Archive for June, 2012
China’s Hu in HK for handover anniversary
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday urged Hong Kong’s restive people to embrace the motherland as he visited the financial citadel for the 15th anniversary of its [...]
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POWER-GEN Asia Launches Preliminary Conference Programme for Annual Gathering of Power Industry Professionals
POWER-GEN Asia, the region’s premier conference and exhibition for the electric power generation industry, has announced the preliminary conference programme of its [...]
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Asian marts higher on surprise EU accord
Asian markets and the euro surged yesterday after eurozone leaders struck a surprise deal to allow the bloc’s bailout fund to directly support struggling banks and [...]
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Burma govt chides Suu Kyi for calling country Burma
Myanmar’s government berated Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday for disrespecting the constitution by calling the country Burma, the latest sign of a straining [...]
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Tens of thousands protest Japan nuclear restart
Tens of thousands of people rallied outside the Japanese prime minister’s residence in Tokyo Friday in one of the largest demonstrations held against the restart of [...]
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Australia MPs warned of more refugee deaths
Australian politicians were warned Friday of more asylum-seeker boat deaths while parliament goes on a six-week winter break after they failed to reach a compromise on the [...]
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China says plane hijack attempt thwarted
Six members of China’s Uighur minority tried to hijack a plane flying from a restive city in the far-western Xinjiang region on Friday but crew members and passengers [...]
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Japanese fans flock to meet Korea boyband
Thousands of Japanese fans flocked to South Korea to see an exhibition dedicated to boyband JYJ and meet members of the K-pop group who have taken Asia by storm. JYJ has [...]
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Indochine Mining Limited (ASX:IDC) Drilling Update
Drilling has advanced successfully at Indochine Mining’s (ASX:IDC) major gold/silver project at Mt Kare, in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with 47 holes completed, and 3 holes [...]
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Aegion Corporation Awarded Two CIPP Projects Totalling $9.3 Million (USD) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Aegion Corporation (nasdaq global select market:AEGN) announced the award today of two subcontracts for its Malaysian subsidiary, Insituform Linings Asia Sdn Bhd, with a [...]
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US exempts China, Singapore from Iran sanctions
The United States on Thursday exempted China and Singapore from sanctions over purchases of oil from Iran hours before a deadline, saying that major economies were united in [...]
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Asia Pacific lending down 26pct at half year
Asia Pacific lending, excluding Japan, was 26 percent lower at $128 billion in the first six months of 2012, compared to a year earlier, as companies opted to raise bonds and [...]
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Specialty insurer learns business continuity from adversity
One of the world’s most recognised insurance company, serving over 76 million customers in 70 countries, Allianz obviously places great emphasis on the need to be [...]
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Asia’s financial sector still wary of cloud
Cybersecurity concerns are especially pertinent to Singapore’s C-level executives in the finance and banking sector when it comes to migrating IT processes to cloud [...]
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HK resist pressure to identify with ‘motherland’
As Hong Kong prepares to mark the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule with celebratory fireworks and also angry street protests, Cheung Kwok-wah, a senior [...]
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