Archive for June 11th, 2011
Taiwan says 600 arrested in Asian swindling rings
Swindling rings busted around Asia had duped tens of thousands of mostly Chinese and Taiwanese victims through a variety of money scams, Taiwanese police said Friday after [...]
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Asian marts mixed in nervous trading
Asian markets were mixed yesterday Friday Jun 10 after the Dow Jones Industrial Average in New York rose for the first time in six sessions but a rate increase in South Korea [...]
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Japan marks three months since tsunami
Japan Saturday marked three months since its devastating quake-tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis, with the prime minister visiting the disaster zone and thousands set for [...]
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US urges peaceful end to South China Sea tensions
The United States is “troubled” by tensions triggered by a maritime border dispute in the South China Sea, US officials said Friday, calling for a [...]
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Flooding in central China kills 41; 33 missing
More flooding across central China has killed 41 people, state media reported Friday, bringing the total killed in seasonal flooding this year to at least 95. Torrential [...]
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Vietnam plans live-fire drill after China dispute
Vietnam-A squabble over territory in the South China Sea escalated Friday when Vietnam announced a live ammunition drill in an apparent response to China’s demand that [...]
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Vietnam Govt to step up state firm sales
The Vietnamese government will accelerate privatisation of state-owned companies and will not rescue failing banks, deputy prime minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said on Thursday, [...]
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VN needs more aid to ensure steady growth
Vietnam is seeking more assistance in poverty reduction, construction of new rural centres and reducing the effects of climate change, to ensure macroeconomic stability and [...]
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Vietnam commits to stabilisation policies into next yr
Vietnam will maintain its macroeconomic stabilisation policies into next year and possibly beyond, and as a result economic growth will be below a target set by the ruling [...]
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Indonesia still planning global sukuk as it waits for approval
Indonesia is still planning a sale of dollar-denominated Islamic bonds in the second half even though it has yet to get approval for state-owned land and office buildings to [...]
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Indonesian tax dispute shuts out Hollywood blockbusters
The months of June, July and August are when Hollywood releases its blockbusters, the big-budget films aimed at appealing to global audiences. But this year in Indonesia, an [...]
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Indonesia keeps interest rate at 6.75pct for a fourth month as rupiah climbs
Indonesia’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fourth straight month as a strengthening currency helped contain inflation in Southeast [...]
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Thai prices at 32-month high ‘must be free,’ Yingluck says
Thailand’s opposition Pheu Thai party, leading in polls before a July 3 election, favours letting prices of consumer goods move freely as the country faces inflation at [...]
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2 foreigners, Thai nabbed for spying
Thai security authorities arrested a Cambodian, a Vietnamese and a Thai man for espionage in a village adjacent to Cambodia in Si Sa Ket province. Police and paramilitary [...]
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Mobius optimistic on Thailand as shares fall
The biggest stock-market tumble worldwide hasn’t dented Mark Mobius’s optimism for Thailand, even as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Credit Suisse Group AG advise [...]
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