Silver, Gold Rise Records as Asian Stocks fall; Yen weakens

April 25, 2011, 5: 18 am EDT by Shiyin Chen and Yumi Teso

April 25 (Bloomberg) - silver and gold soared to records, oil rose for a fourth day and Asian stocks fell in the acceleration of inflation could undermine the economic recovery in the region of concern. The yen weakened against all 16 of his counterparts.

Silver cash advanced 4% starting from 9 h 58 in London after earlier breaking of 5.4%. Gold rises for a ninth day, while crude oil increased by 0.4% in New York. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dragged 0.2 percent Posco to Acer Inc. posted lower profits of companies. Standard & Poor 500 Index future increased by 0.3%. Malaysian Ringgit strengthened below 3 to the dollar for the first time in over 13 years. The yen weakened to a euro 119.24 119.71 last week.Shanghai Index led the China Composite losses in Asia after China International Capital Corp. stated that the consumption of the country prices could climb up to 5.5% this month. Inflation Singapore held to 5 percent in March, a Government report showed today. Data this week may show the Japan retail sales sank last month and U.S. gross domestic product growth has slowed, the major central banks of both countries to keep interest rates near zeroAccording to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. "It is very clear that some Asian countries will keep raising rates more while their economies are strong enough to see more hiking, said Hideki Hayashi, a global economist at Mizuho Securities Co. in Tokyo. "However, the market players expect the United States this week to suggest it would maintain low rates for some time, which means more appeal for Asia.".DoublesSilver of money, which has more than doubled over the past year, transferred to $49.0925 per ounce after having earlier reached a maximum of $49.79 as investors sought precious metals as a store of value. Gold for immediate delivery increased by 0.8% to a record $ 1,518.32 an ounce before the Exchange at $1 517.38.Corn for July delivery rose 2.6% to $7.64 a bushel on speculation wet, cold in the Midwest of the United States further delay plantingreduce yields. Wheat increased by 2.7% to $8.57 a bushel.Oil for June delivery rose by 0.4% to $112.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after the Syrian security forces detained at least 200 people following the assassination of anti-government demonstrators and Senator John McCain said rebel in Libya need help in the fight against the forces of Muammar Kadhafi.la rising prices is fueling speculation policy makers in Asia will intensify efforts tightening. Singapore dollar was little changed at S$ 1.2335 versus the greenback after hit S$ 1.2318. The Central Bank said on April 14 that it would allow more appreciation. The Malaysian ringgit earned as much as 0.5% at 2.9910, the highest level since October 9, 1997, on speculation, the Central Bank will be increasing interest rates the month next to help damp inflation. "Imported Inflation '" there is a perception that the central banks in Asia are allowing their currency thus appreciate to curb imported inflation "Lee Wai Tuck, a strategist to the prediction of the Pte to Singapore, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. "There are some concerns that if the currencies do not appreciate, inflation may go even higher" in countries including China and Singapore, he said.The yen weakened to the 82.02 per dollar of 81.88. The Japan retail sales declined 6.1% in March from a year earlier after rising 0.1 percent in February, according to the midpoint estimate of economists in a survey of Bloomberg News before the Government data due April 27.BOJFOMCThe Bank of Japan can cut its forecast of real growth for 2011 tax to 0.8 per cent of 1.6% as a result of the earthquake on March 11, the Nikkei newspaper reported today. The Central Bank will keep interest rates of reference to a range between zero and 0.1% at its next meeting, according to the set of 13 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.The Federal open market Committee will hold the reference rate in a range of zero to 0.25% April 27According to all the 80 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. GDP increased a 1.9% annual pace after increasing at a rate of 3.1 per cent in the previous three months, according to the median estimate of 66 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News before April 28 report of the Department of the Commerce.Le Dollar Index dragged 0.2 percent to 73.936 after earlier falling as much of 0.3%. The gauge used by IntercontinentalExchange Inc. to track the dollar against the currencies of the six major U.S. trading partners affected 73.735 on 21 April, the lowest since August 2008. "Low ' Yen, the Dollar" in the Japan and the United States are the countries which cannot therefore lead to a monetary tightening, the yen and the dollar will be weak, "said Daisaku Ueno, President of Gaitame.com Research Institute Ltd., in Tokyo largest margin the Japon.Environ currency unit four shares declined for all three who has risen on Asia Pacific the MSCI Index, rallied to 2.2 percent last week. It was the steepest weekly gain in a month. Of Shanghai Composite Index fell by 1.5%, led by China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. and China Shenhua Energy Co., after the ICC said consumer prices could climb from 5.2% to 5.5% in April. The Government has an inflation target for the year of 4 percent.Actions of shipment of advanced, led by based in Taipei Evergreen Marine Corp., after KGI Securities Co., said in a report today "peak demand" and container shortages would boost its earnings in the third quarter. Kweichow Moutai Co., manufacturer of China liquor by market value, gained 3.9% after reporting a 49% increase in net income in the first quarter.EarningsPosco slid 1.9% after the third largest steel producer in the world by the said release first-quarter profit fell 33 percent. Acer sank to 3.1 per cent after the second largest world supplier of portable computers said the lower quarterly profit in six years. Reliance Industries Ltd., most large company of the India by the market value fell to 2.7 per cent after posting net income missed analyst forecasts.Since April 11, only 45 percent of the 60 members on the MSCI Asia Pacific reported earnings per share are predictions analyst beat, compared to about 71 per cent MSCI World Index members, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Futures on the & S P 500 indicate actions can climb today Advanced Micro Devices Inc. companies. to SanDisk Corp. posted earnings that beat Analyst estimates. 22 April, and us stock markets were closed for a holiday.Exchange of Australia for the United Kingdom and the Germany remain excluded today.

-With the help of Ron Harui, Masaki Kondo, Jake Lloyd-Smith and Glenys Sim at Singapore, John Dawson in Hong Kong and Hur Jae in Tokyo. Editor: Matthew Brown.

To contact the reporters on this story: Shiyin Chen to Singapore to schen37@bloomberg.net; Yumi Teso to Bangkok to yteso1@bloomberg.net.

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Decline in Asian Stocks after Reliance, Acer Profits Miss estimates

April 25, 2011 3: 52 pm EDT by Anna Kitanaka and Kana Nishizawa

April 25 (Bloomberg)--Asian stocks fell, dragging benchmark down more than a week after gains Acer Inc. and of Reliance Industries Ltd. missed Analyst estimates.

Acer, the second largest world supplier of portable computers, lost 3.1 percent in Taipei. Reliance Industries, most large company of the India by the value of market, fell by 3% in Mumbai. Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. led lower Chinese steelmakers on the acceleration of inflation will affect the economic growth of speculation. Honda Motor Co., second largest constructor of the Japan, sank to 1.3% after domestic production collapsed last month.The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dragged 0.3 per cent to 138.46 at 4: 37 a.m. in Tokyo, with approximately four actions under all three have increased. The previously acquired gauge 0.1%. Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong stock markets are closed for a holiday. After the closing in Tokyo today, Nintendo Co. forecast profit that missed estimates and KDDI Corp. said annual profit will fall 2 percent this fiscal year. "" People waiting for earnings announcements this week before investing, "said Naoki Fujiwara, which helps to oversees the $ 6 billion in Tokyo to Shinkin Asset Management Co." "with the Japan on the head to his Golden Week holidays and with many other markets fermésNous we will probably not see exciting developments in the market." "Shanghai China Composite Index sank to 1.5%, while that the Nikkei 225 Stock average Japanese lost 0.1%. Index of ABN of the Korea in the South increased by 0.8%. VN index of advanced Viet Nam 2%, the most among indexes reference Asia-Pacific, as the currency of the country climbed the most since 2008.U.S. FuturesFutures on the Standard & Poor 500 Index rose 0.2%, following a holiday on April 22. A report of the Government now can show sales of the country rose 12 percent in March, a survey of economists compiled by Bloomberg. Japanese retail reports, U.S. orders of durable goods and gross domestic product are also due this week.The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.8 percent this year through April 21, from the earnings of 6.3 S & P 500% and 1.7% by the Stoxx 600 Index of Europe. Stocks in the Asian tonnage was estimated at 13.2 times considers average as of the end of the last earnings, compared with 13.7 for the S & P 500 and 11.3 times for 1600 Stoxx technology shares were the biggest drags on the MSCI index of Asia Pacific. Acer lost 3.1 percent to NT$ 49.5 after first-quarter net income fell 64 percent to NT $ 1.2 billion ($42 million). The estimate of the average analyst for the benefit of NT 1.74 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Reliance, PoscoReliance Industries has dropped from 3% to 1,009.2 rupees in Mumbai after reporting a 14% increase in the net result of 53.8 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) in the three months to March 31. Profit missed average estimates billions of 54, 3-rupee of 18 analysts in a survey of Bloomberg.POSCO, the third largest producer of steel in the world by the production fell 1.9% at 472,000 won in Seoul after Q1 profit collapsed 33 percent as raw materials costs have increased.In China, denied that the increase in the price of oil has fueled the inflation of the concern of the actions will accelerate and monetary tightening measures will increase. Crude rose high $113.07 per barrel in New York, intraday prices highest since 11 April Baoshan Steel lost 2.7 per cent to 7.12 yuan. "Anhui conch Cement Co., the largest cement manufacturer, fell 2.8 percent to 38.88 yuan in Shanghai, Sany heavy industry Co., the largest manufacturer of machines for the manipulation of concrete, 4.1 yuan 18.52% remote."Inflation is still the major concern and there is no sign that the Government will relax its tightening, said Wu Kan, a Fund Manager at the Dazhong insurance company, who oversees the $ 285 million. "The tightening retains the assessments of stocks."Central Bank PoliciesThe Shanghai Composite rose 5.6% this year on speculation that the Government to cool inflation without triggering a slowdown in economic growth. The Central Bank raised the ratio of the requirement to reserve 10 times since the beginning of 2010 and interest rates increased four times to cool inflation as consumer prices rose at the fastest pace since 2008 in constructors March.Japanese falls today after report domestic production for March, the month, an earthquake of magnitude 9 record and disturbed tsunami strings supply for manufacturers of the nation.Honda, who reported a slump of 63 per cent in production last month, fell by 1.3% to 3,105 yen, the third most large drag on the MSCI index of Asia Pacific. Toyota Motor Corp., the world largest manufacturer, fell by 0.6% to 3.275 yen after it said global production fell by 30%.Save sales "supply chains were torn from their roots," said Yoshifumi Kikuchi, head of the seizure in Nissan century Securities Co. in Tokyo. "It's always step clear if builders can get the parts that they need."South Korea, Kia Motors Corp., Builder of no. 2 in the nation, advanced 3.2% to 80,500 won after Yonhap News reported the company had sold a record number of vehicles in the first quarter. Hyundai Motor Co., more great constructor of South Korea, advanced 5.6% won 246, 000.Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of a nuclear power plant explosion by the earthquake and tsunami in the Japan last month, jumped 8.4 percent Yen 438. First step of the shares in eight days was also the largest in the Nikkei 225.A plan of Government to compensate the victims of the nuclear accident of Fukushima does not imply usefulness, publication the Nikkei newspaper reported on April 23, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.., who is the owner of 13.2 million shares Tokyo Electric, gained 1.1% 379 yen. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. increased 0.8% to 2,455 yen. The company holds shares Tepco 35.9 million, or 2.2 per cent of the utility.

-With the help of Akiko Ikeda and Toshiro Hasegawa in Tokyo, Zhang Shidong in Shanghai. Editors: Darren Boey, Shiyin Chen

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The Japan opposition wins by-election in the latest blow to Kan

April 25, 2011, 4: 18 am EDT by Takashi Hirokawa

(Adds denial of the Kan to resign in eighth paragraph).

April 25 (Bloomberg) — the leader of the Democratic Party of the Japan lost a seat in Parliament in the local elections, the last blow to the Prime Minister Naoto Kan as the pressure mounted on its treatment of earthquake and tsunami of last month.Party of the Kan also lost five seats, and won three in 10 contests of head to head with the Liberal Democratic Party in municipal Town Hall yesterday racing, Kyodo News reported. Third party won the race and another result is not yet known, Kyodo said.The results mark the second setback in the elections of Kan following the earthquake and the nuclear crisis that followed last month. The Prime Minister, who this week will submit a 4 billion yen ($49 billion) reconstruction package to the diet, lack of a majority of two thirds of the lower Chamber to override veto power of the opposition-controlled upper House. "The LDP did not say if it will support the plan."Everyone is blaming Kan a lack of leadership, whether or not he deserves it, "said Steven r. Reed, Professor of political science at the Chuo University in Tokyo. "The LDP has shown no leadership either." It can Kan hang? "Three polls last week showed 7 out of 10 voters think that the Government has mismanaged the situation at the nuclear plant of Fukushima Dai - Ichi, which was paralysed by the earthquake on March 11 and the tsunami. Approval of the Kan rate remained below 30% in the polls by the Asahi, Yomiuri and Nikkei newspapers. "Severe" results "we must accept the results of the election, which were serious," Kan said today in Parliament. "" " However, I will ensure to give my all to the reconstruction of the disaster as well as to deal with the nuclear incident. "Several times, he denied any intention to resign all in being questioned by opposition politicians. Kan took office in June, becoming fifth Prime Minister the since 2006. None of his four immediate predecessors lasts more than a year. "For me to surrender my responsibilities in these circumstances, it would be an impossible choice,"Kan told."LDP candidate Hideki Niwa, 38, received 61% of the vote to win a place in the House of the diet of Aichi Prefecture yesterday, according to the website of the electoral region. The DPJ did not field a candidate in the race after one of its representatives have abandoned the siege in January in an unsuccessful attempt to run for Mayor of Nagoya, largest city of Aichi.Le Nikkei survey showed that less than one-fifth of the voters said that Kan should resign soon. The Mainichi and Nikkei said about 60% of voters favoured integrating the LDP Government, something the party resisted to the. Leader of the party April 14 Sadakazu Tanigaki said that Kan should consider resigning, signalling less cooperation on reconstruction efforts.The LDP, which until 2009 power held for more than 50 years, has refused to approve legislation to sell bonds that would fund about half of the record Yen 92.4 billion budget this year. The initial reconstruction plan will be funded without increasing the new issue of liaison for the year ending March 2012. Funding is a problem for the Japan, who has the burden of the debt doubling the size of the economy.The Democrats lost two races for Governor in April 10 local elections the LDP candidates, the first vote after the earthquake.

-With the help of John Brinsley in Tokyo. Editors: John Brinsley, Patrick Harrington

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Solar water heaters are used around the world and are not very difficult to build. The system we are going to describe is based on a design developed some years ago in Afghanistan. Since then, it has been built and used in many countries.

It can heat seventy liters of water to sixty degrees Celsius. It can do this between sunrise and noon on a clear day with an average air temperature of thirty-two degrees Celsius.

There are two parts to the solar water heater. One part is made of a sheet of metal painted black. Black surfaces become hotter in the sun than surfaces painted any other color.

This black metal plate is called a collector. The collector is placed in contact with the water.

There are several kinds of metal sheets that can be used for the collector. Corrugated metal will work very well. Corrugated sheets are often used as roofs on housing.

Once the water is heated, it is kept hot with insulation material. This allows the water to stay warm for a long time.

The second part of the solar water heater holds the water for the system. This storage tank can be a container that holds about one hundred liters. Two rubber pipes are attached to the water storage tank. One pipe lets water flow into the system. The other lets water flow out.

When the water heater is working correctly, water will flow from the storage tank to the collector and back again. You can use the hot water at the top of the tank for washing and cleaning. You can change the flow of water so that the temperature is hot or warm as desired.

This solar water heater is easy to build and operate. It will last about two years before the rubber pipes need to be replaced.

There is also something else you will need to make the solar water heater work -- the sun. As you might expect, the heater will heat water only on sunny days.

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Seeding delayed for flooded Prairie farmers

The Government of Saskatchewan does not say a single farmer has developed a crop in the ground and things are not looking much better farm elsewhere across the prairies waterlogged.

Spokesman for Saskatchewan Agriculture Grant McLean said spring seedlings are delayed in the province due to flooding, with the region of the southwest of the province particularly soggy. But McLean said it is still early and there is much opportunity for a strong culture of 2011.

"We still consider may as our domination seeding months in many cases, we are always optimistic," he said. "We will have the opportunity to take advantage of the moisture and get some quite good crops, once that we get mother nature cooperant and enter us in the field".

Farmers in southwestern Saskatchewan are usually first in the field. But this year they may be the last seed, or even not at all.

"Sooner or later, it has to do better."-Farmer Alfred Sattler

McLean said with favourable weather, some farmers in less flood-prone regions may be able to start working their fields in ten days.

Alfred Sattler, who has been farming near Regina since the 1940s, said he has never seen a wet spring as this spring.

Tending his cattle for the moment, he is still optimistic things can turn around crop-wise.

"You just hope and pray that the climate is changing." That it is improving. Sooner or later, it was better, "he says.

But if conditions not improve quickly and then Sattler, 70, said he cannot put any seed in the soil for the first time in his life.

"He bored a little." But, what can you do? What can you do about it? Pray and hope that things change in the coming days.

In Manitoba, Gene Nerbas, who farms a few kilometres south of the Shellmouth dam, just north of Russell, Manitoba, said streams turned to rivers and floods by land has devasated of hundreds of thousands of hectares.

"It with water from Saskatchewan," said Nerbas, adding he would probably planted a crop in for the second consecutive year.

Several parts of southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are flooded. CBCElsewhere Manitoba - in the Southwest, the Valley of the Red River and regions Interlake - fields are completely flooded and will need weeks of good weather to dry things. And even when the fields are fairly dry work, many farmers will have to spend time to their fields clearing debris prior to seeding.

Sunday, meanwhile, residents of the First Nation of Roseau River South of Winnipeg continued to leave this community. Responsible for emergency measures were trying to determine where evacuees could go, with temporary Winnipeg already shelters fill with people of another community inundated North of the capital, First Nation of Peguis.

It is expected that all residents of 850 Roseau River will join to almost 1,000 others who left their homes because the safe road access in and out of their home was flooded. Manitoba two of its Amphibex ice machines moved to the West end of the province to remove ice jams on the Saskatchewan River and Carrot River, which created conditions of high water near The Pas.

There are currently 30 States of emergency declared by the municipalities in Manitoba and 77 provincial roads have been affected by flood waters, 52 that are closed. Approximately 650 municipal roads are closed.

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Kid brother of Starbucks grew up quickly

By Leslie Patton

Stir by Hue: Best of Seattle coffee its color codes

As a brand and later as a strategy manager world leader at the Starbucks (SBUX), Michelle Gass defended these popular innovations such as the Green straw shaped dome covers strikes and the Frappucchino. In August 2009, Director General Howard Schultz returned Gass a challenge well away from the heart of Starbucks: Best Coffee in Seattle Remake, the tiny brand, the coffee giant had acquired eight years earlier.

Today best of Seattle, who has 325 namesake cafés (against more than 17,000 to its larger sister), is sold at over 50,000 locations in the United States and the Canada 12 times much as a year ago. While the mark remains several years away from sale Schultz billion target, Gass made progress repositioning as a middle-market offering to the people would not be caught dead in a Starbucks. As President of the best of Seattle, she put his coffee on airliners, in vending machines, ships of cruise and grocery stores. This month, the chain will open 10 cafés inside stores Wal - Mart (WMT) in the Canada. "She brought great energy and focus for a mark which exercised not to expectations," said Olden Lee, Member of the Council of Starbucks.

A chemical engineer with an MBA from the University of Washington, managed Gass brand toothpaste crest to Procter & Gamble (PG) prior to joining Starbucks in 1996. She says that his training has helped to pioneer of the new menu items while keeping a close eye on the bottom line. She quickly earned cred within the company for data-driven presentations. "When everyone talked about off the coast of headlines, Michelle had the numbers," said Gerry Lopez, a former leader of Starbucks, which is now CEO of cinema operator AMC Entertainment. She was also aren't afraid to deliver bad news meetings, Monday afternoon with Schultz said. In 2008, when testing of a new drink of sherbets to Starbucks "has not quite pan out", Lopez said, she had the numbers to prove it. After drilling costs higher shipping and how long it took baristas to clean the stuff, Gass says that she went to Schultz and recommended pulling the stopper of sorbets - what he did.

To the best of Seattle, Gass has attempted a direct approach to the sale. Gone are the scenes of long stereotypical coffee featured on bags: steaming cups of joe, cats in windows. Instead, Gass best cafes placed of Seattle in five levels - with numbered packaging designed to quickly explain the differences. No. 1 (bag of gold; a light roast "for those who like to look intently at the blue sky, and then drink") offers a much softer than no. 5 experience (purple bag, a dark roast requiring "courage and confidence to add to your own"). The idea, Gass, said, is to appeal to Americans who drink brew generic and can be encouraged through a premium brand less Starbucks class declaration. "People do not drink without name colas, but many people drink without coffee name", she said. "It is because of that person come in and said,"do not accept a bad Cup of coffee."" "

To achieve the objective of revenue of 1 billion Schultz, Gass wants to put the infusion in 100,000 stores. Main objectives: retailers and convenience, drug and grocery stores, and mass MOM-and-pop companies. Gass persuaded Lopez to BREW best of Seattle in the CMA 300 cinemas. In February, Delta Air Lines (DAL) has agreed to serve on all flights. It is also sold to the subway, Burger King and Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), and it is currently deployed in vending machines in the campus of colleges, hospitals and offices throughout the country.

Relentless push of Gass is risky, explains Jack Russo, an analyst with Edward Jones. "When you have shops belonging to the company, they are your stores, it is your baby," he said. "When you essentially give control to someone who pays you a monthly fee, you lose a little bit of control." Gass said that it must scale up to compete with Starbucks: "with our big sister on the floor who is owner of coffee, the only way that we have a chance to get a piece of which is to be disruptive."

The bottom line: Starbucks attempts to perk up best of Seattle - and meet a goal of $ 1 billion revenue - targeting drinkers who never visit cafés of Lighthouse.

Patton is a journalist for Bloomberg News.

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