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BLOOMBERG News, Nov 16, 2011


US Stocks Pare Drop on Economic Reports
Bloomberg
16 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, discusses US stocks and investment strategy. Luschini speaks with Betty Liu and Dominic Chu on BloombergTelevision's “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg) Nov. ...
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Follow Occupy Wall Street
Salon
... undisciplined drumming (reportedly by a few drummers who, even after the General Assembly voted restrictions, insisted on their absolute right to drum whenever and wherever they liked—an unwitting echo of Michael Bloomberg's la ville, c'est moi). ...
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Euro Weakens as Italy's Biggest Bank to Seek Broader ECB Rules
San Francisco Chronicle
16 (Bloomberg) -- The euro fell to the weakest level in a month against the dollar as Italy's largest bank, UniCredit SpA, prepared to ask central-bank officials to broaden the types of assets accepted as collateral, while sovereign debt yields traded ...
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Temasek in Talks With BofA to Buy CCB Shares
Bloomberg
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Mike Werner, a bank analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in Hong Kong, talks about the Chinese banking industry. China's state-run Central Huijin Investment started buying shares in the ...
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Sino-Forest Bonds Signal Timber Inflated by 100%: Canada Credit
San Francisco Chronicle
16 (Bloomberg) -- Sino-Forest Corp. bonds suggest investors assume the company inflated the value of timber holdings by about 100 percent even after the plantation operator said an independent committee refuted allegations of fraud, according to ...
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JPMorgan, Goldman Keep Italy Debt Risk in Dark
Bloomberg
16 (Bloomberg) -- Laurent Fransolet, head of European fixed-income strategy at Barclays Capital, talks about the outlook for Italian bond yields and the role of the European Central Bank in supporting indebted nations. He speaks from London with Maryam ...
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Canada's Dollar Rises as Signs of U.S. Economic Recovery Buoy Confidence
Bloomberg
The price of the 3.25 percent securities maturing in June 2021 fell 5 cents to C$109.71. The loonie has gained 0.9 percent in the past month, according to BloombergCorrelation-Weighted Currency Indexes, a gauge of 10 developed-nation currencies. ...
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Otkritie, UBS, Olympus, News Corp., BP, Boeing in Court News
Bloomberg
“The court's ruling vindicates our position that First Amendment rights do not include the right to endanger the public or infringe on the rights of others by taking over a public space,” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday in an e- mailed ...
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Tokyo Stock Exchange Said to Forgo IPO Plan on Path to 2012 Bid for Osaka
Bloomberg
Photographers: Tomohiro Ohsumi and Tetsuya Yamada/Bloomberg Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Jesper Koll, head of equity research at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Tokyo, talks about the potential merger of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. ...
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World Grain Stocks to Stay Low Through 2012-13, AgResource Says
BusinessWeek
By Tony C. Dreibus Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Global grain stockpiles will remain low through the coming marketing year on increased demand for crops to make fuels and foods, according to Dan Basse, president of researcher AgResource Co. ...
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Olympus May Face Class-Action Lawsuit in US Over Alleged Fraud, Losses
Bloomberg
14 (Bloomberg) -- Jamie Allen, secretary general of the Hong Kong-based Asian Corporate Governance Association, talks about the accounting scandal at Olympus Corp. and corporate governance in Japan. He speaks with Rishaad Salamat on Bloomberg ...
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U.S. Stock-Index Futures Decline on Concern Over Europe's Crisis Response
Bloomberg
A trader works in the JPMorgan Chase & Co. booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Jeffrey Palma, global equity strategist at UBS Securities LLC, talks about the ...
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Bloomberg
The End Of Utopia In Zuccotti Park
BusinessWeek
Likewise good to know that mayor bloomberg is above such restraints like the constitution and the courts. To my last comment just wanted to add one thing on "tax fairness". Died in 2010 worth about $9 billion. Hadn't paid taxes on that fortune b/c it ...
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Canadian Stocks Rise as Copper Gains: Financial Companies Drop
BusinessWeek
Auto-parts maker Martinrea International Inc. surged 8.1 percent to C$7.57 after forecasting higher profit for the year than analysts in a Bloomberg survey had estimated. The company also said it will buy back as many as 4.16 million shares. ...
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Wal-Mart Profit Trails Estimates on Commitment to Low Prices
San Francisco Chronicle
15 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, reported third-quarter profit that trailed analysts' estimates as it kept prices low to prop up sales at US stores. Net income for the quarter ended Oct. 31 declined 2.9 percent to ...
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Funds Risk Losing Entrepreneurial Drive as Managed Assets Grow, Hands Says
Bloomberg
... by Bloomberg. Hands is targeting clean energy and agricultural assets after betting and losing almost a third of his London-based firm's latest 5.4 billion-euro ($7.3 billion) fund on British record label EMI Group Ltd., which Citigroup Inc. (C), ...
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Newt Gingrich Faces Questions About His Past (The Note)
ABC News (blog)
By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) Newt Gingrich spent much of Monday and Tuesday touting his surge in the Republican presidential primary race, but thanks to a Bloomberg News report that broke overnight, he's going to ...
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Fed's Evans Calls for More Stimulus to Address Joblessness
San Francisco Chronicle
15 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said he is calling for "increasing amounts of policy accommodation" to reduce a 9 percent unemployment rate that's far above the Fed's objectives. "We ought to be behaving as if...
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Tokyo Stock Exchange Said to Forgo IPO on Path to Osaka Bid
BusinessWeek
16 (Bloomberg) -- Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. dropped plans to sell shares to the public while it is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Osaka Securities ExchangeCo., a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. ...
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Morning Take-Out
New York Times
... the Goldman Sachs chief executive, Lloyd C. Blankfein, expressed a bullish view on the economy. “The world will snap back and it will be a surprise and it will be faster than people think,” Mr. Blankfein said, according to Bloomberg News. ...
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Wheat Declines as Harvests May Boost Supply, Weather Aids Crops
BusinessWeek
16 (Bloomberg) -- Wheat fell in Chicago as harvests in Australia and Argentina may add to global supply and as rains boost yield prospects in parts of the US, the world's largest exporter of the grain. March-delivery wheat declined 0.9 percent to $6.42 ...
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Goldman Sachs's Blankfein Says World Growth Will 'Snap Back'
San Francisco Chronicle
15 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the fifth- biggest US bank, is preparing for a faster global economic rebound than most forecasters expect, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein said. "I don't think that we can conclude ...
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U.S. Economy: Sales Rise More Than Forecast, Driving Growth
San Francisco Chronicle
15 (Bloomberg) -- Retail sales rose more than projected in October as American shoppers gave the economy a boost at the start of the fourth quarter. The 0.5 percent gain, helped by the biggest jump in electronics purchases in two years, followed a 1.1...
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Philippine Stocks: International Container, Universal Robina
Bloomberg
2. Philippine Bank of Communications said a group led by ISM obtained central bank approval to buy a controlling interest in the lender. To contact the reporter on this story: Ian C. Sayson in Manila at isayson@bloomberg.net.
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Vivendi Said to Raise $427 Million Cutting Activision Stake
BusinessWeek
... C. Bernstein analyst Claudio Aspesi said in a note to clients. Activision is also the publisher of the games “Guitar Hero” and “World of Warcraft.” Deutsche Bank AG managed the stock sale, according to a termsheet obtained by Bloomberg News. ...
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5 Things You Need to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
TheStreet.com
[Bloomberg Businessweek] More woes on Wall Street: Citigroup(C) is weighing 3000 job cuts. [Bloomberg] "You know how screwed up Europe is when you have a German pope and an Italian central banker," hedge fund manager Kyle Bass said of the eurozone ...
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TheStreet.com
Illinois Doubles Underwriters, Uses Lottery to Decide Rotation
Bloomberg
Combined, the three have a market capitalization of more than $172 billion, Bloombergdata show. Between Sept. 9 and Sept. 23, Illinois asked for five volunteers to move down to the co-senior level, Sinsheimer said. The companies that willingly ...
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Philippine Stocks: International Container, Universal Robina
BusinessWeek
By Ian C. Sayson Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in Philippine trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of 12:05 pm. in Manila. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index decreased 0.5 percent...
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Allied Home Mortgage's FHA Privileges Reinstated by Judge
BusinessWeek
15 (Bloomberg) -- Allied Home Mortgage Corp. can originate and underwrite Federal Housing Authority-insured home loans, a judge said, reversing a US agency's suspension of those privileges. The US sued Houston-based Allied Home Mortgage and Chief ...
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US Senate Defense Panel Cuts $27 Billion From Pentagon Budget
BusinessWeek
16 (Bloomberg) -- The US Senate Armed Services Committee is recommending cutting $27 billion from the Pentagon's budget request for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1. The Senate panel yesterday approved the 2012 defense authorization bill, ...
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Olympus Faces US Group Lawsuit Over Alleged Fraud, Losses
BusinessWeek
16 (Bloomberg) -- Olympus Corp., the camera maker being investigated by Japanese, US and UK authorities for alleged accounting irregularities, was sued by an investor in its American depositary receipts seeking class-action status. ...
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Breakfast Meeting, Nov. 16
New York Times (blog)
An editorial published Tuesday morning, before its reporter was arrested, was titled, rather lengthily, “Bravo to Bloomberg's Occupy Wall Street eviction from Zuccotti Park finally reclaiming public space from unsanitary shantytown. ...
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Dead heat in latest Iowa GOP caucuses poll | Iowa Caucus 2012
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By John McCormick (c) 2011, Bloomberg News. Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a dead heat as the top choices for Iowans likely to attend the Jan. 3 Republican presidential caucuses. A Bloomberg News poll ...
Iowa Caucus 2012
Poll: Ron Paul claims frontrunner status, soaring past Gingrich ...
By Stephen C. Webster
A surprising new poll out of Bloomberg News on Tuesday morning found that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) is not the only Republican to benefit from the seeming demise of other prior frontrunners. Beating all the odds and the pundits' ...leading the pack at 28 percent. Earlier polling by Selzer & Co., which conducted Tuesday's Bloomberg poll, found that Paul had solidly claimed third place by mid-Oct. with 12 percent support, trailing Romney at 22 and Cain at 23. ...
The Raw Story
NH-2012 Primary: 40% Romney, 17% Paul, 11% Gingrich, 8% Cain ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Bloomberg / Selzer & Company11/10-12/11; 504 likely Republican primary voters, 4.4% margin of errorMode: Live telephone interviewsBloomberg release New Hampshire.
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China Counterfeit Parts in U.S. Military Aircraft - Bloomberg
Dozens of suspected counterfeit parts have been installed on U.S. defense equipment from Raytheon Co., L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and Boeing Co., ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../counterfeit-parts-from-china-found-o...
Bloomberg News Poll: Four-Way Republican Dead Heat in Iowa ...
A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent, Romney at 18 percent and Gingrich at 17 percent among the likely attendees with the ...
www.dailypaul.com/.../bloomberg-news-poll-iowa-cain-20-pa...
Citigroup Holdings Pared by Paulson, Lansdowne Funds as Bank's ...
Inc. Photographer: Rick Maiman/Bloomberg Paulson & Co., Lansdowne Partners LP and Lone Pine Capital LLC were among investment firms that cut stakes in ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../hedge-funds-ejected-citigroup-as-sha...
Facebook, FTC in talks over privacy settings
Article:Facebook, FTC in talks over privacy settings:/c/a/2011/11/11/ BU0J1LTRDB.DTL. Article:Facebook ... over privacy settings. Sara Forden, Bloomberg News ...
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Fed's Evans Calls For More Economic Stimulus Steps to Address ...
Photographer: Tim Boyle/Bloomberg Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President ...San Francisco Fed President John C. Williams said today the central bank may ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../fed-s-evans-calls-for-more-economic...
Goldman Sachs's Asia Co-President Yusuf Alireza Leaves Company ...
Yusuf Alireza, who was promoted to co-president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s operations in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan in January, is leaving after ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../goldman-s-asia-co-president-alireza-d...
Clinton to Make 'Positive Announcement' on U.S. AIDS Program c ...
Clinton to Make 'Positive Announcement' on U.S. AIDS Program c.2011 Bloomberg News. Article; Comments (0). text size: AAA. By Bloomberg News. Nov. ...
www.dailyherald.com/article/20111107/business/711079876/
China to allow foreign companies to list: Bloomberg|Economy ...
China is close to giving foreign companies the green light to sell shares on its stock markets, allowing companies to earn higher valuations and gain access to ...
www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id...cid...
Wall St. Pay Expected to Fall 20% to 30% - NYTimes.com
Lloyd C. Blankfein, chief of Goldman Sachs. Jay Mallin/Bloomberg NewsLloyd C. Blankfein, chief of Goldman Sachs. Wall Street bonuses are set to fall by an ...
dealbook.nytimes.com/.../wall-st-pay-is-expected-to-drop-20-t...
Ohio Repeals Union Law in Vote That Sets Stage for 2012 Election ...
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ASIA News, Nov 16, 2011


As S.East Asia embraces Myanmar, Japan sizes up investments
Reuters AlertNet
By Ben Blanchard and Yoko Nishikawa NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 16 (Reuters) - As Southeast Asia applauds signs of reform in Myanmar, Japan hinted on Wednesday at the prospect of more investments in the reclusive, authoritarian state following a wave of...
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Waterford's Asia Langley Wins 2 Events In Class S State Swimming Championships
Hartford Courant
MIDDLETOWN – — Before Asia Langley started the 2011 girls swimming season the freshman from Waterford was just hoping she could get times good enough to qualify for the state championships. She not only qualified easily, Tuesday she made history. ...
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S. China Sea discussion 'appropriate' for summit: US
AFP
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — Responding to criticism from Beijing, the United States on Tuesday defended President Barack Obama's right to raise territorial disputes in the South China Sea at the East Asia Summit in Bali over the weekend. ...
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S'pore school opts for desktop virtualization
ZDNet Asia
By Liau Yun Qing , ZDNet Asia on November 16, 2011 (5 hours ago) Temasek Polytechnic deploys virtualization tech to help students get better access to compute resources and cut down on manpower and capital investment costs, exec says. ...
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S'pore bank finds opportunity, challenge in mobile era
ZDNet Asia
By Eileen Yu , ZDNet Asia on November 16, 2011 (12 hours ago) The proliferation of Internet-enabled mobile devices and growing adoption of social networks have pushed one Singapore bank to relook the way it interacts with its customers, in particular, ...
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Europe apos;s woes pushing India into risk aversion mode: HSBC
Moneycontrol.com
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Arjuna Mahendran, the managing director of Head Investment Strategy Asia, HSBC Private Bank said that India has undeperformed its BRIC counterparts which have done considerably better in the last few weeks.
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Threadneedle's Allen Sues Carnelian to Be Removed as Director
BusinessWeek
16 (Bloomberg) -- Jonathan Allen, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.'s head of hedge fund sales in Asia, sued his former company Carnelian Capital Pte in Singapore to be removed as a director, saying it has strained ties with his employer. ...
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IOA writes to PM on S Asian Games
Indian Sports news
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify the Government stand regarding hosting of the South Asian Games (SAG) in Delhi next year. In a letter to Dr. Singh, IOA acting president Vijay Kumar ...
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S. Korea's Lee pushes for US trade deal approval
英文中國郵報
The two countries are key security allies in Asia, with about 28500 American troops stationed in South Korea as deterrence against potential North Korean provocations. South Korea, a major exporter of industrial goods such as automobiles and consumer...
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Asian Currencies Decline as Europe Funding Woes Heighten Risks
BusinessWeek
Elsewhere, Singapore's dollar dropped 0.2 percent to S$1.2964 and Thailand's baht was steady at 30.85. The Philippine peso depreciated 0.3 percent to 43.495 per dollar. --With assistance from Andrea Wong in Taipei, Jiyeun Lee in Seoul and Kyoungwha Kim...
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S'poreans may soon enjoy visa-free travel to Brazil
Channel News Asia
By Wayne Chan | Posted: 16 November 2011 2205 hrs SINGAPORE: Singapore and Brazil are getting closer to signing a partial Visa Abolition Agreement which would allow ordinary passport holders from both countries to enjoy visa-free facilities. ...
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Asia Naphtha/Gasoline-Cracks rebound; at 2-week high
Reuters Africa
PRODUCT Price Prev Change JAN12 NAPHTHA NAF-1H-TYO 889.50/890.50 874.50 +15.50 SPOT NAPHTHA NETBACK NAF-SIN 96.45/96.55 94.78 +1.72 DEC NAPHTHA SWAPS NAF-1M-S 890.00/892.00 877.50 +13.50 Jan NAPHTHA SWAPS NAF-1M-S891.50/893.50 880.25 +12.25 SPOT ...
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Indian shares to open lower, oil firms watched
Reuters
S.Korea... SE Asia....... Hong Kong... Taiwan.... Australia/NZ.... India....... China..... OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street .... Gold ....... Currency.. Eurostocks..... Oil ........ JP bonds... ADR Report ..... LME metals. US bonds.. Stocks News US. ...
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Contact lens market in Asia booming
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - Contact lenses are big business in Asia, with the latest quarter sales hitting more than 131 million pieces and raking in more than US$211 million (S$273 million), global market research firm GfK said. Although positive growth was recorded ...
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S'pore investing heavily in cruise infrastructure
Channel News Asia
Speaking at the inaugural Cruise Shipping Asia 2011 Convention, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Mr Teo Ser Luck said upgrading work at the International Cruise Terminal will see the number of berths double by the second quarter of next year. ...
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S. Africa seeks DNA of rhino horns seized in Hong Kong
Bangkok Post
Officials blame the poaching surge on organised crime syndicates selling horns for use in Asian medicinal treatments, where it is believed to cure cancer. In July, South Africa and China agreed to strengthen a cooperation agreement on wildlife ...
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S'pore shares end weaker
Channel News Asia
Volume totalled 1.62 billion shares valued at S$1.09 billion. Libra topped the active list, dropping 25.5 cents to 31.5 cents after more than 91.3 million shares were traded. Noble Group and Golden Agri both edged up half a cent to S$1.20 and 67.5 ...
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Asian Stocks, U.S. Futures Retreat on Italy Concern; Euro Falls
San Francisco Chronicle
The Chinese supermarket operator and Bharti Airtel Ltd., India's largest mobile-phone company, are among the stocks that will be added to MSCI Inc.'s global indexes, the New York-based company said. China's 10-year government bonds climbed after the ...
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S.Korea-Market Factors to watch Nov 16
Reuters
(Reuters News welcomes your feedback and for any queries, please contact the Seoul newsroom at +822 3704 5640 or via email at kr.rtrs@gmail.com) WHAT IS HAPPENING IN KOREA (ALL TIMES LOCAL) >HSBC's Asia economist and fellow experts speak to media on ...
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Keen to tap Asia-Pacific, Japan markets: CA Technologies
MSN India
Elster said the company s global share of the mainframe technologies market stands at 26 per cent at present, while the Nasdaq-listed firm enjoyed a 30 per cent share globally in the portfolio management segment, besides about 25 per cent on services ...
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Asia Carbon Industries, Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter Financial Results
Daily Markets (press release)
Asia Carbon is one of the top ten carbon black producers in the province and has established relationships with a high-profile customer base. The Company went public in 2010 through a registration statement on Form S-1 which was declared effective by ...
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Morgan Stanley calls on India to accelerate policy reforms
MSN India
Singapore, Nov 16 (PTI) The Indian government must accelerate implementation of major policy reforms to attract investments and keep up with projected economic growth, Morgan Stanley Asia''s managing director Chetan Ahya said today. ...
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VisionChina Media Inc.'s Board of Directors Issues Formal Vote of Confidence ...
Sacramento Bee
16, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- VisionChina Media Inc. ("VisionChina Media" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: VISN), one of China's largest out-of-home digital television advertising networks on mass transportation systems, today announced its Board of ...
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SEA Games: S'pore get gold in wakeboarding
Channel News Asia
By Nabil Rusydi | Posted: 16 November 2011 2052 hrs The 18 year old, who is the IWWF Asian Wakeboard Championships bronze medallist, clinched gold with a score of 60.45. Sasha was the favourite to win the event and did not disappoint with her fine ...
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Foot-long shrimp evoke caution
StarNewsOnline.com
s Danny Hieranymus shows a tiger shrimp that Capt. Todd Southerland caught Wednesday near Frying Pan Shoals. By Kate Elizabeth Queram When Denny McCuiston had his first close encounter with the super-sized Asian tiger shrimp – a hefty, spindly, ...
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Indian shares fall 1 pct, state refiners hit 2-yr lows
Reuters
S.Korea... SE Asia....... Hong Kong... Taiwan.... Australia/NZ.... India....... China..... OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street .... Gold ....... Currency.. Eurostocks..... Oil ........ JP bonds... ADR Report ..... LME metals. US bonds.. Stocks News US. ...
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'Be global in perspective,' local firms urged
BusinessWorld Online Edition
ING Asia is coming out fresh from closing what is now considered the largest consolidation between two Filipino companies -- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.'s (PLDT) $2.4-billion acquisition of Digital Telecommunications, Inc. (Digitel) last ...
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Thailand - Market factors to watch - Nov 16
Reuters
S.Korea... SE Asia..... Hong Kong... Taiwan.... Australia/NZ.. India....... China..... * OTHER MARKETS: Wall Street .. Gold ....... Currency.. Eurostocks... Oil ........ JP bonds... ADR Report ... LME metals. US bonds.. Stocks News US Stocks News ...
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Nomura Heads of India Investment Banking, ECM Said to Leave
San Francisco Chronicle
16 (Bloomberg) -- Three of Nomura Holdings Inc.'s most senior executives in India are leaving the firm as Japan's largest investment bank trims jobs in Asia and Europe following its first quarterly loss in two years, three people with direct knowledge ...
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President Benigno S. Aquino III To attend the 19th Association of the ...
By Online
Manila, Philippines – President Benigno S. Aquino III is leaving for Bali, Indonesia, to attend the 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders' Summit on November 17-19, 2011. It will be his 13th foreign travel since he ...
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Obama to Head for Australia (Channel News Asia ...
By MaritimeSecurity.Asia
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is heading for Australia on the next leg of his tour of the Asia-Pacific rim. After his two-day visit to Australia, Obama will head for the East Asian summit in Bali. All week, he will be emphasising that ...
MaritimeSecurity.Asia
S. Asia summit falls short of meeting goals - Asia News Network
The annual South Asian summit is poised to end in disappointment for host Maldives today, falling short of goals such as deadlines to cut trade barriers, even as ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=23804
TURKEY Erdogan's religious acrobatics: Nicaea council church ...
Istanbul (AsiaNews) - The specter of Aghia Sophia continues to plague the Islamic world of Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey. Not the most famous symbol of the church ...
www.asianews.it/.../Erdogan's-religious-acrobatics:-Nicaea-cou...
Neglected Diseases Afflict South Asia's Poor | Health | English - News
At a time when economists predict that South Asia's economy will grow, health experts point to hundreds of millions suffering from neglected infections, often as ...
www.voanews.com/.../Neglected-Diseases-Afflict-S-Asias-Poor...
South Asian nations seek closer links
South Asian countries meet as part of efforts to implement closer trade relations within the region.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15676752
Obama's Asia trip: China's territorial assertiveness rises as key ...
As he heads for Australia and then Indonesia this week, the South East Asian nations welcome Obama's visit to re-assert Washington's Pacific priorities. ...
www.csmonitor.com/.../Obama-s-Asia-trip-China-s-territorial-a...
Asia's Smaller Hedge Funds Woo Millionaires Amid Cash Squeeze
By Netty Ismail - Tue Nov 15 07:44:22 GMT 2011 Among Citigroup Inc.'s ... The MSCIAsia Pacific Index declined about 12 percent during the period. ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../asia-s-smaller-hedge-funds-woo-milli...
Celtic's Ki unlikely to be selected by South Korea | Australia/Asia ...
Celtic's Ki unlikely to be selected by South Korea ... South Korea manager Cho Kwang-rae has indicated that Ki Sung-yeung will .... More: Australia/Asia News ...
www.tribalfootball.com/.../celtic-s-ki-unlikely-be-selected-sout...
S'pore school opts for desktop virtualization - ZDNet Asia News
Temasek Polytechnic deploys virtualization tech to help students get better access to compute resources and cut down on manpower and capital investment ...
www.zdnetasia.com/spore-school-opts-for-desktop-virtualizati...
India, Pakistan officials meet before S. Asia summit - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Senior officials from arch-rivals India and Pakistan met in the Maldives Tuesday as they prepared for a summit of South Asian nations in the ...
news.yahoo.com/india-pakistan-officials-meet-asia-summit-17...
South East Asia Property Awards partners with Channel News Asia ...
“This is great news for the South East Asia Property Awards and regional real estate in general,” said Terry Blackburn, CEO of event organizers Ensign Media. ...
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CNNGo 2.0 - LifeStyle News from Asia - S60v5 - S^3 - Anna - Belle ...
CNNGo 2.0 - LifeStyle News from Asia - S60v5 - S^3 - Anna - Belle - Free App Download. Introducing your ultimate travel companion – CNNGo's official mobile ...
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India tests nuclear capable 'Agni-II Prime' missile | South Asia ...
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President Barack Obama, who calls himself “America's first Pacific president,” is pressing Americans to think more about Asia -- and, in some ways, to think more ...
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