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ASIA News, Apr 13, 2012

Asia stock markets rise as NKorea rocket fails
BusinessWeek
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Asian shares shrugged off China's slowing growth Friday, rallying after US markets rose and North Korea's rocket launch failed. South Korea's Kospi jumped 0.9 percent to 2003.81, rebounding from losses earlier in the week after the ...
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Asian Shares Shrug Off China GDP Miss
Fox Business
By 1100 GMT, the MSCI world stock index was flat on the day with Asianshares holding up well but Europe on the slide and US stock futures pointing to a lower open on Wall Street. Copper and oil both retreated on concerns about demand from China, ...
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Asian Shares Pare Gains; Australia Dlr, Euro Drop On Weak China GDP
Wall Street Journal
By Shri Navaratnam SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Asian stocks markets pared some of their gains Friday, while the euro and the Australian dollar dropped after first quarter growth in China slowed to its weakest pace in three years, reinforcing concerns of a ...
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Asian Stocks, Won Rise on Failed Rocket Launch; Commodities Drop
San Francisco Chronicle
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks climbed to a one-week high and South Korea's won gained after a failed rocket launch by North Korea. Commodities and European equity-index futures fell as China's economy grew less than economists forecast.
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Asian Shares Rise; Relief After N Korea Rocket Launch; Focus On China Data
Wall Street Journal
By Shri Navaratnam SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Asian stocks markets rose Friday amid fresh speculation of further stimulus measures from the US Federal Reserve, and as investors breathed a sigh of relief as the launch of a multistage rocket by North Korea ...
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Asian Stocks, Won Rise on Failed Rocket Launch; Copper Drops
San Francisco Chronicle
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose the most in nearly three weeks and South Korea's won gained after a rocket launched by North Korea broke up and fell into the sea. Copper dropped after China's economy grew less than economists forecast.
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Asian Stocks Rise on China Lending as Korean Rocket Fails
BusinessWeek
By Jason Clenfield on April 13, 2012 Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index headed for its biggest gain in two weeks, after a North Korean rocket launch failed minutes after liftoff and China's bank lending surged.
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Asian neighbors react to North Korean rocket launch
CNN
(CNN) -- The North Korean rocket launch that threw its neighbors in the Asianregion into high alert was greeted with relief on Friday as previously jittery stock markets gained ground and bans on activities in its projected flight path were relaxed.
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Asia Stocks Rise After N. Korea Rocket May Have Failed
Bloomberg
Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index headed for its biggest gain in two weeks, after a North Korean rocket launch failed minutes after liftoff and China's bank lending surged. Shares pared gains after the Chinese economy grew less than ...
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Bloomberg
Asia Shares Volatile on N Korea Rocket Launch
BusinessWeek
By Yoshiaki Nohara and Toshiro Hasegawa on April 12, 2012 Asian share trading may be volatile today after North Korea fired a rocket in defiance of international pressure. Japanese and Australian stock futures rose ahead of the report of the rocket ...
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Asia Shares May Be Volatile on North Korea Rocket Launch
Bloomberg
Asian share trading may be volatile today after North Korea fired a rocket in defiance of international pressure. Japanese and Australian stock futures rose ahead of the report of the rocket launch after Federal Reserve policy makers signaled interest ...
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Asia Stocks Rise to One-Week High; Won Gains on Rocket Failure
San Francisco Chronicle
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose to a one-week high, the won strengthened and oil rose after South Korea and Japan said North Korea's rocket launch may have failed. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.7 percent as of 9:25 am in Tokyo, ...
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Weak Chinese data weighs on markets
BusinessWeek
By COLLEEN BARRY US and European stocks slipped Friday on weak Chinese economic data and persistent tensions in eurozone debt markets, while Asian markets were buoyed by a botched North Korean missle test. Concerns about the prospects for global growth ...
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Asia Fuel Oil-Holds steady ahead of new pricing month
Reuters
SINGAPORE, April 13 (Reuters) - Asia's fuel oil market moved sideways on Friday, with the inter-month spreads and cash premiums trading within a narrow range of not more than 25 cents a tonne, just before the May pricing month turns prompt on Monday.
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Asia Stocks Rise as Won Gains on North's Rocket Failure
Bloomberg
To contact the reporters on this story: Andrew Rummer in London at arummer@bloomberg.net; Rita Nazareth in New York at rnazareth@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Nick Baker at nbaker7@bloomberg.net More News: Asia...
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Bloomberg
GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares mixed, oil down on softer Chinese growth
Reuters
* World shares steady after Chinese GDP; Asia up, Europe down * Dollar firms, oil down in response to slower China growth * JPMorgan results, modest US inflation fail to make impact * Spanish bond yields rise again By Mike Peacock LONDON, ...
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Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. Announces Payment of Monthly Distribution
MarketWatch (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:FAX) (the "Fund"), a closed-end bond fund, today announced that it paid on April 13, 2012, a monthly distribution of US 3.5 cents per share to all ...
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Asia Distillates-ULSD premiums at four-month high
Reuters
SINGAPORE, April 13 (Reuters) - Asian ultra low sulphur diesel premiums climbed for a third consecutive session to a more than four-month high on Friday as demand remained robust from Australia on refinery maintenance, traders said.
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Kuwaiti appointed to lead ANOC
ESPN
AP MOSCOW -- Asia's top Olympic official was elected Friday as head of the global body of national Olympic committees, taking over after longtime chief Mario Vazquez Rana resigned amid political infighting. Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait, ...
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Stocks fall on slower growth in China
USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) – US and European stocks slipped Friday on weak Chinese economic data and persistent tensions in eurozone debt markets, while Asian markets were buoyed by a botched North Korean missile test. By Richard Drew, AP Traders work on the floor ...
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USA TODAY
European Stocks, Commodities Drop on China GDP; Won Strengthens
San Francisco Chronicle
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.9 percent, the biggest gain in almost three weeks. Australia's dollar lost 0.5 percent and the won rose against all 16 major counterparts. Ten-year Treasury yields fell two basis points to 2.03 percent.
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Asia Markets Rise; Infosys Slides
Wall Street Journal
By VIRGINIA HARRISON And NICK GODT Asian stock markets generally rose Friday, as cooler-than-expected Chinese growth strengthened expectations that Beijing could ease its monetary policies further. But India's stock market fell after software ...
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Asia gains as China economy cools
MarketWatch
By Virginia Harrison and Nick Godt, MarketWatch MUMBAI (MarketWatch) —Asia markets pared gains but ended firmly in positive territory on Friday, after data showing China's economy cooled more than expected in the first quarter triggered fresh hope ...
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SE Asia Stocks-Singapore, Indonesia end at over one-week high
Reuters
For Asian Companies click; For Asia-Pacific News click; For South East AsiaHot Stock reports, click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS Change on day Market Current Prev Close Pct Move Singapore 2987.82 2978.14 +0.33 Kuala Lumpur 1603.12 1601.27 +0.12 ...
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ASIA CREDIT CLOSE: IG tightens, new issues do well
Reuters
SINGAPORE, April 13 (IFR) - Asian credit markets had a quiet but positive trading session with the main gauge of investment-grade credit in the region, the Asia ex-Japan iTraxx 17, ending some 3bp tighter in the day at 160bp/165bp.
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FIBA - Khajirian to take over as FIBA Asia Secretary General | FIBA ...
By rss-editor@fiba.com
KUALA LUMPUR - Hagop Khajirian on Friday was unanimously elected as Secretary General of FIBA Asia at the FIBA Asia Central Board meeting in Kuala Lumpur. The appointment comes after Dato' Yeoh.
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Nickel Asia's shipments up in first quarter - Home » Other Sections ...
Listed Nickel Asia Corp. on Friday reported that its nickel ore shipment rose more than a third in the year's firt three months. ... READ OTHER NEWS. SHARE. facebook share, facebook. twitter, Tweet. yahoo buzz, yahoo! buzz. ARTICLE TOOLS ...
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Google unlikely to sell Motorola in short-term, say sources
A recent Wall Street Journal report suggested that Google is preparing to sell Motorola's hardware division to China-based Huawei Device at a high price, citing rumors from Asia. However, the sources pointed out there is no reason for Google ...
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
XE.com - Asia Distillates-ULSD premiums at four-month high
SINGAPORE, April 13 (Reuters) - Asian ultra low sulphur. diesel premiums climbed for a third consecutive session to a. more than four-month high on Friday as demand remained robust. from Australia on refinery maintenance, traders said.
XE Forex News
ISSA - Asia-Pacific News
April 13, 2012 — Warning labels on household chemical products will be updated by 2017 as part of a United Nations (U.N.) sponsored program, reports www.chtdata.com. Over the next few years, chemical warning labels will be redesigned ...
ISSA Newsfeed for the Cleaning Industry
Global Geothermal News: Asia:
By Geothermal Resources Council
Interview with Vincent Villegas, VP Business Development at the Energy Development Corporation, about his thoughts on the SE Asian geothermal industry in the run-up to the GeoPower Indonesia & Philippines conference – at which Mr.
Global Geothermal News
Burmanet » Channel News Asia: G8 mulls Myanmar sanction lift
By editor, BurmaNet
Channel News Asia: G8 mulls Myanmar sanction lift. Fri 13 Apr 2012. Filed under: International. Washington: Group of Eight foreign ministers raised the prospect Thursday of easing international sanctions on Myanmar after a series of reformist ...
Burmanet
Honda CRF230L Has Finally Arrived… In Asia Anyway - CleanMPG ...
By xcel
Honda CRF230L Has Finally Arrived… In Asia Anyway In the News. ... In theNews News items that may be of interest. These show up on the front page. Only Moderators may start threads, but anyone can respond to them.
CleanMPG.com - News Feed
SAC Capital's Head of Asia-Pacific Region Said to Resign ...
By knowledge management - Google News
Global Knowledge Management News ... Jay Luo, who ran SAC Capital Advisors LP's Asia-Pacific operations, quit the hedge fund after 10 years to pursue other opportunities, said three people with knowledge of his resignation. Luo will leave ...
Knowledge Management
World Briefing | Asia: India: Rebels Release Italian ... - News On Feeds
World Briefing | Asia: India: Rebels Release Italian Hostage. published about 12 hours ago. Maoist rebels on Thursday released an Italian tourist guide abducted more than a month ago in eastern India after the state government agreed to ...
NewsOnFeeds.com Asia News
INDIA Priest beaten, insulted and threatened with death ... - AsiaNews
A group of Hindus attack Fr Sisirakant Sbhanayak, parish priest in Sukananda ( Kandhamal District) on four occasions during Holy Week. The attackers wanted ...
www.asianews.it/.../Priest-beaten,-insulted-and-threatened-with...
Slum demolition in Bangladesh puts hundreds ... - Asia News Network
Evicted dwellers of Dhaka's T&T Beltoli and Karail slums have been living under the open sky with no food, water, power, or toilet facilities for the last three days.
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?sec=1&id=29401
Asia Report: 200-MW Solar Project Planned in Japan | Renewable ...
As Japan awaits the price structure that will be set in July when the government announces its feed-in tariff prices, one company in particular is moving ahead...
www.renewableenergyworld.com/.../asia-report-200-mw-solar...
Africa and Asia to lead urban population growth in next 40 years ...
Africa and Asia together will account for 86 per cent of all growth in the world's urban population over the next four decades, the United Nations said today, ...
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41722
Report: Rising Income Gap Threatening Stability in Asia | News ...
A report by the Asian Development Bank says the region's rapid economic growth has created a widening income gap that threatens to undermine its growth ...
www.voanews.com/.../Report-Rising-Income-Gap-Threatening...
BBC News - Asia's rapid growth fuelling inequality, the ADB warns
Asia's rapid economic growth may hurt stability as the gap between the rich and poor widens, the Asia Development Bank warns.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17673445
Asia stocks muted in holiday-thinned trading - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Asian stock markets were muted Friday in holiday-thinned trade ahead of a monthly U.S. hiring report.
news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-muted-holiday-thinned-trading-0...
MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com: Enterprise Mobility Asia News ...
Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in ...
mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/.../enterprise-mobility...
Asia stock markets rise as NKorea rocket fails
Boosted by that news, Asian markets shrugged off data showing that China's economy grew at an 8.1 percent pace in January-March, its slowest in nearly three ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../asia-stock-markets-rise-as-nkorea-rocket...
Asia Private Equity Weekly News, April 10, 2012
HONG KONG, April 10 (Reuters) - News and developments inAsia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending April6.APRIL 6TPG CAPITAL LP and ...
www.reuters.com/.../pve-weekly-idUSL3E8F70BS20120410

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