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ASIA News, Oct 11, 2011


Asia's Buffett Bonus For Energy, Mining
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By LIAM DENNING Asia Today: Asian state-backed energy companies are stepping in to buy western oil, gas and mining companies which have been beaten down during therecent market selloff. Average transaction sizes involving Asian buyers are creeping up. ...
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Seoul voted Best Business Travel City Of 2011
Travel Daily News International
The TTG group produces a number of prominent meetings industry magazines, with TTG China, TTG-BTmice China, TTG Asia and TTGmice being the region's leading travel trade titles. The award follows the recentannouncement of Seoul's current UIA ranking, ...
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Travel Daily News International
Zaccheroni ready for Japan to 'create opportunities' against Tajikistan in ...
The Japan Times
By GUS FIELDING OSAKA — Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has brushed off concerns over the Asian champions' recent lack of firepower, but admits he is expecting another tight World Cup qualifier against Tajikistan in Osaka on Tuesday night. ...
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Stocks Rally As European Hopes Rise With Sprint (S) and Citigroup (C) On The Move
Market Intelligence Center
Stocks finished the day sharply and broadly higher, extending gains won by European and Asian stocks after France and Germany pledged to deliver a plan to solve Europe's debt crisis by month's end. An empty US economic news calendar on the Columbus Day ...
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Pakistan recalls Sohail Abbas for Australia tour
Hindustan Times
The seniors were recalled after the PHF selectors had dropped all senior players for therecent Asian Champions Trophy insisting they wanted to try out new players in preparation for this year's Champions Trophy and the 2012 Olympic Games. ...
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Reality check on China's prospects
Youngstown Vindicator
But not all the sycophancy, shallow analysis, and hocus pocus in the universe can belie that China is lagging far behind — even its Asian neighbors. The UN's 2010 Human Development Index (a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, ...
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The seemingly endless weirdosity of the Milu
Scientific American (blog)
In recent history, England has been as much the home of this distinctive deer as its native China. I can't totally exclude the possibility that the antler isn't from a freak member of another deer species (deer are notoriously plastic in antler ...
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Scientific American (blog)
BASE METALS - European Opening View - Metals consolidate yesterday's gains ...
FXstreet.com
Equities – the Dow put in a solid rebound yesterday with a 3 percent gain and the firmer tone has been replicated in Asia where the Nikkei is up 1.8 percent, the Hang Seng is up 2.9 percent, the MSCI Asia Apex is up 2.8 percent, but China's CSI 300 has ...
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The Ma Doctrine
The Hill
Cross-strait tensions have eased dramatically in recent years, and the contested South China Sea has overtaken the Taiwan Strait as the most volatile hot spot in the Asia-Pacific. Disputes between China, Japan and southeast Asian countries over ...
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Oil shifts Canada's centre of gravity
Financial Times
The oil sands, located across an area the size of Florida, have put Canada on the map as an energy superpower, drawing in tens of billions of dollars in investment, and positioning it as an important long-term supplier to the US as well as Asian ...
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Financial Times
CBI files case against Marans; Chennai, Delhi houses raided
Oman Tribune
The CBI has also accused his brother Kalanithi Maran, SUN Direct TV director, chairman of Maxis Communication T Ananda Krishnan, senior executive of Astro AllAsia Network and Maxis Ralph Marshall and three companies Astro All Asia Networks,...
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Boyden Executive Outlook: Strategic Hiring Continues Despite US and European ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
In US Board Services, the recent federal appeals court rejection of the latest SEC attempt to enact the proxy access rule has slowed shareholder activists' quest to gain more control by directly nominating board members. "While a disappointment to ...
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Not just another road trip
Reinforced Plastics
Low bake, light weight and high bake (200°C) variants are available. The unnamed OEM offering the most recent contract – through 2016 and with potential to net another 40% beyond the initial order – is likely Aston Martin. ...
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Anthony J. Lumsden dies at 83; Southern California architect
Los Angeles Times
In recent years he designed a number of large-scale projects in Asia, as well as a public library in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles. But it was those earlier glass office buildings that provide Lumsden's clearest legacy, even as young ...
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Los Angeles Times
Michigan Law launching bold new Directors' College
R & D Magazine
Other key topics: corporate law and governance in Asia; domestic and cross-border capital markets; specific issues arising on investment (eg, environmental, labor, land acquisition); specific issues on selling products and services in India and China; ...
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Anwar al-Awlaki
Above the Law
Please feel free to check out this link to see some of our recent articles on expat / cola allowances in Asia: http://www.theasiachronicles.com/archives/category/expat-packages Most US and UK firms in Asia get us involved when they are considering any ...
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Above the Law
Al Davis, RIP
Above the Law
Please feel free to check out this link to see some of our recent articles on expat / cola allowances in Asia: http://www.theasiachronicles.com/archives/category/expat-packages Most US and UK firms in Asia get us involved when they are considering any ...
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Above the Law
Conversation Of The Week IV Fall 2011-2012: Situating Communities Of Color In ...
usariseup
As much as 44 per cent of immigrants during these decades came from Latin America and the Caribbean, about 37 per cent came from Asia and nearly 15 per cent from Europe. By the mid-1990s, as much as 8 per cent of the US population was considered...
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Soccer Capsules: Tigres, Cruz Azul on top in Mexico
Brownsville Herald
Asian champion Japan will expect to take three points in Group C when bottom-placed Tajikistan arrives in Osaka. Most eyes will be on the clash between the two teams expected to tussle for second place as North Korea, with three points, ...
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AGOA in top gear
BBQ Online
In addition, she says, many South African and African companies have attracted investment companies in Europe, Asia, Latin America as well as the US due to AGOA. Museisi says that although bilateral trade between sub-Saharan Africa and the US has...
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Is Your Brand's Marketing Strategy 2042-Compliant?
Forbes
And with the recent string of multicultural marketing missteps experienced by brands like Summer's Eve and Nivea, it's also clear that the path to cultural competency is not necessarily an easy one. Unfortunately, the solution isn't as simple as ...
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China's military buildup: How far along is it?
Al-Arabiya
(Photo by Reuters) By Reuters China's faster-than-expected military buildup has alarmed the United States and its Asian allies and could help the Pentagon gird against deeper defense cuts threatened in some corners of Congress. ...
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Al-Arabiya
Thailand welcomes Saudi Arabia at home
Fox News
Asian champion Japan will expect to take three points in Group C when bottom-placed Tajikistan arrives in Osaka. Most eyes will be on the clash between the two teams expected to tussle for second place as North Korea , with three points, ...
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New arrivals
The Hindu
Recent Issues Concerning Violence Against Women: Edited by Subhash Chandra Singh; Rs. 795. The above books pub. by Serials Publications, 4830/24 Prahlad Street, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002. Chattampi Swami — An Intellectual Biography: R. ...
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The Hindu
TECH: How great is the demand for new technologies in the global brewing sector?
BeverageManager .Net
In Asia, beers with a malt content of just 10 % are not unusual. Classical beverages based on cereals, like the Russian kvass, are enjoying new popularity, and are being included by breweries in their assortment as an extension to the product range. ...
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The Memeburn Interview: Q&A with Prezi CEO on 'non-linear' presentations
Memeburn
At the recent the World Economic Forum Prezi was as part of its presentation and media strategy. Prezi was arguably popularised by TED Conferences speakers, including TED curator Chris Anderson, who used a prezi for his acclaimed TEDGlobal 2010 ...
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Memeburn
Global Markets Overview - 10/11/2011
International Business Times AU
Stocks have surged since tumbling into bear-market territory last week, broadly considered a decline of 20% from a recent peak. The S&P 500 has jumped 11% since hitting its most recent nadir on an intraday basis last Tuesday. ...
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International Business Times AU
Feds will intervene if Air Canada workers strike: Raitt
CTV.ca
So go ahead pile on to the unionized workers, then when your house prices drop because no one can afford the price and your job is now done in Asia and you are working as a greater at a BoxMart you will have no one to blame but yourselves. ...
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