ASIA News, Sep 08, 2011

Tired Western brands find new life in Asia Boston Globe Various owners tried to turn it around before a Hong Kong company snapped up the Asian rights in2009 and now runs dozens of Aquascutum stores in China and elsewhere. Meanwhile, Westerners are picking up on the idea, with one British startup aiming to ... See all stories on this topic »

K2 ASIA VENTURES v. TROTA Leagle.com ... Inc., and Ruby Investment Company Holdings, Inc. In April 2009, Plaintiffs K2 Asia Ventures, BenC. Broocks, and James GJ Crow filed a complaint in Forsyth County against Defendants Robert Trota, Veronica Trota, Joselito Saludo, Carolyn T. Salud, ... See all stories on this topic »

China, Kazakhstan Sign Agreement to Expand Natural-Gas Pipeline Network Bloomberg China is turning to Central Asia for gas supplies to diversify fuel sources and to help cut the nation's reliance on coal and oil. Turkmenistan started deliveries in December 2009 and is the only country transporting gas to China by pipeline. ... See all stories on this topic »

C-section baby boom in China Behind the Wall That's a rate much higher than the Asian average of 27.3 percent, according to a World Health Organization global survey published in the Lancet journal in early 2010. And the statistics are even higher in China's capital city. In 2010, 51 percent of ... See all stories on this topic »

Here's the Latest on This Year's Art in October Festival D Magazine Established in 2009 as a private nonprofit 501(c)3 organization as the AT&T Performing Arts Center neared completion, today's Dallas Arts District serves the residents and patrons of the district increasing awareness of and access to the arts and the ... See all stories on this topic »

Asian-Americans Buck Stereotypes, Find Fame on YouTube Voice of America YouTube stars like Ryan Higa, David Choi, Kevin Wu (KevJumba), or Clara Chung (Clara C) may not be household names yet, but their popularity is serving as an inspiration for other young Asian-Americans. Caught between parents pushing traditional ... See all stories on this topic »

Manulife Hong Kong To Ramp Up Sales Effort Wall Street Journal Toronto-based Manulife is in 10 Asian countries, with the biggest business units in Hong Kong and Japan. The company aims to grow Asian profit to C$1.5 billion a year by 2015, which would be more than double the unit's 2010 profit. See all stories on this topic »

BASE METALS - European Opening View - Metals in limbo as Asian equities fail ... FXstreet.com The dollar is consolidating recent gains with the dollar index at 75.56, the euro is at 1.4073, sterling is weak at 1.5950, the aussie fell to 1.0590 after a rise in unemployment dented confidence, the yen is at 77.40 and the yuan is slightly firmer at ... See all stories on this topic »

Tsai supports US-Japan alliance to protect Asia-Pacific security Focus Taiwan News Channel China's 2010 Defense White Paper published in March this year continues to view "military struggle" and reunifying Taiwan as its main missions and is preparing for large-scale war, according to Tsai. When handling cross-strait issues, Taiwan needs to ... See all stories on this topic » Focus Taiwan News Channel

ASU anthropologist says Zomia's people are more complex than popularly depicted Arizona State University In 2009, James C. Scott, a Yale University anthropologist and political scientist, wrote a controversial book about Zomia, a metaphorical zone including highland regions of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and four provinces of China. ... See all stories on this topic »

Ichimoku Cloud Turned Red - BMS, BNA, BOE, BSCD, C/PZ Health Talk & You Bemis Company, Inc. (Bemis) is a manufacturer of flexible packaging products and pressure sensitive materials, selling to customers throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, and AsiaPacific. It operates in two segments: Flexible Packaging and ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan hoping to earn respect on hardwood The Japan Times If not best of the best, Japan used to always be a top contender in the AsiaChampionship, which is played once every two years. But with the rise of Western and Middle-Eastern Asian nations in recent years, Japan has been stuck in a dark era in the ... See all stories on this topic » The Japan Times

Gulf perfumers smell opportunity in local, global markets Reuters "If you want to export to anywhere else, not just to the West, but also Asia, you are going to have to comply with IFRA standards," said Stephen Weller of the Brussels-based International Fragrance Association (IFRA). He added that the association ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Lack of facilities not a problem for school — Headmaster The Borneo Post “Our school is very proud of primary six pupil Elvic Bong Qian Zheng who won a silver medal at the 6th Asian Junior Wushu Championship in Shanghai, China, last month,” he said, adding that it was no easy feat. In his second international appearance, ... See all stories on this topic »

VimpelCom's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha We have organized our group into the following five business units: 1) Russia, 2) Europe and North America, 3) Africa and Asia, 4) Ukraine, and 5) CIS. Each of our five business units has impressive leadership, and it is a testament to their efforts ... See all stories on this topic »

Intelsat's Premier Video Neighborhoods Continue to Attract World's Top Programmers MarketWatch (press release) In Asia-Pacific, Canal + Overseas SAS, the largest French-speaking pay-TV operator in the French Overseas Territories, signed a multi-transponder, long-term agreement on Intelsat 18, set to launch in October. The satellite will provide high power ... See all stories on this topic »

9/11: Six Tech Advances to Prevent Future Attacks National Geographic Photograph by Rex C. Curry, AP As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches, imagine a replay of the attack: Another band of terrorists armed with box cutters manages to sneak onto an airliner and attempts to seize it for a suicide mission. ... See all stories on this topic » National Geographic

Powerful Investment Partnership to Transform Miss America(R) Brand MarketWatch (press release) It saw a household rating increase over 2010 of 47 percent and a 40 percent increase in total viewers. Infinity Lifestyle Brands, LLC ("ILB") ( www.infinity-group.com ) is the New York based Infinity Group's consumer products and brand management ... See all stories on this topic »

Boot up: HTC sues Apple, Facebook flashes 'double in first-half revenue to ... TMC Net (Guardian Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) A quick burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Google Hands HTC Patents to Use Against Apple >> Bloomberg And so it goes on: "Asia's second-biggest smartphone maker, ... See all stories on this topic »

SkyStream Expands its Reach with Intelsat MarketWatch (press release) SkyStream will offer Internet and On-Demand services to luxury yachts across the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, and to fixed sites in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. SkyStream will provide these services via Intelsat 17 and the ... See all stories on this topic »

Splash plans to step up Barrio Fiesta marketing BusinessWorld Online We expect that the 2011 level will be better than the 2010,” Ms. Tomas said. In the second quarter, Splash profits rose by more than a tenth to P45 million from year-ago levels. The latest figures allowed Splash to record a 16.3% profit rise in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Securing Islamabad's past: In fight with greed, heritage wins first round The Express Tribune The caves in the suburbs of Islamabad are one such place and according to recentstudies there might be more of such sites in the area. Earlier, members of the Capital Citizens Committee had raised alarm about the danger the site has been facing and ... See all stories on this topic » The Express Tribune

Sociedad Quimica Regroups After Correcting 25% Investor's Business Daily SQM's latest base, now in its seventh week, counts as a second-stage pattern. Such patterns are less prone to failure than third- or fourth-stage bases. The correction in the base has been as deep as 25%, within bounds of what you want to see for a ... See all stories on this topic »

Silicon Dragon to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell MarketWatch (press release) Silicon Dragon testified as an expert witness on China's Internet before a US-China Commission in Washington, DC Silicon Dragon draws upon a rich library, from Ms. Fannin's extensive reporting inAsia for nearly two decades for Forbes, CEO, HBR.com, ... See all stories on this topic »

Chinese power plant contractors take half of Indian market share China Daily SEPCO III alone takes more than 20 percent of Indian power plant building market, though all Chinese power plant contractors occupy less than 50 percent of market share in the third largestAsian economy, Lu said. Partnering with Adani Power, ... See all stories on this topic »

Sports Briefs Times LIVE Sapa-AFP DISGRACED Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam has claimed race was a factor in his lifetime ban from football over bribery charges, saying he would never have been punished if he was European. The Qatari was slapped with the ban in July ... See all stories on this topic »

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