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Silver Futures Cross Rs 41,000 Per Kg For First Time Ever
Continuing its record-setting spree, silver futures prices went past Rs 41,000 per kg level for the first time ever today after the white metal surged to a fresh 30-year high in global markets.
A firm trend in the spot market, where it climbed to record levels as well, too, influenced the prices at the futures market here.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange platform, silver for December contract delivery surged by Rs 688, or 1.57 per cent, to a level never seen before at Rs 41,418 per kg, with a business turnover of two lots.
Similarly, the metal for delivery in March contract gained Rs 761, or 1.75 per cent, to trade at record level of Rs 41,684 per kg, with a trade volume of three lots. [Read more...]
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Glorious Property Holdings (0845) said contracted sales last month more than quadrupled from May to 890 million yuan (HK$1.02 billion).
The Shanghai-based developer sold a total of 97,000 square meters – up 86 percent from a year ago – at an average of 9,100 yuan per square meter. Total contracted sales in the first half rose 34 percent year-on-year to 4.2 billion yuan. Glorious Property was not affected by tightening measures as most of its new projects were in either second- tier cities or first- tier cities but sold at lower prices than that covered in the measures, said chief executive Cheng Lixiong.
“But we will be cautious in the second half and pay attention to policies,” he said. It is sticking to its full-year sales target of 15 billion yuan.
Separately, Poly (Hong Kong) (0119) said contracted sales revenue in the first half rose 24 percent from a year ago to 4.7 billion yuan, while the area sold grew 3 percent to 650,000 sq m. [Read more...]
Toyota Says It Will Act Soon On Priuses
Toyota said yesterday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has decided to issue a recall for the vehicle in Japan, a possible new embarrassment for the world’s biggest automaker.
Toyota Motor Corp. has had to recall more than 7 million other cars in the United States, Europe, and China over a sticky accelerator and floor mats that can get caught in the gas pedal. Those problems and criticism of Toyota’s response to them have sullied the stellar reputation for quality long held by one of Japan’s corporate icons.
Separately, the company has told dealers in the United States it is preparing to repair the brakes on thousands of Prius vehicles there, according to an e-mail sent by a company executive. It was unclear whether Toyota planned a formal US recall.
“We will make an announcement soon on the action we plan to take,’’ spokeswoman Ririko Takeuchi said, commenting on media reports yesterday that the company had decided to issue a Japan recall. Takeuchi did not confirm those reports.
The Prius is the world’s top-selling gas-electric hybrid, and its fuel efficiency has drawn intense interest amid concerns about global warming and dependence on fossil fuels.
Toyota decided Saturday on a recall in Japan covering its latest Prius model and has notified domestic dealers, according to Japan’s largest newspaper, the Yomiuri, which did not name sources. It said Toyota would announce the move early in the coming week after consulting with the Japanese government. Japan’s Kyodo News agency and TV Asahi carried similar reports. Kyodo said Toyota has started notifying dealers, and that at least 170,000 vehicles in Japan would be subject to recall.
Phone calls to the section at Japan’s transport ministry dealing with recalls went unanswered yesterday. None of about 10 Toyota dealers in Tokyo and the western Japanese city of Osaka had received any notification. Three dealers in the United States said the same thing on yesterday.
Prius drivers in Japan and the United States have complained of a short delay before the antilock brakes kick in – a flaw Toyota says can be fixed with a software programming change. The brakes will work if the driver keeps pushing the pedal.
The brake problem affects about 270,000 Priuses that were sold in the United States and Japan starting in May. The company says it has fixed vehicles that went on sale since last month.
Bob Carter, a Toyota group vice president, sent an e-mail message Friday night to US dealers, saying the automaker is working on a Prius repair plan and will disclose details early this week. At least 100 US drivers of Prius cars have complained to the government that their brakes seemed to fail momentarily when they were driving on bumpy roads. The government says the problem is suspected in four crashes and two minor injuries.
Public awareness of the problem “has prompted considerable customer concern, speculation, and media attention due to the significance of the Prius image,’’ Carter said in the e-mail. “We want to assure our dealers that we are moving rapidly to provide a solution for your existing customers.’’
Toyota yesterday began airing spots on US television that say the company is “working around the clock’’ to build the highest-quality vehicles and to restore faith in its vehicles.
“In recent days, our company hasn’t been living up to the standards that you’ve come to expect from us,’’ an unidentified announcer said in a voiceover.
Carter wrote that the ads tell viewers about Toyota’s 50-plus years of building safe, reliable vehicles in the United States.
Toyota’s response to the safety issues has drawn the attention of US politicians.
Toyota Motor North America’s chairman, Yoshi Inaba, will appear before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday.
A key committee member has asked that transportation officials who served under President George W. Bush also appear. By Kelly Olsen, The Boston Globe
House Prices Set For Double-Digit Increase, Nationwide Predicts
House prices are on course for double-digit growth on an annual basis next month for the first time in three years, Britain’s biggest building society said.
The forecast by Nationwide came as the lender reported a higher than expected 1.2 per cent average price increase in January, taking the rise to 8.6 per cent since the same month last year. Reports due out on Monday are expected to reinforce the view that prices have strengthened and to show that economists have revised their forecasts upwards for this year, based on signs of better mortgage lending.
Martin Gahbauer, chief economist for Nationwide, said: “Unless there is a fall in property values in February, annual house price inflation is likely to move into double-digit territory next month.”
An annual double-digit rise next month would be the first for almost three years — the last time that Britain had year-on-year house price growth above 10 per cent was in May 2007. The average house price is now £163,481, up from a low of £147,746 in February last year but still some way off the October 2007 peak of £186,044, according to Nationwide.
Separate data from the Land Registry, based on all housing transactions in England and Wales and therefore lagging behind Nationwide’s index, which is based on its mortgage lending, showed that in December annual house prices rose for the first time since May 2008. Prices rose by 0.1 per cent over the month — the eighth consecutive monthly increase, according to the official measure. The Land Registry found big regional variations in growth. London had the highest annual change, with a 6.1 per cent rise over 2009, while Wales had the biggest fall, at 2.5 per cent.
Proof of a return to confidence in the capital came yesterday in the form of a return to mega-mansion development. Marcus Cooper, the North London developer, announced that it had gained planning consent for a £100 million home facing Regent’s Park, Central London. Camden council gave consent to build the 50,000 sq ft property, which will have ten bedrooms, vast entertaining spaces, two additional staff houses, a cinema, a gym, a pool, office facilities and a car park.
Marcus Cooper is noted for good timing. It made millions of pounds two years ago from redevelopment of the 40,000 sq ft Witanhurst House in Highgate — London’s second-biggest house after Buckingham Palace — which it bought for £32 million in 2007 and sold in July 2008 for more than £50 million, shortly before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the property market crash.
The new project is an example of a trend among London property professionals in response to rising prices and soaring demand from foreign investors: the conversion back into residences of grand period homes turned into offices over the past 100 years. Some of the biggest developers in London, including Grosvenor, which owns much of Mayfair, and Covent Garden-based Shaftesbury, have been turning centrally located buildings back into dwellings.
Nationwide said yesterday that the housing market would remain relatively independent of other economic measures, such as unemployment and negative wage growth, but would be more dependent on whether the Bank of England raises interest rates this year.
Mr Gahbauer said: “With negative real earnings growth, the future path of interest rates becomes even more critical for the housing market, particularly with a growing proportion of the mortgage stock now on variable rate deals. The consensus view is that interest rates will remain unchanged until the final quarter of 2010. Inflation trends in 2009, however, are starting to call into question the validity of this view.”
Howard Archer, of IHS Global Insight, said: “A modest relapse in house prices is likely at some point in 2010 and they may well be essentially flat over the year as a whole.” By Rebecca O’Connor, Francesca Steele – The Times