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Emirates backs Four Nations Rugby Cup
Emirates 24/7
... Hong Kong (Asia) and host nation, UAE (Asian Rugby Football Union). “Emirates has been a firm supporter of rugby for many years and we are proud to be the driving force behind many of the sport's successful worldwide events,” said Ahmed Khoory, ...
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Philippine U16 cagers size up opposition first
Inquirer.net
By Jasmine W. Payo NHA TRANG, Vietnam—The Energen Pilipinas Under-16 team gets to find out how tough the road to Asian supremacy is when the Fiba Asia U16 tournament unfolds Tuesday in this coastal city. After drawing a bye on opening day, ...
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IR Magazine Greater China Awards Shortlist: Newcomer HTC Rivals TSMC for Most ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Celebrating 10 years of honoring award-winning IR in Greater China, Janet Dignan, the founding editor of IR magazine, says: 'In a period of such volatility in global stock markets and in the world economy - involving Asia at least as much as anywhere ...
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Dan Wheldon's death raises questions for IndyCar circuit
USA Today
Races start from a dead stop, unlike IndyCar and NASCAR, and are run on race and street courses —- never ovals —- throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The cars have between 750-800 horsepower, but speeds rarely reach 210 mph because of the ...
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USA Today
Emerging Stocks Snap Nine-Day Rally on Europe Debt, China GDP
BusinessWeek
The Hang Seng China Enterprise Index of Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong sank 4.5 percent, the biggest drop among Asia's benchmark indexes. Taiwan's Taiex Index retreated 1.4 percent and South Korea's Kospi Index declined 1.4 percent. ...
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Fall sports roundup Oct. 17
Fresno Bee
Asia Boatman/Kasi Bergman 8-5. Record: Tulare 11-4. Goals: M, Gabrielle Hernandez 1, Brie Fleming 2, Veanna Arroyo 1, Rebecca Campbell 3, Haley Shafer 2. Saves: M, Bridget Bell 8. Goals: M, Kristin Campbell 1, Brie Fleming 2, Sophia Gonzalez 1, ...
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This Week in Golf -- October 18th through October 23rd
Kansas City Star
She has six victories this year alone and is clearly the best player in the sport. After a week off, the final event of the Asian swing is the Mizuno Classic, where Jiyai Shin won the title last year. WINN-DIXIE JACKSONVILLE OPEN - TPC Sawgrass (Dye's ...
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Bulls' legacy hasn't faded Down Under
ESPN (blog)
By Nick Friedell Courtesy of the NBA Former Bulls Horace Grant, Ron Harper and Luc Longley were in Australia coaching as part of the 2011 Asia Pacific Team Camp. DANDENONG, VICTORIA, Australia -- It's 7 am on the other side of the world and I've just ...
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ESPN (blog)
UPDATE 2-Engineer Arcadis to buy EC Harris, cuts 2011 outlook
Reuters
The company, which also cut its outlook for 2011 earnings on Monday, has been looking for opportunities away from the struggling Benelux market, looking to tap strong growth in Asia and South America. "Although an acquisition in the UK was not on top ...
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FA: We won't lose relegation battle
The Sun
It never got off the starting blocks but came off the back of the plan for the 39th game, which was a move to play a round of fixtures abroad in the likes of Asia and the USA. Even before that, the then Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook had ...
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Asian Olympic Chiefs Hold 60th Meeting; 2017 Med Games; McDonald's Renews?
Around the Rings (subscription)
The Olympic Council of Asia approves the addition of waterskiing to the sports program of the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China next June. The Olympic Council ofAsia kept busy over the weekend in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. ...
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Around the Rings (subscription)
Our golfers need self-belief and mental strength to be champs
Malaysia Star
It made things easier for the golfers rather than having to play additional holes the next day. This is something the organisers of the coming CIMB Asia Pacific Classic should take note of as both tournaments do not have the cut-off marks.
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A tribute to women
The Hindu
Jasmine, reminiscent of Asia and the Orient, with leaf-shaped hands in the dial, exudes femininity. The watch come in steel and leather straps. The range introduces different sizes in dials; from a 29mm to a 35mm dial for those who prefer bigger dials. ...
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The Hindu
Van Persie Welcomes "New Cristiano Ronaldo" to Arsenal
Sportsvibe
Returning to Arsenal for a pre-season tour of Asia, Germany and Portugal, Miyaichi once again impressed and finally attained a work permit to play in the English Premier League. Arsene Wenger's assessment of Miyaichi's development will be encouraging ...
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Entry visa is free for Vietnamese tourists flying to Korea's Jeju
SGGP
Two chartered flights per week on Tuesdays and Saturdays contracted by Korea-based company Asia World Travel now link the two destinations, with visa free for Vietnamese tourists, said Mr. Oh Chang-Hyeon. The chartered flights, which started over the ...
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SGGP
UPHL enters 4 volley finals
Journal Online
The UPHL volleybelles will meet First Asia Institute of Humanities and Technology, which dumped Lyceum University-Batangas, 25-22, 28-26, 25-17, for the championship. UPHL will also try to defend its men's crown against La Salle-Lipa at the start of ...
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Baseball body expels Khanal for forgery
Himalayan Times
Khanal was found to have used the letter of the National Sports Council (NSC) with forged signature of NSC Member Secretary Yubaraj Lama to apply for the South Korean visas to attend the November 4 congress of Baseball Federation of Asia in Seoul. ...
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The MCA has lost the plot
Free Malaysia Today
However, in 54 years of supposedly fighting for the education of our children, our education system has become the laughing stock of Asia. Form 3 students face having to learn Science and Mathematics in Malay once again, having learnt theses subjects ...
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Canon unveils new EOS-1D X
CNET Asia
Full-HD video recording is also supported and unlike earlier models, movies are not restricted to being under 4GB in size. The EOS-1D X will be available in Asia in the first half of 2012. Its price in this region has yet to be confirmed. ...
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CNET Asia
No NBA is good news for the NHL
A.V. Club DC
Several other players, such as Wilson Chandler, are now playing in Asia behind stupefying contracts that don't allow them to come back this season, even if there is a season. Just like the NHL before it, the NBA needs an economic reality check, and, ...
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Eurosport Enhances Online Video Streaming with Solutions from Elemental
MarketWatch (press release)
Eurosport Asia-Pacific reaches 17 countries in the region and launched an HD channel in September 2011. Eurosportnews is the sports news channel transmitted worldwide. Eurosport.com, Europe's n deg 1 online sports destination, has 15 million unique ...
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Hangover Part II faces plagiarism suit
The Guardian
He argues that the film-makers ripped off his idea for a comedy in which the main character travels from America to Asia to wed his girlfriend. In Rubin's case the object of his affections was a Japanese woman and their romance fell apart during the ...
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The Guardian
Taiwanese people enjoy eating out more than other Asians: survey
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Oct. 17 (CNA) Eating delicious food is the most preferred leisure activity of Taiwanese people, according to a survey on consumer preferences in the Asia Pacific region by MasterCard that was unveiled Monday. The survey showed that Taiwanese ...
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CMO Council to Host GeoBranding Caucus With New Zealand 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
Regional chapters and advisory boards are active in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The Council's strategic interest groups include the Coalition to Leverage and Optimize Sales Effectiveness (CLOSE), LoyaltyLeaders.org, ...
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FM Pascua, WIM Mejia shine in '2nd Pangasinan Age Group Chess Championship'
Philippine Information Agency
Ito lang po ang po ang sports na lahat kasali (Chess for everybody. This is the only sport that everyone is a participant),” he added. He said the country was a strong chess playing nation by having produced Asia's first international master and ...
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Malaysia sews 16 deals worth $70 mn at Mipcom
Indiantelevision.com
Animasia Studio of Malaysia has signed a production servicing contract with Strika Entertainment to continue the third season of the soccer series 'Supa Strikas' which aits in over 70 countries worldwide, including Disney Asia, ESPN Star Sports, ...
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Federer Drops Out of Top Three, Murray Claims Third Ranking
International Business Times
Murray was in such exemplary form that Ferrer was helpless in preventing him from taking a hat-trick of tournament victories in Asia. The win means the British number one will rise to third spot in the new world rankings, and will be placed above ...
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International Business Times
Newspaper Briefing, including 'Retailers face £1bn rise in rates bill ...
Proactive Investors UK
In the third quarter, 45% of Citis continuing net revenues came from Asia and Latin America. That number is almost 10% points higher than it was at the beginning for 2010. But progress is slower than might be expected. In Asia, net revenue growth for ...
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Nalco the Aluminum giant from Orissa beaconing the world
Orissadiary.com
Today, as an ISO 92002 & 14001 Company, Nalco has emerged as the largest integrated bauxite-alumina-aluminium complex in Asia. The complex has five multi-locational complex in Asia. The complex has five multi-location, well integrated, segments viz ...
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HONG KONG DAYBOOK: Hong Kong Jobless Rate; China GDP Growth
Bloomberg
... Senior China Economist Ting Lu 9:40 Baring Asset Management Head of Asia Multi-Asset Strategy Khiem Do 10:10 UBS Chief China Economist Wang Tao 11:15 StanChart Head of Greater China Research Stephen Green 12:10 HSBC Greater China Economist Donna Kwok.
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US urges end to abuses of Myanmar minorities
WRIC
Myanmar, a former breadbasket of Southeast Asia, has suffered not just repressive government but poor economic management during nearly 50 years of military rule. It is subject to wide-ranging trade, economic and political sanctions from the US and ...
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BUYINS.NET: KO, WCN, OMC, AAPL, CCK, HOG Expected To Be Up After Next Earnings ...
TMC Net
... public relations, recruitment communications, reputation consulting, retail marketing, search engine marketing, and sports and event marketing services. It offers its services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia. ...
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The World's Most Dangerous Roads
The Atlantic
Often, these states even top the poverty- and war-torn nations of South Asia and Central Africa, where one might expect drivers to exercise a bit less caution. But shouldn't countries with so much money and so few people -- Libya and Saudi Arabia are ...
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Colombia-U.S. trade agreement helps China?
CNN International (blog)
“The president's priority is the Asia Pacific region,” Mutis said. On the back of the free trade agreement, one businessman quickly changed business plans. Around half a year ago Luis Guahuna, a Colombian apparel entrepreneur, started negotiations with ...
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Meralco hires ex-NBA veteran as skills' coach
Manila Standard Today
He is also expected to join the second wave of the Smart Gilas-Pilipinas squad, which will compete for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The team is likewise being funded by Pangilinan, also the head of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. ...
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Italian match-fixers bagged up to S$3.5b over 6 years: FIFA
TODAYonline
Police have arrested suspects in Asia, Europe and Africa for rigging matches. The start of the Turkish league was delayed amid a police inquiry that resulted in the demotion of champion Fenerbahce to the second tier. Police in Italy arrested 16 people, ...
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Strive to be job creators, not job seekers, women graduates urged
IPPmedia
There are many such good examples in Africa, Asia and America where the Nordstrom boutique in Seattle, Washington, US, which is one of the biggest companies in the world, started as a small business. In Tanzania today owning boutique could be one of ...
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Japan, Spain to seek UNESCO heritage ratification
The Daily Yomiuri
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry in May decided to recommend 47 items of historical significance owned by the Sendai City Museum be registered in the Memory of the World Program, including a certificate of Roman ...
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Live Art: Supersonic featuring The Furies | Canned Culture
Red Bull (International)
... will all be on display at Kuala Lumpar's massive multi-venue Collision Arts AsiaFestival, which runs from October 21-23 and includes everything from live graffiti demos to (no doubt visually arresting if not strictly artistic) extreme sports. ...
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Red Bull (International)
Sigma Corporation Announces Availability and Pricing for Updated Sigma 18 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The enhanced multipurpose zoom lens offers photographers the opportunity to capture wide-angle shots such as scenic, landscape and group photos, and, at the long end, is well-suited for candid portraits and sports action photography. ...
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Most-Hated NASDAQ Stocks As Investors Sold September
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Dell serves consumers and businesses in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and theAsia Pacific region. YRC Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:YRCW): This company had 72499984 shares sold short as of Sep 30th, as compared to 22001499 on Sep 15th, ...
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Everything Fresh in Launch of Beauty Brand's Newly Renovated Flagship Store ...
SBWire (press release)
After installing them in the flagship Union Square store, we are now in a multi-store rollout from the US to Asia.” Installed by Christie Managed Services and Materials & Methods, following original designs by the architectural firm of Mapos LLC, ...
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Gold for Tomar, Laxminarain in Asian Rowing
India came away with one gold, five silver and two bronze medals in the 14th Senior and 17th JuniorAsian Rowing Championships at Hwacheon, South Korea, over the weekend, according to the Rowing Federation of India. Skokender Tomar ...
International Sports News and...
Iranian, Filipino claim top Asian film awards - WBTV 3 News ...
WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-Iranian, Filipino claim top Asian film awards. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage ...
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HVAC Equipment Manufacturers - Asia - WDRB 41 Louisville - News ...
WDRB 41 Louisville - News, Weather, Sports CommunityHVAC Equipment Manufacturers - Asia. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account| ...
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Rajini hopeful of strong showing in Asia Road Racing
Indian champion Krishnan Rajini hopes to get some momentum in his campaign as he prepares for the fifth round of the FIM Petronas Asia Road Racing ...
headlinesindia.mapsofindia.com/.../rajini-hopeful-of-strong-sh...
Tankers medalless in Asian age group tiff - The Philippine Star ...
Sports Updates for the Filipino Global Community. ... big flat zero in the seventh AASF Asian Age Group Championship held Oct. 4-13 in Palembang, Indonesia, ...
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=737925...69

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ASIA News, Oct 18, 2011


Asian Growth Provides Opportunity to Attract Capital Flow Through Regional ...
MarketWatch (press release)
To date, Asia Pacific has just a 13% share of global equity flow, compared to 80% in Europe and the United States. A recent Liquidnet survey, which polled traders worldwide from Liquidnet's Members, found 86% of European traders saw the most investment ...
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Citigroup 3Q Profit Jumps On Accounting Adjustment, Intl Strength
Wall Street Journal
Citi's loan book grew in every market around the world, particularly in Latin America and Asia, though the weakening dollar masks some of the growth, Gerspach said. "Most of the growth [at Citi] will be coming from emerging economies for the next ...
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China, India to field 7-footers
Manila Bulletin
On the other hand, Satnam is only 15 years old but he actually played for India in the recent FIBAAsia Championship in Wuhan, China where it finished 14th out of 16 teams. He had 28 points against Sri Lanka for the U-16 team in a qualifier for this ...
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Penile Paraffinoma Developing During Treatment With Pegylated Interferon Alfa ...
Archives of Dermatology
His medical history was remarkable for the recent diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C virus infection (genotype 3) with normal aminotransaminase levels, a viral load of 4.8 log IU/mL, and no fibrosis on liver elastography (Fibroscan). ...
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Acme United Chairman & CEO, Walter C. Johnsen, Discusses Future Prospects with ...
PR Web (press release)
A substantial portion of the interview is devoted to the Asia Pacific region, one of the Company's growth avenues in the coming years. Mr. Johnsen talks about his recent attendance to PaperworldChina and he gives his impression of the Asia Pacific ...
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Shell to raise gas, kerosene, diesel prices Tuesday
Inquirer.net
Layug explained that the uptrend in fuel prices was due to the latest decision of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut oil production, the increase in gasoline demand in Asiaand the shutdown of Shell's Palau Bukom refinery ...
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Broker Roundup Pt 2 including Cobham, Aviva, Premier Foods, Faroe Petroleum ...
Proactive Investors UK
Goldman Sachs reiterated its 'buy' recommendation on aerospace and defence firm Cobham (LON:COB) after its recent underperformance. "In the last month, the shares have fallen 5 per cent while the rest of the European defence stocks we cover have ...
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Emerging Strategies
Chemical & Engineering News
And its 2009 purchase of Solvay Pharmaceuticals added generics in Eastern Europeand Asia. Generics fall within Abbott's Established Products division, which was created in 2010 to sell branded products outside the US The division's sales grew 36% to ...
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Chemical & Engineering News
Cameco's Gitzel tells Hathor investors to tender amidst market uncertainty
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
He pointed out that since his company unveiled the offer on August 26, share prices of other uranium explorers had dropped by more than 14%, but that the bid had protected Hathor's stock from therecent volatility. The hostile target has said it was ...
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US Stock Futures Rise On Europe Hopes
Wall Street Journal
Hopes that European officials will deliver a comprehensive solution to the crisis next weekend helped lift European equities and propelled Asian equities to a higher close. Meanwhile, on the deal front, Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) on Sunday said it will ...
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FMG fears ore price slip
Sydney Morning Herald
''Most of that appears to be a carry-over from the financial uncertainty in Europe and I think once that is sorted out we will see most of the volatility and cautiousness in theAsian markets disappear.'' EL & C Baillieu analyst Adrian Prendergast said ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Congressional hearing seeks feedback on "new American" entrepreneurship ...
Pasadena Star-News
In recent years, entrepreneurship has grown among immigrants, whose businesses now make up 29 percent of all firms; in California, a quarter of all business income is generated by immigrant businesses, she said. In an economic downturn, Chu added, ...
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Stock to Watch: Inchcape
Interactive Investor
A 3.6% rise in September for US auto sales shows the industry is currently resilient, however Inchcape has no US exposure; and deriving nearly a third of group profit fromAsia is a risk should China experience an economic hard landing. ...
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Interactive Investor
VMware's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
And beginning this week, we will host more than 20000 customers and partners internationally at VMworld Europe and our Asia Pacific and Japan vForum events. Now for the financial highlights. Total third quarter revenues increased 32% year-over-year and ...
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Afghanistan: Irreconcilable Differences
Washington Bangla Radio
By South Asia Intelligence Review/IBNS Evidently, these are colossal challenges, and the temptation to lapse into the make-believe of aid-driven development, democratization, 'peace processes', 'negotiated settlements', and deals with the 'good ...
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A Short History Of Animal Domestication
Science 2.0
Fortunately, recent developments in genetic and statistical technologies have finally allowed researchers to explore domestication in greater detail and for a variety of species; the themes of theirlatest findings have just been reviewed in a new ...
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Top industry experts set to gather at Thin Film Summit in Berlin
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
... consolidation of the market, and ever increasing competition from c-Si and Asia. However, it is not all doom and gloom, as the global thin film market is set to grow at a CAGR of 32.4% over the period 2010–2014. Recent figures suggest that it will ...
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Halliburton Announces Third Quarter Earnings of $0.94 Per Diluted Share From ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We set company records for revenue in the third quarter in both our Latin America and Middle East/Asia regions. The strong sequential operating income growth was driven by improved activity in Latin America and Asia. Project delays in Iraq and the ...
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The Qtel Group builds global mobile money network
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Our vision is to be among the top 20 telecommunications companies in the world by 2020 through expansion in both the MENA region and South East Asia. EastNets Remittance, a UK based company registered by FSA, is a fully owned company by EN Holding and ...
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Octagon Global Regulatory Affairs Expert Nancy Smerkanich to Present at 2011 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Octagon also has European offices based in London, UK, and Asia-Pacific offices in Bangalore, India. For more information, visit www.octagonresearch.com . Octagon Clinical Research SolutionsIndia Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Octagon ...
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Liquidnet Launches Global Institutional Platform for Fast Growing Private ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Trading in the shares of private and pre-IPO companies has expanded rapidly in recent years, highlighted by interest in such Internet-leaders including Facebook, Groupon and Twitter. Kerner and his team will work with the largest institutional ...
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Nigeria: Mobile Health Technology Is Key to Repositioning Nation's Healthcare ...
AllAfrica.com
Stakeholders at a recent mobile health (mHealth) workshop put together by MTN Nigeria, voted in favour of adoption of the mobile healthcare system. Already, a United Nations report notes that this system has capacity to help meet four of the eight ...
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Emkay sees 46% upside in GMR Infra
Myiris.com
GMR has emerged as one of the largest road developers in India with 1285 km of highway in its portfolio after the recent win. KUA in totality appears to be value accretive for GMR infrastructure. (Q,N,C,F)* This project in addition to the developer ...
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ASEAN News, Oct 18, 2011

ASEAN shows solidarity in face of catastrophe
Philippine Star
"As the chairman of ASEAN, Indonesia has taken an initiative step. Our foreign minister has met with foreign ministers from ASEAN countries to formulate a collective step to help our friendly countriesin settling the impact of the disaster," said ...
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AFRICA News, Oct 18, 2011

The Star's editorial | A focused mission in Africa
Kansas City Star
Washington has training missions under way in several African countries. The latest move is different in that it isn't confined to the borders of any one country. Moreover, it involves a specific military objective: Help find Joseph Kony, leader of the ...
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