Archive for July 7th, 2012

Singapore International Water Week 2012 Closes on a High

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | ACN Newswire (press release) | 9:20 AM

Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2012, held from 1 – 5 July and themed “Water Solutions for Liveable and Sustainable Cities”, achieved a new record [...]
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Asia: Downbeat sentiment

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | Business Times | Reuters | AFP | Bloomberg | AP | 8:53 AM

Asian markets fell yesterday Friday July 6 as apparently coordinated action by Europe and China to stimulate growth failed to reassure wary investors ahead of US jobs data [...]
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Thai court defers key ruling on PM party

Thai court defers key ruling on PM party

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | AFP | 8:42 AM

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday deferred ruling for a week on an incendiary charter amendment case that could lead to the dissolution of the ruling party. The [...]
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China may miss 2012 trade growth target: vice premier

China may miss 2012 trade growth target: vice premier

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | Reuters | 8:41 AM

China will have difficulty meeting its 10 percent trade growth target this year, vice Premier Wang Qishan said in published comments, underlining challenges to supporting [...]
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Taiwan, Korea hold economic consultation‎

Taiwan, Korea hold economic consultation‎

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | Taiwantoday | 8:40 AM

The Taiwan-South Korea Economic Consultation concluded July 3 in Seoul, paving the way for stronger business ties between two of Asia’s most competitive economies, [...]
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10 aid workers held in Burma: UN

10 aid workers held in Burma: UN

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | AFP | 8:37 AM

Ten aid workers including some UN staff have been detained in western Myanmar in the wake of deadly communal unrest, the body said Friday, as rights groups warned of mass [...]
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Obama raps China, Romney in debut campaign bus tour

Obama raps China, Romney in debut campaign bus tour

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | AFP | 8:36 AM

President Barack Obama heralded his first re-election campaign bus tour with a new trade blast at China and fresh accusations his White House foe Mitt Romney helped send US [...]
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Germany’s Merkel to make first official trip to Indonesia

Germany’s Merkel to make first official trip to Indonesia

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | AFP | 8:35 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will make her first official visit to Indonesia next week for talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and business leaders, her [...]
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Japan panel blames disaster on negligence

Japan panel blames disaster on negligence

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | WSJ | 8:34 AM

Japan’s nuclear accident was caused by negligence on the part of government, regulators and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., 9501.TO -1.29 percent a [...]
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Investment protection pact with China may be signed soon: SEF head

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | Focustaiwan | 8:33 AM

Taipei, July 6 (CNA) The next round of high-level cross-Taiwan Strait talks can be expected in a month, when a long-stalled investment protection pact will be signed, [...]
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Chinese police ‘smash’ trafficking gangs, frees 181

Chinese police ‘smash’ trafficking gangs, frees 181

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | BBC | 8:31 AM

Chinese police have broken up two major child trafficking gangs and freed 181 children, officials say. Authorities arrested 802 suspects on Monday in an operation across the [...]
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Yumiko Cheng safely returns to HK

Yumiko Cheng safely returns to HK

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | AFP | 7:01 AM

Hong Kong singer Yumiko Cheng accidentally fell off from a hill in Phuket, Thailand last month and went into a coma for two days before reviving, and stayed at a local [...]
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Taiwan to set new ingredient rules for infant milk formula

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | China Post | 7:01 AM

Taiwan has decided to follow in the footsteps of a UN commission in setting the limit of melamine in infant milk formulas. Thecommission set a recommended limit of 0.15 [...]
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Taiwan dollar steady this week as inflation counters slowdown

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | Bloomberg | 7:01 AM

Taiwan’s dollar was little changed this week as accelerating inflation added to the case for policy makers to favour a stronger currency, countering concerns over [...]
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Taiwan’s HTC pleased with UK court victory over Apple

Taiwan’s HTC pleased with UK court victory over Apple

07-Jul-2012 Intellasia | AFP | 7:01 AM

Taiwan’s leading smartphone maker HTC Thursday hailed as a victory a British court ruling that it did not infringe on a patent owned by the US technology giant Apple. [...]
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