Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Hynix enters SSD business

Hynix, a well-known Taiwanese memory maker, has finally decided to enter the SSD business, which is not a surprising decision given that the company makes own memory chips. So here's the first Hynix SSD drive – the SH910 – which comes in a 2.5-inch form factor and a thin chassis – just 7 mm – all based on the company's own MLC NAND flash memory. The Hynix SH910 also features the infamous SandForce SF-2281 controller, SMART, TRIM and NCQ technologies and (!) 128-bit AES encryption – note that due to the problems with 256-bit encryption the SandForce SF-2281 controller is no longer labelled as supporting 256-bit encryption. Hynix SH910 SSD Size-wise the SH910 SSD comes in just two models – with 128 GB and 256 GB capacity that sport 60 000 and 35 000 IOPS (reading/writing), while transfer speeds reach 520 MB/sec and 500 MB/sec respectively. Sadly, Hynix did not disclose any information on pricing and market availability. yen sao hitech review hue tourism vietnam weight loss cute girl dac san hue how to solve rubik how to tie a tie how to be pregnant how to cv what is fashion trends visit vietnam ky nang ban hang kinh doanh quoc te ngu phap tieng anh de thi dai hoc luan van ngan hang luan van thac sy bao cao thuc tap Quan tri kinh doanh Anh van giao tiep Bao cao thuc tap ke toan Bao cao thuc tap khach san Luan van bao chi Luan van van hoc Luan van sinh hoc Luan van hoa hoc Bao cao thuc tap xay dung Bao cao thuc tap co khi Bao cao thuc tap cong nghe thong tin Bao cao thuc tap nhan su Bao cao thuc tap quan tri kinh doanh De an giao duc
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Investors flagrantly abuse insider trading loopholes

Lax management of the local securities market is creating opportunities for investors to violate the law. Investors abuse insider trading loopholes On June 7, the HCM City Stock Exchange fined Sai Gon-Asia Financial Investment JSC, Sacombank shareholder Tran Phat Minh and Sai Gon-Exim Company VND60 million (USD2,874) each for buying Sacombank's shares without making a public announcement. These trades made them become Sacombank's biggest shareholders. With investors and other shareholders still in shock because of lax penalties, they received another blow when hearing the news that Sai Gon-Asia Financial Investment JSC, shareholders Tran Phat Minh had sold their stocks without making a mandatory disclosure again on June 12. Sai Gon-Asia Financial Investment JSC sold about 900,000 shares and individual shareholder Tran Phat Minh sold 876,000 shares. With the changes, Minh and Sai Gon-Asia Financial Investment JSC stocks dropped to below 5%, and were no longer Sacombank major shareholders, meaning they can sell their remaining shares without making a public announcement. Answering the criticisms of being slow, the HCMC Stock Exchange said Sacombank's legal representatives had not responded until May 29. However the management agencies took no action during three months of blatant transactions that raised suspicions among the investors. By the end of March, the HCMC Stock Exchange fined the chairman of Hanoi Investment General Corporation, Dinh Hong Long, VND40 million (US1,916) for allegedly selling his shares in secret. In 2011, Long sold nearly 1.4 million shares, sending the price of company shares down from VND20,000 (USD0.96) to VND1,600 (USD0.08). Many companies' shareholders also violated the same laws such as the major shareholder of Khanh Hoi Import-Export JSC who bought 264,940 shares or the head accountant of Hanoi Maritime Holding Company who sold 100,000 shares. Sacombank also recently bought 1,041,500 shares from the SPM Corporation and became its major shareholder. A shareholder of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Urban Development and Construction Corporation sold 120,000 shares before the company's registered information for online transactions was announced. However the fines for these cases are considered too low. Vuong Dinh Hue, Minister of Finance ordered the city's Stock Exchange to provide a report of the problems. He said punishments would also be delivered to state agencies which were slow in dealing with the issues. Investors who have complained of these types of transactions for many years, welcomed the news. They want their rights to be protected in such cases. Currently, the maximum penalties for manipulating stock prices and for internal transaction is VND300 million (USD14,374), while misleading or concealing information is VND500 million (USD23,957). But in reality, the penalties are only counted in the tens of millions of VND which is too small compared to the profits the violators earn. Many investors have proposed that profiteers using insider information should face prosecution. Vietnam tours
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City’s tourism dept says hotels are struggling

The number of inbound tourist arrivals in HCM City picked up slightly in the early months but hotels are struggling with lower occupancy rates, said a report of the HCMC Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. International tourists take a walk in HCMC. Hotels in the city are struggling with occupancy rates at three- to fi ve-star hotels averaging out at only 67% in the early months In particular, the number of international arrivals is estimated to reach 1.82 million in the first half of 2012, rising 10% year-on-year. However, hotels are facing more challenges, with the average occupancy rate at three- to five-star hotels only reaching 67%, versus 70% in the year-ago period. The tourism department said room rates at the HCMC-based three- to five-star hotels in the year's first half average out at VND1.95 million per night, or US$94, largely unchanged from that in the same period in 2011. Tourist accommodation service providers run into more problems than last year due to surging input costs including higher prices of power, water and specialized materials at hotels, coupled with higher salaries and interest rates. Meanwhile, hotels have to keep their room tariffs unchanged or even quote lower prices to lure customers. The HCMC Tourism Association shared the same view on the troubled hotel sector. In addition, the association expressed a not-so-optimistic view on the travel sector. Specifically, the domestic tourism has yet to achieve any significant growth although the tourism stimulus program has been carried out. "This time last year, everyone was proudly talking about their growths, but this year enterprises are bemoaning decline in the number of customers," said Nguyen Thi Khanh, vice chairwoman of the tourism association. Similarly, Nguyen Viet Hung, general director of Fiditourist, said the travel business of his company plunged drastically in the first two months of the year with a sharp drop in the number of customers. The company cannot comment on the summer tourism season yet. "Thanks to Reunification Day on April 30 and International Labor Day on May 1, our company recorded growth in the first half of 2012, but the outlook for the whole year is not so positive. We are cutting operational costs and developing niche markets to carry on," Hung told the Daily. Vietnam tours
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Retailers ignore price listing rule

The pilot system for street trading requiring the use of listed prices on Ba Trieu Street, in Hanoi, seems not to have been effective, as many retailers have ignored the regulation. Not all clothes have a price tags District authorities have informed all local traders about the programme. Since June 15 any stores caught violating the new rules will be subject to administrative sanctions. Still, on the afternoon of June 16, many stores had failed to comply. Large stores in the commercial centre have been quick to list prices of their products, while a number of smaller stores used price tags but did not honour them. Numerous clothes shops on the street did not even bother putting on false price tags. Shop owners claimed that their items were so cheap that they did not require tags, and that it would be too labour intensive to use them. The owner of a coffee shop where drinks were listed but food was not, said "Food prices fluctuate all the time. We'd have a lot of trouble explaining to customers why prices have gone up if we added prices to the food menu." One furniture store on Ba Trieu Street priced their items in chalk. Others hung signs outside with one price for all products. However, once inside, prices varied, and some were not marked at all, leaving customers to bargain. Stores selling expensive items like motorbikes were also in violation of the regulation. A bike shop owner at 190 Ba Trieu Street said, "We are waiting to see how other shops react to this new regulation. However, listing prices isn't an effective way to protect consumers. Prices among shops selling same products can differ anywhere from tens of thousands of VND to several of hundred thousand. If customers don't shop around they will end up paying high prices." A shop owner who sells roasted peanuts also complained about the rule, saying, "Even though we sell the same thing every day, prices differ between wholesale and retail sales. They also depend on whether the order is for delivery or not." Vietnam tours
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Monday, 18 June 2012

Microsoft unveils \'Surface\' tablet in iPad challenge

Microsoft on Monday unveiled a Surface tablet computer as the technology titan steps in with its own hardware to take on Apple's market-ruling iPads. Microsoft's new tablet Surface is introduced during a press conference in Milky Studios in Hollywood, California. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer described the iPad challenger as a tablet that "works and plays" when he showed it off at a press event in Los Angeles. Surface is also the name of table and poster-sized touch screen computers that Microsoft has pitched to the business market for use in restaurants, shops, bars and other venues. A tablet demo video online at microsoft.com/surface/ promised the tablet was "coming soon.' A version of Surface running on Windows RT software tailored for ARM mobile device chips measured 9.3 millimeters thick and weighed 676 grams. It boasted a 10.6-inch (26.9 centimeter) high-definition screen and will be available with 32 or 64 gigabytes of memory, according to Microsoft. A tablet model powered by Windows 8 Pro software measured 13.5 millimeters thick, weighs 903 grams and will be available with 64 or 128 gigabytes of memory. "It's a whole new community of computing devices from Microsoft," Ballmer said. "It embodies the notion of hardware and software really pushing each other." Vietnam tours
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MoET focuses on developing private kindergartens

The Ministry of Education and Training issued a circular giving incentives to private kindergartens. According to the circular, the Government will rent premises out to private kindergartens. Along with preferential tax rates and credits, these schools will receive financial assistance to construct or renovate facilities from local authorities. The Government will come up with a budget partially based on teachers' salaries and raises. Teachers will also be given the option of buying social, unemployment and medical insurance, like their counterparts at public schools. Teacher obligations will also be standartised. They will be responsible for designing lesson plans, for three to six years old, that are in line with the National Curriculum, universalising education programmes for five year olds and helping to integrate disabled children into the community. These private schools will be required to manage and use human resources in accordance with labour law and make sure that their facilities meet the standards of the Ministry of Education and Training. Other elements of the circular include specific requirements for class sizes, security and facilities. The circular imposes a strict ban on substandard and unlicensed kindergartens. Vietnam tours
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Bookstores provide friendly, free reading environment

Many bookstores in HCM City have become ideal places for students to read books without having to pay for books. At noon Nhan Van Bookshop in Go Vap District appears to be deserted, but, once inside, one can see a surprising amount of young people perusing the isles and flipping through pages. Nhan Van bookstore looks like a library Most are students, moving quietly around the bookcases, looking for their favourite titles. Nguyen Thi Huong, a student from HCM City Industrial University, said, after class she often comes to the bookstore to read. When she has enough time, she arrives when the store opens and does not leave until they close. Huong said the bookstore is only busy after 5pm, when many people come to shop. The rest of the day is quiet, making it ideal for reading. Also, unlike libraries, bookstores do not require any paperwork or fees, she added. "For students, paying hundreds of thousands of VND for books can really add up, and we can't afford to buy them all the time. It's great to be able to read the latest books without having to spend a lot of money. It is very good to read the latest books without having to pay any fees," Huong shared. Tran Dang Khoi, a student from Hermann Gmeiner Primary School in Go Vap District said, during vacation, besides helping parents to do housework, he spends around two hours a day to reading at the bookstore. Nguyen Ngoc Thao, from District 5, said she usually takes her children to Phuong Nam Bookstore to encourage them to read. Initially, they were not interested, but now it has become their hobby. They often ask her to take them. She is unable to afford to buy as many books for the children as she would like, so a great solution is for them to read at the bookstore, she said, adding that it is a great parenting tool. She is able to choose the books her children read and keep them interested in educational subjects, as well as distract them from computer games. Tran Van Tho, manager of Nhan Van Bookstore, said people are welcome to read in the comfortable environment of the store. He said that the staff have been instructed to be friendly with these visitors. "The only caviat we have is that they remain silent and take good care of the books. Any damage must be compensated for," he said. Vietnam tours
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