ASIA News, Nov 15, 2011

Obama's Asia trip: China's territorial assertiveness rises as key topic Christian Science Monitor As President Obama heads for Australia and then Indonesia this week,South East Asian nations will be expecting him to spread the US security umbrella a little more firmly over their region. China's increasingly assertive territorial claims over huge ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Asian Currencies Fall as Europe Debt Concern Deters Risk-Taking BusinessWeek 15 (Bloomberg) -- Asian currencies weakened, led by South Korea's won and the Indonesian rupiah, as a jump in Italy's borrowing costs reignited concern Europe's debt crisis will worsen, cutting demand for emerging-market assets. The MSCI Asia-Pacific... See all stories on this topic »

Asian shares drop amid eurozone concerns Financial Times The stock closed up by its daily limit at Y540 on Monday. In Seoul, the Kospi Composite index fell 0.9 per cent to 1886.12. STX Pan Ocean , South Korea's biggest bulk carrier, declined 2.7 per cent to Won6,440 after posting a third-quarter net loss of... See all stories on this topic »

Premier Oil Sells U.K.'s Cladhan to Taqa, Buys Fields From Nexen Bloomberg Premier, which is focusing on projects in Asia, the North Sea and Africa, forecast dailyoutput will reach 60000 barrels of oil equivalent by the end of the year. With the first oil expected at the Huntington field in the UK in September, ... See all stories on this topic »

Gatwick's Hong Kong coup Redhill And Reigate Life The flights will give business passengers based in London and the South-east an easy point-to-point link to the second largest market in Asia, after the mainland. The move is an important step in Gatwick's quest to become London's airport of choice, ... See all stories on this topic »

SKorea's Lee pushing for US trade deal's approval Seattle Post Intelligencer Activists in Seoul are holding near-daily rallies opposing the accord. Protests Sunday drew about 5000 people. Police have occasionally fired water cannons to scatter the crowds, but there have been no reports of serious injuries. South Korean ... See all stories on this topic »

Angie's List, Delphi Try Share Sales in Busy IPO Week Bloomberg In Asia, at least four companies are attempting to raise as much as $1.5 billion in Hong Kong in November, the most since July, data compiled by Bloomberg show. PCCW Ltd. (8), the biggest phone carrier in Hong Kong, plans to list its telecommunications ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

Philippines - Market factors to watch - Nov 15 Reuters Africa 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.... See all stories on this topic »

TAAN proposes lowering TIMS fee for SAARC nationals Republica Not just the numbers, travel agents and hoteliers said daily expenditure of these tourists is also growing. They said South Asian tourists are slowly switching to adventure activities from excursions, religious trips and shopping. ... See all stories on this topic »

Keystone XL pipeline delay ripples through US media Yahoo! News Canada (blog) An Associated Press story from Toronto noted the delay went over badly in Canada and "it is being viewed as a signal that the country must diversify its oil exports away from the United States and toward Asia." Proponents of the Keystone project have ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! News Canada (blog)

Good Reads: GOP hopefuls debate new foreign policy. But easier debated than done? Christian Science Monitor Watching President Obama's tour of Asia ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu this weekend, the Economist writes that Obama praised Asian countries like South Korea, Indonesia, India, and Japan that had embraced both the ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

DIARY-US MEETINGS/WEEK AHEAD Reuters S&P 500 Earnings - Weekly S&P 500 Earnings - Day Ahead Non S&P 500 - Weekly Non S&P 500 - Day Ahead ConferenceCall/Webcast - Weekly ConferenceCall/Webcast - Day S&P 500 Earnings - Monthly Meetings - Day Ahead Economic Indicators Dividends Daily ... See all stories on this topic »

Newspaper Briefing, including 'Investors doubt Monti can turn the tide for ... Proactive Investors UK Canadas Prime Minister Stephen Harper wasted no time in reminding Barack Obama of that at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation forum, expressing a desire to tap Asianmarkets. The implication was that the US, which imports virtually all of Canadas ... See all stories on this topic »

Local shares rise 2%, close over 7500 China Post 5 smart phone brand, rose by the daily maximum of 7 percent to NT$688.00, boosted by its Chairwoman Cher Wang's optimism about the prospects of the smart phone sector. Cell phone camera lens supplier Largan Precision Co. rose 6.86 percent to NT$623.00. ... See all stories on this topic »

Subscribe to The Daily Grind Going Concern On Sunday, at a press conference in Honolulu where he was hosting the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, President Barack Obama called on Republican lawmakers to soften their resistance to revenue increases as they work on a deal bring the ... See all stories on this topic »

Spreads mixed as market awaits HARP 2.0 Reuters Equities in the overnight market were mixed with Asia higher by between 1% and 1.9% on a strong Q3 GDP report from Japan, as well as, positive vibes on Europe. The major European exchanges, however, remained cautious and were down between 0.7% (FTSE) ... See all stories on this topic »

Florida Morning: Supremes to take up health care challenge; candidate rankings ... Florida Times-Union (blog) Orlando Sentinel: http://thesent.nl/t93F1Y Howdy, it's Tuesday and this is Florida Morning, your daily digest of political news around the Sunshine State. What ethics bill? Amendment strips Space Florida provision, and some business groups line up to... See all stories on this topic »

FriendFinder Networks Inc. Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2011 PR Newswire (press release) In September, we announced the acquisition of JigoCity which we believe will help us monetize more of our internet traffic in emerging market countries, including Asia-Pacific and South America. JigoCity works similarly to other group-buying platforms ... See all stories on this topic »

P&F Bull Trap - OXF, PBI, SSW, UNS, WX Retirement Planning Customers for its operating fleet are China Shipping Container Lines (Asia) Co., Ltd. (CSCL Asia), Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC (HL USA), AP Moller-Maersk A/S (APM), COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. (COSCON), CSAV, MOL, K-Line and UASC. ... See all stories on this topic »

Australia shares drift down on European nerves Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News ASIA STOCK MARKETS Pan-Asia...................... Bangkok...... Karachi........ S/eastAsia. Bombay....... Kuala Lumpur... Sydney/NZ... China........ Seoul.......... Taipei...... Hong Kong.... Singapore...... Tokyo. ... See all stories on this topic »

BUYINS.NET: KONG, OBCI, VRNT, CSTR, UEIC, NILE Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down ... TMC Net Universal Electronics Inc. sells its products directly, as well as through retailers and distributors in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Middle East, Mexico,Asia, and Latin America under the One For All name. ... See all stories on this topic »

SKorea's Lee pushing for US trade deal's approval Seattle Post Intelligencer Activists in Seoul are holding near-daily rallies opposing the accord. Protests Sunday drew about 5000 people. Police have occasionally fired water cannons to scatter the crowds, but there have been no reports of serious injuries. South Korean ... See all stories on this topic »

Billionaires Struggle to Turn Booming Travel in India Into Airline Profits Bloomberg It will also discuss a plan to convert loans from its parent into equity and to change aircraft lease terms, the daily said, citing a presentation to investors. The carrier's Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Aggarwal didn't respond to two calls to his ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

National Development Plan: How to build a capable state Politicsweb For example, in the United States, the commission is responsible for appeals, while in much of South Asia it has direct responsibility for recruitment. In South Africa, the Public Service Commission is assigned an advisory and oversight role, ... See all stories on this topic »

US OPENING NEWS INCLUDING: The Swiss economy minister warned against exerting ... Proactive Investors UK (RTRS) In other news, President Barack Obama sought to breathe new life into the free trade agenda by saying the US wanted to sign a next-generation free trade agreement with nine other Asia-Pacific nations by the end of 2012. ... See all stories on this topic »

South Korea urges Japan to hold talks over ... - Siam Daily News By XinhuaNET.COM S. Korea urges Japan to hold talks over wartime sex slaves South Korea delivered a letter to Japan Tuesday, renewing its call for bilateral talks over. Siam Daily News Online

US working to contain LeT in South Asia The United States is working to contain Lashkar-e-Taiba (leT), the Pakistani-based terrorist organization held responsible for the Nov 2008 Mumbai attacks, in South Asia, according to a top US commander. "We find ourselves working with ... Daily News Headlines | Today's...

South Asian News - November 11, 2011 - Daily News from India and ... South Asia News Line - covers the day's news and events in India, Pakistan and the other nations of South Asia. ww.smashits.com/south-asian-news/snoop-news-26811.html

Yingluck must stand up and face the music - Asia News Network One of the barometres of Yingluck's popularity is the coverage of the mass Thai- language daily newspaper Thai Rath. Over the past few days, Thai Rath has ... www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=23795&sec=3

Finchem has eye on Asia, South America, for ... - Lebanon Daily News SYDNEY—The only two continents where the Presidents Cup has not been played areAsia and South America, which is likely to change when the next one ... www.ldnews.com/nationalsports/ci_19289588

People-to-people contact needed for peace in S Asia | Pakistan ... OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - Speakers at a round-table meeting on “ SAARC: The Journey So Far and The Way Ahead” underlined the need for ... www.nation.com.pk/.../Peopletopeople-contact-needed-for-pe...

Sales of pirated Steve Jobs' book soar in China SHANGHAI (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Even as Steve Jobs biography... Pirated versions sold at 10 yuan (S$2) each compared to the 68 yuan ... www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/.../STIStory_732119.htm...

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