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Oct 21, 2011

ASIA News, Oct 21, 2011


A Lack of Cultural Intelligence Will Put You Out of Business
Huffington Post (blog)
The rapid rise of Asian, Hispanic and African-American populations in America is forcing companies to change their business models and their entire business approach. This shift became quite apparent during a recent meeting with the C-level team from a ...
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Philip Morris International Management Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings ...
Seeking Alpha
We achieved an organic cigarette volume growth of 4.4%, led by the Asia region, with an increase of 12.6% and EEMA with 4.8%. On a year-to-date September basis, we have achieved organic volume growth of 0.5%. While there has been a lot of focus on ...
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – New York (Part 2)
Above the Law
Please feel free to check out this link to see some of our recent articles on expat / cola allowances in Asia: http://www.theasiachronicles.com/archives/category/expat-packages Most US and UK firms in Asia get us involved when they are considering any ...
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Mastodon mystery solved
San Antonio Express
It's a picture that's been radically remade in recent years. Since the 1930s, archaeologists had believed the ancestors of the Clovis people — so named for a small number of stone “points” found near Clovis, NM — walked into North America from Asia...
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RBI s expected rate rise may prove one too many
Moneycontrol.com
Growth is slowing sharply in Asia's third-largest economy, with some economists predicting it to drop below 7% in coming quarters. A recentReuters poll forecast growth in the current fiscal year would fall to 7.6%, from 8.5% last year. ...
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Analyst call Oct 21
The Malaysian Insider
We expect some tourists to possibly divert to other South-East Asian destinations, although the impact would be somewhat minimal. We see both MAS (SELL, RM1.15), AirAsia (BUY, RM5.18) benefiting from the diversion of tourist destinations and MAHB (BUY, ...
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COMMODITY TRADERS-the trillion dollar club
Reuters
With their connections and inside knowledge -- commodities markets are mostly free of insider-trading restrictions -- trading houses have become power brokers, especially in fast-developing Asia, Latin America and Africa. ...
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Forex - Chart USD/PHP Updates: Intraday trade extending rebound
FXstreet.com
PSEi traded positive in early Asia at 0.2%. Pair will likely be consolidative within 43.250-43.550 on fickle market sentiments and ahead of the EU summit, with bias on the upside. Next strong resistance is some distance away at 43.630. ...
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Auctions: Sales feature items historic and one horrific | Philadelphia ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
They include sterling, jewelry, antique furniture, Asian arts, and vintage books, notably a 1901 limited-edition White House gallery of official portraits of the presidents, and an 18th-century Bible, formerly owned by Mary Emlen Wistar, C. Cresson ...
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Australia's anti-terrorism law: An enigma
Asian Tribune
Has the Australian authorities ever pondered over the fact that India and Sri Lanka are South Asia's only states which have continued to be democracies – whatever their shortcomings were - since the end of British colonialism. ...
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Snap-on's CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Speaking of emerging markets, the gains continue to be far in excess of any related GDP growth rate, and the expansion isn't just limited to Asia. We're posting significant gains in the emerging European regions. Places like Russia and Turkey are ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Microsoft, Chipotle Shares Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
(UNP, $94.59, +$3.63, +3.99%) reported a 16% increase in third-quarter earnings Thursday that exceeded Wall Street forecasts, although volume growth slowed overall on a big dip in imported freight from Asia. Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMLN, $11.55, ...
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Fairfax Marketing Report including: Hambledon Mining, Ovoca Gold, Discovery ...
Proactive Investors UK
Deals may accelerate on growing competition with other Asian states. • China's reaction to the Eurozone crisis is critical to the sector as any acceleration in the acquisition of projects through listed acquisitions should spark the flow of new money ...
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Avoid bottom fishing in Crompton Greaves: Sharekhan
Myiris.com
Focus on cost control and pacifying investors: The management has decided to undertake several cost-reducing measures like increased material sourcing from low cost countries like China, India and other south-east Asian countries. ...
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“Alibaba Isn't Suited to Manage Yahoo,” Opines Ex-Google China CEO Kai-Fu Lee
Business Insider
As the chairman and CEO of InnovationWorks, one of China's largest startup incubators, Lee estimates that the most plausible final deal would be for Yahoo to merge its core business with AOL after selling its Asia assets to Alibaba and PE firms. ...
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bits and pieces
The News International
The choice of the mythical Maracana to stage the final was not a great surprise, but the Rio venue has endured its share of setbacks, the most recent of which was a 19-day strike by workmen. They were protesting over wage levels, working conditions as ...
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This Year's SAIFF Includes India's Oscar Entry, ABU, SON OF ADAM
Twitch
North AmericaŹ¼s premier showcase for the best of new Indian and South Asian cinema, SAIFF has an annual ground attendance of 15000 guests and reaches a global online community of over 5 million people. SAIFF is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization ...
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Awareness is the key to curb Breast Cancer - Suneeta Reddy, Apollo Hospitals
Business Wire India (press release)
In 1983, Dr Prathap C Reddy, the architect of Indian healthcare, launched the first corporate hospital in India, Apollo Hospitals Chennai. Over the years, Apollo Hospitals Group has grown to become one of Asia's largest integrated healthcare ...
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Wake up and smell the coffee, or find the technoserf dead
Mail & Guardian Online
Sand-blasting moved to Syria, Bangladesh, Mexico, India and Indonesia following the ban in Turkey, but in recent months pressure from activists has meant it has gone even further afield to Southeast Asia and Africa. ...
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The new immigrant experience, part 1
mysask.com (press release)
Jubin: People categorize India as a part of Asia, some people call me a Sri Lankan, some people call me a Pakistani. People characterize Indian people as all the same, but we're individuals as well. Other people say, “Oh, you're coming from a 45 C ...
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October 21, 2011: Some News That Matters
Business Insider
Copper ticked up over 1.0% in early Asian trade after the red metal settled down 6.2% at a 15-month low in New York Thursday amid uncertainty over the European sovereign debt crisis, fears of slowing demand from China and the fallout from a Chinese ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Ebay, Boston Scientific, Philip Morris, Wynn Resorts
Wall Street Journal
(UNP, $95.09, +$4.13, +4.54%) reported a 16% increase in third-quarter earnings Thursday that exceeded Wall Street forecasts, although volume growth slowed overall on a big dip in imported freight from Asia. Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMLN, $11.43, ...
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Other stories
BusinessWorld Online Edition
Marloun C. Gumbao, chief of this city treasurer's office, said Koronadal will lose P59 million from this year's P425 million budget. Mr. Gumbao said in a phone interview on Friday that the city will have to find other means to make up for the expected ...
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Why is the press ignoring Panetta's frenzied...
defpro
He read off a litany of threats: Iraq, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, nuclear proliferation, "rising powers" in the "Asia-Pacific region" (that would be China) and cyber security without his (or the press) acknowledging the usual criticism such laundry lists ...
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10-K: IMPERIAL PETROLEUM INC
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
The Company expects oil and gas prices to continue to widely fluctuate and to be influenced by global economic turmoil, Asian economies and potential disruptions in supplies, in particular events in the Middle East and North Korea. ...
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Duke Basketball: Five Most Likely to Work Their Way into Krzyzewski's Rotation
Bleacher Report
In recent years, however, no matter the preseason gushing about the upcoming team's depth being "greater than in year's past", Coach 'K' always seems to settle in on a rotation that routinely goes no deeper than seven to eight players. ...
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Bleacher Report
ABC's Lost Leadership*Ingham Co-opts ABC*ACNA Appeal Fails*Pelagius to Diocese
Virtue Online
The latest battle being fought in the Episcopal Church is in the Diocese of South Carolina. This unfolding story has all the makings of a made for TV drama. The attorney representing the dissident Episcopal Forum crowd - a lesbian from Charlotte ...
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Hypermarket Big C to issue Bt25bn rights
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Your Next High-Paying Job May Be In An Industry That Was Never On Your Radar
Fast Company
With fast-growing bases in Asia and South America, the company discourages candidates who shun relocation because of family considerations. Not coincidentally, this is a place where people can make many times their base pay in bonuses. ...
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Joe Freezy (also known as Joe Fresh, also known as Joe Mimran) creates ...
Toronto Life (blog)
The house was fully stocked with boldface names, with society fixtures like philanthropist Catherine Nugent, art collector W. Bruce C. Bailey, media mogul Moses Znaimer, Zoomer's Suzanne Boyd, House and Home's Lynda Reeves, singer Keshia Chante, ...
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ASEAN News, Oct 21, 2011

ASEAN news: ASEAN Ambassadors Golf Tournament to Tee Off This Sunday
Philippine Information Agency
MANILA, October 20 -- The ANZ ASEAN Ambassadors Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, 23 October in Damai Indah Golf, PIK Course starting at 10:00am Jakarta time to foster the spirit of sportsmanship towards an ASEAN Community by the year 2015. ...
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