Archive for November, 2007
Company, bank, stock market briefs Nov 30
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange today November 30 continued its downward trend when the VN Index lost another 7.74 points or 0.78% to close at 972.35 (after 11 am) with the [...]
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Stock market recovery short lived
The Stock market to date has still seen no signal of recovery due to ending the session on November 29, the VN Index lost another 4.48 points or 0.45% to 980.09 pts, marking [...]
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Botched coup bid in Philippines ends without casualties
Elite military and police units stormed the Manila Peninsula Hotel on Thursday November 29, ending a short-lived coup attempt by a small group of soldiers and others who had [...]
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Australian mining company begins in Cambodia
Australia’s Southern Gold Ltd has commenced mining for gold in north-eastern Cambodia, the company said Wednesday November 28. In a statement also released to the [...]
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Vietnam issues license for 1st 100% foreign-owned refinery
Vietnam has issued a license for Technostar Management Ltd of the UK and Russia’s Telloil to build a US$1.7 billion oil refinery near the Vung Ro seaport in Phu Yen [...]
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Data from Spratlys oil, gas survey ‘encouraging’: PNOC
A seismic survey jointly conducted by the Philippines, China and Vietnam to assess the potential oil an gas reserves in an area of the South China Sea including the disputed [...]
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Vietnam forecasts November coal output +2.5% on yr at 3.573m tonnes
Vietnam’s coal production is likely to rise 2.5% on year to 3.573 million metric tonnes in November, the General Statistical Office said Wednesday November 28. The [...]
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Face masks recommended to block bird flu
Face masks and regular hand-washing are more likely to halt the spread of a deadly flu than all the antiviral drugs stockpiled worldwide, Australian experts say. A global [...]
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New disinfectant to help fight bird flu
Major concerns arise regarding bird flu being more of a threat ahead of the cold winter season. Now, a new disinfectant against AI has been launched, which can withstand [...]
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Bird flu breaks out in Vung Tau
Some 6,400 chickens in Vietnam’s southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province have died of unidentified causes since early this month, while the country’s poultry flock is [...]
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Roche accepts FDA’s proposal for new warning labels on Tamiflu
Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG has accepted a recommendation by a US Food and Drug Administration panel to put a stronger warning label on its flu treatment Tamiflu, a [...]
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Bulgaria shuts markets after Romanian bird flu outbreak
Bulgaria on Wednesday November 28 closed poultry markets in the northeast of the country after bird flu was detected in a village over the border in southeast Romania, the [...]
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Handwashing better than drugs in virus control
Physical barriers, such as regular handwashing and wearing masks, gloves and gowns, may be more effective than drugs to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses such as [...]
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Muslim crucified, two Buddhists beheaded in Thailand: police
A Muslim military informant was shot and crucified, while two Buddhist men were beheaded Wednesday November 28 by suspected Islamic separatists in Thailand’s restive [...]
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Thai automotive exports soar 25.9%
Thailand exported more than half a million vehicles in the first ten months of this year, up 25.9% compared with 2006, industry sources said Thursday. According to statistics [...]
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