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ASIA News, May 04, 2012

Asian Stocks Drop for Second Day, Won Weakens, Kiwi Rises
Bloomberg
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 0.5 percent at 8:55 am inNew York and the Stoxx Europe 600 Index (SXXP) lost 1.2 percent, with both down more than 1 percent for the week. Benchmark gauges in Russia and India retreated at least 1.9 percent.
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Bloomberg
India Today Group Websites Touch a new Milestone, Gets 4th Rank
Sacramento Bee
As per the March 2012 report of comScore, The India Today Group websites were visited by 5.9 million internet users, all aged 15 years and above. The multi-dimensional India Today Group is one of the leading media groups in Asiathat publishes 37 ...
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European Stocks Fall Before U.S. Jobs Report, Election Weekend
San Francisco Chronicle
May 4 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks dropped as investors awaited today'sAmerican payrolls report and elections in France, Greece, Italy and Germany this weekend. Asian shares retreated while US index futures fluctuated. Wacker Chemie AG, the world's ...
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News Corp's STAR TV Inks Four Channel Deal with Time Warner Cable for Indian ...
Sacramento Bee
By International Media Distribution CENTENNIAL, Colo. and NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- International Media Distribution and STAR TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation and Asia's leading media and entertainment company, today ...
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Mindray to Introduce DC-8 Ultrasound System at American College of ...
PR Newswire (press release)
MAHWAH, NJ, May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced that it will introduce the new DC-8 ultrasound system ...
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Long Term Supplier Partnerships Key to Unilever Sustainable Growth Strategy
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON & ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, May 04, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Unilever today signed its thirtieth strategic supplier partnership to support the company's sustainable growth ambitions. The partnerships now cover more than EUR3 billion of annual spend ...
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Review: 'Cookbook Library' marks an amazing evolution in cuisine
Los Angeles Times
Willan notes, "A sharp eye on new ingredients, perhaps calling for vanilla rather than the old-fashioned rose water, gives the reader a sense of immediacy." As ingredients were introduced through trade and exploration, items such as tea from Asia, ...
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Jimmy Choo new style initiative to launch today
China Daily
Last month, the company opened their first dual gender store after an outlet in Hong Kong's prestigious Elements mall - which first opened as a women's store in 2008 - was renovated. Wannie Suen, Jimmy Choo president, Asia, said: "We are thrilled to ...
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China Daily
Intranets need social to survive
ZDNet Asia
By Jamie Yap , ZDNet Asia on May 4, 2012 (8 hours ago) Current state of corporate intranet "somewhere between poor and terrible" because overlooked and underfunded; many still slow to adopt social elements critical for survival, say industry observers.
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MTS Systems' CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
A list of such risks can be found on 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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Lithium Extends Social Support Leadership with New Lithium Response™
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--LITHIUM NETWORK CONFERENCE--Lithium Technologies, the leader in Social Customer Experience, today unveiled a new product that reduces the cost of handling customer issues in social channels: Lithium Response.
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NCR and CSI Leasing Offer Strategic Finance Packages to Drive Channel Growth ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
... announced today it has signed a global agreement with CSI Leasing, the equipment finance provider, to provide NCR Interact Solution Providers with a range of strategic customer financing options and comprehensive support to grow and develop new ...
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Australia's Suncorp Bank Signs Five-year Integrated Services Agreement With ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Today Suncorp is Australia's leading regional bank, largest domestic general insurance group, and second largest in New Zealand. It has representation in 450 offices, branches and agencies throughout Australia and New Zealand.
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Nova LifeStyle's Urban Contemporary Line Draws Buyers at Spring 2012 High ...
MarketWatch (press release)
novaLifeStyle.com ), a rapidly growing California-based global designer and marketer of modern lifestyle furniture, reported today that its newest Nova-branded lines of urban contemporary sofas were an exceptionally popular draw for furniture buyers ...
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ESI International's New Survey Reveals Emergence of the Next-Generation ...
PR Web (press release)
ESI International, the world's leading project management training company,today unveiled the findings of its latest annual benchmarking survey, “The State of the Project Management Office: On the Road to the Next Generation.
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Najib's Malaysia still stuck in the murk
WA today (blog)
Succumbing to the happy multicultural story of ''Malaysia - trulyAsia'' a lot of us don't see the deep racial fears and antipathies swirling in the country's history and heating its politics even today. Malaysia is a country of great wealth and many ...
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WA today (blog)
MediaTek and D-Link Partner to Deliver High Performance Wi-Fi Cloud Routers
Broadcast Newsroom
HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, today announced that its Wi-Fi system-on-a-chip (SoC), the RT6856, ...
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Groups File Suit Over Largest Coal Plans Ever Approved by US Interior Department
eNews Park Forest
The leases would open the door for more than two billion tons of new strip mining. Coal from the Powder River Basin is burned throughout the US and is increasingly exported to Asia, spewing carbon dioxide on a global scale.
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WizIQ Wins the Jury-Award for 'Best Education Webinar Series' in the Category ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
MOHALI, INDIA and BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/04/12 -- Franchise India,Asia's largest integrated franchise solution company, organized the Indian Education Congress 2012, the nation's largest convention on education, where WizIQ won the 'Best ...
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Consumers Expect More Engagement from Brands Through Social Media, Lithium ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Business Wire LITHIUM NETWORK CONFERENCE – Lithium Technologies, the leader in Social Customer Experience, today unveiled newresearch showing that while consumers and marketers both say that interacting through social media has strong benefits, ...
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SDRL - Seadrill receives Letter of Award for new build tender assist rig T- 18 ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Alf C Thorkildsen, Chief Executive Officer in Seadrill Management AS says, "We are pleased to see our longstanding relationship with Chevron strengthen further and the tender rig concept continue to advance in South East Asia. This agreement serves as ...
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Najib's Malaysia still stuck in the murk
Sydney Morning Herald
Succumbing to the happy multicultural story of ''Malaysia - trulyAsia'' a lot of us don't see the deep racial fears and antipathies swirling in the country's history and heating its politics even today. Malaysia is a country of great wealth and many ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Talend Calls to NextPrinciples' Award-Winning "Insight-to-Action" Social Media ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
MILPITAS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/04/12 -- NextPrinciples, the innovative leader in Social Analytics, today announced that Talend, a global open source leader data integration and management software, has selected NextPrinciples' award-winning ...
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Markets Live: Big miners lead shares down
Sydney Morning Herald
2.31pm: Here's the latest Work in Progress blog from James Adonis: Perhaps it was cool a long time ago – and maybe not even then – but today the “what do you do?” question conjures cringe-worthy memories of pushy self-promoters with tacky 'elevator ...
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MedAssets Recognizes Montanti and Day for Humanitarian and Heroic Efforts
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Business Wire MedAssets (NASDAQ: MDAS) today announced the recipients of the 2011 Norman Borlaug Humanitarian Award and the 2011 George Herbert Walker (HW) Bush Pacesetter Award, recognized during the 2012 MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit held ...
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Spackman Equities Group Announces Private Placement of Common Shares
SYS-CON Media (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/04/12 -- Spackman Equities Group Inc. ("SEGI" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SQG) announced today that it will seek to complete a private placement (the "Private Placement") of 37727270 common shares of the ...
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FalconStor Software Reports First Quarter Financial Results
SYS-CON Media (press release)
By Business Wire FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), the provider of disk-based data protection solutions, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2012. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2012 increased by ...
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Elisabeth Harstad and Bjorn Tore Markussen Join DNV KEMA Energy ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Prior to joining DNV KEMA, Harstad was the managing director of DNV Research & Innovation, focusing on new knowledge and services. Bjørn Tore Markussen, who will be based in Beijing, China, has joined DNV KEMA as Chief Operating Officer of the Asia ...
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IDEAS Adds New Indonesian Client
SYS-CON Media (press release)
IDEAS hosts users in over 100 countries and maintains offices in the US, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author. By Pat Romanski Did you read today's front page stories & breaking news?
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Samsung reignites smartphone wars with Galaxy S III
WA today
The launch of the phone - which analysts say heralds the next "revolution" in smartphone technology - comes as a report todayclaims a new taller, skinnier iPhone will launch later this year that will include a 4-inch screen, metal back and remade dock ...
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Compass Gold Retains Wertheim + Company For Investor and Corporate Public ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/04/12 -- Compass Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CVB), which is focused on gold exploration on four properties in Mali, Africa's third largest gold producer, today announced that it has retained Wertheim ...
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Markets Live: ASX200 drops below 4400
Sydney Morning Herald
2.31pm: Here's the latest Work in Progress blog from James Adonis: Perhaps it was cool a long time ago – and maybe not even then – but today the “what do you do?” question conjures cringe-worthy memories of pushy self-promoters with tacky 'elevator ...
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Panorama Software Announces Latest Milestone in BI 3.0 - Necto 11 Service Pack ...
Sacramento Bee
By Panorama Software TORONTO, May 3, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Panorama Software, a global leader in proactive Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, announced today the release of service pack 2 for version 11 of its groundbreaking Necto business ...
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Atlas Air Worldwide Reports Solid First-Quarter Earnings, Reaffirms 2012 EPS ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Volumes and rates improved dramatically compared with January and February, and we were well-positioned to help customers respond to an increase in demand for airfreight capacity, especially out of Asia, for new, high-tech product launches, ...
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Markets on edge ahead of US jobs data, elections
Palm Beach Post
latest money news » From The Post and AP By PAN PYLAS AP LONDON — Markets were on edge Friday ahead of crucial US jobs figures and weekend elections in France and Greece that could have a big bearing on how Europe's debt crisis plays out over the ...
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LOIC DDoS tool – is it 'safe' for the user?
Infosecurity Magazine
The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency has today confirmed that a DDoS attack forced it take its website off-line at 22:00 Wednesday. As of writing, 14:30 Thursday, it is still down. A new analysis from Prolexic shows a huge increase in DDoS attacks, ...
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Gillard sees Australia as future food superpower
Yahoo!7 News
Ms Gillard told an international summit in Melbourne last night that Australia needed to capitalise on the soaring regional need for food in the same way it currently did with resources. "Just as we have become a minerals and energy giant, ...
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Yahoo!7 News
Stocks down as focus turns to payroll figures
Palm Beach Post
latest money news » From The Post and AP By PAN PYLAS AP LONDON — Markets were on edge Friday after US jobs figures pointed to a sluggish recovery in the world's largest economy and amid unease over how weekend elections in France and Greece will ...
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Reduced forecasts, tight budget make more rate cuts likely
ABC Online
TD Securities head of Asia-Pacific Research Annette Beacher. ANNETTE BEACHER: We were delving into this report today to see what the justification was for the Reserve Bank by moving so aggressively and we did get that in the form of quite sharply ...
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Samsung's Galaxy S III: A 4.8-inch Android monster that watches you
VentureBeat
After whipping up an iPhone-like buzz for its Galaxy S series, Samsung today finally unveiled its latest entry in the series, the Galaxy S III. As expected, the phone is an absolute monster, with a huge 4.8-inch screen sporting a 720p resolution.
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VentureBeat
Russian Helicopters Delivers Ka-32A11BC Rescue Helicopter to EMERCOM of Kazakhstan
The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and
One of the most striking examples of cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia in emergency response was the recent joint efforts to put out wildfires using helicopters on the territory of the Russian Federation in 2010. Today the creation of ...
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International Rectifier's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
In addition to these risks, we refer you to the risk factors included in our press release issued today, and the company's filings with the SEC. Including the most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q. Before I hand the call off Ilan, I would like to mention the ...
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Ortsbo Partners With Cameron Thomson For European Sales & Business Development
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Cameron Thomson will also assist Ortsbo with business development solutions in select markets in North American, South American and Asia. For over 20 years, Cameron Thomson Group has been immersed within the Media / Entertainment and Technology sectors ...
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Research Now Launches Valued Opinions 2.0 in Australia
Business Review USA (press release)
LONDON, ENGLAND, May 04, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Research Now, the leading global online sampling and data collection company, today announced the gradual launch of its improved Valued Opinions programme to over 200000 active members in Australia.
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The resistible rise of Asia? | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking ...
A favorite theme in international debate nowadays is whether Asia's rise signifies the West's decline. But the current focus on economic malaise in Europe and ...
www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/.../the-resistible-rise-of-asia/
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