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BIOTRONIK Opens New Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore
MarketWatch (press release)
... remote monitoring technology, announced today the opening of a new regional headquarters location based in Singapore--a move that emphasizes the strategic commitment of the company to build a powerful leadership position in the Asia Pacific region. ...
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Australia's Booming Economy and Shortage of Workers Attract Greeks
Wall Street Journal
The WSJ's Deborah Kan and Geoffrey Rogow discuss the latest immigration trend on Asia Today. SYDNEY—Facing an uncertain economic future at home, more Greeks are making the 20-hour trip to Australia in search of work. Short-term arrivals of Greek ...
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Last day of auditions for S Asia's biggest music event
The News International
KARACHI: South Asia's greatest music competition will be held shortly in Dubai with auditions for participants continuing in Karachi and Lahore, organised under the auspices of Geo TV in Pakistan and Sahara TV, India. Today (Wednesday) is the last day ...
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Asian markets down ahead of France's debt sale
Citywire.co.uk
Financials suffered the most in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index as France prepares to as much as €8.7 billion of bills today. Spain and Greece will sell bills tomorrow. Australia & New Zealand Banking Group shed 2.1%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group fell ...
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Canada Pledges to Sell Oil to Asia After Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline
Bloomberg
“I'm disappointed that Republicans in Congress forced this decision, but it does not change my administration's commitment to American-made energy,” Obama saidtoday in a statement. “We will continue to look for new ways to partner with the oil and gas ...
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Bloomberg
Iris Recognition Leader AOptix Opens New Singapore Office
MarketWatch (press release)
... today announced the opening of their latest sales office in the Republic of Singapore. Led by Anthony Hay, Director of Asia Pacific Sales, AOptix will serve their Asia Pacific customers from thisnew office central to India, Malaysia, Singapore, ...
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Report: US Lost 28% Of High-Tech Manufacturing Jobs
Manufacturing.net
Meanwhile, China became the world leader in high-technology trade and, for the first time, Asiamatched the United States in R&D investments. Those were among the key findings released todayby the NSB, as it unveiled the most comprehensive and ...
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Companies, Flush with Cash, Ready to Focus on Growth in 2012, According to an ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The survey revealed several key priority areas for companies looking for growth: technology investment; mergers and acquisitions (M&A); entering new markets, notably new markets in theAsia-Pacific region; and, eventually, increased capital ...
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New Essay Offers Hope to Public's Growing Disenchantment with Science
Sacramento Bee
17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The World Transformation Movement today published a ground-breaking essay titled What is science? by Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith that offers hope to the public's growing disenchantment with science, ...
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Pakistan and the new Great Game
The Express Tribune
By Shahid Javed Burki The latest American defence strategy revealed by President Barack Obama, on January 5, could result in the South Asian subcontinent becoming the stage on which the large powers will play the new Great Game. ...
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The Express Tribune
SinoCubate Adds Two New Retail-oriented Clients in China
Sacramento Bee
17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- SinoCubate, Inc., SBAT ("SinoCubate" or the "Company"), todayannounced that the Company has been engaged by two new Chinese clients located in Beijing and Shanghai. The Beijing client operates a 110-plus retail chain ...
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Fairfax Marketing Report including London Mining, Stellar Diamonds, Goldplat ...
Proactive Investors UK
Greek officials will continue to try and forge a deal with creditors today. Progress is reportedly being made although it is painstaking slow according to reports. · Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean- Claude Juncker has become the latest politician to ...
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Asia's 1st Assistive Tech Integrated Care & Rehab Engineering Event Launched ...
SBWire (press release)
RehabTech Asia is therefore both strategic and timely, and will feature the latest findings andnewest innovations in AT, integrated care and RE. Said Mr Chandran Nair, General Manager (Project Management), Singex, “Across Asia, there have been ...
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China Stocks Decline Most in a Month on Europe, Economy Concerns
BusinessWeek
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 1.2 percent today after S&P said France was cut to AA+ and the rating has a negative outlook. Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain were lowered two grades while the long-term ratings on Austria, Malta, Slovakia and ...
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New Solution Group Creates Leading Global SAP Reseller and 'Solutions Based ...
PRWire
With this move, itelligence AG is expanding its SAP service range to include the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Coupled with an extensive presence already in place in the Americas, this latestdevelopment completes the global footprint. ...
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UK looks east as eurozone absorbs more rating shocks
The Independent
Despite all the gloomy headlines, latest figures show some remarkable resilience in the UK housing m... George Osborne today takes advantage of the deepening eurozone crisis by appealing to China to make Britain the "home of Asian investment" in the ...
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iShares Launches Three New International ETFs
Zacks.com
Given the lack of support for this fund, it will be interesting to see if EWHS can buck the trend in the space (read Index IQ, Global X Announce ETF Closures). Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 ...
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The New York Times Sunday Review has a Mormon Problem
Religion Dispatches
(Today, between 20 and 30% of the nations of Tonga and Samoa are LDS.) People of Asian, AsianPacific, Latin American, and indigenous American descent have never been restricted from ordination, a fact Siegel blithely ignores. Church membership in the ...
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Why the Dow Is Rallying Today
DailyFinance
Faster growth in China would be a boon to today's leading Dow stock, United Technologies (NYS: UTX) . The company is leading the pack, up 1.87% to $77.50. Last year, United Technologies got 17% of its operating profit from the Asia-Pacific region. ...
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Manulife possible acquirer in ING sale
Globe and Mail
The latest involves Manulife, which, despite its own headaches, can't entirely be counted out as an acquirer. Last week ING indicated that it was shelving its plans to seek a public listing for its Asianand European insurance and investment management ...
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New Jersey HeraldAP News in Brief at 5:58 am EST
New Jersey Herald
"We really have no peer," Peterson told The Associated Press during a recent port call in Japan. But America's submarine dominance in the Pacific is facing its biggest challenge since the Cold War. Nearly every Asian country with a coastline is ...
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Fairmont Inks Mileage Agreement With Qatar Airways
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jan 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Fairmont Hotels & Resortstoday announced a new marketing alliance with Qatar Airways, one of the world's fastest growing airlines. As part of the new partnership, Fairmont guests on qualifying ...
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New Book from Morningstar Expert Delivers Innovative Approaches to Asset ...
Sacramento Bee
In his new book being released today, Frontiers of Modern Asset Allocation, Paul D. Kaplan, director of quantitative research for Morningstar Europe, seeks to update investors' approach by exploring the latest techniques in portfolio optimization and ...
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Five Things to Know Today, Jan. 20
Patch.com
It's almost the start of the Lunar New Year observed in much of Asia, often referred to as ChineseNew Year. Monday is the start of the week-long celebration marking the advent of the Year of the Dragon. With the large Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean ...
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ConvergEx Group Launches ConnEx
MarketWatch (press release)
17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ConvergEx Group, a leading technology company, todayannounced that it has launched ConnEx, a new business that provides a complete line of FIX connectivity infrastructure solutions. ConnEx offers the latest ...
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Cinedeck Growth Prompts New Team Roles
SHOOT Online (press release)
NEW YORK, January 18, 2012 | SHOOT Publicity Wire | --- Cinedeck LLC (www.cinedeck.com), pioneering developer of mobile capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, todayannounced changes and additions to its personnel, as the company ...
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State University of New York Selects Blackboard for Strategic Partnership in ...
Sacramento Bee
Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, DC, with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for Blackboard represent the Company's views ...
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Nicki Minaj Announces International Promo Tour Dates
MTV.com (blog)
After performing at the 2012 Grammys (where she is also nominated for Best NewArtist), Europe and Asia will be her next stops, for an international promotional tour. Minaj announced the new tour dates on Twitter today, also telling fans that she plans...
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MTV.com (blog)
France to suspend Afghan troop training
Aljazeera.com
With eight other French soldiers injured, including the commander at the time, who was seriously injured, the death toll from today's attack could continue to rise. The incident comes amid a week of setbacks for NATO forces in the Central Asian nation. ...
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Aljazeera.com
SEPATON 2011 Innovation in Data Protection Drives Growth and Footprint in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The new product was specifically designed as a platform to provide the powerful next-generation data protection capabilities needed in today's enormous Big Data scale-out storage environments. SEPATON also demonstrated support for OST AIR available in ...
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UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Thurs Jan 19
Reuters
The latest US weekly jobless claims and December US housing starts will also be released at 1330 GMT, with the January Philly Fed index due at 1500 GMT. * Wall St gains 1 pct as IMF gives Europe hope, Goldman soars * Asian shares hit 2-month highs as ...
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Las Vegas economy inching up from bottom rankings
Las Vegas Review - Journal
The local and US economies have struggled to return to prerecession performance as developing markets in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe surge, Berube said. And like the rest of the country, Las Vegas made its boom-era nut mostly on domestic ...
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Largest Annual Human Migration on Earth | Video | wtsp.com
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Ex-Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder Ze Roberto: Qatar's ...
Sportingbet, Open an account with Sportingbet today and get up to £100 in free bets! ... someone of my age. I'll be doing what I can to help my club and Qatari football as a whole, and right now I'm very happy here in Doha." Ze Roberto, who made 84 appearances for his country during his 12-year international career, carved out a long career in Europe before leaving Hamburg for Al Gharafa. Follow Goal.com Asia on and. for the latest in Asian footballing news, features, and analysis ...
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Ian Chin of BesTV New Media to Present at CDN Asia Summit - from ...
Ian Chin of BesTV New Media to Present at CDN Asia Summit. ... Ahead of the CDN Asia Summit IPTV News caught up with Ian Chin, Chief Operating Officer at China's BesTV New Media (a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group). ... WinMagic® ( www.winmagic.com), the prominent innovator in disk encryption, today announced that after evaluating all major encryption vendors TÃœV Rheinland i-sec GmbH, a provider of IT-security solutions based in Cologne, Germany, has added ...
ITbriefing.net
UASC and CSCL upgrade deployment on joint Asia to Med Service ...
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and CSCL will as a result of the change in deployment inAsia to North Europe, redeploy tonnage into their existing joint Asia to MED service (AMC1/AMX1)...... The new deployment will commence from the 2nd half of February 2012. UASC remains committed to offering a wider ... More than 235000 business people visit the AMEInfo Business Directory every week - start growing your customer base today by listing your company details. ...
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Daily Digest: Today's Asia travel news at a glance – January 19 ...
Read these stories and more in our daily Asia travel news round-up… ... and Chilean sea bass in all its restaurants under its new 'Sustainable Seafood Policy'.
www.travelwireasia.com/.../daily-digest-todays-asia-travel-new...
2012 January 08 | Latest Asia News - Baku Today
January 8, 2012; Political news · 1 views. Patriarch Kirill called on Russia to world leadership and did not kompradoram the wires to the meanings of words ...
www.bakutoday.net/2012/01/08
BIOTRONIK Opens New Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore
TMCNet: BIOTRONIK Opens New Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore ... announced today the opening of a new regional headquarters location based in ...
it.tmcnet.com/news/2012/01/13/6052988.htm
Today's Market: Firm close for Indian stock markets - Indian Stock ...
Most Asian indices closed in the mixed today with Europe trading higher currently . ... While the company has coal linkages for 9 new projects with a total capacity ...
www.equitymaster.com/tm/tm.asp?date=01/17/2012...
[WATCH]: SPEAK ASIA LATEST NEWS ON ZEE BUSINESS | What ...
SPEAK ASIA NEWS ON ZEE BUSINESS , LIVE@5 ,DT 23 JUNE.
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Asian Shooting Championship, Latest News/Blogs on Asian ...
Aminah Wali sees little hope at upcoming Asian event. Aminah and younger sister Ifrah showed their potential in India last year, clinching gold and silver medals ...
www.firstpost.com/tag/asian-shooting-championship
Parsons Brinckerhoff names new head of Asia/Australia-Pacific ...
TODAY'S OTHER NEWS >>. 18 Jan 2012 13:42. Parsons Brinckerhoff names new head ofAsia/Australia-Pacific/Southern Africa company. 18 Jan 2012 13:39 ...
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Speak Asia Latest News 9 Jan 2012 - Speak Asia Latest News ...
Speak Asia Latest News is that today all the concerned parties to the case like RBI, EOW, CBDT, SAOL and others were been represented by their lawyers in ...
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Apple reveals the working conditions in its Asian plants - Stock ...
... trading advice for the new and seasoned investors in the stock market today. ... time from Apple's supplier companies, 156 companies, mostly based in Asia, ...
www.bestgrowthstock.com/.../apple-reveals-the-working-cond...
  
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