ASIA News, Oct 01, 2011

US embassy cables: how Rangoon office helped opponents of Myitsone dam The Guardian (U) The GOB has embarked on a number of hydropower projects in recent months to address the acute electricity shortages that plague the country. On December 21, Asia World, a Burmese company, and the Chinese Power Investment Corporation (CPIC) broke ... See all stories on this topic »

Lawmakers to grill US officials on Taiwan jets AFP The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee called a hearing Tuesday to hear from Kurt Campbell and Michael Schiffer, the top officials handing East Asia at the State Department and Pentagon, respectively. President Barack Obama's administration ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

The Art Market: Walking on water? Financial Times The fair scene in Hong Kong is dominated by the modern and contemporary art fair which has just been sold to Art Basel, but there is another that has been going for seven years now: Fine Art Asia. It is organised by a Hong Kong dealer, Andy Hei, ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

EURO Liquidation To Continue ForexTV.com On the face of it, the latest inflation and unemployment numbers would appear to reduce the chance of an imminent ECB rate hike. However, analysts will be telling us this morning that any rise is likely to prove temporary, given the recent signs that ... See all stories on this topic »

Image Credit: David M. Russell/CBS Entertainment Weekly (blog) Mike gets an A- on a test (an “Asian F”) and his father becomes worried that glee club and Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) are a distraction. Meanwhile, Mercedes and Rachel (Lea Michele) battle it out for the role of Maria in West Side Story. ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama Praises Mullen, Welcomes Dempsey Department of Defense We're leading again in Asia, and we forged a new treaty with Russia to reduce our nuclear arsenals.” The president recognized Mullen for leading a new generation of service members brought forth by the events of 9/11. “Today, we see the remarkable ... See all stories on this topic » Department of Defense

Global uptrend in rice price won't affect Bangladesh Financial Express Bangladesh International business web portal 'Bloomberg' reported on September 28 that Thai rice prices, the benchmark for Asia, rose to 1.3 per cent, close to the highest level since December, 2009 due to the Thai government's plan to start grain purchases from ... See all stories on this topic »

6 reasons to visit East Timor CNNGo.com So if you want to try something new yet still enjoy the conventional sun, sea and sand with an adventurous twist, Asia's "newest nation" -- it became independent in May 2002 -- is well worth a look. “Oh, Timor dumps all over Thailand for diving,” says ... See all stories on this topic » CNNGo.com

Forex Week In Review: September 25-30 Seeking Alpha EU: Slovenian parliament ratifies the latest amendments to the EFSF agreements. EU: It's reported that the ECB may discuss rate cuts, new 12-month LTRO's, and restarting purchases of covered bonds at next week's meeting (6 October). ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple copycats can't compete with iPhone 5 BetaNews Only Apple and Samsung have succeeded in Asia, Europe and North America. Apple created the current mobile content market with Apps. Apple have paid $2500000000 to app developers and delivered a total of 14000000000 app downloads. ... See all stories on this topic » BetaNews

Hot Topics: Tony Bennett Tops Billboard Album Chart SecondAct (blog) In a recent blog post, I praised folk-rock icon Bob Dylan's new exhibition of paintings inspired by his 2011 Asia tour, in part because their of their vividly detailed rendering of street scenes in Dylan's various tour stops, which struck me as showing ... See all stories on this topic »

An In-Depth Analysis Of The Consumer Staples Sector Seeking Alpha Duracell and Panasonic are the major competitors of the company in South and Central America, Europe and Asia. The company adopted certain initiatives, including implementation of price increases on C, D and 9V sizes and eliminating battery pack ... See all stories on this topic »

Risking the business CRN - UK Only a few years ago almost half the respondents were unable to answer “the most basic” of questions about security-related breaches, whereas 80 per cent were able to provide details on event frequency, type and source in the latest poll. ... See all stories on this topic » CRN - UK

Upgrades & Downgrades: Sherwin-Williams Not Ready to Paint the Town Red Minyanville.com Asian airlines: China Eastern Airlines (CEA) is upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at HSBC Securities, which raises China Southern Airlines (ZNH) to Overweight from Neutral. Dunkin' Brands (DNKN): The recent IPO is assigned a Hold at Argus. ... See all stories on this topic »

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