'1493,' by Charles C. Mann San Francisco Chronicle Gifted science writer Charles C. Mann tells a more nuanced story - hundreds of stories, in fact. In his best-selling "1491," Mann packed a generation of the latest scholarship into breezy prose to convince readers that Indians - he balks at the use of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Citi Increases Asian Headcount InvestorIdeas.com (press release) Citigroup Inc. (C - Analyst Report) is boosting its Asian Prime Finance division by increasing the headcount 20% to 80, according to a Reuters report. The hiring comes as part of the company's effort to take advantage of the boom in the hedge fund ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Hyundai to reveal latest i30 hatchback at Frankfurt Motor Show ChoiceQuote Insurance Services Car Magazine in the UK as well as car franchise of the year by Motor Trader for this year and 2010. Other vehicles to be unveiled in Frankfurt include fellow east Asian car brand Honda with its ninth generation of Civic road car undergoing tests last ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
TSX May Extend Gains On Bargain Hunting - Canadian Commentary RTT News Adjusted net earnings were C$7.3 million, or C$0.04 per share, compared to C$0.8 million or break even per share reported in the second quarter of 2010. Gold miner Osisko Mining (OSK.TO) reported a wider second quarter net loss of C$23.8 million or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Australia announces army vehicle sell-off UPI.com The government's May 2009 white paper "Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030" provides guidance for defense policy and military upgrades until 2030. The intention for a bulk sell-off of thousands of vehicles was stated in reforms ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Facebook under attack Asia Times Online By Martin J Young HUA HIN, Thailand - Facebook fans are starting to fret about recent threats from Anonymous, the notorious hacker syndicate, to take down the world's largest social network website. In a video originally published on YouTube last month ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Emerging Auburn, a diverse community: Show of more | Series Auburn Reporter St. SE., a central gathering place for the city's Hispanic-Latino population, are part of a recent wave of immigrants from Mexico and Central and South America, from Eastern Europe and SoutheastAsia, the Marshall Islands, Somalia and India and Africa ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Best Bets for interesting things to do in and around La Jolla, Aug. 11-19 La Jolla Light On the program: Beethoven's Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 and Dvorak's Piano Trio Op. 90, introduced with commentary by the artists. The Orvieto Piano Trio formed in 2009 during a chamber music festival in the Italian town of Orvieto. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Amandeep gets silver in Asian Boxing C'ships IBNLive.com India ended the Asian Championships with one silver and two bronze medals. 2010 Commonwealth champion Paramjeet Samota (91kg) and 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games gold medallist Balwinder Beniwal (64kg) had to settle for a bronze medal each after losing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Parabolic SAR Buy Signals - SID, SJI, SJM, SLF, SLM Health Talk & You The Company entered the cement market in 2009 and expects to reach full production capacity in 2012. Since 1998, CSN has been investing in energy generation projects to guarantee its self-sufficiency and, as of December 31, 2010, the Company had assets ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
2010 Mortgage Fraud Report Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release) SARs filed by financial institutions indicate that there were 70533 mortgage fraud-related SARs filed with FinCEN in FY 2010—a 5 percent increase from FY 2009 and an 11 percent increase from FY 2008 filings (see Figure 9). c SARs reported in FY 2010 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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P&F Descending Triple Bottom Breakout - HPP, HPQ, HSC, HST, IAE Retirement Planning The Fund also seeks to enhance total returns over a market cycle by selling call options on selectedAsia Pacific Indices and for equity securities of Asia Pacific Companies. Asia Pacific companies arec ompanies listed and traded principally on Asia ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Aiding repression, or just doing business? Guelph Mercury Valeriote, who supported Bill C-300, said similar standards should be applied to internet filtering overseas. “The government does have a role to play,” he said, adding federal standards could discourage corporations from “threatening certain human ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
War on carp has new line of battle in Wisconsin Boston Herald By Dan Egan / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE — Even as the federal government is spending $20000 each day to operate and maintain an electric barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in a desperate attempt to keep Asian carp from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Bill's Pointers Markets Having pared losses to 'just' -1.0%, the S&P500 closed down 4.42%, providing another poor lead forAsia. Early liquidation of Cross/JPY (suspected to be Japanese leveraged retail positions) was compounded by a 'soft' Australian employment report. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Cemex SAB de CV (CX) Upgraded by Bank of America Merrill Lynch to "Neutral" NewsyStocks.com CEMEX, SAB de CV (CEMEX) is a global cement manufacturer with operations in North America, Europe, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The Company is a holding company engaged through the operating ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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US GOLD - Comex gold edges below $1740/oz as equity markets stabilise FXstreet.com “While there are decent amounts of scrap gold coming to market from Asia, this is being outweighed by physical buying. Buying should increase on price pullbacks as we head into high seasonal demand.” Meanwhile, speculative financial investors have ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
TEPCO's Darkest Secret CounterPunch He is an Asia-Pacific Journal coordinator. Jake Adelstein worked primarily as a police reporter for The Yomiuri newspaper from April 1993 to November 2005; he was the first foreigner to write in Japanese for a national newspaper. ... See all stories on this topic » |
Aug 13, 2011
ASIA News, Aug 13, 2011
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