The Leslie Brodie Report Mulls Seeking Opinion of Saban Entertainment's Haim Saban Re "60 Days Suspension Scandal" as Evidence Clearly Point to California Democratic Operatives (and customary use of Asians, Blacks)
Unites States v. Pokerstars, et al Share | Online poker companies PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker were charged with money laundering and forfeiture. A civil... new Embed | Share Adebola Adekola Aiyedogbon, convicted... Please observemore
KRUNG THAI BANK PCL: Krung Thai Bank Cuts Key Interest, Lending Rates By 12.5 B..
BANGKOK -(Dow Jones)- Krung Thai Bank PCL (KTB.TH), Thailand's second-largest bank by assets, Monday cut its savings and several key lending rates by 12.5 basis points each with immediate effect. The bank is the first commercial bank to slash its ratesmore
China props up shaky demand
(ABIX) The latest purchasing managers index in China at the end of January 2012 is expected to show that the economy is still healthy and will slow only marginally during 2012. This in turn will support commodity prices, especially combined with the...more
TAIWANESE OPTICAL COMPONENT MAKERS EYEING CHINESE MARKET
Optical component makers in Taiwan are giving more attention to China where demand in the mobile phone market is growing fast, Taipei-based Yuanta Securities Investment Consulting said Saturday. The firm forecast that the demand in China for cell phonemore
Palmeiras release Deyvid Sacconi to join Japan's Vegalta Sendai
The Palmeiras club announced on Sunday to release midfielder Deyvid Sacconi who concluded negotiations with Japan's Vegalta Sendai. Sacconi will travel to finalize his contract immediately. The midfielder has been with Palmeiras since 2007. With themore
Top stories of China Bond Market- January 30, 2012
as follows: 1 China's January manufacturing purchaser manager index (PMI), a pre-indicator of the macro-economy health, will be publicized by the National Bureau of Statistics later on Wednesday. Comment: As most of Chinese financial market players aremore
Mkt talk: Shanghai base metals strong opening on 1 trading day of Dragon Year
Base metals traded on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) opened on a strong note on the first trading day of the Year of Dragon as Chinese investors returned to the market after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. The SHFE benchmark copper contract,more
Miracle Thailand to the rescue
The Tourism and Sports Ministry will kick off its "Miracle Thailand Year" campaign in April after postponing it from last month due to the massive flooding. The campaign's 6.3-billion-baht budget allocates 600 million baht to the ministry, 4.8 billionmore
The easy steps to a Chinese short-selling fortune
(ABIX) Short sellers are targeting some China-based companies. Unknown research houses issue a report on a company accusing it of fraud. This causes a rapid fall in the company's share price. The research houses are open about their active shorting...more
DJ Japan Jan 1-10 Trade Deficit Y916.17 Bln; Up 110.3% On Yr
(DowJones Select) Japan posted a merchandise trade deficit of Y916.17 billion in the first 10 days of January, up 110.3% from the Y435.62 billion deficit in the year-earlier period, the finance ministry said Monday. The figures are measured on the basismore
Concern over cancer causing chemical in China river
of cancer causing Cadmium in water resources around Hong Kong and Macau has evoked concern in southern China, prompting officials to launch a flurry of damage control actions. Cadmium pollutants were found amounting to double the restricted level in amore
From China, with love
African Union leaders have inaugurated a new $200m headquarters, paid for by China. The complex in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is a symbol of China's rapidly changing role in the region as it turns increasingly to Africa to satisfy its appetitemore
Suu Kyi hits the campaign trail
Thousands lined the streets to greet Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she made a campaign trip to the southern city of Dawei ahead of forthcoming by-elections. Supporters chanted slogans and waved flowers. ... Read the full story at Themore
China vows to break financial 'monopolies'
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has vowed to "break monopolies" barring private capital participation in the financial sector. In a speech made earlier this month at the government's flagship financial work conference, Mr Wen promised to "relax entry"more
Aung San Suu Kyi greeted by supporters
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives flowers from supporters as she arrives at Yae Phu village in Dawei township on January 29, 2012. Read the story Topics: world-politics, burmamore
Back-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor from Sony for phones
Sony Corporation has developed a new next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor for designing camera function in phones. The stacked CMOS image sensor has built-in signal processing circuits. Samples are said to be available from March, 2012.more
China: govt debt risk "controllable"
China's Premier Wen Jiabao said the nation's government debt is at an "overall safe and controllable" level, that funding for key projects would be ensured and that applying the brakes to the economy would be done in a way to avoid systemic risks. Wen'smore
From China, with love
Share this page African Union leaders have inaugurated a new $200m headquarters, paid for by China. The complex in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is a symbol of China's rapidly changing role in the region as it turns increasingly to Africa tomore
Suu Kyi hits the campaign trail
Thousands lined the streets to greet Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she made a campaign trip to the southern city of Dawei ahead of forthcoming by-elections. Supporters chanted slogans and waved flowers. ... Read the full story at Themore
Hong Kong shares to open up 0.1 pct, Tencent leads
HONG KONG, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares were set to start the week slightly higher on Monday, with strong gains in Tencent Holdings Ltd the top boost on the Hang Seng Index.more
PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - Jan 30
Thai newspapers - Jan 30 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has conceded the government's flood prevention and management scheme is still not meeting expectations, but insisted it will be ready before the arrival of the next monsoon season. - Themore
Honda's Worldwide Hybrid Vehicle Sales Reaches 800,000 Units
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced that Honda's cumulative worldwide hybrid vehicle sales surpassed 800,000 units as of the end of December 2011. This milestone was reached 12 years and 2 months after the start of sales of the first generation Hondamore
India-China trade hits all time high of $ 73.9 bn in 2011
Source: Times of India trade deficit in Beijing's favour rose to over USD 27 billion, raising concern among Indian authorities. The bilateral trade registered a USD 12.2 billion increase in 2011, taking the total to USD 73.9 billion as against USD 61.7more
Sudan rebels abduct many China workers
Source: Times Of India BEIJING: More than two dozen Chinese workers were captured by militants from a project site in Sudan. The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed a workers' camp of a Chinese company was attacked by rebels and several Chinese nationalsmore
South Korea Current Account Surplus $3.96 Billion In December
Source: RTT News 1/29/2012 6:14 PM ET (RTTNews) - South Korea saw a current account surplus of $3.96 billion in December, the Bank of Korea said on Monday - remaining in the black for the 22dn consecutive month.That was just shy of forecasts for amore
Win Streak May End For South Korea Stock Market
Source: RTT News 1/29/2012 6:33 PM ET (RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market has finished higher now in five straight sessions, jumping more than 75 points or 3.8 percent along the way. The KOSPI finished just shy of the 1,965-point plateau, and nowmore
Taiwan Shares May See Soft Return From Holiday
th January, 2012 Source: RTT News 1/29/2012 7:33 PM ET (RTTNews) - Ahead of the 10-day break for the Lunar New Year, the Taiwan stock market had finished higher in back-to-back sessions, collecting more than 130 points or 1.7 percent in the process. Themore
Soft Start Expected For China Stock Market
Source: RTT News 1/29/2012 7:53 PM ET (RTTNews) - Ahead of the week-long holiday for the Lunar New Year, the China stock market had closed higher in two straight sessions, gathering more than 50 points or 2.1 percent along the way. The Shanghai Compositemore
China's Yu breaks 500m sprint world record
China's Yu breaks 500m sprint world record Source: West Australian CALGARY, Canada (AFP) - China's Yu Jing broke the 500 metre world record at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships on Saturday.The 26-year-old, who competed for China at the 2010more