Miyabi is going to feature in Indonesian movie

The plan to make a porn star from Japan Miyabi come to Indonesia has become a controversy.

Pros and cons regarding to local film production’s plan to participate a Japanese adult movie actress Miyabi in Indonesia, considered as wasteful attempts since there is no reasonable effort to decline her visit.

eBay to sell 65% of Skype

Recently, eBay agreed to sell 65% stakes in telephone service Skype Online to Andreesen Horowitz, a venture capital firm led by co-founder of Netscape, Mark Andreesen. The sales transaction value is US$ 1.9 billion. The value of this sale, as quoted by toptechnews.com (1 / 9), is much smaller than when eBay bought it in 2005, which amounted to US$ 2.6 billion.

Skype last year generated revenue of US$ 551 million for eBay or an increase of 44% compared to the previous year. This year, the economic conditions are not yet fully stable, predictably Skype keeps growing by 25% until the end of the year with a potential profit of US$ 170 million. This is affected by the addition of registered VoIP products and Skype users around the world.

Top 10 Most Wanted Commodities

Below is the list of top 10 most wanted commodities in the world in 2009 by predictions:

#1. Gasoline
#2. Copper
#3. Crude Oil
#4. Orange Juice
#5. Silver
#6. Sand Sugar
#7. Coffee
#8. Soybean
#9. Heating Oil
#10. Nickel

Britney Spears Ordered A Man From Male Model Catalog

What a nonsense is Britney Spears in the search for a date. She simply takes a catalog containing photos male model and chooses the most appropriate in her heart.

The controversial singer has often felt lonely since the end of her relationship with her boyfriend that os also her agent Jason Trawick. Their relationship could only survive two months.

Unable to be living alone, the widow of two children chooe a man to date with through the male model catalog. The choice falls to the Ford model, Bekim Trenova as it was launched by the New York Daily News, Tuesday (15/9/2009).

Obama: Don't Be A Cowboy

President Barack Obama reminded the leaders of financial institutions and market players not to be a cowboy on Wall Street, during recovery time. It is feared that, with an attitude like that it would cause new problems.

The statement was made by President Barack Obama in the first anniversary of the fall of Lehman Brothers investment bank in the context of tightening regulation of the financial system, as quoted by the Associated Press (AP), Wednesday (15/9/2009).

As it is known, after saying that the economy entered a period of recovery, the stock index on Wall Street was mentioned to be an excellent venture for doubled profit after a loss.

After Obama spoke, the Dow Jones index close higher 0.22 percent, or 21.39 points to 9626.8 position. The Nasdaq index rose 0.52 percent or 10.88 points to 2091.78 and the index position of the Nasdaq S&P 500 rose 6.61 points, or 0.63 percent to 1,049.34 position.

Senior Al Qaeda Leader Killed

U.S. forces killed one of the Islamic warriors of the most hunted in Africa, in a raid in the south of Somalia, local time Monday.

The hunt has been done by U.S. troops to block the spread of Al Qaeda's influence in the region. It is quoted from the New York Times, Tuesday (15/9/2009).

Western intelligence agencies say, the fighter that has been killed, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, is a leader in the circle of al-Qaeda cell in Kenya, responsible for the bombing of an Israeli hotel in Kenya's coastal region in 2002. Nabhan is also accused of having a role in the attack two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998.

Gold Prices Slope Down

Having touched US$ 1000, gold prices in the international market begin to slope, although it's still close to the 1000 level.

In trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Wednesday (9 / 9) local time, the latest shipment of gold contracts closed down at 995.30 U.S. dollars per troy ounce, compared to Tuesday closing at 997.90 U.S. dollar positions.

It is also common in Hong Kong trading Thursday morning. As reported by AFP, gold prices were opened lower to a position opened 992,30-993,30 U.S. dollars per ounce, down from Wednesday closing at U.S. $ 998,70-999,70.

OPEC: Maintain Oil Production Unchanged

Oil producing countries,OPEC, have reached a consensus to maintain crude oil production unchanged, Kuwait oil minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah said on Wednesday (9 / 9) night, ahead of a cartel meeting.

There is a consensus to maintain stable production, as widely expected by the ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said Sheikh Ahmad told reporters.

OPEC, whose 12 members are pumping 40 per cent of the world's oil, agreed at the end of 2008 to remove 4.2 million barrels per day of oil production in the market.

Oil Price Stable at Around US$ 71

The price of crude oil in the world's major markets continues to strengthen along with the weakening of the dollar United States (U.S.). In addition, along with the continued rally in the stock market, oil market participants are optimistic that the global economic recovery begins to be effective.

In a transaction in NYMEX exchange , New York, Wednesday afternoon local time (Thursday morning GMT), the price of light sweet crude for October contract rose 21 cents to the position of U.S. $ 71.31 per barrel. On the London ICE exchange, the price of Brent oil for October contract rose 41 cents to as low as U.S. $ 69.83 per barrel.

Japan PM's Wife and Aliens

The elected Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama may be called "Alien". Since, his wife, Miyuki Hatoyama, claimed to have been brought by aliens to the planet of Venus.

"When I'm asleep, I think my soul is going into the triangular UFO and going to Venus," said Miyuki Hatoyama in his book.

"It's a very beautiful place and really green," he said as quoted by Reuters on Wednesday (2/9/2009).

The 66-year-old wife wrote her experience in space in a book titled "Very Strange Things I've Encountered."

When she was experiencing that, Miyuki was not the wife of Hatoyama yet. Hatoyama, however advised that it was just an illusion. The answer is different from what she expected.

"My husband has a different view," said a woman who is the grandson of the former PM.

Hatoyama himself will be sworn as Japan's new PM on September 16 following the victory of the party ruling for 50 years, the Liberal Democratic Party, in general elections, Sunday, August 30.

China Will Buy IMF's Bonds

China will buy bonds issued by Internasinal Monetary Fund (IMF) worth US$ 50 billion, to increase the agency funding sources. The agreement that began in June was completed on Wednesday Washington time yesterday.

Quoted by Reuters on Thursday (3/9/2009), the agreement was signed by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Deputy Governor of People's Bank of China Yi Gang.

These measures are part of the agreement under G-20 in April in London to pump IMF funding sources for US$ 500 billion. The funds will be intended to help IMF support countries hit by the global financial crisis.

Wall Street Went Down 4 Days Consecutively

The world's largest stock exchange, Wall Street, closed lower again. This attenuation occurs in four consecutive days.

In trading Wednesday (2/9/2009) local time, Dow Jones fell 29.93 points, or 0.3 percent to 9280.67 position, or down 400 points (3.1 percent) in four days.

Index S & P 500 fell 3.29 points, or 0.3 percent to 994.75 and the position of Nasdaq index fell 1.82 points, or 0.1 percent to 1967.07.

Bearish sentiment continues to dominate the market at the moment when the index failed to record an increase that should have been achieved easily yesterday.

World Trade Volume Minus 12.2 percent

Global economic contraction this year is estimated to cause the growth of world trade volume reached minus 12.2 percent.

"Conditions were difficult for exporters, exacerbated by the level of trust of financial institutions that have not recovered to the industry, especially in export-oriented, so the availability of financing factors often become obstacles encountered by Indonesian exporters," said Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, in his speech opening on Operationalization of Indonesia Exim Bank, in Building E, Ministry of Finance, Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta, Tuesday (1/9/2009).

However, the gradual recovery of world economy expected to occur from next year will also encourage re-growth of trade volume to a positive level.

To that end, Indonesia Exim Bank is expected to build synergy with various government and private institutions as well as to a consortium of banks and domestic and foreign financial institutions in the recovery of Indonesia's export performance

Wall Street Down!

Some investors again worried about the condition of the economy, this negative impact affected transactions on Wall Street at the end of August.

All three major indexes in The United States (U.S.) in trading Monday (31/8/2009) local time, fell down after China fluctuated in the range of selling arena. Thus triggering concerns that the index has been moving too fast and too high. The decline in China's major index reached 6.7 percent.

September is the worst month in the last 80 years for capital markets, and this begins with the analysts concerns on the actions of investors who are too quick to conclude the economic situation.

The decrease in the index on Monday local time yesterdaywas driven by the decline in shares of energy and materials sectors as commodity and copper prices fell down.

The sentiment caused the Dow Jones index closed down 47.92 points, or equivalent to 0.5 percent to become 9496.38, while the S&P 500 fell 8.31 points, equivalent to 0.8 percent to 1020.62, and the Nasdaq index down 19.71 points equivalent to one percent to 2009.06

Indian Economy Is Growing Well

Indian economy on Second-quarter 2009 grew 6.1 percent, up from the previous period, was 5.8 persen.This increase is triggered by government's stimulus.

Data issued by the Indian Central Statistics Organization (CSO) yesterday in line with analysts' forecasts that predict economic growth of India in the range of 6 percent. Even when compared to a year on year, Second-quarter growth in 2009 reached 7.8 percent compared to the last year. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has predicted that economic growth will reach the range of "6 percent plus" for the fiscal year ended March 2010.It is expected that it will be better than last year that grew only 6.7 percent.