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Japan leads Asia; Nikkei briefly tops 10000
MarketWatch
By Virginia Harrison and V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Japanese stocks drove a rally in Asian markets for a second straight day Friday, with exporters leading the charge against the backdrop of the yen's recent losses, ...
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'Strong Silver Price' in 2012 with Stronger Demand
Resource Investor
As pointed out yesterday, Asia is buying today, while much of the west is selling. Buyers were hesitant in recent weeks and this hesitancy was exacerbated by last Wednesday's volatile sell off. Despite urging clients to buy on this latest correction, ...
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Silver Aiming For Recovery?
Business Insider
The NPC not only undermined silver and other markets, but also spurred the trend of profit-taking that appeared to be emerging in Asia last week. US data hasn't caused much movement in the market this week. On the day that is being dubbed “terrible ...
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Australian shares gain on Greek optimism
MarketWatch
By Sarah Turner, MarketWatch SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — Shares gained in Australian trading today, with investors picking up on rising global optimism that Greece's debt exchange deal will go ahead. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index (ASX:AU:XJO) closed up 1 ...
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These Dow Stocks Missed Today's Jump
DailyFinance
But the biggest disappointment came from the Asia/Pacific region, with sales rising 2.4%. By contrast, the US market was exceedingly strong, posting double-digit percentage growth partly from some new product offerings. McDonald's stock has been on a ...
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Solar storm shakes Earth's magnetic field, could intensify today
Chicago Tribune
Storms as large as the latest one will probably happen several more times as the cycle ramps up to that peak, scientists said. The region of the sun that erupted can still send more blasts our way, Kunches said. Another set of active sunspots is ready ...
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Dell's best year yet despite BYO computing
WA today
Total revenue in the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region grew faster than the rest of the Dell world - at more than 10 per cent - in the American fiscal year, according to Dell's ANZ managing director, Joe Kremer. Last month, the company announced its ...
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Will China's new detention law matter? Ask Zhang Mingyu
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
By Kristin Jones/CPJ Asia Program These words, posted at 7:37pm Wednesday on the Sina Weibo account of Chongqing property developer Zhang Mingyu after his detention by police, mark the latest twist in a story of political intrigue leading up to this ...
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Opening bell, 09 March | MCX debuts on the bourses today
Livemint
Cues from the global markets are encouraging. Stock markets in Asia rose after Greece moved a step closer to restructuring its sovereign debt. More than 85% of the Greece's private creditors agreed to turn in their bonds for newones.
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Qatar Airways Unveils New Boeing 787 Seats at ITB Berlin
Bradenton Herald
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said: "As we prepare to take delivery of our first Boeing 787 just months away, we are delighted to announce today a whole new passenger travel experience with the unveiling of our brand new seats ...
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Seattle's port losing big customer to Tacoma
The Seattle Times
A consortium of three shipping lines that imports containerized cargo from Asiais pulling out of Seattle and shifting to the Port of Tacoma in July. It makes up 20 percent of Seattle's container traffic. Interesting - Seattle steals a business from ...
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WisdomTree Launches Emerging Markets Corporate Bond ETF (EMCB)
Zacks.com
The company began with the Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD) and itsAsia Local Debt Fund (ALD) but now looks to round out exposure to developing nations with its Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (EMCB). This brandnew fund is the first and ...
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Optimism and opulence characterise Baselworld
swissinfo.ch
Indeed, 2011 was a strong year for Swiss watchmakers – who increased their exports to SFr19.3 billion ($21 billion) last year.Asia accounted for 55 per cent of those exports. Growth was especially strong in China (up 48.7 per cent) as well as in Hong ...
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swissinfo.ch
Trade balance turns negative as exports drop
WA today
Imports outpaced exports by $673 million, from a revised $1.33 billion surplus in December, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. Economists' forecasts had centred on a surplus of $1.5 billion in January. Exports plunged 8 per cent to $25.4 ...
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Channel NewsAsia to broadcast live 24 hours daily from Jan 2013
TODAYonline
... Debra Soon announced today that from January next year, the channel will be extending its programming hours, broadcasting live 24 hours a day. Currently, from 2am to 6am, the channel scales back on programming and has the latest headlines in text.
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Greek debt hopes lift markets, eyes on US jobs
The Malaysian Insider
TOKYO, March 9 — Tokyo stocks jumped to a seven-month hightoday as Asian shares rose on signs Greece is a step nearer to averting a default, although momentum may be checked by caution ahead of US data that is expected to confirm a labour market ...
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The Malaysian Insider
Taiwan-UK ties: A partnership for prosperity
Taiwan Today
For Shen Lyu-shun, new ROC representative to the UK, devising effective ways to strengthen relations between Taipei and London has been at the forefront of his mind since taking office in December 2011. Renowned for a straightforward approach and ...
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Taiwan Today
Innovyze Releases InfoWorks ICM Version 2.5 to Drive Business Success
GISuser.com (press release)
Broomfield, Colorado USA, March 6, 2012 — Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for wet infrastructure, today announced the release of InfoWorks ICM V2.5, a comprehensive urban drainage modeling solution ...
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Kingfisher Air Passenger Says Never Again as Cash Crunch Disrupts Flights
Bloomberg
The carrier, which was also suspended earlier this year, can rejoin when it meets requirements, IATA said in a statement today. Price Wars Kingfisher has been seeking new funds and investment since at least November when it cut 12 percent of flights ...
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Bloomberg
Tehran Housing Boom Is Last Resort for Iran's Savers Squeezed by Sanctions
Bloomberg
The last boom in Tehran house prices was in 2007 and early 2008, when high oil prices spread liquidity through Iran's economy and banks offered cheap loans, according to Rabii. Prices plunged more than 30 percent from the summer of 2008, ...
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Bloomberg
National Summit on Strategic Communications Features Presentation by CIA's ...
Bradenton Herald
The objective is to share and compare best practices on effective communication with more impact using proven strategies and today's latesttechnologies. Seeing B2C marketing communications techniques used by Yum! Brands in the USA and Asia Now, ...
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Health is the new green
The Sun Daily
From condominium projects adding ionizing ceilings for purer air or defibrillators for emergency heart treatment, to large townships with hospitals and in-room testing kits, health and wellness is thelatest aspiration for living environments.
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The Sun Daily
Nuclear power back from the grave
Asia Times Online
Yet, while staggering amounts of radiation were released into the environment (the danger of new discharges lurks: even the plant director acknowledges that the reactors are "still rather fragile"), the global nuclear industry seems unfazed.
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Quiksilver's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Our speakers today are: Bob McKnight, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Joe Scirocco, our Chief Financial Officer. Also joining us are Craig Stevenson, our Global Brand President and the Chief Operating Officer of Quiksilver, ...
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Kamal can't let go
Daily Star Online
The inclusion of Tamim Iqbal in Bangladesh's Asia Cup squad has apparently put an end to the drama created by Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal. But there was a sting in the tail. It seems that the under pressure BCB boss suddenly ...
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Ready for know-how boom
WA today
Because the need to heed Horne's warning, and transform Australia from a lucky nation to a clever, more innovative and more enterprising country, is more pressing today than ever - a fact highlighted starkly in the latest results of the Herald-Lateral ...
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Handicapping the Collapse
Gold Seek
Observe the bond swaps of new faulty bonds for old impaired ruined bonds. No solution there. Observe the strongarm methods of powerful coercion to enable the bond holders a cooperative role in the process. Observe the asset grabs and seizures tied to ...
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Gold Seek
Museum and Gallery Listings for March 9 — 15
New York Times
(Ken Johnson) Asia Society and Museum: 'Sarah Sze: Infinite Line' (through March 25) Promising a new angle on Sarah Sze's mesmerizing, minutely detailed installations, this midcareer solo reveals that Ms. Sze, who is Chinese-American, ...
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2 Days in 3D at MIPTV 2012
Sacramento Bee
In his MIPTV address, Schmidt will outline how he sees 3D as a creative tool offering a new visual language. He will also unveil a new European 3D documentary series featuring exceptional buildings and entitled "Cathedrals of Culture.
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Experts Commend North Korea Deal That Right-Wing Media Are Attacking
Media Matters for America
As I wrote in my column "Next Moves on North Korea" in Arms Control Today last month, "... it is vital that President Barack Obama re-engage the North Korean regime and re-establish a verifiable freeze of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs ...
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India, Pakistan set for Asia Cup tussle | Pakistan Today | Latest news ...
By hussain
DHAKA - India and Pakistan renew their cricket rivalry after almost a year's break when they take part in the Asia Cup one-day tournament starting in Dhaka on Sunday. Buoyant Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh, the other two teams in the fray ...
Pakistan Today | Latest news...
Daily Digest: Today's Asia travel news at a glance – March 8 | Travel ...
FANCY yourself as a travel writer, need to travel to Sydney or get the latestdetails ... Today's digest will give all that and more with a roundup of Asia travelnews.
www.travelwireasia.com/.../daily-digest-today’s-asia-travel-ne...
Misbah to lead Pakistan in Asia Cup | Pakistan Today | Latest news ...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced squad for Asia Cup, which would be led by Captain Misbahul Haq.
www.pakistantoday.com.pk/.../misbah-to-lead-pakistan-in-asia...
Speak Asia Today – Speak Asia Till Date « « Speak Asia News
On many of the social networking sites, I learnt that they are delivering thenews of Speakasia. Please consider them as their personal view, since Feb 23, there ...
speakasianews.net/article/speak-asia-today-speak-asia-till-date/
A dozen killed in latest Chinese riots - Telegraph
What are these? Share: Share. Tweet. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ worldnews/asia/china/9111179/A-dozen-killed-in-latest-Chinese-riots.html. Telegraph ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../A-dozen-killed-in-latest-Chinese-riots...
Asia cup squad-Sachin found; Sehwag rested – Latest News of India ...
Hot Trends india. Hot news Today. Education ... BCCI selection committee announced the 15 member squad for Asia Cup. Sachin Tendulkar got a place in ...
www.hottrendsindia.com/.../asia-cup-squad-sachin-found-seh...
2012 March 07 | Latest Asia News - Baku Today
March 7, 2012; Political news · 1 views. As a result of the terrorist attack in dagestanskom village of Karabudahkent on the evening of 6 March, killed four and ...
www.bakutoday.net/2012/03/07
GEN | Industry Updates: AB SCIEX Opens New Asia Pacific ...
AB SCIEX Opens New Asia Pacific Application and Training Centre In Singapore's ... today announced the opening of its newest Asia Pacific Application and ...
www.genengnews.com/industry.../ab.../144380615/
Today's DealChicken deal: 50% off Asian fusion cuisine in Vestal ...
Today\'s DealChicken deal: 50% off Asian fusion cuisine in Vestal ...Binghamton's pension costs have increased significantly in the last decade, so you might expect me...- 5:21 pm .... Share your news, views, photos and events all right here.
www.pressconnects.com/.../Today-s-DealChicken-deal-50-off-...
India Today Conclave 2012-AN ASIAN CENTURY: Securing the ...
India Today Conclave 2012-AN ASIAN CENTURY: Securing the Global Promise. NEW DELHI, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --. - Introduces Thinktent, a platform ...
www.prnewswire.com/.../india-today-conclave-2012-an-asian-...
Asian New Yorkers Resist Anti-Smoking Efforts - Breaking News ...
Asian New Yorkers Resist Anti-Smoking Efforts On a cool, damp afternoon in... Breaking News Online covers latest news headlines, World news, UK and USA news, .... news,national news,news headlines,news india,newspaper,news today ...
www.breakingnewsonline.org/.../asian-new-yorkers-resist-anti-...
Pinoy in Vancouver march against racism - Philippine Asian News ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A group of protesters led by the Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance, Philippine Women Centre of BC and SIKLAB for Migrant ...
www.philippineasiannewstoday.com/.../6234-pinoy-in-vancou...
Asia fills aviation funding gap amid Europe's woes ‹ Japan Today ...
Capital-starved airlines worldwide are turning to Asian lenders to fund their ambitious fleet ... Stay in touch with the latest and widest range of Japan Newswith ...
www.japantoday.com/.../asia-fills-aviation-funding-gap-amid-...
Today's entertainment news: Emma Watson joins Sofia Coppola's ...
Today's entertainment news: Emma Watson joins Sofia Coppola's new film ...but once I walked, I felt like a princess," Jackson told the Indo Asian NewsService.
www.thenational.ae/.../todays-entertainment-news-emma-wats...
SinoFoldingCarton 2012 to Feature Special New Zones | AsiaToday ...
Asia news portal and multimedia, multilingual news distribution service. ...Today, China's total output of printing ink accounts for 5-6% of the global total; fourth ...
asiatoday.com/.../sinofoldingcarton-2012-feature-special-new-...
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