“Therewere a studies lot of unravels scared people.” Javier Soto, a passenger on a ferry on the way fromManhattan to New Jersey, described how people on the boatpitched in to help “There were people standing on the wing They were allafraid to take the dive,” he said. “We grabbed as many as wecould.” Another ferry captain, Juan Rosario, said he saw the planego down in what he called a smooth landing “It was going down slow It looked like he was doing a goodjob of it,” he said “It was a nice descent. It went rightin.” Then, he said, “You heard a big splash.”(Editing by Chris Wilson) Stocks Global Markets. BANGKOK, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Thai shares may snap the recentlower trend and edge higher on Friday, lifted by rises on otherbourses and optimism that the government’s stimulus measureswill help save the economy from recession. Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said he was confidentthe stimulus measures, including a mid-year budget and varioustax measures, would drive economic growth to 2 percent in 2009 Promises – Promises . But any market rally could be short-lived as investors arewary about the economic outlook, especially with the globalfinancial crisis taking a turn for the worse. “Any short-term bounce we see is not going to besignificant,” said Syrus Securities analyst ChakkritCharoenmethachai.

“On the whole, we all know the bigger picture that themarket still looks pretty bad and my guess is we’re still goingto see more analysts cutting forecasts, especially in banks andthe energy sector,” he said . Support on the main index .SETI was seen at 420 andresistance at 432, Chakkrit said . On Thursday the benchmark index fell 3.01 percent to426.26, ending a recent rise after investors dumped big caps onworries about corporate profits, with foreigners selling again . Click [TH/TRADING01] for cumulative trading value byinvestor type . ———————-MARKET SNAPSHOT 0221 GMT ————INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 .SPX 843.74 0.13% 1.120 USD/JPY JPY= 89.96 0.2% 0.180 10-YR US TSY YLDUS10YT=RR2.2386– 0.035 SPOT GOLD XAU= 819.45 0.24% 2.000 US CRUDECLc1 35.650.71% 0.250 DOW JONES .DJI 8212.490.15% 12.35 ASIA ADRS .BKAS88.720.83%0.73 ————————————————————- MARKET SUMMARY > Oil falls 9 percent on sagging demand [O/R] > Wall St falls on Citi, Bank of America anxiety [.N] > FOREX-Dollar rallies vs euro on ECB move, banktroubles[USD/] > Prices turn higher as stocks hit session lows [US/] > Gold steady, safe haven status helps after grimdata [GOL/] STOCKS AND FACTORS TO WATCH – Better World Green BWG.BK The waste management firm said it had won a 412 millionbaht contract to build a waste landfill system. – BankThai BT.BK BankThai, majority owned by Malaysia’s CIMB, said it wouldissue bonds worth up to 2.5 billion baht ($72 million) as partof a plan to boost its capital. [nBKK410440] – Thai consumer confidence ended four months of falls witha modest recovery in December due to optimism about a newgovernment, falling oil prices and lower interest rates buteconomists doubted the data signalled a real upturn.[nBKK368766] – For the Thai press digest click on [ID:nBKK321368] – For Thailand’s IPO diary click on – For Thailand’s stock exchange news click on [TH-SET] – For Thailand corporate earnings: [TH-RES-RTRS] – For Thailand economic forecast: [POLL-ECI-TH-RTRS] (Reporting by Ploy Chitsomboon; Editing by Alan Raybould).

TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Mizuho Financial Group (8411.T),Japan’s second-largest bank, has named a deputy president to thetop spot as part of a top management reshuffle . Stocks Takashi Tsukamoto will succeed Terunobu Maeda as president inApril, the bank said Maeda will take on the role of chairman (Reporting by David Dolan) Stocks . TAIPEI, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Shares of ProMOS Technologies(5387 Promises – Promises tickets .TWO) fell more than 5 percent on Friday after thestruggling DRAM maker said it was raising T$580 million ($17.4million) through the sale of chip-making equipment to TSMC(2330.TW) . Around an hour into trade, ProMOS shares fell 5.85 percent,against the main TAIEX’s1 percent gain following theannouncement of the sale late on Thursday .

The company said itwould incur a T$570 million loss on the sale . Investors have been worried that the cash-strapped companyneeds to secure enough cash as $330 million worth of convertiblebonds issued by the company will mature in mid-February Promises – Promises . Taiwan’s economics ministry said on Thursday it had met with”relevant parties” to review the organisation of the island’sDRAM industry, but that no concrete conclusions had yet beenmade . Taiwan’s government had asked ProMOS to resubmit areorganisation plan jointly filed by the local DRAM maker and itsbigger Japanese rival Elpida Memory (6665.T), apparently seekingassurances of support for the domestic sector .

(US$1=T$33.3) (Reporting by Baker Li, Editing by Jacqueline Wong) . TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Japan’s Fuji Heavy Industries(7270.T), the maker of Subaru cars, warned on Friday it faced anoperating loss of 9 billion yen ($100 million) in the year toMarch, down from the previously forecast 23 billion yen profit,because of falling demand and the stronger yen . It also cut its revenue forecast and warned it may cut itsdividend, as sliding car sales hit the profits of car makersworldwide . Fuji Heavy, an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp (7203 Promises – Promises tickets – wikipedia .T), cutits revenue forecast for the year by 10 percent to 1.44 trillionyen, reduced its sales volume target by an unspecified amount andrevised its foreign exchange rate assumption for the dollar to101 yen from 103 yen Promises – Promises – wikipedia .

can get back to his old ways. Some other thoughts on the NFL this season– I cannot remember an NFL team playing as poorly as the Oakland Raiders have of late. Anyone who saw Tate’s last few throws against MSU knows how lucky we were to get into overtime Promises – Promises – imdb . I’ll even go way out there (I’m not smoking anything, we swear) and see what could happen if Westbrook can notch an eight- or nine-year career (perhaps on life support, fans might snort).In Iggles fans’ defense, they have endured decades of futility without giving up on their teams. NEW YORK, Jan.