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ASIA News, Nov 04, 2011

Nepal shows wheel power for S Asia's spine injury victims
Times of India
The halts at the major cities in the three different South Asian countries will be made at different spinal injury treatment centres, like the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre in New Delhi's Vasant Kunj and the AF Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in ...
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S. Korea's Jeonbuk goes for top Asian club honors at home
Yonhap News
4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will go for their second crown at Asia's premier club competition at home this weekend. On Saturday at Jeonju World Cup Stadium, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul, K-League's Jeonbuk will ...
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JOil (S) Pte Ltd Acquires Plant Tissue Culture Company: PT Monfori Nusantara ...
Environmental Expert (press release)
4 /PR Newswire Asia/ -- JOil (S) Pte Ltd has completed the acquisition of PT Monfori Nusantara ('Monfori'), a Jakarta-based plant tissue culture company in July 2011. The purchase was conducted by acquiring 100% of shares of Monfori and its parent ...
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iShares Plans Multicountry Asian Tech ETF
NASDAQ
iShares, the world’s largest ETF sponsor, filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to bring to market the first ETF to cast a wide net over Asia’s information technology sector. The new fund, the iShares MSCI All Country Asia...
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President Aquino to Attend APEC Summit in Honolulu
Asianjournal.com
MANILA - President Benigno S. Aquino III will lead the Philippine delegation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week in Honolulu, Hawaii from November 8 to 13. Joining him in the Philippine delegation are Foreign Affairs Secretary...
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UPDATE 2-China makes rare diesel imports to cover domestic shortages
Reuters
Supplies in the Asian gasoil market are short due to Royal Dutch Shell 's 500000-bpd refinery in Singapore operating at half its capacity after a fire in September. Onshore diesel and jet stocks in the fuel trading hub fell about 4.5 percent to a ...
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CNET Asia First Take
CNET Asia (blog)
First announced in the US last month as the Droid Razr, the Motorola Razr has now made its way to Asia. It has a retail price of S$888. We spent some time with this Android smartphone during a Singapore launch event. Here are our thoughts. ...
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CNET Asia (blog)
MF Global Liquidators See Asia-Pacific Units Sales
Wall Street Journal
By ALISON TUDOR HONG KONG—The liquidators of MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s Asia-Pacific units have received 30 to 40 credible purchase offers, and terms of a sale agreement may be reached over the weekend, a KPMG spokeswoman in Hong Kong said. ...
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S'pore disease diagnostics kit wins silver award
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: A disease diagnostics kit invented in Singapore has won the Silver Award at this year's Asian Innovation Awards in Hong Kong. Organised by the The Wall Street Journal Asia, the award recognises innovations that break from conventional ...
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Indian shares drop 1.4 pct on the week; outlook hazy
Reuters
S.Korea... SE Asia....... Hong Kong... Taiwan.... Australia/NZ.... India....... China..... OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street .... Gold ....... Currency.. Eurostocks..... Oil ........ JP bonds... ADR Report ..... LME metals. US bonds.. Stocks News US. ...
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OIL FUTURES: Crude Rises In Asia, Volumes Thin; US Jobs Data In Focus
Wall Street Journal
"I actually don't see the US economy growing at a decent pace for the next couple of years, so energy investors will be more sensitive to weak economic data and negative headlines from Europe," a trader at S-Oil Corp said. Some analysts also warned ...
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Bel Fuse Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
GuruFocus.com
Bel s business is operated through three geographic segments: North America, Asiaand Europe. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, 44% of the Company srevenues were derived from Asia, 45% from North America and 11% from its Europe ...
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Al Sadd tries to break East Asia's dominance in Champions League
SI.com
He was a member of the South Korean coaching staff at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, led Iranian giant Persepolis to the league title in 2008, took Iran to the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup and is now in Japan, coaching J-League team Shimizu S-Pulse. ...
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Euro, Asian Stocks Fall as EU Leaders Withhold Greek Aid Before Referendum
Bloomberg
Stocks rebounded yesterday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he is prepared to use monetary tools, including purchasing more mortgage-backed securities, to spur economic growth if necessary. "The US is looking better because the economic ...
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Bloomberg
JEC Asia 2011 mirrors burgeoning Asian composites market
India Infoline.com
Demonstrating the buoyant outlook for the composites industry in Asia, JEC Asia 2011 registered a 10 percent increase in exhibition space and the attendance of 7000 visitors. The Asian composites industry is currently valued at US$24.8 billion (S$31.5 ...
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Asia Distillates-Low sulphur diesel up on Chinese imports
Reuters Africa
Unipec's purchases were the first in over a year and the two companies bought almost half their tonnage from South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank and S-Oil , industry sources with knowledge of the deals said. With the Asian market short on diesel supplies, ...
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Lamborghini launches Aventador in India
India Today
We have already received 20 bookings for the Aventador," James Page, marketing manager, South-East Asia and Pacific, Automobili LamborghiniS. p. A, said. "The car was launched globally in March this year and so far, we have received 1500 orders ...
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India Today
South East Asia under water: Living in the Mekong Delta
Reuters AlertNet (blog)
By CARE International | 7 hour(s) ago | Comments ( 0 ) Sitting three deep in a glorified canoe, I'm carefully motored across the Plane of Reeds on the Mekong Delta in south west Vietnam. I'm told that six metres below the water's surface sit rice ...
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Indian shares to open higher; Bharti, ONGC watched
Reuters
{ID:nWNAS4631] (Reporting by Ketan Bondre and Swati Pandey; editing by ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS: Pan-Asia........ Japan....... S.Korea... SE Asia....... Hong Kong... Taiwan.... Australia/NZ.... India....... China..... OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street ....
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Stocks Futures Little Changed Ahead of Jobs Report with Sprint (S) and ...
Market Intelligence Center
Asia stocks rallied on Friday, with exporters and resource firms among the notable gainers, following a surprise interest-rate cut by the European Central Bank and after Greece shelved plans for a financial-bailout referendum. Asian investors picked up ...
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Call for S'pore data protection law to include public sector
ZDNet Asia (blog)
As ZDNet Asia blogger and Singapore lawyer, Bryan Tan, points out, an "eye-catching point" is that government use of consumer information isn't covered in the proposed law. The government's rationale for this is that public sector rules already offer ...
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'Malaysia Spring' Approaches in Anwar's Election Vision
BusinessWeek
3 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia's opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, said that in the nation's next election, his People's Alliance coalition will end five decades of rule by the National Front as a trend toward democracy strengthens across Southeast Asia. ...
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S.Korean maritime official in S'pore for two-day visit
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: A senior maritime official from South Korea is in Singapore for a two-day visit, from November 3 to 4. Mr Sun Weon Pyo is here under the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore's Distinguished Visitors Programme (DVP). ...
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S. Korea, US to hold drill aimed at improving deterrence against DPRK
Xinhua
The two-day tabletop exercise (TTX) drill will be launched next Tuesday at the US Strategic Command, with Lim Kwan-bin, South Korean deputy minister for policy, and Michael Schiffer, deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, in attendance. ...
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IAG Reaches Agreement in Principle to Buy Lufthansa's British Midland Unit
Bloomberg
Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh said IAG wants Castle Donington, England-based BMI for its mainline operations at Heathrow, and will use the purchase to expand its own long-haul network, particularly on routes to Asia and Latin America. ...
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Bloomberg
Singapore Stocks-Set to rise as Greek vote worries ease
Reuters
ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS: Japan S.Korea China Hong Kong Taiwan SE AsiaAustralia/NZ India OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street Gold Currency Eurostocks Oil JP bonds ADR Report LME metals US bonds STOCKS NEWS US, Europe, Asia: DIARIES & DATA: IPO diary & data ...
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Keystone ruling will send signal, Canadian Natural chief says
Vancouver Sun
By Jeremy Van Loon And Justin Doom, Loomberg News November 4, 2011 Canadian producers may look to markets in Asia to sell their oil if Trans-Canada Corp.'s planned Keystone XL pipeline to the US isn't approved, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. president ...
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ArQule Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
GuruFocus.com
Arqule Inc. has a market cap of $318.1 million; its shares were traded at around $5.92 with and P/S ratio of 10.9. Arqule Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 7.2% over the past 5 years. In each quarter the tivantinib collaboration costs that ...
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OCBC net profit falls 10% in Q3
TODAYonline
by Venus Hew SINGAPORE - OCBC Bank reported yesterday its third-quarter net profit fell 10 per cent on-year to S$513 million due to weaker insurance income and trading loss. The lender, South-east Asia's second-largest bank by assets, also missed the ...
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Hong Kong Suffering IPO Drought
Wall Street Journal
By PRUDENCE HO Asia Today: IPO activity in Hong Kong is drying up, affecting Wall Street profits, as market volatility and investor concerns stall deals. And Washington asks Beijing to do more to ensure the safety of Chinese food exports to the US HONG...
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Food in Two Worlds Podcast – The Many Flavors of South Asia, All ...
By John Rudolph
Within just a few square blocks in Jackson Heights, Queens you can find food from virtually every corner of South Asia. In this podcast hear how the neighborhood's restaurants and food shops tell the story of South Asian immigrants in New ...
Feet in 2 Worlds · Immigration news ...
BBC News - Asia
Get the latest Asian news from BBC News in Asia: breaking news, features, analysis and special reports ... South China Sea tensions alarm China's neighbours ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/asia/
Mekong nations, S. Korea discuss future ... - Asia News Network
Regarding the politics of the region, the six nations discussed crime fighting cooperation, joint drills for disaster relief, and the Mekong region's support for ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=23284
PHILIPPINES - ITALY Rome, a Mass for Fr Fausto ... - Asia News
Rome (AsiaNews) - A memorial mass for Fr Fausto Tentorio, the PIME ... will be celebrated in Rome Tuesday, October 25 at 7pm at the Church of S. Maria degli ...
www.asianews.it/.../Rome,-a-Mass-for-Fr-Fausto-Tentorio-at-S...
Taliban group commander, 3 others captured in S - Siam Daily News
Taliban group commander, 3 others captured in S. Afghanistan: NATO Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during joint ...
www.siamdailynews.com/.../taliban-group-commander-3-othe...
Art review: New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey ...
Instead of Islamic Art, the words above the entrance read Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia. Curators say this rather ...
www.northjersey.com/.../132977718_Met_s_Islamic_art_mak...
Etisalat`s Group Asia News Etisalat Afghanistan to the nurture the ...
Etisalat Afghanistan, a 100% owned subsidiary of Etisalat Telecommunications, UAE and the official sponsor of National Afghanistan Cricket Team anno.
www.dubib.com/.../16729_etisalat-s-group-asia-news-etisalat-a...
Sony to end LCD display JV with Samsung
Advertisement. Breaking News: Rise of personal cloud rests on interoperability, security ... display JV with Samsung. By Kevin Kwang , ZDNet Asia on October 31, 2011 (4 days ago) ... Call for S'pore data protection law to include public sector ...
www.zdnetasia.com/sony-to-end-lcd-display-jv-with-samsung-...
Fight Threat Delays US-S. Korea Trade Agreement Approval | Asia ...
The threat of physical fighting erupting among South Korean lawmakers is delaying approval of a crucial trade agreement with the United States.
www.voanews.com/.../Fight-Threat-Delays-US-S-Korea-Trade...
Controversy mars Kyrgyz presidential election
If he falls short, he will face a strong challenger from the south in a run-off. ... News. Central & South Asia. Gunmen attack NATO supplier in Afghanistan ...
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/.../20111030175330696330.ht...
XE.com - Asia Fuel Oil-S.Korea WP buys 90000 T for Nov-Dec
News Providers: Thompson Financial, AP, XFN-Asia, Daily FX, Reuters Date format: yyyy-mm-dd. Refresh Articles. Asia Fuel Oil-S.Korea WP buys 90000 T for ...
www.xe.com/news/2011-11-02%2003:27:00.../2255349.htm
U.S., S Korea join hands against N Korea ... - Entertainment Asia
Associated PressSEOUL, South KoreaThe U.S. and South Korea declared that any North ... Entertainment Asia News and info on Asian Entertainment Industry ...
www.asia-e.com/u-s-s-korea-join-hands-against-n-korea-prov...
Groove|Asia News: A S$126000 birthday celebration for Coco Lee's ...
The couple reportedly spent NT$600 million (S$26 million) on the wedding. After the wedding, the couple, together with 20 family members and friends, flew to ...
www.grooveasia.com/.../A-S-036-126-000-birthday-celebratio...
Half of spam now comes from Asia - ZDNet Asia News
Region accounts for most spam worldwide, with more Asian nations joining the " Dirty... Breaking News: Pro-biz, green incentives give S'pore datacenter edge ...
www.zdnetasia.com/half-of-spam-now-comes-from-asia-6230...
OCTOBER 27TH – KASHMIR'S DAY OF ... - South Asian News Agency
sana news deliver latest and breaking news in Urdu from Pakistan, World, Sports, Business, Cricket and Weather. Find Pakistan news in Urdu & english.
www.sananews.net/.../october-27th-–-kashmir’s-day-of-occup...

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