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Fast Retailing May Buy Bigger Clothing Rival in U.S., Europe as Yen Gains
Bloomberg
Fast Retailing has said it intends to boost overseas sales to be greater than domestic revenue by 2015 as it expands in China, Southeast Asiaand the US, competing with Inditex SA (ITX)'s Zara, Hennes & Mauritz AB, and Gap Inc. (GPS) Sales at Uniqlo ...
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Stocks, Euro Drop on Italy Vote Concern
Bloomberg
7 (Bloomberg) -- John Woods, chief Asian strategist at Citigroup Inc.'sprivate bank, talks about Europe's debt crisis and its implications for Asia'sfinancial markets. Woods speaks with Susan Li, Rishaad Salamat, John Dawson and Zeb Eckert on ...
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Bloomberg
Singapore Draws Hong Kong's Bond Sellers
Bloomberg
22 and a S$420 million deal in July. Hong Kong and Singapore have been locked in a battle to establish themselves as Asia's key financial center. Earlier this year, Singapore's economy was poised to overtake Hong Kong's gross domestic product, ...
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Proton's McRae grabs APRC crown
AsiaOne
LONGYOU: A calm and collected Alister McRae left no room for drama as he hung on to a comfortable second-day lead to win the China Rally and clinch his first Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) drivers' title yesterday. The 40-year-old, ...
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AsiaOne
Asian Shares End Mostly Lower As Greece, Italy Developments Eyed
Wall Street Journal
s investor services business. On the mainland, property developers led losses after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was cited by Phoenix TV Monday as saying the country must resolutely carry out its property tightening measures and the government aims for...
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Behind the scenes of S'pore-Japan drama "Mooncake"
Channel News Asia
Singapore has amazing international, cross-cultural skills. And so by combining the two, and learning from each other, I think we can together, develop new content that will work for Asia," said Norico Wada, producer for "Mooncake", TBS Holdings.
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S.Africa coal exports rise m/m in Oct to 7.4 mln T
Reuters Africa
South Africa -- a major exporter of coal to power stations in Europe and Asia -- had 4.3 million tonnes of stock at the terminal at the end of October, RBCT said. Coal producers in South Africa include Anglo American , BHP Billiton , Exxaro , Optimum ...
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Thailand - Market factors to watch - Nov 7
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 Stocks News ...
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Taiwan stocks rise, HTC up after Oct sales
Reuters
ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKET REPORTS: Pan-Asia...... Japan........ S.Korea.... SEAsia............ Hong Kong... China...... Australia/NZ......... India....... OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street........... Gold......... Currency.. Eurostocks........... Oil. ...
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Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore to Sparkle this Christmas
ASIATravelTips.com
Resorts World Sentosa will be transformed into a magical fairytale land this Christmas as it dons an ambitious light-up in a bid to be one of Asia's largest Yuletide holiday destinations. Costing over S$2 million to stage, the 49-hectare resort will ...
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Fitch upgrades Korea's outlook to positive
Myiris.com
``Sovereign creditworthiness is strengthening as the sovereign and external balance sheets grow more resilient,`` said Andrew Colquhoun, Head of Asia-Pacific Sovereigns at Fitch. ``However, a heavy external debt refinancing burden in 2012 and the ...
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Private-Equity Bigwigs Descend on Hong Kong
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Isabella Steger The Asia Venture Capital Journal conference in Hong Kong, where private-equity bigwigs hobnob each year, kicks off this week. And it should come as no surprise that with the economic mess in the US and Europe, every big-name ...
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India has one of world s weakest pension systems - study
Moneycontrol.com
Comprehensive pension systems remain the exception rather than the rule across Asia, Allianz GI said. But a rapid rise in sovereign debt across more developed economies has pushed the need for pension fund reform up the national agenda in Ireland, ...
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GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD - China, U S withstand Europe sturmoil
Moneycontrol.com
South Korea provided an early glimpse into how Asia's exporters fared in October. Its shipments to Europe tumbled 20 percent from a year earlier in the Oct. 1-20 period. The last time China's European exports recorded a year-on-year decline was in ...
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Moneycontrol.com
MF Global Asia, Australia operations get nearly 40 bids
TODAYonline
MF Global generated about 14.4 per cent of its global revenue in Asia during the 2010-2011 financial year, about US$321.6 million (S$407.2 million) before interest and transaction-based expenses. Meanwhile, New York-based MF Global said yesterday that ...
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Korea: Honoring the first Cold War and its veterans
Connellsville Daily Courier
Remembering what they faced in faraway Asia is long overdue. It began on the 38th Parallel of latitude, the boundary between North Korea and South Korea. Trouble had been simmering since the end of World War II in 1945. China, north of Korea, ...
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Trade Gap Was Probably Little Changed: US
BusinessWeek
We remain positive on Asia,” and expect a “soft landing in China.” Benton Harbor, Michigan-based Whirlpool, the world's largest maker of household appliances, last week said it will cut more than 5000 jobs and reduce capacity by six million units after ...
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Short term looks good
Asia Times Online
The two members of the Northeast Asia group had similarly near-median volatilities, but their performance was otherwise radically different. Tokyo was the worst performer inAsia while Seoul was the second-best. For the South Korean KOSPI, ...
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China Life, Baidu Lead Index's Advance in US
BusinessWeek
“We are expecting at this stage the bailout package to go through,” Lorraine Tan, director of Asia equity research at Standard & Poor's, said in a Bloomberg Television interview from Hong Kong. “Our strategy is to stay positive in markets where there ...
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GBP/USD jumped to 1.6070 resistance during the opening of the weeks trading
FXstreet.com
by Keagan York - Compass Global Markets | View company's profile EUR/USD is closing the Asia session where is closed Friday's US session despite a sharp bounce during this mornings open as the market took the exit of Greek PM as a positive for the ...
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Honeywell Adds Video to Industrial Wireless Offering
Control Engineering Asia
... CCTV cameras, Digital Video Manager and the OneWireless Network - all integrated with Honeywellâââ€Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒ¢Ã¢€Å¾Ã‚¢s Experion process control system and Enterprise Buildings Integrator (EBI) security management system and integration platform. ...
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China Ignores Warning Bells
Radio Free Asia
China began establishing SEZs in Africa following criticism that its investment and trade with the vast continent hinges largely on import of raw materials such as oil and metals to fuel the Asian giant's rapid economic growth. ...
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International Acclaim for Projects by MKV Design
eTravelBlackboard - Asia Edition
Favourite Overseas Leisure Hotel: Europe, Asia Minor and the Russian Federation? at the Condé Nast Traveller Readers? Travel Awards 2011. It is the first Greek hotel to win this award since it was established by Condé Nast Traveller in 1998. ...
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S.Korea-Market Factors to watch Nov 7
Reuters Africa
Latest KR stock report Latest money report Latest stocks KR press digest [Press] KR main diary [Ordinary] KR IPO diary Global Markets report Oil Markets report New York Stocks Asia stock outlook Emerging markets report (Reporting by Seongbin Kang; ...
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Surviving the Flood in Bangkok
Asia Sentinel (blog)
Don't u think? Just come up for breakfast when they like," tweeted Lee Webster. (Richard S Ehrlich is a Bangkok-based journalist. He has reported news from Asia since 1978. His website is http://www.asia-correspondent.110mb.com.)
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No longer the beast, Toyota strives for beauty
Reuters
By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent NUERBURGRING, Germany (Reuters) - As Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda passed the banged-up Aston Martin Zagato in his Lexus LFA on the Nuerburgring race track last month, he figured that was it for the ...
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Reuters
Amritsar to go green under Green Pilgrimage Network's efforts
SikhSiyasat.Net
Amritsar, only city from South Asia joined the network. England's Royal Princess Michael, the Duke of Kent, gave a certificate of joining of Amritsar city in the newly formed Green Pilgrimage Network (GPN) on behalf of ARC at the first international ...
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Canadian Solar Issues Statement on Solar Trade Petition
Sacramento Bee
7, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar, Inc., (the "Company," "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today issued a statement in response to SolarWorld Industries America Inc.'s trade ...
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Forex - Asia Open -Overnight Highlights
FXMarketAlerts.com
... tone upon the entry of Asian players could give the pair a boost towards 30.80. Resistance is seen here and we expect level to hold. Improvement in sentiment to see 30.600 break to expose next level at 30.480; but support here is seen s trong. ...
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Police confirms gunmen seize three South Korean miners in ...
By XinhuaNET.COM
Police confirms gunmen seize three S.Korean miners in S. Philippines State police confirmed on Monday gunmen are holding three South Koreans miners who have.
Siam Daily News Online
neweurasia.net » Uzbek – South Korean film “Hanaan” screened at ...
By Tomyris
Central Asia News informs that the AFI FEST qualifies for the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards, as recognized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AFI is an independent national non-profit organization, ...
neweurasia.net
BBC News - Asia
Get the latest Asian news from BBC News in Asia: breaking news, features, analysis and special reports plus audio and ... Octopus (Credit: S.Gotheil/IUCN) ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/asia/
S. Korea and US to write defense plan on N ... - Asia News Network
South Korea'>Korea and the U.S. agreed to establish a joint operational plan to counter North Korea'>Korean provocations within this year and strengthen ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=23259
ITTF opens Asia Pacific HQ in S'pore - Channel NewsAsia
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has opened its Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore.
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/.../.html
South Korea, Japan to hold biennial joint naval drill - Asia News
S. Korea, Japan to hold biennial joint naval drill South Korea and Japan will conduct a two-day joint naval exercise off the east coast of the South Korean.
www.siamdailynews.com/.../south-korea-japan-to-hold-bienni...
ASIA South Asian pollution spurs cyclone formation in ... - Asia News
London (AsiaNews / Agencies) - South Asian pollution is helping the formation of monstrous cyclones over the Arabian Sea, which cost hundreds of deaths and ...
www.asianews.it/.../South-Asian-pollution-spurs-cyclone-form...
Etisalat`s Group Asia News Etisalat Afghanistan to the nurture the ...
Etisalat`s Group Asia News Etisalat Afghanistan to the nurture the Cricket sport in Afghanistan & PTCL scoops the prestigious “2nd Global HR Excellence Award.
www.pr2live.com/.../etisalats-group-asia-news-etisalat-afghanis...
US, South Korea to Increase Defense Posture Against ... - VOA News
The U.S. and South Korea have pledged to "advance combat readiness capabilities" near the disputed sea border with North Korea, warning against any future ...
www.voanews.com/.../US-South-Korea-to-Increase-Defense-P...
Gilani approves promotion of 83 officers ... - 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/.../gilani-approves-promotion-of-83-office...
Half of spam now comes from Asia
Region accounts for most spam worldwide, with more Asian nations joining the "Dirty Dozen" list which ranks South Korea second after the United ... Breaking News: 'Pre-crime' human profiling system inaccurate, infringes personal privacy ...
www.zdnetasia.com/half-of-spam-now-comes-from-asia-6230...
S'pore clean tech firms offered help to expedite design phase
Breaking News: 'Pre-crime' human profiling system inaccurate, infringes personal privacy... By Liau Yun Qing , ZDNet Asia on November 3, 2011 (1 day ago) ...
www.zdnetasia.com/spore-clean-tech-firms-offered-help-to-ex...
Fitch Raises South Korea's Rating Outlook to 'Positive,' Affirms ...
Asia's fourth-largest economy has amassed foreign-exchange reserves of $311 ... SouthKorea's economic growth slowed in the third quarter as companies cut ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../fitch-raises-south-korea-s-rating-outl...
S'pore clean tech firms offered help to expedite design ... - ZDNet Asia
ZDNet / News / Software. S'pore clean tech firms offered help to expedite design phase. By Liau Yun Qing , ZDNet Asia on November 3, 2011 (2 days ago) ...
www.zdnetasia.com/spore-clean-tech-firms-offered-help-to-ex...
Libya Asia News - World News Report
The most comprehensive geo-political news service available on the Internet, covering over 263 countries ... and to our defence engagement in South East Asia. ...
world.einnews.com/news/libya-asia
Groove|Asia News: S.H.E.'s Selina released new music video
S.H.E.'s Selina released new music video. Posted Image Photo & Video: H.I.M.. Written by: imeisee @ CpopAccess.com. Three more days before the wedding of ...
www.grooveasia.com/.../S-H-E-s-Selina-released-new-music-v...
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