ASIA News, Sep 14, 2011

A Durable Reset New York Times In recent months, however, critical voices in both countries have grown louder about prospects for further rapprochement. Skeptics point to disagreements over missile defense, the revolutionary events in the Middle East, the seemingly never-ending ... See all stories on this topic »

How to Stay in Business: AFCOM Releases Data Center Disaster Recovery Study MarketWatch (press release) This special AFCOM/Data Center Institute report emerged from a recent AFCOM survey of data center managers, which uncovered surprising results with regards to disaster recovery and businesses continuity processes currently in place. ... See all stories on this topic »

Airbus, China get "win-win" fruits from Chinese market People's Daily Online But the good thing is the burgeoning Asian market, especially China, rescued the maker out of the mire thanks to its big orders. In 2010, Airbus delivered a total of 111 aircrafts to China, accounting for one-fifths of its world total, according to the ... See all stories on this topic »

USA Funds Awards $3.7 Million in Higher Education Grants MarketWatch (press release) Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (Washington, DC) -- $100000 to support a white paper to study how Asian and Pacific Islander American students finance their education. The grant also will support a conference to disseminate the ... See all stories on this topic »

Europe - into the end game Asia Times Online This one shows the green truck also encountering a mishap: I was thinking of this series of pictures when watching the latest bout of crisis hit the screens. Specifically, we have to contend with at least three major issues in the markets now: a. ... See all stories on this topic » Asia Times Online

Do multi-level marketing firms need a regulator? Business Standard The recent arrest of the top officials of SpeakAsia for allegedly duping its 1.2 million investors (or panelists as SpeakAsia calls them) of Rs 1300 crore again underlines the need for a regulator for all businesses that sell goods or services based on ... See all stories on this topic » Business Standard

Biz Buzz: SSDB (Same style, different bank) Inquirer.net Doris C. Dumlao One of the highlights of the recent trip of President Aquino to China was the unusual sight of some of the country's top business leaders in bathrobes, pajamas and slippers bringing down their luggage in the dead of night to the grand ... See all stories on this topic »

Transportation Special: Bombardier grows from 'zero' to a leader in trains and ... China Daily Guangzhou's new Bombardier APM system opened in November 2010 before theAsian Games as the first fully APM system ever. Meanwhile back in aviation, business analysts have predicted that the number of business jets in China will grow to 1700 by 2031, ... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

Will Gold, Silver Drop with Stocks? Forbes (blog) If you are a recent buyer, I would recommend lightening up on strength and using tight stops, because one of these days, we could see heavy selling in Asia that would lead to a sharply lower opening. For SLV, aggressive traders could sell at $41.54 ... See all stories on this topic »

GGE Announces Results of Annual Shareholder Meeting MarketWatch (press release) The firm is headquartered in Chicago and New York with a global network of offices throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. This information does not represent an offer to sell securities of the Fund and it is not soliciting an offer to buy ... See all stories on this topic »

What Does European Debt Crisis Mean For You? KPSP Local 2 Stock investors have been affected-US markets have corrected, fallen more than 10% from recenthighs partly because of worries about Europe. c. Bond investors have been affected-Investors have been flocking to US Treasuries, pushing yields to lows not ... See all stories on this topic »

Forex - Asia Open - Overnight Highlights FXMarketAlerts.com This points to a stronger open; but with EUR/USD trading above its Asian close, we could see some downward pressure in early trade. With that said, we expect this to be relatively shallow as risk sentiment remains fragile. Recent gains in the USD/MYR ... See all stories on this topic »

Novel Software Used in First Global Camera Trap Mammal Study Science Daily (press release) ... documented 105 species in nearly 52000 images from seven protected areas across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. The images, according to a recent announcement by TEAM and Conservation International, reveal a wide variety of animals in their most ... See all stories on this topic »

Census Bureau News -- Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the ... PR Newswire (press release) Among race groups, real median income declined for white and black households between 2009 and 2010, while changes for Asian and Hispanic-origin households were not statistically different. Real median income for each race and Hispanic-origin group has ... See all stories on this topic »

Philippine forestry in 2020 Journal Online A. A key finding of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study was a need to rebuild natural resource bases. In modest ways, this is occurring in the Philippines, but efforts need to be re-doubled and resources to facilitate and enhance forest ... See all stories on this topic »

Panels examine Berkeley's town/gown relationship Berkeleyside I like Top Dog like the rest of the kids, but c'mon? How are students going to create a healthy taxbase for anyone. We KNOW where the best tax base in Berkeley is: 4th Street and Solano. Where middleclass families with disposable incomes shop. ... See all stories on this topic » Berkeleyside

Konarka links with ThyssenKrupp for steel BIPV roll-out Recharge The sector has been boosted by recent changes to incentive schemes in Europe, and looks likely to emerge as a major market segment in fast-developing economies inAsia. Konarka links with ThyssenKrupp for steel BIPV roll - out. See all stories on this topic » Recharge

ADB trims Asia growth outlook, warns on inflation, flows Portfolio.com "Regional policy makers may therefore find it appropriate to use well-targeted measures to improve their financial supervision and regulatory rules, as the recent short-term flows are dominated by those coming through the banking channels," the ADB ... See all stories on this topic » Portfolio.com

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AFRICA News, Sep 14, 2011

GCI ranking: Is sub-Saharan Africa's competitiveness improving? BusinessDay Africa has clearly weathered the global economic crisis better than many other parts of the world. Given Africa's recent impressive economic performance, the question of whether the growth can be expected to continue into the future remains. ... See all stories on this topic » BusinessDay

Sasol Hones In On US Natural Gas As Road Fuel NASDAQ JO, SSL), a chemical company long known for squeezing motor fuel out of coal, is now turning its sights on the glut of natural gas in the US South Africa-based Sasol on Tuesday announced plans to build a plant, at a cost of as much as $10 billion, ... See all stories on this topic »

ShelterBox allocates more than $3.5 million to Horn of Africa relief San Francisco Chronicle (press release) The recent months have been busy for ShelterBox, with deployments to six countries involving dozens of ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) members. In the last few weeks, ShelterBox has deployed disaster assessment and response teams to six ... See all stories on this topic »

US durum prices down slightly but still strong Bismarck Farm & Ranch Guide “As we anticipated sales to the European Union are down, but more dramatically, we have no sales on the books to North Africa as of yet,” Peterson noted. In its latest projections which were released the end of August the International Grains Council ... See all stories on this topic »

The Volume Stays Up New York Times Maria Cornejo's prints looked as if something exploded in the kitchen; they were in fact digitalized blowups of Bolivian and African artifacts. Americans don't know when to quit, but that's not the problem here. Because all this intensity began a year ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

SA a target for cyber crime The New Age Online The recent surge of new banking Trojans continues to give us more things to worry about. The latestone, named Feodo, has been around for months but is probably considered to be a just variant of the more popular ZeuS and SpyEye malware. ... See all stories on this topic »

The myth of the 'China model' in Africa Asia Times Online From this perspective, the latest Western criticism may be off target. leave. And when you leave, you don't leave much behind for the people who are there. We don't want to see a new colonialism inAfrica." Asked whether China was a role model for ... See all stories on this topic »

South Africa's farmers struggle to cope with changing climate Reuters AlertNet Recent studies at the University of Cape Town predict that temperatures will increase over the whole of South Africa due to climate change. According to Peter Johnson, an applied climatologist with the university, January temperatures are expected to ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Security Council releases report on Integrated Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone Sierra Express Media On the recent clashes between supporters of the two main political parties, Mr. Schulenburg, urged Sierra Leonean politicians not to forget what the country has achieved, build on those accomplishments, and conduct their affairs responsibly. ... See all stories on this topic » Sierra Express Media

Why Odd Future's Tyler the Creator Is Hip Hop's Latest Renaissance Man ARTINFO Yet amid all this success, a question lingers: Will Earl Sweatshirt, a key member of the group curiously absent form recent appearances (and the son of South Africanpoet laureate Keorapetse Kgositsile), come out of hiding to reap the fruits of the ... See all stories on this topic » ARTINFO

MPs seek Cwele's version of spy drama Business Day Other reports linked the wrangle to the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, with youth league spokesman Floyd Shivambu saying individuals who had been identified as state security agents were interrogating members of his organisation in a ... See all stories on this topic »

New Yacoubian Poll Shows Wharton in Easy Win Memphis Flyer Ford gets double-digit ratings (and low ones, at that) only among African Americans and the group making between $10000 and $20000 annually. Yacoubian noted that his poll results were taken just before a recent rash of publicity regarding opponent ... See all stories on this topic » Memphis Flyer

No South African recognition for Libya NTC ahead of African meeting NOW LEBANON The inclusive government should represent all of Libya's people, said Nkoana-Mashabane. SouthAfrica boycotted a recent conference on rebuilding the war-torn country in Paris, saying it was unhappy with how the UN agreement was implemented. See all stories on this topic »

Debt crisis: as it happened, September 13, 2011 Telegraph.co.uk Visit the Telegraph Finance page for the latest on the eurozone debt crisis. We'll be back tomorrow. 22.10 The Financial Times is running a story on Angela Merkel on its front page tomorrow. "Merkel bid to stamp out Greece default talk," reads the ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

TSX-V news: Digital Shelf Space, Majescor, Soho Resources, Xcite Energy ... Proactive Investors USA & Canada The latest NI 43-101 compliant estimate includes the most recent 31 drill holes completed during an 8524 metre definition drilling program. Investors welcomed the update, sending shares up over 6% to $1.65. Xcite Energy (LON:XEL, CVE:XEL) has announced ... See all stories on this topic » Proactive Investors USA & Canada

South Africa: Department of Labour Employment Equity Directorate Will Be ... AllAfrica.com Oliphant said it was disturbing to note that while black people accounted for approximately 86 percent of employees covered in the latest reports analysed, they only accounted for 16,9 percent at Top management and 35,9 percent at the Senior Management ... See all stories on this topic »

Cocaine use in Australia on the rise: UN NEWS.com.au The rise in cocaine seizures in recent years indicates a potential expansion of the cocaine market in Australia, the report released yesterday says, detailing the latest year of published data. Cocaine use is at its highest level since 1993, ... See all stories on this topic »

Simple Steps Can Save Millions of Newborn Lives Voice of America The latest estimate is that more than three million babies die each year within the first month of life. A report says this is down from 4.6 million deaths in two thousand nine. Still, newborn babies represent about forty percent of all deaths in ... See all stories on this topic »

Live Q&A: 11 am ET Washington Post (blog) A new space for the Washington area's African-American community. Checkpoint Washington is produced by the national security staff of The Washington Post. By Greg Miller Al-Qaeda has been decimated by a barrage of US operations in recent months but ... See all stories on this topic »

$12bn power, water projects 'ongoing in ME' Trade Arabia The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2011 report, produced by the United Nations Environment Programme showed that investment growth in the Middle East and Africa last year was up 104 per cent, with developing countries overtaking the ... See all stories on this topic »

The 2011 Elections and the Advent of Vuvuzela Politics Liberian Daily Observer Similar or related scenarios have been played out elsewhere in West Africa. In Sierra Leone, President Tejan Kabbah witnessed his own Vice President beaten by Ernest Bai Koroma. Before Rawlings stepped aside for the opposition in 2000, Gen. ... See all stories on this topic »

Fool's Gold's Luke Top Talks Singing in Hebrew and Not Sounding Like Vampire ... Dallas Observer (blog) The band is notorious for incorporating and African flavor into their music and their second album Leave No Trace, which dropped on August 16, holds true to that style. But frontman Luke Top says the concept behind the album points in a totally new ... See all stories on this topic » Dallas Observer (blog)

Palm oil, poverty, and conservation collide in Cameroon Mongabay.com Given recent trends of African governments leasing and selling large tracts of land to foreign companies and countries, there is a rising awareness of 'land grabbing' on the continent. Herakles Farm's 99-year lease means that the current government ... See all stories on this topic » Mongabay.com

GWEN ANSELL: Jazz Business Day IF YOU enjoyed DeeDee Bridgewater's spellbinding sets at the Bassline during the Joy of Jazz, you may already have her most recent album, last year's Billie Holiday tribute, Eleanora Fagan (DDB/Universal), in your collection. ... See all stories on this topic »

4 Outsized Stocks From The Aussie Region Seeking Alpha The company was formed in 2001 in a merger between BHP of Australia and Billiton, which had its base in London and operations in South Africa. BHP is currently valued around $225 billion, with a price/earnings ratio of 9.6 (for the trailing twelve ... See all stories on this topic »

The War Over Land in Guatemala Upside Down World (IPS) - The violent eviction of 91 rural families in northern Guatemala was the latest incident in the ageold conflict over land in a country where the army is frequently called in to force peasant farmers off their land. "This has been the government ... See all stories on this topic »

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