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- KLCI opens lower, Tenaga, Genting weigh
- Etihad projects US$5il revenues this year
- Adding drama to corporate training
| KLCI opens lower, Tenaga, Genting weigh Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Blue chips started the fourth quarter on a weaker note on Monday, with Tenaga, Genting and Sime Darby among the major decliners, mirroring the decline in Asian markets on uncertainty about Spain's bailout. At 9am, it was down 1.28 points to 1,635.38. Turnover was 13.36 million shares valued at RM10.54mil. There were 53 gainers, 26 losers and 61 counters unchanged. Reuters reported the euro and oil prices fell on Monday as uncertainty about Spain's bailout and concerns over slumping demand due to a slowdown in global growth weighed on investor sentiment. Several Asian markets are closed for holidays on Monday, including China, Hong Kong and South Korea, keeping activity subdued, it reported. At Bursa Malaysia, Tenaga fell eight sen to RM6.74, Genting and KL Kepong six sen each to RM8.65 and RM22 while Ambank lost three sen to RM6.33 and Sime Darby two sen lower at RM9.78. |
| Etihad projects US$5il revenues this year Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:02 PM PDT ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi's carrier Etihad Airways is projecting US$5bil in revenues in 2012, up from US$4.1bil last year, and hopes to sustain profitability, its chief executive said. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carrier, owned by the rich emirate of Abu Dhabi, was "projecting US$5bil in revenues in 2012", Etihad chief executive officer James Hogan told participants in the World Route Development Strategy Summit in Abu Dhabi yesterday. He also said the carrier was looking to keep "sustainable profitability in place" after posting US$14mil in net profit last year, in its first-ever registered profit since it began operations in 2003. Hogan said the fast-growing airline made US$281mil in revenues in the first half of 2012 from partnerships and code-sharing with other carriers. Etihad has equities in Ireland's Aer Lingus, airberlin, Air Seychelles and Virgin Australia. It operates a fleet of 67 aircraft with an average age of 4.9 years, and has many on order. - AFP |
| Adding drama to corporate training Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:59 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: Corporate training has taken on a new dimension with the launch of a programme that promises to add drama to the way executives are trained. Enfiniti Academy, in a press statement, said its latest product, PLAY!, is experiential, hands-on, interactive and uses the tools and techniques that Enfiniti is best known for - drama. According to Enfiniti Vision Media group president Datin Seri Tiara Jacquelina, PLAY! has been designed as a fun, relaxed but highly effective personal and group training method, conducted by professional trainers from Enfiniti Academy who have extensive experience in both corporate training, as well as theatre. "At every level of management, there is a need to perform, whether it's a presentation to the board or to prospective clients, a speech, public speaking, a sales pitch or interaction with customers, colleagues and employees," she said. Enfiniti Vision Media CEO Ashraff Dewal, who has spent 16 years of his career in multinational conglomerates, said the fresh approach would hopefully enable the participants to constantly use the principles in everyday life. Joanna Bessey, the course director of Enfiniti Academy, will be bringing her well-known theatre skills to the programme."We're really excited about our new theatre-based corporate training, because not only is it a fun learning experience compared with the rote power-point presentation based training, it's also imparting creative thinking and soft-skills in a unique manner which is applicable to all persons, no matter where they are on the corporate ladder," she said. The master trainer for the programme is Amsalan Doraisingam, who has a rich international background in both corporate training and the performing arts. Among the modules that PLAY! will highlight are improving team performance under pressure, cross rung communication skills, conflict resolution, team building and communication to improve selling skills. |
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