Asia markets fall as Europe optimism fades

Asia markets tumbled on Tuesday, with exporters and technology firms weak, after ratings agencies weighed in on the latest plans to stem Europe’s debt crisis.




The performance in Asia followed a drop for U.S. stocks, after credit-ratings agencies Moody’s and Fitch issued assessments on last week’s European debt-crisis summit.

Moody’s Investors Service said Monday it still intends to revisit the ratings of all European Union countries during the first quarter of 2012, given “the continued absence of decisive policy measures.”

Separately, the ratings agency placed eight Spanish banks and two holding companies on review for possible downgrades late Monday. 

Ratings agency Fitch said the inability by European Union leaders to devise a “comprehensive” fix to the region’s debt crisis had intensified pressure on debt ratings of euro-area nations.

“The sell-off in Asian markets is feedback to the euro zone news, and [losses] in the U.S.,” Peter Lai, Hong Kong-based director at DBS Vickers said.

“Investors are dumping shares connected to the euro zone, the exporters,” he added.

那些年，我們一起追的女孩

Really a good movie

Brings back memories

Daniel Tammet

Simply incredible.


When he sees a number, he sees colours, patterns, textures and flashes


He had autism, epilepsy and seizures at 4. But yet, he had this ability as a result.


Perhaps this is god's test of his endurance and since he passed the test. He was awarded.


People with autism are said to have narrow interests and obsession. So its both a disability and an ability.

Matches showing human emotions

Kitaro Silk Road

Presenting to you


Kitaro


Helping you to find the inner peace

12 Year Old Steve Jobs Protege

He might not be ready to submit a college application, but Thomas Suarez of Manhattan Beach, California is already releasing apps for iOS devices. The sixth grader recently gave a talk atTEDxManhattanBeach in which he discussed his love of computers (he got into them in kindergarten), his plans for the future, and the inspiration he got from the late Steve Jobs.

Suarez has released several apps on the Apple App Store since launching his first, a fortune-telling title called Earth Fortune, in late 2010. His most popular app has been Bustin Jieber, a Whack-a-Mole style game where players squish the disembodied head of Justin Bieber. "I created it because a lot of people at school disliked Justin Bieber a little bit," he told the TEDx crowd.

After teaching himself programming basics in Python, C, and Java, Suarez says he took up Apple's SDK and Xcode. "I've gotten a lot of inspiration from Steve Jobs," he says. Inspired, he started an App Club at his school, because "not many kids know where to go to find out how to make a program." As he sees it, "for soccer, you could go to a soccer team, and for violin, you could get a lesson from a violinist." But even parents might not be a resource, since as he rightly points out, "not many of them have written apps."

The club is working with its teacher sponsor to create iPad apps for education, which will eventually be distributed to local school districts free of charge, and sold to others. Oh, and he's even created his own company, CarrotCorp. It sounds like Suarez picked up a little entrepreneurial spirit from Jobs, as well.

7 Wonders of the World

They look phenomenal !

Amazon Rainforest in South America

Halong Bay in Vietnam

Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil

Jeju Island in South Korea

Komodo National Park in Indonesia

Puerto Princesa Underground River in the Philippines

Table Mountain in South Africa