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Aug 15, 2011

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Emerging-Market Stocks Rise on U.S. Data; Morgan Stanley Boosts Weighting
Bloomberg
By Ian C. Sayson - Mon Aug 15 06:56:56 GMT 2011 Emerging-market stocks rose the most in a month after US retail sales posted the biggest increase in four months and Morgan Stanley lifted its allocation for developing equities to the highest level since ...
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Clara C announces her 2011 tour, “Shakin Off Silence”
allkpop
As the winner of 'Los Angeles Kollaboration 10′, 'KAC Media Juice Night', and 'ISA2009', Clara C quickly became a phenomenon amidst the myriad of gifted AsianAmerican singers/songwriters. Possessing a voice that's both sweet and soothing, ...
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Business people
Buffalo News
Woon, who joined the company in 2009 as managing director (Asia-Pacific), spent 15 years in Asiaas president of Volvo Construction Equipment China and president and CEO of Tesa Tape AsiaPacific. A graduate of the University of Hawaii, ...
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The pride of Pakistan
DAWN.com
With him as part of the team we won gold in the 2010 Asian Games and the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 1999, 2000 and 2003. Last year's Asian Games saw him in full form in the final against Malaysia in November, when he gave Pakistan the lead by scoring off ...
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DAWN.com
Tested and Testy, but Stable
Transitions Online
Official figures from mid-2003--the latest available numbers--indicate that it performed pretty well. Aggregate annual growth was 3.8 percent, and higher prices for gold and cotton on world markets helped it to increase its export surplus, ...
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Moody's Reviews Bsi's A1/C+ Ratings for Downgrade
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
The decision to review BSI's C+ BFSR for downgrade was prompted by Moody's concerns that BSI's previous franchise additions -- most notably the acquisition of Banca del Gottardo in 2008 and its growth strategy in Asia -- may burden profitability for ...
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Regent Pacific Group : Discloseable transaction: Acquisitions of and ...
4-traders (press release)
Prior to the above-referenced acquisition and subscription, the Company acquired, during the period from 18 August 2010 to 15 March 2011, an aggregate of 7736500 AVR Shares on market at an average price of C$0.88 (or approximately US$0.89 or HK$6.94) ...
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Biz Buzz: 'Twisting the truth'
Inquirer.net
The plan is for Pinoy Telekoms to enter into a strategic partnership with telco service provider PacNet HK, which owns Asia's biggest submarine cable infrastructure.—Doris C. Dumlao The Metrobank group's stockbrokerage arm First Metro Securities, ...
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New Philips monitors unveiled
Inquirer.net
The Philips Moda PC, the latest from the C-Line, was designed with premium materials. It comes preloaded with top-of-the-line technology features. Its stand is made of stylish aluminum die-cast base, sporting an eye-catching two-toned glossy finish and ...
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California Supreme Court Associate-Justice Ming Chin Subject of Ethics ...
San Diego Reader (blog)
By lesliebrodie | Posted August 14, 2011, 12:51 pm A long-standing involvement with an entity which cater exclusively to Asian-American has led to a complaint being filed against California Supreme Court Associate Justice Ming W. Chin. ...
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Pixelmetrix Danny Wilson publishes OTT White Paper
PR Urgent
Pixelmetrix has been conferred the Cable & Satellite International Highly Commended Product of the Year Award 2010, Frost & Sullivan Industrial Technologies Award 2009, C+T Technology Development Award 2009, Cable & Satellite International Product of ...
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Stricter criteria for foreign professionals
TMC Net
His announcement on the EP last night comes in the wake of recent calls by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) for more to be done for local professionals, in the light of rising foreign PME numbers. The number of EP holders rose more than 20 per ...
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National and International Protests Challenge Naval Base Construction on Jeju ...
Japan Focus
Challengers pointed out that the base would become a center for a naval arms race in the Asia-Pacific and a new phase in the ROK-US military alliance with Jeju as a focal point for monitoring and challenging China. 9 With both China and Japan ...
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FFA must ditch the Dutch
The Roar
Their excuses come in defence of the Young Socceroo's recent 5-1 thrashing by Spain that had our youngsters sent packing from Colombia at the FIFA U-20s World Cup tournament, after finishing at rock bottom place in their group. ...
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Elder Bar Turned Green - AFF, AGU, AL, AMN, AN
Retirement Planning
Ameron operates its busine sses in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. As of November 30, 2010, the Company had two partially owned affiliated companies: Ameron Saudi Arabia, Ltd. (ASAL) and Bondstrand, Ltd. (BL). On October 21, 2010, ...
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Ending the Moral Rot on Wall Street, Part 2: William D. Cohan
Bloomberg
There was the crash of 1987 and the credit freeze that followed, the Asian crisis, the Mexican crisis, the Russian crisis, the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management, the Internet bubble and, most recently, the risky mortgage-related behavior that ...
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U.S. To Deny Taiwan New F-16 Fighters
DefenseNews.com (subscription)
"They are going to split the baby: no C/Ds, but the A/B upgrade is going forward." Sources said an official announcement of the decision is expected by month's end. But an official at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto US Embassy, ...
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Fragile legacy
The Hindu
The earliest Asian documentation of Traditional Knowledge (TK) about natural heritage is in Kerala itself: Hortus Malabaricus, says B. Venugopal, Director, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), New Delhi. Festival NMNH recently conducted the ...
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The Hindu
Eton posts 10% income growth in H1
Inquirer.net
Since starting operations four years ago, Eton Properties has launched 41 projects. The company was recently recognized as one of the top 10 developers in the Philippines by construction data provider BCI Asia Inc.—Doris C. Dumlao.
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Volatility: How separately managed accounts were effected
InvestmentNews
Within the Asian developed market, New Zealand and Singapore had positive returns while Australia and Hong Kong were both off a bit in dollar terms. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index was down 1.2% in the second quarter, and again, the weaker dollar ...
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