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Aug 16, 2011

ASIA News, Aug 16, 2011


GigaMedia Reports Second-Quarter 2011 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Consolidated revenues for the second quarter of 2011 decreased to $8.8 million from $10.9 million in the same period of 2010 and from $10.4 million in the first quarter of 2011. Results reflected lower contributions from GigaMedia's Asian online games ...
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Fil-Ams, APIs seek voice in San Diego
Inquirer.net
Over the last 10 years, Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) saw the greatest growth in the Southern California city, even more than Hispanics. According to the most recent census data, APIs compose 16 percent of the San Diego population (about 204000), ...
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How Asean can truly matter to its people
Inquirer.net
In the latest summit, for example, climate change was pushed out of the agenda. But the future of Southeast Asia will not be secure without strong, unified Asean action on climate change. Concerns on food security, access to clean water and energy, ...
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Canada tightens sanctions against North Korea
Reuters
The sanctions are largely symbolic since bilateral trade last year was just C$12.4 million ($12.7 million), according to Statistics Canada data. South Korea blames North Korea for the March 2010sinking of the corvette Cheonan, which killed 46 sailors. ...
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Asian F-16s Could Get AESA Radars
Aviation Week
The US government has said it will decide by Oct. 1 whether to sell Taiwan 66 F-16C/Ds and approve an upgrade to the island nation's approximately 145 F-16A/Bs to bring them to C/D standard. The consensus among US industry executives interviewed by ...
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Prime minister's short-lived tenure another blow to Nepal
Christian Science Monitor
Maoist chairman Prachanda grabbed media headlines in recent weeks for his association with a Chinese NGO, the Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation, which is reportedly planning to invest $3 billion in Nepal's Lumbini town where Siddhartha ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Mixed weekend for Asian frontrunners
Fifa.com
FIFA.com's weekly review of domestic football matters in Asia also takes in the latest from Iran, Jordan and Qatar. Champions Nagoya Grampus Eight finally returned to the summit just past the halfway mark of the season, thanks to a comprehensive 3-0 ...
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Appetite Revs Up For Ford Bonds, Citi Paper Also Pleasing
Forbes
Non-Investment Grade – Ford Motors (F) –Ford's recent announcement that it would launch 15 new cars to help boost by half its sales in Asia hasn't gone unnoticed. Its Bank of America strategist added the company's shares to its “US 1” list of ...
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Obama's former national intelligence chief criticizes drone attacks in AF-PAK ...
Asian Tribune
When Dennis C. Blair was appointed as the director of national intelligence when Barack Obama took office as president in January 2009 ( a position he resigned in mid-2010 due to disagreements) The New York Times carried the following impressive ...
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Michael Page plunges as market calms
The Guardian (blog)
Looking ahead, the outlook for Asia and Latin America remains strong and the UK is expected to continue seeing modest growth. However, the company warned that activity is slowing in its banking business which accounts for c.10% of group gross profit. ...
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Down grade
Boston Globe
Perry, whose steroidal brand of Christianity offends the media elite, “got a lot of C's and D's.'' He also received 20 B's and two A's, though this detail didn't make it into the story. Huffington highlights Perry's F in Organic Chemistry, ...
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Foreigners unload U.S. assets
Toledo Blade
BY STEVEN C. JOHNSON NEW YORK — Foreigners unloaded US assets in June for a second straight month and were net sellers of Treasuries for the first time in more than two years as concern about a US credit downgrade soured overseas demand. ...
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China Shen Zhou Reports 318% Increase in Revenue for Second Quarter 2011
PR Newswire (press release)
Prices for fluorite powder increased 164% to $349 per ton compared to $132 per ton in the second quarter of 2010. Nonferrous metals sales revenue increased 212% to approximately $2.4 million from $0.8 million for the same period of 2010. ...
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Can Jeremy Grantham Profit From Ecological Mayhem? - Fullermoney
Proactive Investors UK
Sasol's recent price performance mirrors WTI's correction to c.USD85/bbl, despite the appropriate Brent crude remaining firm at c.USD107/bbl. We expect the crude spread to remain open medium term, sighting Brent-specific support. Under a spot scenario, ...
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Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs Announces New 2011-2012 Senior Fellows
IEWY News
He was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2010 and is currently the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy at the Library of Congress. Evans will teach courses on diplomacy and US foreign policy in South Asia. ...
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IEWY News
Jindal Saw
India Infoline.com
The major exports orders are from Middle East, Gulf region and South East Asia, China and Far East. The operating income was flat at Rs 1135.64 crore against Rs 1139.26 crore in June 2010quarter primarily on some of dispatches being in circulation and ...
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INTERCELL AG : Intercell announces Q2 and H1 2011 financial results and ...
4-traders (press release)
Leveraging the product into the Asian endemic markets for IXIARO® will complement the global territory expansion. The pivotal Phase II/III trial in children living in India is the first study for the Intercell vaccine in an endemic region and is ...
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The Estee Lauder Companies Reports Record Fiscal 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge related to the Ojon reporting unit of $16.6 million. (C) During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, the Company also completed an interim impairment test related ...
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Welcome to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Elekta AB (publ)
MarketWatch (press release)
Siaou-Sze Lien is Senior Executive Coach at Mobley Group Pacific Ltd. Until 2006, Lien was Senior Vice President, Hewlett-Packard Services for the Asia-Pacific & Japan region. Siaou-Sze Lien, born in 1950, is aSingapore citizen and holds a BSc in ...
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Angola Energy Profile: One Of Largest Crude Producing African Countries - Analysis
Eurasia Review
In recent years, China has provided several multi-billion dollar oil-backed loans to fund infrastructure development. These loans are costly and repayment depends heavily on international oil prices. At the same time, Chinese firms are playing an ...
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Eurasia Review
Lessons from the world's longest study of rainforest fragments
Mongabay.com
We've studied everything from trees to tamarins, and army ants to antbirds," says Dr. William F. Laurance, an ecologist at James Cook University, in a recent interview with mongabay.com. His colleague Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, biodiversity chair at the ...
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Mongabay.com
Santa Clara council to select task force to review fairness of elections
San Jose Mercury News
The seven chosen already by Santa Clara's council members are: Yuki Ikezi, Wesley K. Mukoyama, Mohammed Nadeem, Vilma Kennedy Pallette, Eric C. Stroker, Sameena Usman and Peter Yoon. In addition, Teresa O'Neill, who ran for a city council seat in 2010, ...
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Parabolic SAR Buy Signals - KR, KRA, KRC, KSS, KSU
Health Talk & You
As of December 31, 2009, the Company offered approximately 800 products to more than 700 customers in over 60 countries worldwide. It manufactures its polymers on four continents, which includes North America, Europe, South America and Asia. ...
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Con-way Freight Three-Peats at Super Bowl of Safety!
MarketWatch (press release)
Global solutions include international less-than-container (LCL) ocean shipments from Asia through its OceanGuaranteed(R) service; US and Europe delivery for inbound and outbound international cargoes through an exclusive alliance with TNT; ...
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ECR MINERALS PLC : Update
4-traders (press release)
ACS Asia, the Thai steel products business in which ECR holds a 70% interest, is experiencing very strong enquiries and the current order book indicates that sales for the calendar year 2011 will be the highest since control of the business was ...
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With billions at stake, in-state gas line study prompts 54 good questions
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The USGS assessment made no mention of the economic viability of the new resources identified in their latest assessment. They did tell AGDC via e-mail that most of the new resources were in stratigraphic traps, which have a notoriously high ...
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