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ASIA News, Feb 03, 2012

Asian markets steady ahead of today's US non-farm payrolls
FX-MM
The good news was further heightened by New York's ISM rising to 60.1 from 51.7 (8-month high) and the weekly Bloomberg consumer comfort index edging up to -44.8 from -46.4. Asia was certainly on hold ahead oftoday's US non-farm payroll report and ...
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Saudis Set to Tap Fuel Oil Boom With Latest Pricing for Crude
BusinessWeek
Arab Heavy, the kingdom's cheapest oil, will be sold to Asian customers in March for $2.02 a barrel less than higher- quality Arab Light, the smallest difference since April 2010, according to a Bloomberg survey of 10 buyers in Japan, Singapore, China, ...
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Asian markets steady ahead of today's US non-farm payrolls
TradingFloor.com (blog)
The good news was further heightened by New York's ISM rising to 60.1 from 51.7 (8-month high) and the weekly Bloomberg consumer comfort index edging up to -44.8 from -46.4. Asia was certainly on hold ahead oftoday's US non-farm payroll report and ...
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Canon, Korea Life, Sony, Singapore Air: Asian Stocks Preview
BusinessWeek
2 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in Asian trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of the latest close. The information in each item was released after markets shut unless stated ...
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Market flat after mixed data on jobs, retail sales
USA TODAY
By Joshua Freed, AP By Richard Drew, AP Stock specialist Jay Woods, center, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 1, 2012. By Richard Drew, AP Stock specialist Jay Woods, center, works at his post on the floor of the New ...
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USA TODAY
MTS Systems' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
A list of such risks can be found in the company's latest SEC Forms 10-Q and 10-K. The company disclaims any obligation to revise forward-looking statements made today based on future events. This presentation may also include reference to financial ...
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Australia becomes key to US's strategic planning for Asia
Vancouver Sun
The military focus is now migrating to Asia where a new strategic order is being established with the US and Australia working closely together. Canberra's strategic concerns were highlighted in the 2009 White Paper on defence, which concluded that ...
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LeT: Terror incorporated
Asia Times Online
In other words, LeT today has the operational capability, reach and resources to carry out an attack of the magnitude of the September 11, 2001 anywhere in the world. Since 9/11, LeT has been acting as an agent of al-Qaeda and the Taliban to train new ...
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THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
WND.com
Answer: They are on the DMZ as a tripwire to bring us, from the first day of fighting, into a new land war in Asia that many American strategists believe we should never again fight. Consider Central Asia. By pushing to bring Ukraine and Georgia into ...
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WND.com
Industrial Manufacturing and Metals Deals Drive 2011 Industrial Products M&A ...
Sacramento Bee
By PwC US NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The global industrial products (IP) industry experienced an increase in deal volume over the course of 2011 - 801 deals worth more than $50 million compared to 783 deals in 2010 – with industrial ...
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Nu Skin Enterprises Reports Record Fourth-Quarter and 2011 Results
Sacramento Bee
"Our primary growth driver for 2012 will be the global roll out of our newageLOC products. We launched these products in the Americas, North Asiaand Europe regions in January and will continue the roll outs in the Greater China and South Asia/Pacific ...
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Panasonic Forecasts Record $10 Billion Loss on Floods, Charges
BusinessWeek
3 (Bloomberg) -- Panasonic Corp. almost doubled its annual loss forecast to a record 780 billion yen ($10 billion), the latest Japanese electronics company to predict weaker earnings because of Thailand floods and slowing demand for TVs.
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Murex Extends Their Leadership in Capital Markets Technology
Bobsguide (press release)
Murex, a leading provider of integrated trading, risk management and processing solution, announced today the company was distinguished Number One Overall Top Technology Vendor in London last week during the Risk Awards 2012 ceremony organized by Risk ...
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Clear Channel and Madonna Partner to Launch Worldwide Multi-Platform Premiere ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... today announced that it has partnered with Madonna to launch a first-of-its-kind worldwide campaign of her latest single and video, "Give Me All Your Luvin'," utilizing its extensive international media platform in a new and innovative way.
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MMA Publishes Winter Issue of the International Journal of Mobile Marketing
Sacramento Bee
2, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) todaypublishes the latest issue (Vol. 6, No. 2) of its award-winning International Journal of Mobile Marketing (IJMM). This edition covers important topics including the unique Indian ...
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Daily Market Analysis: Currency Report
Forex Pros
By YouTradeFX | Market Overview | Feb 03, 2012 02:42PM GMT Newunemployment claims in the US fell to a lower level than most experts had expected, according to figures released Thursday by the Labor Department. Initial claims for unemployment came in ...
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Altair Launches New Applications to Run, Monitor and Manage Workloads and ...
Sacramento Bee
2, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Altair Engineering today announced two advancements in the field of high-performance computing (HPC), with the release of its Compute Manager and PBS Desktop applications. Compute Manager is the first foundational block in ...
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FTSE marginally lower early on as banks and miners stall
Stock Market Wire
In the US last night, the Dow fell 11 points at 12705, the Nasdaq added 11 points at 2860 and the S&P500 rose a point at 1326. In Asia today, the Nikkei closed down 45 points at 8832, while the Hang Seng was recently up 17 points at 20756.
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Opening View: DJIA Flat Ahead of Jobless Claims, Bernanke Speech
NASDAQ
Finally, thanks to strong revenue from its Asia-based properties, Las Vegas Sands (LVS - 50.18) said its fourth-quarter earnings increased 34% to $435.3 million, or 39 cents per share, from last year's profit of $325.5 million, or 34 cents per share.
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Tudou Announces Enhanced Video Sharing and Uploading on Sina Weibo
PR Newswire (press release)
3, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Tudou Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: TUDO) ("Tudou" or the "Company"), a leading integrated Internet video company in China, announced today an enhanced video sharing platform for Sina Weibo (NASDAQ: SINA) users to upload and ...
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The Next 2 Emerging Markets Set to Outperform (and the Specific Sectors to Watch)
Uncommon Wisdom Daily
Many of the best emerging-value dividend plays today are traded on the US exchanges. That's not just my opinion — my proprietary indicators are clearly telling me that's the case. In mylatest scan of nearly 300 emerging-market stocks — the ones I'm ...
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Uncommon Wisdom Daily
FTSE LIVE: Stocks soar on US jobs growth; UK services sector expands in January
This is Money
Brent crude is trading at at $112.38 a barrel and gold is at $1762.40 an ounce today. The services sector expanded at the fastest rate since lastMarch at the start of this year, the latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers' Index reveals.
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Markets Live: Shares slip ahead of US jobs
Sydney Morning Herald
Local shares are trading slightly lower following a mixed performance on global markets overnight and ahead of the latest US employment report. We'll be back Monday morning at 9.30am. Have a good weekend. 4.25pm: Meanwhile, the Australian dollar is ...
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BT Group plc's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Please see this slide that accompanies today's call and our latest annual report on Form 20-F for examples of the factors that can cause actual results to differ from any forward-looking statements we may make. Both the slide and the annual report can ...
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Rinehart goes from strength to strength mining rich vein of know-how and luck
Sydney Morning Herald
Forbes Asia magazine rich list named her this week as the wealthiest woman in Asia, worth $16.88 billion. Other calculations, based on iron ore prices of $US140 a tonne lastweek, value her at $20 billion. She first cracked BRW magazine's billionaires ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Rudd forces muscle up to PM
The Australian
The re-opened commission of inquiry into last year's flooding disaster has more hearings today and Ms Bligh has confirmed she'll supply the commission with a personal statement by Monday. The Australian has an in-depth section on the election here.
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International Rectifier's CEO Discusses F2Q12 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Risk factors that could affect the company's actual results are included in our press release issued today and the company's filings with the SEC, including the most recent Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Before we begin, I would like to mention the following ...
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Retirement Plans, Milan Probe, EU Cartel Fines: Compliance
Bloomberg
The 153-page study discusses the process used by the commissions in creating it, the regulatory framework for OTC derivatives in the Americas, European Union and Asia, and the commissions' analysis of regulatory schemes among the jurisdictions, ...
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Retirement Plans, Milan Probe, EU Cartel Fines: Compliance
BusinessWeek
Adoboli's request for bail was denied, prosecutor David Williams said after a court hearing today. UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG are among 12 banks facing a Swiss inquest into possible manipulation of the London interbank offered rate, the latest ...
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Singapore tourism: Marina Bay a bear, Singapore Airlines a bull
CNNGo.com
The Marina Bay Sands' casino made over S$3.72 billion in gaming revenue last year. Two tales -- one of success, the other a failure -- came out of Singapore's tourism industry this week. The good news came via casino resort Marina Bay Sands, ...
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CNNGo.com
Bidu: The Cheapest Growth Stock In The Market
Seeking Alpha
Given the nearly 40% sell-off in Chinese equities we have seen over the lastyear, I think it is worth asking if their are stronger Chinese companies with better accounting practices that are wrongly be grouped in with some of the more poorly run Asian ...
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Progressives slam Aquino's mendicancy, sellout to US imperial interests
Bulatlat
As it was last year, the reported Chinese 'bullying' in the Spratlys is being met by the Philippine government's efforts to bring into the region 'the bigger bully,' as Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño describes the trend. This, despite the availability of ...
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Cleantech Firms Paying the Price for Subsidies
Energy Collective
In observing the recent struggles of various segments of the global cleantech industry, including renewable energy and advanced energy technology firms, a pattern is emerging. Today's Wall St. Journal reports "Wind Power Firms on Edge," as the US wind ...
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Edwards Lifesciences' CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Surgical heart valves grew 2% over last year on a reported basis and were unchanged on an underlying basis. Outside the US, our surgical heart valve business reported 7% growth, driven primarily by strong sales in Asia and continued penetration of ...
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Museum and Gallery Listings for Feb. 3-9
New York Times
(Ken Johnson) Asia Society and Museum: 'Sarah Sze: Infinite Line' (through March 25) Promising a new angle on Ms. Sze's mesmerizing, minutely detailed installations, this midcareer solo reveals that this Chinese-American artist has been profoundly ...
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IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS: [IWS] OECD: PENSIONS ...
By SBasefsky
IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS ... 25/01/2012 - Asia's pension systems need modernising urgently to deliver secure, sustainable and adequate retirement incomes for today's workers, according to a new OECD report. Pensions at a ...
IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS
China denies nuclear accident - Telegraph
There are currently 27 new plants under construction, but work on them has been halted ...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9044537/China- denies- ... Pick your free team for the Champions League knockout stagetoday ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../China-denies-nuclear-accident.html
Zimbabwe players in Asia match-fixing suspended | Pakistan Today ...
New Update(s) ... .pakistantoday.com.pk%2F2012%2F02%2Fzimbabwe-players- in-asia-match-fixing-suspended%2FZimbabwe+players+in+Asia+match-fixing+ ...
www.pakistantoday.com.pk/.../zimbabwe-players-in-asia-matc...
Asia Times Online :: Asian news hub providing the latest news and ...
The Asia News Hub providing the latest news and analysis regarding ...Year of the Dragon was too fierce to represent today's China ignores the auspiciousness ...
www.atimes.com/atimes/archive/1_25_2012.html
China, India lag in cyber-readiness - ZDNet Asia News
Asian giants rank low in terms of cyber preparedness, with China lacking ...in cyber strategies and India lacking awareness of cybersecurity, new report states. ... the Belgium-based Security & Defense Agenda (SDA) releasedtoday, China ...
www.zdnetasia.com/china-india-lag-in-cyber-readiness-62303...
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Bike News Asia: Australian track championship - latest
Bike News Asia ... Australian track championship - latest ... She then switched to endurance events and today's performance proves that was a smart move.
bikenewsasia.blogspot.com/.../australian-track-championship-l...
With stunning new Asia Society Texas Center, Houston's future ...
Links we love today: Counterproductive PSAs, awkward flirting, drunk ....With stunning new Asia Society Texas Center, Houston's future looks to the Far East ...
houston.culturemap.com/.../01-30-12-with-new-asia-society-te...
Francis Fukuyama, Larry Diamond Write on "China and East Asian ...
Press release distribution provided by US Politics Today. ... 23, 2012 / PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the new issue of the Journal of Democracy (JoD) , Stanford ...
uspolitics.einnews.com/.../francis-fukuyama-larry-diamond-wr...
The Straits Times - Premium
New estimates of its price tag have hit US$3.8 billion (S$4.8 billion). ...COURTS Asia, the largest consumer electronics retailer here with an extensive chain in ...
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