Archive for February 27th, 2008
Company, bank, stock market briefs Feb 27
* The State Securities Commission (SSC) on February 22 granted license for the Vinaconex Advanced Compound Stone Joint Stock Co (Vicostone-coded VCS) with a chartered capital [...]
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STC continues falling, HaSTC rallies
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (STC) today February 27 continued falling on the stock market when the VN Index lost another 6.42 points or 0.92% to close at 685.49 pts with [...]
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Bird flu kills woman in north
Bird flu killed a school teacher from northern Vietnam in the country’s 51st death from the disease, and health officials fretted Tuesday February 26 that the virus [...]
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Pakistan lifts YouTube ban, says world outage ‘accidental’
Pakistan said it had lifted a ban on YouTube Tuesday February 26 after the website removed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, adding that an earlier worldwide outage sparked [...]
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Archipelago Resources says Archipelago Metals spin-off ‘heavily oversubscribed’
AIM-listed miner Archipelago Resources PLC said it has successfully completed the spin-off of Archipelago Metals Ltd and that the offer was “heavily [...]
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Newmont says Indonesia has extended divestiture deadline
Newmont Mining Corp said Monday February 25 it has received an extension until March 3 to resolve a dispute with the Indonesian government over the divestment of part of its [...]
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Coastal Energy issues Thailand drilling update
Coastal Energy (the “Company” or “Coastal”) (TSX VENTURE:CEN)(AIM:CEO) an independent exploration and production company with assets in South-East [...]
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Phantom Russian gold miner in Burma deal
Eric Ambler once told the tale of a clapped-out Australian reporter, based in Hong Kong, whose near-bankrupt newsletter suddenly starts to make a fortune on its classified [...]
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East Asia Minerals expands Binebase towards Bawone, with 2.72 g/t gold over 29.9 metres from surface
East Asia Minerals Corp (TSX VENTURE:EAS -News) is pleased to report that drilling on the Binebase Prospect at the Sangihe Property, Indonesia, continues to encounter [...]
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Vietnam reports additional bird flu-hit province
Vietnam’s Department of Animal Health said on Sunday February 24 bird flu has recently hit fowls in northern Ninh Binh province, raising the total number of affected [...]
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Egyptian girl tests positive for bird flu-MENA
A 4-year-old Egyptian girl tested positive for bird flu on Monday February 25, the 44th confirmed human case in the Arab world’s most populous country, state news [...]
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China bird flu victim ate sick chickens: officials
A woman in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, which she probably contracted from sick poultry she kept in her backyard, Hong Kong [...]
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Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary hospitalised indefinitely: officials
Detained Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary, one of five top regime officials expected to face a UN-backed trial over Cambodia’s 1970s genocide, has been hospitalised [...]
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US slaps more sanctions on supporters of Burma regime
The United States on Monday February 25 said it was imposing additional economic sanctions on supporters of Burma’s military regime which it accuses of grave human [...]
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Bank of Thailand may refrain from rate cut on inflation concern
Thailand’s central bank may refrain from cutting its benchmark interest rate to spur economic growth amid concern inflation will accelerate. The Bank of Thailand will [...]
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