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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks were set to start the week with a cautious tone as investors turned their attention to upcoming data on Chinese economic growth amid expectations for further policy support.Futures in Hong Kong and Australia were lower late Friday despite the S&P 500 Index climbing to a fresh all-time high. |
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(Bloomberg) -- For months, executives from Anheuser-Busch InBev NV raced to prepare for a listing of its Asian subsidiary, Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd. It was to be this year’s biggest initial public offering and would surpass Uber Technologies Inc.’s $8.1 billion share sale. |
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Jefferies announced today the recent appointment of Jonathan Slone as Chairman of Asia based in Hong Kong. In this role, Mr. Slone will focus on the firm’s major relationships for investment banking and trading throughout Asia. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Slone spent over three decades at CLSA Ltd. |
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Garment factory workers making men's suits in a factory in Hanoi. Vietnam has become a hub of labour-intensive manufacturing for export, attracting greenfield investment into its cities.
Singapore. ONLY 18 per cent of today's goods trade involves exports from low-wage, traditionally Asian countries, into high-wage countries. |
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When I began farming chilli in Bundaberg 25 years ago, everyone said it was crazy and that Asia was the only place to grow the crop. But Asia had typhoons and Australia (at the time) didn't have wild weather, so growing chilli worked out well. Today, we are the biggest individual chilli supplier in south-east Asia and Australasia combined. |
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AMMAN — Jordan has exerted tremendous efforts to preserve its stability despite unfavourable regional developments, refugee influxes, the closure of trade routes and an increase in loan costs, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department Jihad Azour has said. |
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A partial lunar eclipse will occur on July 16 and 17 which will be visible in several countries around the world including India. Several regions in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia will be able to witness the partial lunar eclipse. At 1:31 am on 17 July, the partial lunar eclipse can be viewed from India which will end at 5:47 am. |
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A Norwich band have described the 'amazing' moment they were asked to perform in front of a 30,000-strong festival crowd - with just an hour's notice.
Anyone visiting Eaton Park this weekend could have been forgiven for thinking they had accidently travelled to Southeast Asia, as for two days the.... |
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The trade tension between the U.S. and China is making waves at the Panama Canal. Cargo from the U.S. to China going through the key waterway has slumped this year as the Asian giant cuts its imports of American food and fuel, according to Panama Canal Authority CEO Jorge Luis Quijano. |
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For the past year Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc. has weaker performance than XOMA Corporation. Summary. XOMA Corporation beats Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc. on 6 of the 8 factors. XOMA Corporation discovers, develops, and commercializes antibody-based therapeutics in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. |
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July 14, 2019, 6:50 pm PickMe Sri Lanka’s home-grown digital mobility solutions provider is now one of Google Cloud’s key clients in the whole of South Asia. This is due to the high utilization of wide array of Google Services and deep technology integration with Google’s Technology. |
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July 14, 2019, 6:43 pm Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces that it has appointed Mohamed Al Hamer as a country manager for its Colombo and Male stations and with this appointment, he will become the youngest ever country manager for Gulf Air in the Asia Pacific region. |
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Newcastle United will make Steve Bruce the lowest paid manager in the Premier League – IF they can agree a compensation package with Sheffield Wednesday.
The Magpies had hoped to have Bruce in place before the squad headed out to China for the Premier League Asia Trophy tournament this week. |
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Asia oil refining margins have more than tripled in the past three weeks to hit their highest since September 2017, Refinitiv data showed on Friday, after refiners cut output and tightened fuel supplies. The complex refining margin for a typical Singapore refinery rebounded to $9.37 a barrel at the close of Asia’s markets on Thursday, up from $2. |
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Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) held steady this week, with traders looking for signs of potential demand ahead of winter amid ample supplies. Spot prices for August delivery to Northeast Asia are estimated to be about $4.40 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), up 10 cents from last week, trade sources said. |
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TOKYO -- Credit cards are losing out to e-payments as Asia rushes to go cashless, with users who are unwilling or unable to shoulder the high fees associated with cards opting for mobile alternatives. Credit card penetration remains at 10% or less in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, while mobile.... |
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A partial lunar eclipse is visible from much of the world this week. Only North America, Greenland and northern Russia will miss out. From Asia and Australia, the eclipse will take place in the early hours of 17 July. From the rest of the world it will happen on the preceding evening. |
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. SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (August 20, 2001 - Saipan Tribune/PINA Nius Online)---Male airline pilots are a dime a dozen but the new chief pilot of Guam-based Asia Pacific Airlines is a woman from the island of Rota. She is Captain Alicia Atalig, of the Northern Marianas, and she recently.... |
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A strong UAE Jiu-Jitsu team is headed for Mongolia for this week's 4th Jiu-Jitsu Asian Championship confident of following its recent success at the Kazakhstan Jiu-Jitsu Grand Prix by claiming continental glory. The UAE Jiu-Jitsu Falcons squad that departed for the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar on.... |
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Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people across South Asia while dozens more are missing in Nepal, officials said yesterday. Northeast India has also been hit by floods with 11 deaths recorded as rivers burst their banks. |
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NEPAL: Floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 60 people across South Asia in the last two days, officials said Saturday. The monsoon, which lasts from June to September, causes widespread death and destruction across South Asia each year. |
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For the past year Array BioPharma Inc. was less bullish than Kitov Pharma Ltd. Array BioPharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule drugs to treat patients with cancer in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. |
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Not enough breastfeeding costs the global economy almost $1 billion each day due to lost productivity and healthcare costs, researchers said on Friday, as health experts urged more support for nursing mothers. A new website developed by researchers in Canada and Asia showed that the world could have.... |
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The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said Saturday that the form of Washington's alliance with Japan will "change constantly" amid altering regional security situations. "Alliance relationships are not static," David Stilwell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told a press conference at the U. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Anheuser-Busch InBev NV’s decision to scrap what was slated to be the year’s largest IPO is a bad sign for the pace of its debt reduction and future M&A, equity analysts said, with Macquarie calling it a “a meaningfully negative development. |
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