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Pre-Market Primer: Europe, Asia Bounce Back
Minyanville.com
By Vincent Trivett Feb 24, 2012 9:00 am Asian markets closed with decent gains today. Moody's Analytics warned that it might downgrade Japan's bond rating from its Aa3 level if the country fails to raise the consumption tax.
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Mother's Fashion on Daughter's Big Day - Milanoo's Mother of the Bride Dresses ...
Bradenton Herald
By Milanoo.com CHENGDU, China, Feb. 24, 2012 — /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Considering mother has one of the leading roles in her daughter or daughter-in-law's wedding ceremony, global fashion apparel supplier Milanoo has launched its 2012 mother of the ...
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iShares Launches Emerging, Asia Payout ETFs
IndexUniverse.com
By Olivier Ludwig | February 24, 2012 iShares, the world's largest sponsor of ETFs, today rolled out two dividend-focused ETFs that canvass emerging markets as well as Asia-Pacific equities, the latest to target investor appetite for income-generating ...
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Markets eke out gains ahead of G-20 meeting
Palm Beach Post
A security guard mans at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Friday Feb. 24, 2012. Asian stocks markets mostly posted tentative gains Friday following a mixed bag of US and European economic reports and as oil prices rose to a new nine-month high.
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Global Sources launches 'From Design to Sales' CEO Forum to help mainland ...
Bradenton Herald
By Global Sources SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 24, 2012 — /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- To help mainland China's electronics industry overcome sluggish global demand and rising production costs, Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) todayhosted its first "From Design to ...
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Indonesia - Market Factors to watch - Feb 24
Reuters
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN INDONESIA TODAY (LOCAL TIME/GMT) - The 1st Session of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (IPHRC-OIC) in Jakarta from 20 to 24 February 2012. PRESS DIGEST (Reuters has not ...
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SIGN CHINA and LED CHINA Commence Today
Solid State Lighting Net
February 24, 2012... World's Largest Exhibition for the SIGN and LED Industries Takes Place in Guangzhou, China GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The 10th annual SIGN CHINA, the world's pioneer sign industry event, and LED CHINA 2012 ...
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World stocks muted ahead of weekend G20 meeting
Palm Beach Post
A visitor takes a photo of an electronic stock board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Friday Feb. 24, 2012. Asian stocks markets mostly posted tentative gains Friday following a mixed bag of US and European economic reports and as oil prices rose...
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Strategy Analytics: Nokia Becomes World's Largest Microsoft Smartphone Vendor ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BOSTON, Feb 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- According to the latestresearch from Strategy Analytics, global Microsoft smartphone shipments grew 36 percent sequentially to reach 2.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011. Nokia captured top position ...
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Bombardier Welcomes HRH The Prince of Wales to Its Derby, UK Site
Reuters (press release)
BERLIN, GERMANY--(Marketwire - February 24, 2012) - Employees of Bombardier's manufacturing site in Derby today welcomed His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, as part of a tour of the region to show his support for British manufacturing.
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Preventing Cash-Flow Collapse in the Mobile Data Era
MarketWatch (press release)
SINGAPORE, Feb 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The explosion of cheap mobile data is a boon for consumers, but for telecom operators it threatens an implosion of revenue. "Navigating the Challenges of Data Monetisation," thelatest article released today ...
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Fresh Anti-US Protests Erupt in Afghanistan
Voice of America
February 24, 2012 Fresh Anti-US Protests Erupt in Afghanistan VOA News American apologies are falling on deaf ears in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan, where anger over the burning of Qurans is boiling over. Deadly anti-American protests erupted in ...
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GSMA to Unveil the Connected House at Mobile World Congress
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On Monday 27 February at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, the GSMA will unveil the Connected House, a living future where everyone and everything can benefit from intelligent wireless ...
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AXM2500 reduces power consumption and physical space requirements; helps ...
Virtual Press Office (press release)
TAIPEI, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI)today announced the AXM2500, the latest addition to its Axxia(TM) Communication Processor family. Designed for wireless access and mobile backhaul applications, ...
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Lloyds falls on £3.5 billion loss as FTSE drifts
Citywire.co.uk
by Caelainn Barr on Feb 24, 2012 at 10:20 Britain's FTSE wobbled on Friday morning, struggling to track gains made in the US and Asia overnight. The FTSE 100 inched ahead 0.07%, or four points, to 5942 and the Mid-250 index took on 0.19%, or 21 points, ...
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LimoForum.com Steps in to Replace Doomed Online Limo Chat Forum Website
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, February 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A brand new online forum, http://www.LimoForum.com , aimed specifically at the limousine rental industry celebrated its official launch this week, days after the popular and long-standing web forum, ...
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Card fraudsters strike DBS customers again
ZDNet Asia
By Ellyne Phneah , ZDNet Asia on February 24, 2012 (12 hours ago) Singapore bank says S$23000 stolen from 17 customers in another round of unauthorized card withdrawals, but maintains latest breach part of same card-skimming syndicate identified end of ...
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Navy Seeking More Minority SEALs
TIME (blog)
By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | February 24, 2012 | + In nature, most seals are black, with relatively few white ones. The Navy's SEALs have exactly the opposite problem – they're overwhelmingly white, with hardly any blacks.
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Wynn Macau ousts Kazuo Okada from board
Boston.com
(AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Cathleen Allison) By Kelvin Chan AP Business Writer / February 24, 2012 HONG KONG—Billionaire Steve Wynn stepped up the feud with his former business partner Kazuo Okada on Friday by removing the Japanese tycoon from the board ...
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Adtech 2012: Round up of day two
Campaign India
By Campaign India Team on Feb 24, 2012 (7 hours ago) Day 2 at adtech 2012 saw a host of industry stalwarts gather in one room to hear the first two keynote addresses of the day. The first one had Shiv Singh, global digital head, PepsiCo Beverages talk ...
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Manager tracker: the latest changes revealed
Citywire.co.uk
by Atholl Simpson on Feb 24, 2012 at 14:30 Maintaining our finger on the fund industry's pulse we reveal the latest manager changes to have reached our finely tuned ears. Lesley Kaye – the Citywire A-rated manager has stepped down as lead manager of ...
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Friday Papers: RBS chief warns of risk from interference
Citywire.co.uk
by Himanshu Singh on Feb 24, 2012 at 03:25 Financial Times: Royal Bank of Scotland's management has warned that continued political interference risked turning the state-owned bank into a latter-day version of failed 1970s carmaker British Leyland.
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CloudTC Receives 2011 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CloudTC, a software innovator in business applications and IP telephony, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named the Glass 1000 smart IP phone as a recipient of the 2011 ...
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Cosmopack 2012: glass solutions for the world of beauty
WorldPressOnline (press release)
Düsseldorf, February 24, 2012 - Gerresheimer AG's artistic glass and plastic packaging products make it one of the perfume and cosmetics industry's most sought after partners. The company manufactures products for internationally renowned partners and ...
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Week in brief February 24 2012
Australian Flying
Taking off from Croydon and travelling around 18000km over 15 days, the Queensland aviation legend made history by becoming the first person to fly solo from the UK to Australia when he landed in Darwin on February 22, 1928. You can read this story in ...
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Automakers enjoy a new 'golden era'
Ottawa Citizen
By David Booth, Postmedia News February 24, 2012 There's a lot more fun to be had railing against the inconsistencies that are the environmental lobby than praising some overly MBA-ed auto executive's latest gloat on his recent sales success.
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Dredging Today – Container Terminal Industry Executives to Join ...
By Dredging Today
Andrew Adam, Director Operations, ANZ Region – Sydney for DP World and Yasmin Kristensen, Chief Process Officer, Operations Division at the Port of Tanjung Pelapas (PTP) are among the latest panel members confirmed for the Port Equipment ... Both Adam and Kristensen will also speak in a TOC Asiasession on Terminal Planning & Operations – Driving New Performance Efficiencies on Thursday 15 May. ... Dredging Today Staff, February 242012; Image: tocevents- europe ...
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World Maritime News - China: Zhoushan Shipyard Delivers New ...
By World Maritime News
Posted on Feb 24th, 2012 with tags Asian, Bulk, Carrier, china, delivers, New,News by topic, Owner, shipyard, Zhoushan. China - Zhoushan Shipyard ...World Maritime News Staff, February 242012; Image: COSCO Shipyard. Advertisement ...
World Maritime News
Asian TT: Indian men, women enter quarters - tdnpost.com - News ...
By IANS
Macau, Feb 24 (IANS) India entered the quarterfinals of the men's and women's team events at the Asian Table Tennis Championships with contrasting victories here Friday. The men, led ...
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NBA's Asian star Lin seeks trademark on 'Linsanity'
Fri, Feb 24 2012 13:57 IST | 9 Views | Add your comment. SHARE: New York, Feb 24. NBA's latest basketball star Jeremy Lin has applied to the US Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the term "Linsanity". According to the trademark regulators' website, Lin filed his application Feb 13, a move that would give the rising NBA star sole rights to use the term on products. Lin's application indicates his interest ... Bollywood Photo News - Event Photos. Big B discharged from Hopsital. « ...
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VeNA Secures Exclusive Asia Pacific License for VideoHub ...
Other related articles, tagged News: Enterprise IT · Tremor Video Expands Entertainment ... Latest headline articles ... FREMONT, Calif., Feb242012 -- SGI® (NASDAQ-NMS: SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, todayannounced that Jorge Luis Titinger, President and CEO, Tony Carrozza, EVP Field Operations, and Jim Wheat, CFO, will participate at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. SGI's presentation ...
ITbriefing.net
People Magazine Celebrity News For February 24 2012
By Allie Merriam
Rachel, Kirsten, Minka, and a Fashionable Hollywood Crowd Celebrate Art of Elysium's Heaven Gala · People Magazine Celebrity News Stories January 3,2012 Go Behind the Scenes With Shoe Designer Rachel Bilson · See More. Featured ...
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Asia Insurer AIA Boosted by Surge in New ... - Daily Financial News
By asia economy - Google News
AsiaOneAsia Insurer AIA Boosted by Surge in New BusinessInsurance JournalWith much of the world facing economic uncertainty, Asia's relatively high savings rate and growing middle class are making it a battleground for insurance ...
Daily Financial News
Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 24, 2012
By War News Updates Editor
War News Updates. A News Aggregator That Covers The World's Major Wars And Conflicts. Military, Political, And Intelligence News Are Also Covered. Occasionally We Will Have Our Own Opinions Or Observations To Make. ...Culture wars: The burning of the Koran -- Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters ProtestsLatest in Series Against U.S. Military Gaffes in Afghanistan -- Yochi J. Dreazen, National Journal Self-Inflicted Wounds -- New York Times editorial. The flame of intolerance rises from ...
War News Updates
Battle For Top Competition At 15th Asian Sailing Championships ...
Battle For Top Competition At 15th Asian Sailing Championships. ISAF News -Feb 242012 - First article · Share · Tweet ... Join our Facebook Sailing Community, and follow the latest sailing news right from your prefered social network!
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asian stocks to watch feb 24 2012 Stock Market Today - penny stock ...
asian stocks to watch feb 24 2012 : The following companies may have unusual ... Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of thelatest close. ... billion rupees ($2.1 billion), a term sheet obtained by Bloomberg News shows.
indonsia-stock-exchange.blogspot.com/.../asian-stocks-to-watc...
Dredging Today – Container Terminal Industry Executives to Join ...
Posted on Feb 24th, 2012 with tags 2012, Asia, Container, Executives, ... Port of Tanjung Pelapas (PTP) are among the latest panel members confirmed for the ... and practical experiences by Forum moderator Paul Avery of World Cargo News ...
www.dredgingtoday.com/.../container-terminal-industry-execu...
2012 February 24 DAWN.COM | Latest News, Breaking News ...
Dawn.com covers news from South Asia including Business, Science, Technology, Entertainment and Sport ... Archive for February 24th, 2012 (22 minutes ago) ...
www.dawn.com/2012/02/24
Asian Table Tennis Championship, Latest News/Blogs on Asian ...
Close. Friday, February 24th 04:32 PM IST ... edged past Iran 3-2 to enter theAsian Table Tennis Championship quarterfinals here. ... Feb 24, 2012 ... Scroll for breaking news ... Today; Yesterday; Wed 02.22; Tue 02.21; Mon 02.20; Sun 02.19 ...
www.firstpost.com/tag/asian-table-tennis-championship
Lavrov, China foreign minister reaffirm identity of positions on Syria ...
News Headlines from Russia, Central Asia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan – Interfax Europe ... 82 Breaking News Articles so far today ... Latest from the NewsWires ... News. Ceiling fuel prices will not change in March. 24/02/12 6:55AM GMT ...
www.interfax.co.uk/.../lavrov-china-foreign-minister-reaffirm-...
One victim lost S$2000 in latest ATM fraud case - Channel News ...
One victim lost S$2000 in latest ATM fraud case - Channel News Asia Friday,24 February 2012 06:48 One victim lost S$2000 in latest ATM fraud caseC...
www.atmsecurity.com/.../one-victim-lost-s-2000-in-latest-atm-...
Global Sources launches 'From Design to Sales' CEO Forum to help mainland... -- SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- - PR Newswire
Follow the latest news about GSOL ... SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 24, 2012 / PRNewswire-Asia/ -- To help mainland China's electronics industry overcome... Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) today hosted its first "From Design to Sales" CEO Forum.
www.prnewswire.com/.../global-sources-launches-from-design...
Oil at fresh 9-month high above $108 in Asia amid signs US ...
comBy Alex Kennedy, AP | February 24, 2012 SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose to a fresh nine-month high above US$108 a barrel Friday ... Financial News Today ...
www.financialnewstoday.org/.../oil-at-fresh-9-month-high-abo...
NHST Media Group Asia - Get tomorrow's news today - Mynewsdesk
Get tomorrow's news today. Feb 24, 2012 12:09 SGT. Get tomorrow's news today. You can read the latest shipping industry news on the move with TradeWinds ...
www.mynewsdesk.com/.../get-tomorrow-s-news-today-73577...
Haier establishes Asian headquarters in Japan ‹ Japan Today ...
Friday February 24, 2012 ... Stay in touch with the latest and widest range of Japan News with JapanToday's ... Haier establishes Asian headquarters in Japan ...
www.japantoday.com/.../haier-establishes-asian-headquarters-i
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