Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM), the maker of chips that power the Xbox 360 game console, unexpectedly forecasted a 3Q loss because of higher material costs and the weaker dollar.

沪深股市今日高开后震荡上扬。午后，在以保险股为首的金融股以及地产股的强势上攻下，两市上涨个股数增加，股指一路走高，最终上证综指收复2900点。

Thai Village Holdings has entered a $296.36m RTO, which could see the restaurant operator become a Chinese plastic stationery supplier. Thai Village will issue to China Stationery about 1.48b Thai Village shares at $0.20 each.

Stratech Systems has been awarded a contract to revamp and provide an integrated platform to manage the various websites under the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore.

American Express, the biggest US credit-card company by purchases, withdrew its 2008 earnings forecast after 2Q profit fell 37% on worse-than-expected consumer defaults.

The increase was mainly due to the 18 properties acquired over the past year. Management also anticipates strong rental reversions for leases coming up for renewal. The REIT now consists of 81 properties with a book value of $2.7b.

在市戒贪：初入股市的朋友都有这样的体会：周遭到处充满喜洋洋的赚钱之声，报纸上也会整天推介哪只股票又翻番了。

相信很多炒股的朋友都看过或知道本文标题中提到的三部紧张刺激、悬念四伏的电视剧了，这里仅借用剧名和剧中的某些情节描述一下当前市场的心态。

6月伊始，央行就宣布提高银行存款准备金率。今年以来，央行已经多次提高准备金率，一般都是在每个月的中旬、统计部门公告上个月的CPI等数据之后进行。

忽然之间，在端午节前，全球股市风云突变，大幅下跌，坏消息接踵而至。国际石油期货价格狂升，突破每桶135美元大关。