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Oct 23, 2011

ASIA News, Oct 23, 2011


B'desh for stepped-up efforts to boost food security in S Asia
South Asian News Agency
Speaking on the occasion, Ibrahim Hussain Zaki, said corruption, mismanagement and misappropriation are still major problems in South Asia. He said the young generation needs to be protected against these evils.
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Vice premier Li's visit to boost China-S. Korea ties: Chinese ambassador
Xinhua
As the global financial and debt crises continue with a sustaining influence, regional cooperation inAsia is deepening, and the Korean Peninsula is generally moving toward detente, Li's upcoming visit is very significant in maintaining and advancing ...
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New diplomatic challenges face Central Asia
Pueblo Chieftain
The general's visit to the Alamosa campus was the result of a family tie to S. Masood Ahmad, the college's director of student engagement. Masood extended the invitation to his cousin when he was visiting Pakistan two months ago and discovered that the ...
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S. Korea needs to tap into Mideast sovereign wealth funds
Yonhap News
"Now is a golden opportunity for South Korea to attract investments from sovereign wealth funds run by countries in the Middle East with huge fiscal surpluses, as they have been expanding their investment into Asia and other emerging markets since the ...
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Companies bringing jobs back to America from Asia
WVLT
Do you mean drop all health and safety regulations, eliminate the minimum wage and overtime past 40 hours, 6 day work week, no holidys, no health care like the ASIAN companies do? by Doug S. Location: Lenoir City on Oct 22, 2011 at 12:16 PM Sad part is ...
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Bank of Asia wins Super Sixes
Cricket Nepal
In another semifinal match, Embassy of India thrashed Standard Chartered Bank by 28 runs. Embassy of India scored 83/3. Sandeep Sharma scored 33 runs off 12 balls. Standard Chartered Bank was able to score 55 runs despite Shekhar Karki´s 33 runs off 15 ...
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Interest Rate Derivatives House of the Year: Standard Chartered
Risk.net
In late 2010 and early 2011 markets were relatively calm and predictable in Asia, although the Arab uprisings in the Middle East caused some market volatility. The first major shock came in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11,...
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Risk.net
Google, Private-Equity Firms Mull Bid For Yahoo
Wall Street Journal
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma Asia Today: At the AsiaD tech conference, Jack Ma, chief executive of Chinese Internet company Alibaba, says he is looking for US partners to make a potential bid for Yahoo. WSJ's Jake Lee and Allison Morrow discuss. ...
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Danish music promoted in China
ScandAsia.com
Music China is one of the most influential music industry events and biggest trade event in the field of music in Asia. The show this year attracted more than 1400 exhibitors from 28 countries and is expected to have had an estimate of 50.000 visitors...
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Clinton pushes rights in ex-Soviet Central Asia
AFP
"The visit to Tashkent is the first since the administration?s controversial move in September to lift longstanding restrictions on financial assistance, including military assistance, to Uzbekistan," the advocacy group said, noting the restrictions ...
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AFP
Samsung ahead of Apple in smartphone sales in S. Korea
Straits Times
PHOTO: AP (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Samsung Electronics Co outpaced Apple Inc in the global smartphone market by more than 10 million handsets during the third quarter of the year, industry data showed on Friday. According to the data, ...
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Straits Times
A transformative time for Principal
DesMoinesRegister.com
Principal's Larry Zimpleman, shown with the globe inside 801 Grand in Des Moines, began in the late 1990s to explore company growth options and saw opportunities in Latin America and Asia. / Andrea Melendez/The Register When Principal Financial Group ...
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Galaxy Entertainment Group Selected Unaudited 2011 Q3 Financial Data
Sacramento Bee
During the quarter, Galaxy Macau™'s hotel occupancy improved to 91% even with a 50% increase in the number of rooms available from 1400 to 2100. We are very pleased with the success of the Galaxy Macau™'s Grand Resort Deck which contributed to ...
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Money on KLHC to clinch crown again
Malaysia Star
“They have the best defence and a fantastic strike force ... and not forgetting goalkeeper S. Kumar, who is surely one of the best in Asia,” he said. The Tenaga strike force that Koshy speaks glowingly of comprises Faisal Saari, Mohd Firhan Azhaari and ...
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Malaysia Star
"China, S Korea hurting handicrafts industry"
indiablooms
But with over 20 per cent rise in handicrafts exports in August as compared to last year owing to orders flowing in from markets like Australia, Denmark, Holland, Latin American Countries (LACs), Africa, Caribbean, Central and South-East Asia, Germany, ...
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Indonesia planning to have four nuke power plants by 2025
Thai News Agency MCOT
Most of them built in Asian industrial countries, China, South Korea, and India. Asnatui said the world currently had 442 nuclear power stations of which 104 were located in USA Meanwhile, Bapeten`s public relations officer, Aries Setyanto, ...
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Samsung Focus Flash included in WP7 fall lineup of AT&T
Mobile bloom News
The expected fall WP7 lineup of AT&T was recently revealed at the All Things D Asia Conference by none other than Andy Lees, the president of Windows Phone. The lineup includes the Samsung Focus Flash which will be joined by the Samsung Focus S and HTC ...
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All US troops to leave Iraq by year end
Straits Times
Companies rub their hands with glee when they think of Asian consumers. Dr Bala Shankar, an adjunct professor at Singapore Management University, recently wrote: 'Asia is home to nearly four billion consumers, more than half the world. ...
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Repsol: crucial for energy panorama that Europe increase its involvement in ...
Review seeker (press release)
This is according to Ferdinando Rigardo, Repsol`s Regional Executive Director Europe, Asia & Africa. He was speaking on the eve of the North Africa Oil & Gas Summit which is taking place in Madrid from 25?27 October and will gather senior oil & gas ...
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SLIIT and SHU to offer prestigious MBA degree programme in Sri Lanka
Sunday Times.lk
Poised to be South Asia's new international higher education hub, Sri Lanka has much to offer in terms of high-quality education, propelled by government initiatives to foster relations with foreign universities to further the standard of education in ...
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The Business of Agribusiness
Philippine Star
Written by a team of experts from the University of Asia and the Pacific, led by Rolando T. Dy, “The Business of Agribusiness: From the Roots to the Fruits,” traces the rise of agribusiness from its beginnings to its current multi-billion-dollar scope ...
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Fighting for Fourth Estate
Daily Pioneer
As a foreign correspondent, he gives us glimpses of the richness of his professional calibre while narrating the goings-on in the countries of his postings in South-East Asia, Pakistan, Moscow, East Europe, Japan, London, etc. ...
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Weekly News Roundup: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)
StocksandShares.TV
Orion Health Asia Pacific has signed an agreement to purchase Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s Hospital Information System (HIS) software assets and the two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the deal. ...
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Export growth inadequate: Focus on exports
Sunday Times.lk
It may be unrealistic to expect a small country like Sri Lanka to hold its position at such a high level as the Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs) of Asia expanded their trade by leaps and bounds and in more recent years the exports of China and ...
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Sunday Times.lk
AnalogicTech Announces Date of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Sacramento Bee
... and Asia-based operations and logistics. For more information, please visit www.analogictech.com. Skyworks Solutions, Inc. ("Skyworks") has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 and two amendments thereto (including Amendment No. ...
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Bribery And Corruption
Sunday Leader
This column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today on another malpractice: 'Bribery and Corruption,' that is affecting the aspirations of Sri Lankan society to live in a corruption free society. ...
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Myanmar flash floods kill more than 100
AsiaOne
Southeast Asia has been battered by particularly severe monsoon rains this year. According to the United Nations, more than 700 people have been killed across Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines, and eight million have been affected. ...
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AsiaOne
''RBI meet, eurozone worries to set mood for mkts this week''
MSN India
Meanwhile, markets elsewhere in Asia were cautious ahead of the European leaders meet for a solution to the euro zone''s debt problems. "It is likely that the RBI will hike rates by 25 bps which is fairly discounted by the market. ...
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ATWOOD OCEANICS Appoints New Director
Sacramento Bee
The company currently owns ten mobile offshore drilling units located in the United States Gulf of Mexico, South America, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia, and is constructing an ultra-deepwater semisubmersible, ...
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Harley-Davidson, Inc. (HOG) - Analysts' Weekly Ratings Changes
LocalizedUSA
The Company conducts business on a global basis, with sales in North America, Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA), Asia/Pacific and Latin America. The Company conducts business on a global basis, with sales in North America, Europe/Middle East/Africa ...
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Lucky 13 for Fahmi at 13th Sepang Shell Advance Malaysian MotoGP
Sepang International Circuit
This time, I hope to be at the front and hopefully something magical will happen in tomorrow's race,” added the Air Asia-SIC-Ajo rider who is currently 18th in the standings with 21 points. For local wildcard, misfortune continued to befell Muhammad ...
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Greenberg Traurig Hosts Boston University Alumni Association Reception in ...
Sacramento Bee
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. In the US, the firm has more offices than any other ...
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What do U think? Is Drive Anti-Semitic???
PerezHilton.com
I just thought mobsters who own pizza places… probably italian. Let`s talk about the much more prevalent Establishment-approved ANTI-WHITE! Africa for the Africans,Asiafor the Asians,white countries for EVERYBODY! So this would mean that nobody would ...
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Indonesian workers face blackmail, deportation in Malaysia
Straits Times
JARKATA (THE JARKATA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - An Indonesian lawmaker says that some Indonesians with expired work permits in Malaysia have become the victims of a protection racket. 'Certain parties are taking advantage of the situation, ...
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VIP politico's Rs. 17 million fraud crashes
Sunday Times.lk
He had claimed that his luxury state-of-the-art four-wheel drive vehicle, like the ones used by wealthy Arabs in the desert sands of West Asia, had met with a horrible accident. It had hit even telephone posts before coming to a halt and was beyond ...
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SCIenergy, Inc. Names Former Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, Bill Halter to ...
Sacramento Bee
Headquartered in San Francisco with an Operations & Technology Center in Atlanta, SCIenergy has more than 160 employees worldwide, with flagship customers in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. Industry accolades include, Rising Star Award, ...
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If VP was a Terrorist what was Gaddafi?
Sri Lanka Guardian
Given that President Rajapakse led the celebrations of the death of his opposition, after winning 'locally' and by blocking global thinking – he naturally influenced/s his voters and all those who accept his leadership without opposition – to stagnate ...
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McDonald's keeps gaining, talks price hikes
BusinessWeek
Customer spending at McDonald's franchised and company-owned restaurants rose 5 percent, while in Europe, the company's largest market, the figure climbed 16 percent, and in Asia/Pacific, the Middle East and Africa 20 percent. ...
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South Korea plans to build city in Myanmar's Thilawa port - Asia News
By XinhuaNET.COM
S. Korea plans to build city in Myanmar's Thilawa port South Korea has planned to build a city named Myanko in Myanmar's Thilawa Port, local media reported.
Siam Daily News Online
S. Korean military beefs up border vigilance ... - Asia News Network
South Korea's military has stepped up its combat readiness after detecting unusual military movement by North Korea's armed forces along the tense western ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=22752
SOUTH KOREA - USA Seoul to change treaty on U.S. ... - Asia News
The South Korean government wants to change SOFA, the Agreement on the Statute of the armed forces in the area. The decision arose out of two recent ...
www.asianews.it/.../Seoul-to-change-treaty-on-U.S.-troops-in-...
South-East Asia Military News - Military Industry Today
Latest military news for military industry professionals & analysts. Breaking aircraft, defense contract, military bases, weapons & Pentagon news.
military.einnews.com/region/south-east-asia
One Finance Asia News: S Korea: Shares close up as airlines ...
SEOUL - Seoul shares rose on Thursday, buoyed by substantial gains in banks including Hana Financial Group and airlines like Korean Air.
www.onefinanceasia.com/.../25274-S-Korea-Shares-close-up-a...
Asia Banking News - Banking Industry Today
Jakarta; Editing by Alan Raybould) For Asian Companies click; For Asia-Pacific News click; ForSouth East Asia Hot Stock reports, click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN ...
banking.einnews.com/region/asia
South Asian News - October 20, 2011 - Daily News from India and ...
South Asia News Line - covers the day's news and events in India, Pakistan and the other nations of South Asia.
ww.smashits.com/south-asian-news/snoop-news-26626.html
XE.com - Asia Fuel Oil-S.Korea WP buys 30000 T for Nov
Korea Western Power Co Ltd (WP) has bought 30000 tonnes of high-sulphur fuel oil from Vitol for arrival between Nov. 1 and 18 via a spot tender closed on ...
www.xe.com/news/2011-10-12%2005:09:00.../2210581.htm
East Asia FOREX Trading News - FOREX Trading News Today
News click; For South East Asia Hot Stock reports, click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS Change … 22 ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS: Pan-Asia. ...
forex.einnews.com/region/east-asia
Shimizu S-Pulse Manager Afshin Ghotbi: "[J-League] has different ...
Shimizu S-Pulse Manager Afshin Ghotbi: "[J-League] has different rules for foreign players". The S-Pulse tactician blasted match officials in Japan's J- League for ...
www.goal.com/.../shimizu-s-pulse-manager-afshin-ghotbi-j-lea...
QNA | News | Qatar Airways Named Asia''s Most Preferred Airline
Doha, October 17 (QNA) - Qatar Airways is proud to have been named Asia's Most Preferred Airline Brand at the 2011 Asian Leadership Awards. ...
www.qnaol.net/QNAEn/.../11-10-17-2234_597_0100.aspx
Pramerica consolidates Asia retail assets into S$3bn fund - Latest ...
Pramerica Real Estate Investors is to manage its first open-ended real estate fund in Asia after consolidating 11 assets previously held by its series of Asia retail ...
www.perenews.com/Article.aspx?article=63691&hashID...

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