ASIA News, Aug 26, 2011

FMCG, realty shares slide India Infoline.com FMCG stocks fell on profit taking after recent gains. Realty stocks dropped on worries higher interest rates could dent demand for residential and commercial properties. The market edged lower amid initial volatility as most Asian stocks fell. ... See all stories on this topic »

Competing for energy efficiency SA Instrumentation and Control In 2010, following an agreement with the Spanish Government, the Solar Decathlon Europe was introduced, and will run in alternate years to the original competition. Universities from Europe, America and Asia took part in the Solar Decathlon Europe2010 ... See all stories on this topic » SA Instrumentation and Control

Asian Plantations Limited Proposed Acquisition Wall Street Journal Assuming a conservative market value of approximately RM 9000 (c. US$3000) per hectare for the unplanted land in the Dulit Estate, the purchase price per planted hectare is approximately RM 31400 (US$10600), which the board of APL (the "Board") ... See all stories on this topic »

With new roster, Scott Eagles still firing Cincinnati.com Game Ball: LT Andrew Whitworth, LG Nate Livings, C Kyle Cook, RG Bobbie Williams, RT Andre Smith The offensive line kept the pocket clean for Andy Dalton... This region does not lack for Asianfood. We have plenty of Chinese restaurants, no shortage of ... See all stories on this topic »

Asia Pacific Travel, Ltd. Announces its 2012 North Korea Tours CisionWire (press release) For those with more time and interest, Asia Pacific Travel offers several post-tour options for participants (in addition to the Shenyang-Dandong-Beijing option with tours “A” and “C”). In 2012 it is possible to add 3-4 day post-tours to Mt. Kuwol, ... See all stories on this topic »

Holy Cross' Julian back on floor in volleyball Cincinnati.com 2:37 am Louisville-based PharMerica Corp., the target of Omnicare Inc.'- 6:16 pm Game Ball: LT Andrew Whitworth, LG Nate Livings, C Kyle Cook, RG Bobbie Williams, RT Andre Smith The offensive line kept the pocket clean for Andy Dalton. ... See all stories on this topic »

Did sex with Neanderthals and Denisovans shape our immune systems? The jury's ... Discover Magazine (blog) However, palaeontologist Chris Stringer offered an intriguing suggestion: “If Denisovans were in South-East Asia long-term, they would have evolved immunities and defences to some of the diseases there, like different forms of malaria. ... See all stories on this topic » Discover Magazine (blog)

Benihana Inc. Reports Results for Fiscal First Quarter 2012 PR Newswire (press release) Richard C. Stockinger, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Benihana Inc., said, "We are extremely pleased with Benihana's continued progress in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. This is our sixth consecutive quarter of comparable store ... See all stories on this topic »

Benz fights back Business Standard Honegg, who has headed operations for Benz in China and Malaysia, and is famously known as the company's 'Asia Advisor', doesn't seem particularly fazed. “Mercedes is the oldest as well as the youngest automobile brand in the world,” he says. ... See all stories on this topic » Business Standard

Should US Parents Put More Pressure On Students? Care2.com (blog) Students from East Asia hold the top five slots in the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)'s assessment of reading, math and science skills. US students are ranked 30th in math, 23rd in science, and 17th in reading. ... See all stories on this topic »

Stocks Look For Flat Open After Jobs News With Apple (AAPL) and Citigroup (C ... Market Intelligence Center The stage was set for gains in Asia after US stocks rose for a third straight session Wednesday, helped by a rise in durable-goods orders. European stocks were higher Thursday, with well-received corporate earnings offsetting uncertainty ahead of Fed ... See all stories on this topic »

The World Doctors Orchestra September 11th Concert Washingtonian.com (blog) The latest group of BSO amateurs will take the stage at Baltimore's Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, side by side with BSO players and under the baton of Marin Alsop, on September 20. The concert is free, if you want to dream about making it into the next ... See all stories on this topic » Washingtonian.com (blog)

China Banks Post Record Profits as Rivals Stumble Bloomberg ICBC “has shown very strong capital discipline in recent years relative to its peers,” Mike Werner, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in Hong Kong, who rates the stock as “outperform,” said in a note today. “Barring a sharp decline in China's ... See all stories on this topic »

WikiLeaks Cable: Russia's Atomstroyexport's International Nuclear Energy ... Novinite.com Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) as US Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle (C) looks on during their meeting in the Barvikha residence outside Moscow, Russia, 19 March 2010. EPA/BGNES ¶1. ... See all stories on this topic » Novinite.com

'Apocalyptic' contagion and invasive species Christian Science Monitor And it's time to recognize recent calls by many intellectuals for humans to find new ways to deal with “invasive” species – from viruses to Asian carp to kudzu to tree-eating beetles. Two new books challenge the notion that every movement of a species ... See all stories on this topic »

Global sourcing by Japan firms to recover in '11 CIOL MUMBAI, INDIA: Of large Japanese companies with annual sales of over 100 billion yen, 19.1 per cent have used offshore IT services in 2011, a 3.9 per cent increase compared to 2010, according to Gartner Japan Ltd. Gartner surveyed 436 C-level ... See all stories on this topic »

The Real Truth - America's Weary Allies – Is the Nation's Debt Crisis ... The REAL TRUTH Asia is worried about slow-moving progress for the chronic deficit problem. As a holder of about $1.15 trillion of US treasury debt, China has particular interest in what the nation does going forward. Japan holds $906 billion in American debt. ... See all stories on this topic » The REAL TRUTH

Champions League Draw as it happened Bet Asia Lyon, semi-finalists in 2009/10, go into Group D. So they get to face Real Madrid. Good luck with that one. 17.15 - Next up is Benfica who get placed into Group C. That's them losing to Manchester United...again. 17.16 - Marseilles go into Group F to ... See all stories on this topic »

U.S. Air Force Academy Superintendent Named '2011 Outstanding Alumnus' by ... PR Newswire (press release) Michael C. Gould, superintendent of the US Air Force Academy, last evening was named the "2011 Outstanding Alumnus" by Webster University's George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology. Gould is in charge of a world-renowned institution that ... See all stories on this topic »

Pinnacle Entertainment Announces Management Promotions MarketWatch (press release) In August 2011, Pinnacle acquired a 26% ownership stake in Asian Coast Development (Canada) Ltd. (ACDL), an international development and real estate company currently developing Vietnam's first large-scale integrated resort. All statements included in ... See all stories on this topic »

Interest earning deposits: BFIs barred from opening accounts amongst themselves istockAnalyst.com (press release) "With BFIs now not getting interest, they will withdraw their deposits," said Parsu Ram Chettri, chief executive officer of Bank of Asia Nepal, "This will further aggravate the liquidity crisis." NRB's lateststatistics show that commercial banks have ... See all stories on this topic »

The dead end of globalisation looms before our youth The Guardian Even as they export jobs and capital to Asia, economic globalisers in the west continue to preach the importance of upgrading skills and retraining at home. Yet the dead-end of economic globalisation looms clearly before Europe and America's youth:... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Boko Haram: The Shame Of A Nation —Ben Nanaghan P.M. News Singapore was also the most stable government and the largest financial centre in Southeast Asiawith a per capita GDP which the World Bank in 1995, rated the 9th highest in the world. Yet with all these superlative achievements, Singapore even to date ... See all stories on this topic »

A Texas miracle? BBC News Then we swoop over brightly coloured shipping containers, most of them from Asia via California. Next, we're on to rail and road links. An estate for billionaires is nestled next to two golf courses. Some of the identical luxury homes were recently ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Gold on defensive, but bargains sought BusinessLIVE Sticking with retail, but proffering an improved picture was Woolworths with adjusted diluted headline earnings per share of 209.8c for the year ended June 2011, up from 152.2c in 2010. A final dividend of 93c per share was declared and a total ... See all stories on this topic » BusinessLIVE

P&F Descending Triple Bottom Breakout - CAP, CAS, CBE, CBK, CCJ Health Talk & You The Company has 47 operational service centers located throughout North America, Europe andAsia. During May 2010, the Company opened a new branch in Lafayette, Louisiana to service the Company's oil and gas customers in that region. ... See all stories on this topic »

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