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Nov 19, 2011

ASIA News, Nov 19, 2011


'Differences on S China Sea can be overcome'
Hindustan Times
Noting that in the meeting between Wen Jiabao and Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the East Asia summit in Bali in Indonesia, differences over the South China Sea had figured prominently, the media said Beijing would make efforts with New Delhi to ...
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Japan, China, S. Korea meet to reaffirm push for free trade accord
Mainichi Daily News
Lee said at the outset of their meeting, which was open to the press, that "close cooperation among the three countries will not only help develop East Asia but contribute to (the) world economy as well at a time uncertainties in the global economy are ...
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Mainichi Daily News
Great commitment to ASEAN Connectivity idea: PM Lee
Channel News Asia
With the United States and Russia now part of the East Asia Summit (EAS), Mr Lee said the dialogue process is important. He said: "If that can be strengthened and can take root, then I think Singapore can be assured that we are in a region which is ...
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US-China ties
DAWN.com
Before leaving on his nine-day tour, the president told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Honolulu that he was “fed up” with China`s trade and currency policies, that “enough`s enough” and that Beijing must conform to international trade ...
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US Pacific moves will 'repulse' Asians
Republica
BEIJING, Nov 19: Official Chinese media on Saturday scorned US President Barack Obama´s moves to reassert the United States´ influence in Asia, saying the region´snations and their residents would be "repulsed". The commentary from the state-run ...
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Asia currencies post worst drop since September
Taipei Times
The Singaporean dollar fell 0.4 percent to S$1.2953 against the US dollar. Exports fell 16.2 percent last month from a year earlier, the worst performance in 30 months, the government said on Thursday. Shipments shrank 27 percent in the Philippines, ...
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China, Japan, S.Korea eye further progress in trilateral cooperation
Xinhua
As uncertainties in global economy persist, close cooperation among the three nations will not only be conducive to East Asia's stability and development, but also contribute to global economic growth, he said. Later in the day, the three leaders will ...
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Xinhua
Rupee is Asia's worst performing currency. Here's why...
Equitymaster.com
The rupee to US dollar exchange rate now stands at approximately s 51 to a dollar. This translates to a 14% drop in the value of the currency in the past one year. And this makes it the worst performing currency in Asia and the third worst performing ...
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Its not flying!
The Week
These losses can be attributed to expensive acquisitions, high airport charges and low fares, says the Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation (CAPA). “Everyone is slashing fares to win market share. The fuel costs in India are 60-70 per cent higher than the ...
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The Week
Clinton breaks 50 year isolation of Myanmar
Hindustan Times
"If Burma continues to travel down the road of democratic reform it can forge a new relationship with the United States of America " Obama said as he announced Clinton strip while on a diplomatic mission to southeast Asia. Clinton will be the first US ...
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Australian PM Gillard determined to go ahead with uranium exports to India
Newstrack India
Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the 19th ASEAN Summit and the 6th East AsiaSummit here, Gillard said: "I'm taking the change of policy to my party conference in December. Earlier this week, Gillard had said that she would lobby the Australian ...
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Foreign architects dominate Korea`s skyscraper design field
동아일보
What do the 68-story Northeast Asia Trade Tower, which stands tall in Songdo International City in Incheon, the 123-story Lotte Super Tower, whose construction is underway in Jamsil, Seoul, and the 108-story WBC Solomon Tower, whose construction will ...
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A regional economic perspective of Asean through 2015 and beyond
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
China 's share, meanwhile, has increased from 2.1 percent in 1993 to 11.6 percent in 2009. Intra-Asian trade should be maintained due to declining external demand. There are also other challenges that are not explicitly stated in the blueprint, ...
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Dim Sum Bonds Provide Cheap Dollars for India's IDBI Bank: China Credit
Bloomberg
IDBI Bank was able to secure cheap funds in the Dim Sum bond market in part because of its state backing, said Diederik Werdmolder, head of fixed-income portfolio management at SinoPac Securities (Asia) Ltd. in Hong Kong. The government owns 65.1 ...
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Bloomberg
S. Korea welcomes IAEA resolution on Iran's nuke program
Yonhap News
... which is a serious challenge to the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and the biggest threat to the security of Northeast Asia," the government said in a statement issued in the name of a foreign ministry spokesman. ...
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Garden state
Financial Times
The city is already a magnet for tourists: its location serves as a genuinely cosmopolitan metropolis at the heart of Asia, which makes it popular with Chinese and Indians, as well as with Westerners looking for that touch of Asian exoticism minus its ...
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Financial Times
South West District steps up effort to cut energy consumption
Channel News Asia
The five-month long programme is developed by the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the South West Community Development Council (CDC), supported by corporate partners ExxonMobil Asia Pacific and Philips Electronics Singapore. ...
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Chinese outbound M&A: an examination of best practices
Financial Times
But many recent Chinese companies' takeover attempts in the US were ill-fated, among them Huawei's failed USD 2m acquisition of certain assets of 3Leaf earlier this year, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)'s USD 18.4bn bid for Unocal in ...
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Pinoy runners eye new record in Pasig River Run
ABS CBN News
The 3K race will start along Roxas Boulevard corner V. Sotto, in front of CCP, and will end at the SM Mall Of Asia Globe. The 5K race will begin at the Roxas Boulevard corner Pedro Gil and will end also at the SM Mall Of Asia Globe. ...
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New challenges for Singapore's opposition
New Straits Times
Several PAP MPs responded to Lim's speech, notes Asia Foundation's senior adviser in Singapore, Peggy Kek, so her message got repeat coverage -- more than it would have otherwise. "PAP MPs need to be careful that they don't spend too much time ...
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New Straits Times
Critical Stock Price Alerts for Trident, Netlist, Cheniere Energy, Altria ...
Bradenton Herald
On the domestic side of the sector, things are brighter as US chip makers benefit from President Obama's push to expand an Asia-Pacific trade accord. Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) was one of the best performing NASDAQ stock yesterday which was a ...
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Foot Locker's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Foot Locker Europe and Foot Locker Asia-Pacific both had comp gains in the low single digits. The only store division to post a negative comp was Lady Foot Locker. Ken will touch on both our Lady Foot Locker and CCS businesses in his remarks. ...
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US HOT STOCKS: CME Group, Salesforce.com, Hewlett-Packard
Wall Street Journal
s (BRC, $30.66, +$1.92, +6.68%) fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 25% on sales growth in all three of its geographic regions, led by Asia-Pacific, though margins sank. Central Garden & Pet Co. (CENTA, $8.24, -$0.23, -2.72%) reported a far wider fiscal ...
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YAK Car Pic(s) of the Day
Artvoice (blog)
And just as Chevrolet's new Sonic compact is hitting showrooms, their new, even smaller Spark is being shown in LA at the show. It's already on sale in Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico, and South America. We'll see it next spring.
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Lego, Deutsche Bank, Motorola Pledging to Obtain 25% Wind Power
BusinessWeek
... of global marketing and customer insight for Vestas Wind Systems A/S, said today at press conference in New York. “We are in talks with more companies today and are looking toward Asia, especially China. This is not a Europe-America-centric label. ...
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Sherman to visit S. Korea next week
Yonhap News
"The visit will help maintain the positive momentum in the relationship" following President Lee Myung-bak's state visit to Washington last month, it added. Sherman is also scheduled to visit Japan and China during her first Asia trip, slated for Nov. ...
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Those Desperate Hours
Wall Street Journal
The author is unsparing of the feckless leadership of the British forces in Southeast Asia and North Africa, the ruthless treatment of the Commonwealth and colonial troops fighting for Britain, and the abandonment of the people of Burma and Malaya to ...
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Wall Street Journal
Deutsche Bank (DB) Analysts Reiterate a "Buy" Rating on Hawaiian Holdings (HA)
LocalizedUSA
As of December 31, 2009, Hawaiian's fleet consisted of 15 Boeing 717-200 aircraft for its interisland routes and 18 Boeing 767-300 aircraft for its transpacific, South Pacific/Australia/Asia and charter routes. Shares of Hawaiian Holdings traded down ...
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WHITEPAPER: Managing Information Storage Trends, Challenges and Options 2011-2012
MIS Asia
... Business Media Pte Ltd (FBM) will be collecting my name and business information to enable me to receive the e-newsletter(s). As an e-newsletter subscriber, I shall automatically be entitled to receive editorial and marketing material from FBM Asia.
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E. Asia Summit not right forum to discuss S. China Sea: Wen | Kyodo ...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday that the East Asia Summit is not the right forum to discuss territorial disputes in the South China Sea, China's official XinhuaNews Agency reported. ''I don't want to discuss this issue at the summit, ...
News - Kyodo News
South Korea, U.S. Japan to discuss stalled six ... - Siam Daily News
By XinhuaNET.COM
S. Korea, U.S. Japan to discuss stalled six-party talks South Korea, Japan and the United States are scheduled to hold talks Thursday on the resumption of.
Siam Daily News Online
TURKEY Erdogan's religious acrobatics: Nicaea council church ...
Istanbul (AsiaNews) - The specter of Aghia Sophia continues to plague the Islamic world of Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey. Not the most famous symbol of the church ...
www.asianews.it/.../Erdogan's-religious-acrobatics:-Nicaea-cou...
Celtic's Ki unlikely to be selected by South Korea | Australia/Asia ...
Celtic's Ki unlikely to be selected by South Korea ... South Korea manager Cho Kwang-rae has indicated that Ki Sung-yeung will .... More: Australia/Asia News ...
www.tribalfootball.com/.../celtic-s-ki-unlikely-be-selected-sout...
After North's Rebuff, S. - News
South Korea says it is looking to donate baby formula originally intended for North Korea to countries in Africa and elsewhere hit by disasters.
www.voanews.com/.../After-Norths-Rebuff-S-Korea-Looks-El...
Yingluck must stand up and face the music - Asia News Network
One of the barometres of Yingluck's popularity is the coverage of the mass ... Thai Rath generally has a cordial relationship with the Thailand's ruling Pheu ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=23795
S'pore school opts for desktop virtualization - ZDNet Asia News
Temasek Polytechnic deploys virtualization tech to help students get better access to compute resources and cut down on manpower and capital investment ...
www.zdnetasia.com/spore-school-opts-for-desktop-virtualizati...
India, Pakistan officials meet before S. Asia summit - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Senior officials from arch-rivals India and Pakistan met in the Maldives Tuesday as they prepared for a summit of South Asian nations in the ...
news.yahoo.com/india-pakistan-officials-meet-asia-summit-17...
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www.symbianzone.us/.../cnngo-20-lifestyle-news-from-asia-s6...
Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from ...
Asia Times Online. The Asia News Hub providing the latest news and analysis regarding economics, events and trends in business, economy and politics ...
atimes.com/atimes/south_asia/mk08df01.html
Groove|Asia News: V6′s Sakamoto Masayuki dating Otsuka Chihiro?
Sakamoto Masayuki (40) of V6 and young actress Otsuka Chihiro (25) appear to be in a romantic relationship. Unconfirmed reports say that their relationship ...
www.grooveasia.com/.../V6-8242-s-Sakamoto-Masayuki-datin...
Iran Asia News - World News Report
November, 2011 (Source: Channel News Asia) TEHRAN: Iran's envoy to … atomic programme, despite a report strongly suggesting Tehran was engaged in ...
world.einnews.com/news/iran-asia
South Asian News - November 15, 2011 - Daily News from India and ...
South Asia News Line - covers the day's news and events in India, Pakistan and the other nations of South Asia.
ww.smashits.com/south-asian-news/snoop-news-26838.html
India tests nuclear capable 'Agni-II Prime' missile | South Asia ...
sana news deliver latest and breaking news from Pakistan, World, Sports, Businessnews, Cricket and Weather. Find Pakistan news in Urdu & english.
www.sananews.net/.../india-tests-nuclear-capable-agni-ii-prime...
Asia Fuel Oil-S.Korea WP seeks 90000 T for Dec-January, Freight ...
Hellenic Shipping News Online Daily Newspaper on Hellenic and International Shipping.
www.hellenicshippingnews.com/en-gb/News.aspx?...ae74...
Communication network vital for trade in South Asia - Siam Daily News
Communication network vital for trade in S. Asia - Afghan analyst An Afghan political analyst and Kabul University professor Faizullah Jalal attaches great.
www.siamdailynews.com/.../communication-network-vital-for...
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