ASIA News, Feb 17, 2012

Bird flu still a menace in Asia and beyond USA TODAY Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the deadly H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous. Vietnam is also grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines long used to help protect its poultry flocks. See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

How did everyone miss Jeremy Lin? USA TODAY By Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY An undrafted Asian American from Harvard excelling for the storied New York Knicks in the NBA's most famous arena is unlikely enough. By Debby Wong, US Presswire Jeremy Lin has made a splash -- in the US and abroad -- during ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

In Rotation: Akon, Erick Sermon, Ras Kass, Stalley, Planet Asia, Wiz Khalifa ... BallerStatus.com Today, we have some Valentine's Day leaks -- one from duo Los Rakas and another from Lil Kim -- as well as somenew mixtape and single track leaks. We have Akon's newstreet single alongside French Montana, the first taste Wiz Khalifa's upcoming ... See all stories on this topic » BallerStatus.com

Women demand mobile phones, not toilets: Ramesh Expressindia.com New Delhi "Women demand mobile phones, they are not demanding toilets," lamented Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today in remarks that could create a controversy. "Sanitation is the much more difficult issue. Now we are talking of behavioural ... See all stories on this topic »

Asia-Pacific makes big gains against poverty, lags on hunger and child deaths – UN UN News Centre The region has already reached the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the incidence of poverty, reducing the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day from 50 to 22 per cent between 1990 and 2009, according to the latestUN ... See all stories on this topic » UN News Centre

Update on the latest in business: NECN HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly higher today after encouraging US housing and employment reports sent Wall Street to its highest level this year and added to growing optimism of a recovery in the world's No. 1 economy. Investors in Asia took ... See all stories on this topic »

Which Law Schools Are Trying to Be Honest About Their Employment Information? Above the Law As a follow up from our recent post, which listed our 62 US associate and counsel placements in Asia last year (vast majority in HK / China), please note that thus far in January '12, we have already made seven US associate and counsel placements in ... See all stories on this topic »

East Asian Students Are 2-3 Years Ahead Of Western Peers, Report Says Asian Scientist Magazine By Asian Scientist Newsroom | Academia A new Grattan Institute report has found that Western countries – including Australia – are slipping behind East Asian systems in school performance, despite substantial increases in school funding. See all stories on this topic » Asian Scientist Magazine

-GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE AND FLIGHTSAFETY LAUNCH FIRST FLIGHT SIMULATOR DEDICATED ... Avionics Intelligence Release date- 14022012 - SAVANNAH, Ga - Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. and FlightSafety International today announced the opening of a newLearning Center in Hong Kong. The center will train operators of Gulfstream G450 and G550 aircraft using a Level ... See all stories on this topic »

Hyatt and Central Embassy Announce Plans for Iconic Park Hyatt Bangkok ... MarketWatch (press release) Slated to open in 2014, Park Hyatt Bangkok will be housed within a new, modern mixed-use building, bringing the legendary Park Hyatt luxury brand to one of Southeast Asia's leading business and leisure destinations. Park Hyatt Bangkok is one of 18 ... See all stories on this topic »

Airbus: Asia/Pacific leads demand for new aircraft ATWOnline By Cathy Buyck | February 17, 2012 The number of passengers carried by airlines in the Asia/Pacific region will grow by 5.9% annually over the next 20 years, well above the global average of 4.8%, according to the latestmarket forecast by Airbus. See all stories on this topic »

Sarawak to host inaugural southeast asia women entrepreneurs conference *latest! The Borneo Post KUCHING: The inaugural Southeast Asia Women Entrepreneurs Conference (WEC2012), will be a platform to empower and promote newas well as established women entrepreneurs by providing them information, motivation and also business connections through ... See all stories on this topic »

Colin Tan: Excess liquidity is the problem, cheap credit won't lastforever H88.com.sg We point you to another good article by Colin Tan writing forToday. He comments about the high sales in January and highlights once more that the problem lies with global liquidity. However, he warns that there are signs that cheap credit won'tlast ... See all stories on this topic » H88.com.sg

Canon Indulges in Futuristic Technologies with an All-New Line-Up of Cameras Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine Complete Digital Imaging Company today announced the launch of a newrange of consumer digital imaging products to embrace next generation technologies and be the first to revolutionize in terms of product innovation and technology. See all stories on this topic »

Crude Oil Set for Biggest Weekly Gain This Year on U.S. Economy, Greek Aid Bloomberg 'Main Driver' Crude in New York has technical resistance along the upper Bollinger Band on the daily chart, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. This indicator is around $102.82 a barrel today. Sell orders tend to be clustered near chart-resistance ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

BioTime CEO Michael D. West to Present at New York Stem Cell Summit MarketWatch (press release) ALAMEDA, Calif., Feb 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BioTime, Inc. (ASE:BTX) , a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Michael D. West, ... See all stories on this topic »

HB Markets Breakfast Today including: Kingfisher, Cable & Wireless Worldwide ... Proactive Investors UK Asia: Buoyant US economic data and brightening chances of Greece avoiding bankruptcy lifted market sentiment. The Nikkei closed 1.6% highertoday, while the Hang Seng was trading at +0.7% at 7:00 am UK time. Continental Europe: Finance ministers ... See all stories on this topic »

China Life, Edion, Korea Gas, Woori Finance: Asia Stocks Preview BusinessWeek 16 (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 ... See all stories on this topic »

A revenge attack on Iran will be disastrous for India Daily Mail By Mail Today Comment While New Delhi might be performing a delicate balancing act between Iran and Israel following Monday's attack on an Israeli diplomatic vehicle in the capital, it cannot remain oblivious to the threat the conflict poses to its own ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Gold & Silver Market Morning Gold Seek New York took the gold price back up to $1728.4 and Asia lifted it even higher to $1732 ahead of London's opening. London held it at that level and took the euro. The euro opened in London at €1: $1.3158 up 1% on yesterday. Gold held steady €1316.31 ... See all stories on this topic » Gold Seek

Apple, Google, Facebook, And Amazon Compete In India Over Mobile, Social ... Fast Company BY Nidhi Subbaraman Today Google's getting into hardware to take on Apple. And Apple could be planning a smaller iPad, to edge out Amazon's Kindle Fire. Facebook filed a whopping big S-1 for an IPO this year, while Amazon pondered a retail store. See all stories on this topic » Fast Company

New York's Salsa Sensation Gives Way to Lin-sanity Giants Football Blog (blog) Within the span of less than a week, the letters in the name “Lin” rapidly took on the meaning “Legend In New York.” And, in the following week, Lin made those who never watch basketball suddenly tune in and become Lin-toxicated as far away as Asia and ... See all stories on this topic »

Boeing and Lion Air Agree Historic Order for up to 380 737's News On News Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Jakarta-based Lion Air today finalized a firm order for 201 737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation 737-900ERs (extended range). The agreement, first announced last November in Indonesia, also includes purchase rights for an additional ... See all stories on this topic »

Canada, India Conclude Latest FTA Talks Tax-news.com The two countries held the fourth round of trade negotiations in Delhi from February 13-16, with Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport), welcoming the news. See all stories on this topic »

Businesses seek more Government support ABC Online The Tourism industry has been a focus today as strategies to boost business in Tasmania were argued, and governments offered business support. Businesses want more government support, and unions are arguing the government needs to stop job cutting and ... See all stories on this topic »

Suguna Poultry Farm Limited to expand in south Indian market through Francorp India PRwire (press release) New Delhi, Delhi, February 16, 2012 /India PRwire/ -- India's number one broiler producer SUGUNA, the largest poultry enterprise worldwide todayjoins hands with FRANCORP, the unsurpassed leader of the Franchise Consulting Industry globally, ... See all stories on this topic »

Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon USA TODAY Many elephant calves orphaned by the recent killings have been spotted in Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida National Park, and activists fear the animals may soon die of hunger and thirst. "Their deaths will only compound the impact of the poaching spree on the ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

China's Gold Imports: Grain Of Salt, Please Forbes By cash value, and based on the latest Gold Demand Trends from the World Gold Council, we make China's private demand equal to more than 0.6% of its huge GDP in 2011 – still lagging India's massive 2.7%, but trebling in just five years even as China's ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Linsanity and Lindication The Rafu Shimpo They are still revered today, at least to the people who have heard of them. Those are just two obvious examples of a boxcar filled with similar Asian American success stories. Add Jeremy Lin to that boxcar. In recent years, we've had an influx of ... See all stories on this topic » The Rafu Shimpo

Romney, Obama campaign spar over US-China policy CattleNetwork.com In an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, the Republican presidential candidate chided Obama for demurring to the Asian powerhouse and said he would change course if elected by preserving a military presence in the region and confronting human rights ... See all stories on this topic »

Lakeside Views: In the news: Indiana wetland is latest Asian carp ... By Irene Miles In the news: Indiana wetland is latest Asian carp battleground. From the Republic: In the grassy belly of a wetland known as Eagle Marsh, Mother Nature decides what water goes down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and what will ... Lakeside Views

Bird flu still a menace in Asia and beyond Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the deadly H5N1 virus is ... For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to ... yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2012-02-17/...a.../1

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Whatmore to supervise Pakistan's Asia Cup camp | Pakistan Today ... The new national cricket coach Dav Whatmore will reach Pakistan in the first week of March to supervise a short training camp of the national team ahead of the Asia Cup. ... much needed for future tours,good news. Reply · Bilal Sohail says: ... www.pakistantoday.com.pk/.../whatmore-to-supervise-pakista...

Asia-Pacific leading demand for new aircraft | Airbus News & Events According to the new forecast, the dedicated freighter fleet operated byAsia- Pacific airlines will grow from 300 today to some 820 in 2030, representing 30 per ... www.airbus.com/.../asia-pacific-leading-demand-for-new-aircr...

With Lin's emergence, Knicks games added in Asia ... - Florida Today NEW YORK — Jeremy Lin is making the Knicks must-see TV in Asia. ...games this month against Toronto, Sacramento, New Orleans, NewJersey and Atlanta. www.floridatoday.com/.../With-Lin-s-emergence-Knicks-gam...

Asian TV systems add New York Knick games of ... - USA Today Some of the NBA's Asian TV partners are adding New York Knicks games... Get the latest breaking news, USA TODAY features and blog items when you follow ... www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/story/.../1

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G6 Alliance to advance launch of Asia-Europe ... - Japan Today In addition, the G6 Alliance will continue the existing Asia-Mediterranean Express Service (EUM) and will also launch a new Asia-Black Sea Express service ... www.japantoday.com/.../g6-alliance-to-advance-launch-of-asi...

Yanukovych on the latest personnel actions: “the goal ... - Baku Today Latest Asia News ... public administration in Ukraine”,-said the President Viktor Yanukovych at the briefing today, 16 February, correspondent BakuToday . www.bakutoday.net/yanukovych-on-the-latest-personnel-actio...

APAC tech M&A outpaces global growth - ZDNet Asia News Volume and value of tech mergers and acquisitions in Asia-Pacific and Japan ... and restructuring in face of tough economic conditions, new report states. .... http:/ /t.co/fPLiJ3Kh ▸ Top stories today via @ciscowaas @yqliauzdnetasia @keitheg ... www.zdnetasia.com/apac-tech-manda-outpaces-global-growth...

Jet firms cope with shrinking defence budgets - Asia News Network Faced with declining defence budgets, they are upgrading old or existing war machines that cost less, but can still deliver a deadly blow to today's new threats. www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?sec=2&id=27756

Asia Chinese: Latest News on Asia Chinese at Times of India Read Latest news and Updates on Asia Chinese, Asia Chinese breakingnews on ... Meanwhile, US based broadcaster Radio Free Asia today said that two ... timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Asia-Chinese/news/1

Heartbeat Experts Announces 20 New Asia-Pacific KOL ... Heartbeat Experts Announces 20 New Asia-Pacific KOL Management Projects Sold in ... Heartbeat Experts reported today selling 20 KOL identification and KOL ... www.financialpost.com/markets/news/.../story.html

2nd Wireless Healthcare Asia Summit 2012 , Singapore, Singapore The last 12 months have seen an explosive emergence of innovation in the area of ... Wireless Healthcare Asia Summit 2012 is the second annual event in Asia ... EIN News provides powerful, real-time media monitoring,news aggregation ... Banking Industry Today · Biotechnology News Today· Brazil Business Today ... events.einnews.com/.../2nd_wireless_healthcare_asia_summit_

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