Archive for May 4th, 2011
Both bourses see contrary movements after long holiday
After a long holiday, Vietnam stock market today resumed trading with contrary movements on both bourses Hochiminh Stock Exchange (STC) and Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX). [...]
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Asian markets down after Wall Street drops
A batch of weaker-than-expected earnings that interrupted a two-week rally on Wall Street also sent stocks lower in Asia on Wednesday. Sentiment for riskier assets also was [...]
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May Day mayhem across the globe
Hundreds of thousands of people across the world attended May Day rallies to defend workers’ rights, which they say are under fresh attack from austerity measures, and [...]
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Thailand’s BOT takes hawkish stand in fight against inflation
The Bank of Thailand has its monetary guns trained squarely at inflation, as it fears that a continued rise in the global prices of food and crude oil could fuel local price [...]
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China faces internal pressure on yuan
Inflation and consumer unhappiness are growing, pressuring the Chinese government to do something besides undervaluing its currency, the yuan, economists said. For years, [...]
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Prosecutors: N Korea hacked bank files
The North Korean intelligence agency was behind the cyberattack on a South Korean bank’s computer system last month, South Korean prosecutors said Tuesday. Prosecutors [...]
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Indonesia falls short of oil production target
Indonesia’s target to produce 970,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) this year seems to be more difficult to achieve following the announcement from oil and gas regulator [...]
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Resource Mining Corporation Limited (ASX:RMI) Update On Wowo Gap Exploration
An internationally experienced independent expert in nickel laterite exploration data and modelling has praised Perth-based specialist mineral exploration company Resource [...]
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National Aluminium seeks to buy 24pct of Indonesian coal mine
National Aluminium Co., seeking to build a smelter and a power plant in Indonesia, is in talks with two coal companies to buy a stake of as much as 24 percent in one of their [...]
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Indonesia to miss production target
Indonesia looks unlikely to hit its production target of 970,000 barrels of oil per day for the year following recent data from the country’s upstream regulator. [...]
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New Guinea Gold receives independent report for Sinivit Gold Project, PNG
New Guinea Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NGG)(FRANKFURT:NG8) (“NGG” or the “Company”) announces it has received the Technical Review for the Sinivit [...]
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Mixed in cautious sentiment
Stocks in Asia were mixed yesterday Tuesday May 3 amid gloom over European debt after Wall Street failed to provide any inspiration despite an initial bounce on news that [...]
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Thai king recovering after spinal tap procedure
Thailand’s 83-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej is recovering from a medical procedure to relieve a condition that made him walk unsteadily. The Royal Household Bureau [...]
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Rights group slams Thailand over crackdown deaths
An international human rights group urged Thailand on Tuesday to properly investigate dozens of deaths during a military crackdown on anti-government protests last year, and [...]
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Bin Laden unarmed when shot dead: US
The United States revealed Tuesday that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US commandos shot him dead and said the Pakistani authorities had been kept in the dark because they [...]
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