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Breaking News Sat, 13 Mar 2010
US Airways
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Geese Force Jets to Land
| ROCHESTER (AP) — Bird strikes forced emergency landings by two passenger jets shortly after takeoff on consecutive days at Northeastern airports, aviation officials said this week. | Officials... (photo: Creative Commons / randomduck)
The New York Times
President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama speaks at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
Beijing   China   Photos   President   US  
Don't politicise yuan, China tells Obama
BEIJING: The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched towards a potential bust-up over Beijing’s currenc... (photo: AP / Odd Andersen)
The Times Of India
President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall style meeting at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, as part of his China fires back at Obama's call for stronger yuan
| Beijing: The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said yesterday, as the two countries lurched towards a potential bust-up over Beijing's currenc... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Gulf News
Beijing   China   Photos   Politics   US  
Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Google, USA Google may pay the price of success
| In 2006, when Google's CEO Eric Schmidt spoke at the Dubai Leaders Forum, the reception he received was all warm and fuzzy. Everyone wanted to talk to him, and everyone wanted to know what Google wa... (photo: World Economic Forum / Andy Mettler) Gulf News
Business   Dubai   Google   Photos   Technology  
Top Stories
Mexico billionaire Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, talks about art and the economy during a visit to the Museo Alameda, in San Antonio, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim unseats Bill Gates to top Forbes rich list
| Richest man: Carlos Slim Helu | A Mexican billionaire has today been named the world’s richest person – knocking Bill Gates off the top spot for only the se... (photo: AP / Eric Gay) The Daily Mail
Billionaire   Billionaires   Forbes   Helu   Photos  
polluted water near river - Pune - India  Pollution levels prompt Hong Kong warning
| Pollution in central Hong Kong reached high levels on Thursday, prompting the government to issue a health warning. | People with respiratory illnesses were warned to a... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Independent online
China   Health   Hong Kong   Photos   Pollution  
A Chinese man takes notes near a display charting stock prices at a securities company in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008. Chinese stocks rebounded in afternoon trading Tuesday after falling to their lowest level in more than two years Monday. The rally followed surges in regional markets as governments around Asia pledged market-boosting measure Asian stocks lower amid spike in China inflation
| Most markets were modestly higher in the first two hours of trading but reversed course as the latest figures raised doubts about the outlook for major economies. | Oil... (photo: AP) The Press Democrat
Asia   China   Inflation   Markets   Photos  
An investor smiles as she walks past the stock price monitor at a private securities company Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares rose Tuesday for a second day, led by financial and textile stocks, after Premier Wen Jiabao said the government is considering new economic stimulus measures. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 2.4 percent, or 49.13 points, to close at 2060 Asian markets mixed despite China exports data
| HONG KONG – Chinese inflation data showing a sharp jump in prices put investors in a cautious mood Wednesday while contrasting economic figures from the US and Japan le... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko) Inquirer
Asia   China   Export   Market   Photos  
Night time in Shanghai showing The BundChina has become a major tourist destination, especially since its opening to the world in the late 1970s. Shanghai's global dream takes shape
| SHANGHAI - The municipal government's plan to transform Shanghai into an international trade center has got approval from the Ministry of Commerce, but still needs to g... (photo: Creative Commons / HctorTabar) China Daily
Business   Economy   Photos   Shanghai   Trade  
 Barangay Elections 2007, Philippines Polls, culture blamed for RP's corruption
| MALACAÑANG yesterday blamed Filipino culture and the election season for the Philippines’ showing in the recent Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) survey... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Malaya
Corruption   Culture   Election   Philippines   Photos  
 Cathay Pacific Airways /aaeh Cathay Pacific returns to profit
| Hong Kong: Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's biggest carrier, posted a second-half profit after paring capacity and selling a stake in a maintenance venture. | The HK... (photo: Public Domain) Gulf News
Airline   Business   Economy   Hong Kong   Photos  
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 in New York. Wall Street is finishing a tumultuous month on a high note as investors load up on technology and financial shares on the last day of the quarter. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Wall Street Shares Try to Push Higher
| Shares on Wall Street edged higher Wednesday after the government said businesses trimmed their inventories again in January. | The Commerce Department said that wholes... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) The New York Times
Economy   Jobs   Market   Photos   US  
Cebu Pacific - Airplane - Aircraft - Airport Cebu Pacific sets IPO to raise P12B
| 03/11/2010 | Budget carrier Cebu Pacific intends to raise P12 billion in an initial public offering to beef up its fleet and corner a bigger market share, its parent fi... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba) The Daily Tribune
Business   Cebu   Market   Photos   Travel  
Philippine National Bank - PNB Malaybalay Citigroup veteran to take PNB reins
| 03/11/2010 | The board of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) approved yesterday the posting of Citigroup veteran Eugene Acevedo as the bank’s new president and CEO in p... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) The Daily Tribune
Bank   Business   Citigroup   Philippine   Photos  
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
| By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Asia Times
China   Defence   Photos   Politics   US  
A Look at Global Economic Developments A Look at Global Economic Developments
| Filed at 1:52 p.m. ET | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ------ | BEIJING -- China's exports surged in ... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) The New York Times
Market   Money   Photos   Trade  
Stock Education
Hong Kong stocks close flat in quiet trade
US retail sales data give world stocks another lift after fo
US retail sales give world stocks another lift
US retail sales give world stocks another lift
A Chinese man takes notes near a display charting stock prices at a securities company in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008. Chinese stocks rebounded in afternoon trading Tuesday after falling to their lowest level in more than two years Monday. The rally followed surges in regional markets as governments around Asia pledged market-boosting measure
Asian stocks lower amid spike in China inflation
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Banks back with a bang, hire big at b-schools
Hong Kong to crack down on primary school drugs' epidemi
Psychological issues rising among students
Education options at Peking University
Izusahime jinja (Spring festival)
Suen travel will educate the world
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Health Business
Japanese Coast Guard Arrests Anti-Whaling Skipper
World faces a day of financial reckoning
Don't raise your family in Britain, say expats: UK voted
Alaskans sought Yukon health-care deals: MDs
Whale shark
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
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Oil pricing will remain in dollars, Emirates says
McDonald's has a big appetite for China
Forbes India: all about the world's billionaires
Market challenges
Philippine -Buildings -Economy
Climate change, green building rating systems
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Entertainment Real Estate
Drama filmed in Penang
Mao's Last Dancer, screens at Hawaii International Film
U.S. wine exports fall 15 percent in 2009
Four at Hong Kong broadcaster arrested in graft case
Fantasy land is the area of Disneyland which Walt Disney said, "What youngster has not dreamed of flying with Peter Pan over moonlit London, or tumbling into Alice's nonsensical Wonderland.
Disney shoots adventure film southern Indian Telugu dialect
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Real estate prices rise at record pace
Remedies for real estate prices in need of oversight committ
China Real Estate Information Corporation to Report Fourth Q
Hong Kong's Real Estate Surges
real estate - property - residential building construction
Hong Kong's Real Estate Surges
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