Archive for April 7th, 2012
Mixed in subdued activity
Asian markets were mixed in limited holiday trade yesterday amid renewed eurozone debt fears as attention turned to Spain’s finances after a weak bond auction earlier [...]
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Philippines stages bloody Easter crucifixions (video)
Roman Catholic fanatics in the Philippines had themselves nailed to the cross Friday in a bloody display of religious frenzy as the Christian world marked the day Jesus was [...]
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‘Anonymous’ says it will hack more Chinese sites
The hacking group Anonymous said Friday it would continue targeting China, after announcing it had hacked hundreds of Chinese websites to protest against Internet censorship [...]
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China paper tells soldiers to ignore Internet rumours
China’s main military newspaper told soldiers Friday to ignore Internet gossip and close ranks around the government, in the latest sign of official unease ahead of a [...]
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HK’s border war over ‘green buffer’
Sandwiched between Hong Kong and Shenzhen – two of the world’s busiest metropolises – lies a Cold War-era anomaly: a 26 square kilometer green zone that is [...]
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Citibank maintains Taiwan 2012 economic growth forecast at 3.7pct
Citibank predicted Thursday that Taiwan’s economy will grow 3.7 percent in 2012, citing mild growth in exports in the second half of the year and limited impact from [...]
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Taiwan likely to exempt some foreign investors from tax
Overseas investors without offices and direct business operations in Taiwan will be exempt “in principle” from a capital-gains tax on stock trades that the [...]
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Taipei chips in
It was not too long ago that Taiwan’s now-gloomy D-Ram memory chip and flat panel industries were seen as the ‘twin stars’ of the island’s technology [...]
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Samsung estimates Q1 operating profit at $5.14 billion
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics estimated first-quarter operating profit at 5.8 trillion won ($5.14 billion), a 97 percent rise from a year earlier. The world’s [...]
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Korea’s unloved chaebol
If you are a South Korean you might well wake up in a Samsung-built apartment, watch the news on an LG television, drive a Hyundai car to work and make a dinner reservation [...]
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Korea poll watchdog rebukes finance ministry
South Korea’s election watchdog accused the government Thursday of violating its duty to remain neutral ahead of a closely fought general election next week. The rare [...]
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Foreign direct investment in Korea jumps in Q1
Foreign direct investment in South Korea jumped 17 percent on-year to $2.34 billion in the first quarter of this year thanks to an inflow of funds from advanced [...]
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Korea, US practice stabilising N.Korea in civil war
The annual joint South Korean and US exercises dubbed “Key Resolve” last month for the first time practiced deploying more than 100,000 South Korean troops in [...]
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N Korean refugee stands for parliament in the South
By the time Pyongyang’s rubber stamp parliament meets on April 13 to anoint Kim Jong-un as the third of his line to rule the impoverished state, 53-year old Cho [...]
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N. Korea says interception of its satellite is an act of war
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ratcheted up his regime’s militaristic rhetoric as Pyongyang threatened to retaliate against any country that intercepts a North [...]
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