being cancelled and customers worrying over the company’s credibility.

Maytas, which is controlled by the family of Satyam’s former chairman Ramalinga Raju, has orders worth 85 billion rupees.

It was also awarded a 150-billion-rupee metro project in Hyderabad, but Maytas missed a deadline to tie up funds for the project.

The company has been under the government’s scanner since early January when Raju resigned from Satyam after revealing profits at the outsourcer had been falsified for years. In April, Satyam’s government-appointed board sold a 31 percent stake in the outsourcer to Tech Mahindra Ltd after a global bidding to help revive the company.

Shares in Maytas, whose market value has plunged three-quarters to 49 million dollars since early January, rose by its daily limit of five percent to 41.05 rupees in a flat Mumbai market on Tuesday. (ANI)

Satyam-linked Maytas in talks to restructure debt

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Cash-strapped builder Maytas Infra Ltd is negotiating with its 17 lenders, including State Bank of India (SBI), according to official sources.

“We have appointed certain committees. We will have a project management committee. We have also constituted an audit committee, banking and financing committee and the legal committee and in these committees, the project management committee… We have also included others like ILFS, ICICI bank, SBI. Our main task is to evaluate the project and restore the confidence with the customers and vendors,” said K Ramalingam, Chairman, Maytas Infra Ltd, at a news conference in New Delhi.

The company will hire SBI Capital Markets to implement the restructuring.

The board was expected to pursue five billion rupees in receivables from customers as part of a mandate to revive the company that has seen orders being cancelled and customers worrying over the company’s credibility.

Maytas, which is controlled by the family of Satyam’s former chairman Ramalinga Raju, has orders worth 85 billion rupees.

It was also awarded a 150-billion-rupee metro project in Hyderabad, but Maytas missed a deadline to tie up funds for the project.

The company has been under the government’s scanner since early January when Raju resigned from Satyam after revealing profits at the outsourcer had been falsified for years. In April, Satyam’s government-appointed board sold a 31 percent stake in the outsourcer to Tech Mahindra Ltd after a global bidding to help revive the company.

Shares in Maytas, whose market value has plunged three-quarters to 49 million dollars since early January, rose by its daily limit of five percent to 41.05 rupees in a flat Mumbai market on Tuesday. (ANI)

HK shares expected to drop with banks seen hard-hit

HONG KONG, April 21 (Reuters) – Hong Kong shares are expected
to drop on Tuesday amid a global sell-down in banking stocks
after Bank of America (BAC.N) raised concerns about credit
quality deterioration.

The stock plunged more than 24 percent on Monday despite
reporting a rise in profit for the first quarter as its chief
executive warned the bad credit environment was getting worse.

American depository receipts (ADRs) in Hong kong-listed
companies joined the slump on Wall Street overnight with global
lender HSBC (HBC.N) (0005.HK) sliding 7.7 percent, while China
Mobile (CHL.N) (0941.HK), which reported a 5.2 percent increase
in its first quarter net profit on Monday, sank 4.5 percent.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index .HSI closed 1 percent higher
at 15,750.91 on Monday as Chinese stocks led the charge on
expectations of improved corporate earnings in 2009

STOCKS TO WATCH-

* Enric Energy Equipment Holdings (3899.HK), which had
previously made a takeover offer with CIMC Hong Kong for Target
Co China, has reduced its offer for Target Co China to HK$3 per
share from HK$4.49 per share, citing market conditions and
economic environment. For statement please click
here

* China National Resources Development Holdings (0661.HK) on
Tuesday said it had discovered 400,000 tonnes of copper reserves
in its mine in Xinjiang and 500,000 tonnes in the northern and
southern copper belts. For statement please click
here

* Chinese property developer Beijing North Star (0588.HK)
said its first-quarter net profit rose to 171.3 million yuan,
compared with 84.5 million yuan a year earlier. For statement
please click
here

* Xinjiang Xinxin Mining Industry Co (3833.HK) said it had
agreed to acquire a 57 percent equity interest in Zhongxin Mining
for 33.1 million yuan from Xinjiang Investment and Development
(Group) Co . For statement please click
here
———————-MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 2247 GMT ————

INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG
S and P 500 .SPX 832.39 -4.28% -37.210
USD/JPY JPY 98.04 0.08% 0.080
10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT 2.8562 — 0.000
SPOT GOLD XAU 884.05 -0.01% -0.100
US CRUDE CLc1 45.8 -0.17% -0.080
DOW JONES .DJI 7841.73 -3.56% -289.60
ASIA ADRS .BKAS 95.58 -4.00% -3.98
————————————————————-

MARKETS SUMMARY
*Wall St sinks on banks’ woes; IBM drops late [nN20421816]
*Oil drops over 8 pct on economic outlook, dollar [nSYD428032]
*Increased anxiety lifts dollar, euro slumps on ECB [nN20408601]
*Treasuries rally as bank fears clobber Wall Street [nN20563843]

(Reporting by Parvathy Ullatil; Editing by Chris Lewis)

Research and Markets: Name, Website, Stock Code, Main Business, Revenue and Profit in Past 5 of the Global Top 500 Companies Report for Mining and Metal – 2008-2009 Edition

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b0c6d9/global_top_500_rep) has
announced the addition of the “Global Top 500 Report of Mining and Metal,
2008-2009″ report to their offering.

This top 500 report is based over 1,000 mining companies (excluding coal,
petroleum and natural gas) and metal companies (excluding metalworks) are listed
over 50 stock exchanges in the world, by downloading their latest annual reports
and financial reports, and according to the indices such as the turnover, net
profit and total assets.

With the increasingly processing of industrialization and urbanization, China’s
demand for mineral resource remained strong. China has accelerated its move of
oversea acquisitions and enhanced its mineral resource reserves since 2009. For
example, Aluminium Corporation of China Limited plans to invest CNY19.5 billion
over Rio Tinto, the tender offer from China Minmetals Corp over Oz Minerals with
a sum of US $1.7 billion, and the Loan-for-Oil agreements with Brazil and
Russia.

In addition, the large steel corporations like Wisco, Nonfemet, Angang, and
Shougang have also accelerated their move of oversea mineral resource
acquisition. The iron ore producer of NMDC and the zinc producer of BINANI from
India are also planning their oversea acquisitions.

This report firstly gives the full picture of the turnover, net profit and total
assets, of global top 500 mining and metal companies in FY 2007, considering
some companies have not issued their FY 2008 annual reports yet, the 2008 data
will be released in a few months.

Followed by the description of mining industry and investment in different
continents, and recommend 23 countries rich in mineral resources, and deserving
to invest.

Then the profile of global top 500 including the company name, website, stock
code, main business, revenue and profit in past five years.

Finally, the series gives an in-depth analysis of global top 120 including their
financial results, operations and products besides company profile.

Notes:

1 The rank was by turnover in FY2007.

2 All the local currencies are converted into US dollar according to the
exchange rate in Jan, 2008.

Key Topics Covered:
1 Global Top 500 Mining and Metal Companies
2 Australia
3 Asia
4 Europe
5 Africa
6 America
7 Overview of Global Top 500 Mining and Metal Companies
8 Analysis of Global Top 120 Mining and Metal Companies

For more information visit

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b0c6d9/global_top_500_rep

Research and Markets
Laura Wood
Senior Manager
press@researchandmarkets.com
Fax from USA: 646-607-1907
Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716

Copyright Business Wire 2009

Seoul shares seen up helped by U.S. results

SEOUL, April 20 (Reuters) – Seoul shares may rise on Monday
after gains on Wall Street, with banks likely to be helped by
better-than-expected results from Citigroup (C.N), but caution
before a batch of key South Korean earnings could limit rises.

“The rises in U.S. stocks and U.S. results will help
sentiment. But Seoul stocks snapped a five-week gaining streak
last Friday and it seems caution is setting in,” said Kim
Hyoung-ryoul, a market analyst at NH Investment and Securities.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI)
finished down 0.58 percent at 1,329.00 points on Friday,
stumbling after five straight weekly gains.

“Investors will probably want to confirm a set of key
doemstic earnings this week, but since they are not expected to
be as bad as feared, we can hope for the return of weekly gains,”
Kim added.

Memory chip makers including Hynix Semiconductor (000660.KS)
may react to news that Taiwan’s Nanya Technology (2408.TW) would
cut its capital by 66.43 percent as it grapples with losses amid
a supply glut and falling demand. [ID:nTPU001299]

Lotte Group issues including Lotte Chilsung (005300.KS) may
be in the spotlight after a report that the retail-to-beverage
conglomerate would not submit a final offer for Oriental Brewery.
[ID:nHKG328220]
———————-MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 2246 GMT ————

INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG
S and P 500 .SPX 869.6 0.5% 4.300
USD/JPY JPY 99.2 0.04% 0.040
10-YR US TSY YLD US10YT 2.9544 — 0.000
SPOT GOLD XAU 867.4 -0.06% -0.500
US CRUDE CLc1 50.2 -0.26% -0.130
DOW JONES .DJI 8131.33 0.07% 5.90
ASIA ADRS .BKAS 99.56 0.42% 0.42
————————————————————-

MARKETS SUMMARY
*Dow ends best 6 wks since 1938 on economy hopes [nN17358750]
*Oil rises to over $50 on consumer confidence boost [nSIN431763]
*Dollar gains vs most majors, euro slumps on ECB [nN17275408]
*Benchmark Treasuries lose a full point in price [nNYD000473]

STOCKS TO WATCH

KUMHO TIRE (073240.KS)

The tiremaker said late on Friday it would suspend production
for three days amid falling global demand.

LG HAUSYS (108670.KS)

LG Hausys, a manufacturer of industrial materials spun off
from LG Chem (051910.KS), will be re-listed and start trading on
Monday.

(Reporting by Jungyoun Park; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

Research and Markets: Fast Track: Gas Plasma Treatments for Water Repellent Technology

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b2f944/fast_track_gas_pl) has
announced the addition of Textiles Intelligence’s new report “Fast Track: Gas
Plasma Treatments for Water Repellent Technology” to their offering.

Gas plasma technology can be used to change the surface properties of certain
types of materials, including ceramics, fabrics, leather, metals, paper and
polymers.

The technology involves the exposure of the material to a plasma at low
pressure, usually in a purpose built chamber. A plasma is a partially ionised
gas in which a certain proportion of negatively charged electrons are able to
flow freely rather than being bound to an atom or molecule. This makes the
plasma electrically conductive and highly responsive to electromagnetic fields.

Recently, gas plasma technology has been successfully applied to performance
footwear as an alternative to water repellent coatings.

The technology offers a number of benefits compared with traditional chemical
treatments. In particular, the treatment is said to be more thorough as it
covers the surface of every fibre and the voids in between the fibres.

Key Topics Covered:

INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARE GAS PLASMA TREATMENTS?

ION-MASK: A WATER REPELLENT GAS PLASMA TREATMENT

* Environmental factors
* Applications and markets

EUROPLASMA: A MANUFACTURER OF EQUIPMENT FOR GAS PLASMA

TREATMENTS

* Environmental benefits
* Applications

OUTLOOK

Companies Mentioned:

* Europlasma
* Ion-Mask

For more information visit

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b2f944/fast_track_gas_pl

Research and Markets
Laura Wood
Senior Manager
press@researchandmarkets.com
Fax from USA: 646-607-1907
Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716

Copyright Business Wire 2009

Nokia sounds positive about the success of Nokia Life Tools

Sounding sure of the success of its Life Tools, Nokia India is looking to roll out its Life Tools service commercially in the first half of the current year, in India. Nokia India has announced that the company is targeting the first half the year for the commercial launch of Nokia Life Tools services, which will offer agricultural info, educational info and other useful services in the small towns and rural areas across the country.

According to Nokia India, the company is highly positive about the success of the Nokia Life Tools. The company has successfully completed – the pilot program of Nokia Life Tools – the tests of its Life Tools services, which will be very beneficial to subscribers in India.

Nokia India has claimed that the company has got encouraging positive results in the trials of the service in the state of Maharastra, India. The actual subscriber responses that the company has received have shown that Nokia Life Tools services are appealing to the subscribers.

Nokia Life Tools services are designed to provide – useful info to framers including info about various crops, seeds, farming techniques, and crop prices; valuable educational info including ways to learn English, and other subjects, along with exam revision guides; sports and entertainment info including movie info and cricket scores; and General Knowledge and Astrology information.

Commenting on Nokia Life Tools, D. Shivakumar, Vice President and General Manager of Nokia India, said, “The creation of Nokia Life Tools is from the ground up: it is built by a team that immersed itself in the rural conditions and did extensive research to understand how people led their lives, the kinds of services they were currently receiving, and what they wanted to see as changes or improvements.”

Nokia India started the pilot program of Nokia Life Tools in December 2008, in Maharashtra, working with Idea Cellular, a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) service provider. In the pilot program, the services in Agriculture, Learn English, General Knowledge and Astrology were offered through Nokia 2600 classic or the Nokia
1680 classic, which were enabled with the service. The company has got excellent response to the services.

According to Jawahar Kanjilal, the Global Head of Emerging Markets Services of Nokia, the sole reason for brilliant success of the pilot program of the Nokia Life Tools is that the services address the specific needs of the poor and farming community and rural people of India.

Seeing the success of the pilot program of the Nokia Life Tools, Nokia India is gearing up for the commercial launch of the Nokia Life Tools services. According to Nokia India, initially the services will be offered on two Nokia phones, the Nokia 2320 and Nokia 2323, but later the services will be made available on other devices. Nokia 2320 and Nokia 2323 are low-cost phones, scheduled to be shipped in the 2nd quarter of this year.

Research and Markets: Clothing and Footwear in Singapore – Identifying the Leading Companies and Brands in the Industry

DUBLIN, Ireland–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/283b91/clothing_and_footw) has
announced the addition of the “Clothing and Footwear in Singapore” report to
their offering.

The Clothing and Footwear in Singapore report offers a comprehensive guide to
the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest
retail sales data (2001-2006) and analysis by distribution format allowing you
to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies,
leading brands, and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the
market. Forecasts to 2011 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage includes: clothing (accessories, knitwear, men’s outerwear,
socks, stockings and tights, underwear and nightwear, women’s outerwear) and
footwear.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares and brand
shares.

Why buy this report?

* Get a detailed picture of the clothing and footwear industry;
* Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
* Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading
brands;
* Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Clothing and Footwear in SingaporeKey Topics Covered:

* Clothing and Footwear in Singapore
* Euromonitor International
* November 2008
* List of Contents and Tables
* Executive Summary
* Economic Boom Stimulates Consumer Spending
* Women’s Clothing and Footwear the Main Driver of Sector Growth
* The Internet As A New Distribution Channel
* Children’s Wear Is Projected To Grow After A Period of Contraction
* Growth in Clothing and Footwear To Continue at Its Current Pace
* Key Trends and Developments
* Economic Recovery Spurs An Increase in Consumer Confidence and Retail Sales
* Singapore: the Milan of Southeast Asia
* Internet Retailing Taking Off Among Clothing and Footwear Consumers
* Mens Fashion A Growing Segment
* Sportswear: the New “In-wear”
* Market Data

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SNAPSHOT – Financial Crisis – 0630 GMT

NEWS

– UBS (UBSN.VX) will post a Q1 loss and cut 8,700 more
jobs, says chief executive

– China’s annual GDP growth slips to record low in Q1, but
quarter-on quarter increase may point to a recovery

– Infosys issues downbeat forecast in dollar earnings for
2009/10

– Intel beats earnings forecasts, says thinks Q1 computer
sales hit bottom, but no Q2 revenue outlook sent shares down
4.6 percent after-hours

– Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) is preparing to lay off several
hundred workers – source

– South Korea cuts 2009 export and import targets

– Thailand may expand stimulus package and increase
borrowing to boost confidence and deal with economic costs of
turmoil

MARKETS

– Asia stocks pulls back from six-month highs; MSCI index
of shares ex-Japan down 1.1 percent, Nikkei sheds 0.8 percent

– European futures point to a lower opening, weighed by
losses on Wall Street and in Asia

– Yen and the U.S. dollar gain as optimism about recovery
ebbs

– Oil hovers above $49 a barrel

QUOTES

“The realities of a still anemic housing market, extremely
weak and arguably worsening labor market conditions, and higher
credit costs have once again translated into the appalling
reality of consumers cutting back. ” – Lindsey Piegza, economic
analyst at FTN Financial in New York.

“What happens over the next few years, at least, is highly
uncertain. ” – Luci Ellis, the head of the Reserve Bank of
Australia’s Financial Stability Department. “Confidence in the
financial system remains fragile.”

DIARY

(all times GMT)

WEDNESDAY, April 15

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve releases Beige Book survey of
U.S. economic conditions

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Top Fidelity executive joins rival Putnam

* Fidelity’s head of equities division leaves for Putnam

* Walter Donovan is latest Fidelity exec to join rival

By Jason Szep

BOSTON, April 10 (Reuters) – A top Fidelity Investments executive is leaving to join rival Putnam Investments, Fidelity said on Friday, the latest in a wave of talent to leave the world’s biggest mutual fund company for its cross-town rival.

Walter Donovan, president of the equities division in Fidelity’s core money-management arm, has left effective immediately, spokeswoman Anne Crowley said. A replacement would be made soon drawn from internal staff, she added.

The recruitment of Donovan is the latest effort designed to reinvigorate Boston-based Putnam, whose assets have shrunk about 60 percent to about $100 billion since 2003 when the firm was caught in an industrywide trading scandal.

Donovan joined Boston-based Fidelity in 1995 in a shake-up to revive its fixed-income division after its bond mutual funds were stung by rising interest rates and risky investments.

He was named director of corporate bond trading that year, transferring from Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, where he was director of corporate bond trading.

Together with Dwight Churchill, who retired in January as senior vice president and leader of Fidelity’s New Hampshire-based bond group, Donovan helped to turn around Fidelity’s bond group.

He is at least the 10th former Fidelity executive brought over since Putnam hired Fidelity’s former chief operating officer, Robert Reynolds, as chief executive last year.

Reynolds, once seen as a candidate to run Fidelity, also recently hired former star Fidelity fund manager, David Glancy, who left Fidelity in 2003 to set up a hedge fund before joining Putnam in February.

That came two months after it beefed up its finance team with two senior executives who once worked for Fidelity — Clare Richer as senior managing director and chief financial officer and Andra Bolotin as managing director and controller.

In October, he named Robert Ewing to run the $7.2 billion Putnam Fund for Growth and Income, Putnam’s largest portfolio, while Nick Thakore took over the $4 billion Putnam Voyager fund, a once high-flying growth offering. Each helped run Fidelity’s flagship Magellan Fund for a time.

Putnam, Fidelity and other asset managers have cut jobs and made other big changes as investors pull record amounts of money from stock mutual funds during the financial crisis. The industry generates the bulk of its revenue from fees based on a percentage of assets under management.

Putnam, a unit of Canadian insurer Great West Lifeco Inc (GWO.TO), has been squeezed especially hard as its top stock funds underperform the market. (Editing by Jan Paschal)