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Asian Stocks, Won Fall on Greece Aid Concern; Aussie, Wheat Drop
San Francisco Chronicle
Greece must pass its latest austerity package into law and identify 325 million euros ($431 million) in spending cuts before euro-area governments endorse a second bailout for the country, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said.
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Australia romps to 2-0 lead against China in Davis Cup
Herald Sun
Today, chasing an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Asia/Oceania tie, 28-time champion Australia will attempt to complete the first phase on the long journey back to the World Group for the first time since 2007. Hewitt beat Zhang Ze 6-1 6-2 7-6 (7-4) ...
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Ex-Leader of Maldives Faces Criminal Charges 2 Days After Stepping Down
New York Times
NEW DELHI — The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, faced criminal charges on Thursday and possibly arrest, only two days after his abrupt resignation plunged the island nation in the Indian Ocean into violent protests and political...
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New York Times
Singapore Straddles the Fence With US and China
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The US has repeatedly applied pressure on China in recent years on issues ranging from the value of China's currency to its assertiveness in the South China Sea, an area with overlapping claims from numerous Asian countries. In Mr. Shanmugam's speech, ...
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Focus Media Responds to Latest Muddy Waters Report
Sacramento Bee
9, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Focus Media Holding Limited ("Focus Media") (Nasdaq: FMCN), China's largest lifestyle targeted out-of-home digital media company, responded today to the allegations raised in a research report by Muddy Waters dated ...
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UTStarcom Wins Two China Telecom Provincial IPTV Network Expansion Contracts
Sacramento Bee
("UTStarcom" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: UTSI) a leading provider of interactive, IP-based network solutions in iDTV, IPTV, Internet TV and broadband for cable and telecom operators today announced that it has won two new contracts to support IPTV ...
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Macronix Launches its First SLC NAND Flash Product Family for Embedded ...
Bradenton Herald
/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337), a world leading supplier in NOR Flash memory, today formally launches the first generation Single-Level Cell (SLC) NAND Flash family, the MX30LF family. An extension of Macronix's ...
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Swiss Consumer Prices Decline Most in Two Years on Franc Strength: Economy
Bloomberg
In the UK, producer-price inflation slowed to 4.1 percent lastmonth, the weakest since November 2010, from 4.8 percent in December, the Office for National Statistics in London said today. The Bank of England, which yesterday pledged to pump an extra...
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Bloomberg
Focus Media Responds to Latest Muddy Waters Report
PR Newswire (press release)
9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Focus Media Holding Limited ("Focus Media") (Nasdaq: FMCN), China's largest lifestyle targeted out-of-home digital media company, responded today to the allegations raised in a research report by Muddy Waters dated February ...
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Swiss Consumer Prices Fall as Franc Lowers Import Costs: Economy
BusinessWeek
In the UK, producer-price inflation slowed to 4.1 percent last month, the weakest since November 2010, from 4.8 percent in December, the Office for National Statistics in London said today. The Bank of England, which yesterday pledged to pump an extra ...
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Facing the Challenge of China, Should India Embrace the US?
TIME (blog)
India's planned purchase of 126 fighters from France's Dassault marks the latest stage in a huge military procurement cycle that has made the world's largest democracy the world's biggest arms importer India's Foreign Minister SM Krishna was in Beijing...
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TIME (blog)
Macronix Launches its First SLC NAND Flash Product Family for Embedded ...
Sacramento Bee
9, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337), a world leading supplier in NOR Flash memory, today formally launches the first generation Single-Level Cell (SLC) NAND Flash family, the MX30LF family.
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New M86 Security Labs Report Reveals Spread of Malware Growing Via Social ...
SBWire (press release)
Singapore -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/09/2012 -- M86 Security, the global expert in real-time Web and email threat protection, today released its latest bi-annual M86 Security Labs Report, which details a significant growth in cybercrime via sophisticated ...
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How Earth's next supercontinent will form
CBS News
Orthoversion prediction of future supercontinent, Amasia, named for its fusing the Americas and Asia by closure of the Arctic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Predicted convergence directions (red arrows) are confined within the â??ring of fireâ?? of ...
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Japan Stock Futures Rise on Greece Agreement, US Job Claims
BusinessWeek
“You had increases in most equity markets across Europe and a very small increase in the US It's a good point for Asia.” Greece must pass its latestausterity package into law and identify 325 million euros in spending cuts before euro-area governments ...
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Two Tibetans shot dead, another self-immolation, as China's dissent crackdown ...
Boing Boing
By Xeni Jardin at 12:09 am Friday, Feb 10 Radio Free Asia reports that a 40-year-old Tibetan monk and his 38-year-old brother in Sichuan province were shot by authorities today, after participating protests against Chinese rule and calling for the ...
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Knicks' Lin Helps Generate Top Ticket Prices as Sponsors Say Wait and See
Bloomberg
The reaction to the Asian-American Harvard University graduate has been nicknamed Linsanity by the team and New York media. Lin, 23, took over as the New York Knicks' starting point guard two games ago and has helped build a three-game winning streak...
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Bloomberg
Record sales for firms in Singapore
AsiaOne
By Reico Wong Top companies here including Shell Eastern Trading, BP Singapore and Vitol Asia rang in record sales of $1.98 trillion last year, but their profit figures told a different story. The combined sales of the largest 1000 companies here rose ...
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AsiaOne
Philip Morris International's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call ...
Seeking Alpha
Today's call is scheduled to last about one hour, including remarks by Philip Morris International management and the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to Mr. Nick Rolli, Vice President of Investor ...
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Santorum ties Romney in Pennsylvania poll
Washington Post (blog)
EARLIER ON THE FIX: CPAC 2012: The live blog John Sanchez drops out ofNew Mexico Senate race Ron Barber, wounded in Tucson shooting, to run for Gabrielle Giffords's House seat Pete Hoekstra primary rival calls TV ad 'demeaning' What to watch for at ...
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Bangkok Airways signs full content deal with Travelport
eTravelBlackboard - Asia Edition
Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, todayannounces a new content agreement with Bangkok Airways, a regional carrier which operates over 20 domestic and international routes. The multi-year deal will provide ...
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BMO Mutual Funds Recognized at Lipper Awards
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Feb 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Four BMO/Guardian Mutual Funds were recognized at the Lipper Fund Awards lastnight in Toronto. The funds which took home top honours include: The Lipper Fund Awards recognize funds that have ...
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EnterpriseDB Announces General Availability Of Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.1
HostReview.com (press release)
BEDFORD, MA, -- EnterpriseDB, the leading worldwide provider of PostgreSQL and Oracle compatibility products and services, todayannounced general availability of Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.1. The release features significant performance ...
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The Rafale's long flight to India
Business Standard
Worrying the brightest thinkers of IAF was a brash new arrival in the subcontinental skies. The US had just announced the sale of 40 F-16 fighters to Pakistan, giving the Pakistan Fiza'ya (as the Pakistan Air Force styles itself) a fighter potent, ...
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Global Non-Alcoholic Beverages Market to Reach US$622 Billion by 2015 ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Consumers today are offered a wider choice of drinks than ever before, suitable for every occasion. Although conventional carbonated soft drinks continue to reign supreme, the industry has kept pace with changing lifestyles by introducing newer and ...
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BG Group plc Management Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Expectations have increased for emerging markets such as South America and the Middle East, and we think Asia will continue to grow particularly robustly once again, especially in China. One view unchanged from last year is that strong underlying ...
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Prolexic Secures US$8 Million in Funding
TheHostingNews.com (press release)
(The Hosting News) – Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, today announced that it has closed an US$8 million Series B investment led by Camden Partners, a Baltimore-based private equity ...
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TheHostingNews.com (press release)
Bunge, Corn Products eye stronger demand
Reuters
"Based on what ADM and Cargill already put out there, people were probably expecting worse from Bunge, and that's why the stock is up so much today," said Jeff Stafford, an equity analyst for Morningstar. Bunge, among the top sugar and ethanol ...
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US Prepares Georgia for New Wars in Caucasus and Iran
Center for Research on Globalization
There are a great deal of 'new features' that today are being fine tuned in the theater of military operations.” “Russian intelligence had obtained information indicating that the Georgian military infrastructure could be used for logistical support of ...
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Center for Research on Globalization
Bombardier Brings its Diversified Portfolio of Industry-Leading Aircraft and ...
India PRwire (press release)
Business aviation in Asia-Pacific is experiencing rapid growth. Bombardier'slatest market forecast for the aviation industry predicts a total of 975 business jet deliveries destined for the Asia-Pacific region over the next 20 years.
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Pakistan receives more revamped F-16 jets » Latin Business Today
By Latest News - UPI.com
10 (UPI) -- The last three of 18 new and upgraded F-16 fighter jets from the United States arrived in Pakistan, a report by the Indo-Asian News Service said. One F-16 D Block 52 and two F-16 Block 15 Mid-Life Upgrade aircraft arrived from the ...
Latin Business Today
Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012
Intel, Nvidia to showcase latest technologies at MWC 2012. Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Friday 10 February 2012]. Intel and Nvidia, which have crossed from the PC industry to challenge smartphone CPU giant Qualcomm, ...
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
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US vows commitment to Europe despite Asia focus | Pakistan Today ...
New Update(s) ... US vows commitment to Europe despite Asia focus ... -despite- asia-focus%2FUS+vows+commitment+to+Europe+despite+Asia+focus2012-02 ...
www.pakistantoday.com.pk/.../us-vows-commitment-to-europ...
NPC Newsmaker Program: Asian Regional ... - US Politics Today
NPC Newsmaker Program: Asian Regional Security. Press release distribution provided by US Politics Today.
uspolitics.einnews.com/.../npc-newsmaker-program-asian-regi...
Americas, Asia to become 'supercontinent' - News from USA Today
Americas, Asia to become 'supercontinent' - News from USA Today. ... all the continents, have formed and broken apart on Earth in the last 1.8 billion years.
tucsoncitizen.com/.../americas-asia-to-become-supercontinent/
The Asian Today Online - News - Scholarship to honour murdered ...
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Davis Cup Asia latest news and videos
Davis Cup Asia NEWS, RELEVANCE DATE. SORT ... completed the perfect start to the 2012 Davis Cup campaign by grabbing a 2-0 lead against Chinatoday.
interceder.net/topic/Davis-Cup-Asia
Acting Asian soccer chief 'keen to stay on' ‹ Japan Today: Japan ...
Acting Asian soccer chief Zhang Jilong, who replaced the corruption-tainted Mohamed bin ... Stay in touch with the latest and widest range of Japan Newswith ...
www.japantoday.com/.../acting-asian-soccer-chief-keen-to-sta...
Pan Asia's Unit Takes First Coal Shipment from ... - Indonesia Today
NEW YORK, Indonesia Today - Philip Morris International (PMI) . ..... Listed in Hong-Kong Stock Exchange, Pan Asia's share has been noted unusual price...
www.theindonesiatoday.com/.../18960-pan-asia-mining-unit-t...
2012 February 09 DAWN.COM | Latest News, Breaking News ...
Wednesday 8th February 2012 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 16, 1433. Last updated: 1 hour ago. Make DAWN Your Homepage. Home · Latest News · Pakistan · World ...
www.dawn.com/2012/02/09
Ayumi Hamasaki's New Single Released Today
single-release - Ayumi Hamasaki has just released her new single "how beautiful you are". It is a digital single so be sure to buy it online!!
www.jpopasia.com/.../ayumi-hamasakis-new-single-released-to...
Pauls: Jurmala will be met with “new wave” (Latvia) - Baku Today
Latest Asia News ... Latvia visited the organizers of the international contest of young performers “new wave”, headed by Igor Krutoy, stated today, 7 February, ...
www.bakutoday.net/pauls-jurmala-will-be-met-with-new-wave...
Yahoo chairman steps down, reviews continue - ZDNet Asia News
By Ellyne Phneah , ZDNet Asia on February 8, 2012 (2 days ago) ... EU News:New standards make using carrier Wi-Fi super easy: Joining a carrier Wi-Fi hot spot on your... http://t.co/trMYbugj #smartphone ... Newsletters Subscribetoday ...
www.zdnetasia.com/yahoo-chairman-steps-down-reviews-cont...
The Straits Times - Premium
FOREIGNERS snapped up about 9300 private homes last year - making it a record ... US urged to seize Asia trade opportunities ... New leader an ex-UN official ...
www.straitstimes.com/Premium/Premium_20120209.html
  
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