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Anti-Myanmar government protesters hold posters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to demand her release in front of the U.N. office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 22, 2009.
China   Foreign Policy   Myanmar   Photos   US  
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
| By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. A... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
Asia Times
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
Asian   China   Economy   Photos   US  
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US intere... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
Asia Times
Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, USA, Rupert Murdoch gestures while speaking during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009. Business participants will search for solutions to the financial crisis with some 40 world leaders, but without the top finance officials of the new U.S. administration who are occupied by the crisis or by the confirmation process at h Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
| ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday called censorship counterproductive and urged Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity. | The chairman a... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) The Boston Globe
Arab   Business   Censorship   Emirates   Photos  
Cars transit on the streets Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Two years ago, China zoomed past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market. Now it looks poised to pass the United States to be the biggest. While car sales in China have slowed lately, they haven't plummeted like those in the U.S., where January sales tumbled 37 percent from a year ago to 656,976 vehicles, a 26-year China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February
| SHANGHAI-China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry gr... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko) The Boston Globe
Automobile   Business   China   Photos   Shanghai  
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The London Eye the Mayor of Lambert for the municipal year 2009-2010 is Cllr Christopher Well be love (Clapham Town ward). London's big Eye still turning at 10
| It seemed doomed from the start, never to see the light of day, but then time turned and so did the 135m wheel on the South Bank. | More than 36m visitors have been on ... (photo: Creative Commons / Diliff) BBC News
Eye   London   Photos   Turning   Visitors  
Continental Airlines Boeing 777-200ER pulling away from gate at Newark Liberty International Continental Airlines to charge for extra legroom
| CONTINENTAL Airlines, the No. 4 US airline, will charge customers for seats with extra legroom on its flights worldwide starting March 17. | The cost of this extra spac... (photo: Public Domain / Freestylerob) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Airlines   Business   Industry   Photos   Transport  
Bombay Stock Exchange - BSE - India - Business Sensex falls over 41 points on profit taking
MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex shed over 41 points in opening trade on Tuesday, snapping the two-session winning streak as investors sold stocks to bo... (photo: WN / Raj Kumar Senapati) The Times Of India
Business   India   Market   Mumbai   Photos  
KALESA - HORSE - PHILIPPINES - TOURISM - KARITELA - CARRIAGE Philippine promotion to attract Johoreans to its tourism sites
| zaza@thestar.com.my | JOHOR BARU: The Philippine Tourism Department wants to work closely with Johor-based travel and tour agents to promote the country to Johoreans. |... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) The Star
Business   Philippine   Photos   Tourism   Travel  
 AIA Insurance , offers a comprehensive range of insurance product and services, life insurance southeast asia. financial planer. tp1 Prudential scrambles for float as AIA deal hangs in balance
| Prudential was racing last night to complete a Hong Kong listing for its shares amid renewed doubts that investors would approve its record $35.5 billion acquisition of... (photo: WN/Theresa) The Times
Asia   Bank   Business   Market   Photos  
Wine - white wine - red wine - Beverages - Pause wine company Silver Base taps wine boom
Silver Base Group (0886) has won sole distribution rights in the mainland for 10 years for a white wine produced by Luzhou Lao Jiao. | //--> Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | Sil... (photo: WN / Geeta) Hong Kong Standard
Drink   Group   People   Photos   Wine  
Indonesian parliament members listen to the annual budget speech by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2009. Indonesia most corrupt of key Asian nations
SINGAPORE - Indonesia, one of the star emerging markets over the past year, was rated the most corrupt of 16 major Asia-Pacific investment destinations in a business surv... (photo: AP / Achmad Ibrahim) Khaleej Times
Asian   Corruption   Indonesia   Investments   Photos  
A currency traders work in front of screens showing the exchange rates at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. World stocks up as US job data lift recovery hopes
| HONG KONG—World stock markets gained Monday as a better-than-expected report about the U.S. job market lifted confidence in the economic recovery. | Major Asian b... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man) Denver Post
Data   Investors   Photos   Recovery   Stocks  
Men walk at the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, plans to cut 500 jobs in Asia due to the global economic slump. World stocks up as US job data lift recovery hopes
| HONG KONG - World stock markets gained Monday as a better-than-expected report about the U.S. job market lifted confidence in the economic recovery. | Major Asian bours... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung) Houston Chronicle
Economy   Job   Market   People   Photos  
Shell Petrol Station in Istanbul - Oil - Petrol price - benzine - gas Shell and PetroChina eye £2bn bid for Arrow
| Royal Dutch Shell confirmed today that it is in talks to buy Arrow Energy, an Australian natural gas producer, for about $3 billion (£2 billion). | Shell will partner w... (photo: WN / Akgun Semra) The Times
Business   China   Economy   Oil   Photos  
ANZ Bank at en:Rochester, Victoria Licence in hand, ANZ may seek RBS assets
| Mumbai: The in-principle approval received by ANZ, Australia’s fourth-largest lender, has opened up an opportunity for it to bid for the Indian assets being dispo... (photo: Creative Commons / Mattinbgn) DNA India
Assets   Australia   Bank   India   Photos  
Izusahime jinja (Spring festival) Suen travel will educate the world
The post-Lunar New Year holiday period is the peak time for organizations to hold their Spring Festival banquets. | //--> Monday, March 08, 2010 | The post-Lunar New Year... (photo: Creative Commons / ChiefHira) Hong Kong Standard
Holiday   Peak   Photos   Travel   World  
Stock Education
World stocks in pause a year after rally started
Bombay Stock Exchange among top 10 global SEs
European stock markets fall as earnings from EADS disappoint
EADS loss weighs on European stocks
An investor studies the latest shares prices through an electronic board at a stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 22, 2005.
Asian stocks mixed after lackluster US finish
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Suen travel will educate the world
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Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
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China rejects reform calls but rhetoric softens
National health insurance key to reshaping China's econo
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
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Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
World stocks in pause a year after rally started
Bombay Stock Exchange among top 10 global SEs
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
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Hong Kong's Real Estate Surges
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