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Jakarta . State-controlled construction company Waskita Karya has agreed to build seven hydroelectric power plants for Terregra Asia Energy, a Jakarta-listed renewable energy company, in a deal worth $899 million, pushing the companies' share prices to new highs in a year on Wednesday. |
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam posted the fastest growth in Asia in 2020 and will once again be among the most outstanding performers in the region this year, according to the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). In its latest “ Asia Economics Quarterly ” report, HSBC said despite unprecedented.... |
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NEW YORK (AP) Tiffany & Co. on Tuesday reported a 2% gain in preliminary holiday sales, helped by strong sales in China and online. The New York-based jewelry company said its net sales for the Asia-Pacific region rose 20% for the Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 compared with the same time in 2019. That included a more than 50% surge in business in China. |
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NEW YORK Tiffany & Co. on Tuesday reported a 2% gain in preliminary holiday sales, helped by strong sales in China and online. The New York-based jewelry company said its net sales for the Asia-Pacific region rose 20% for the Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 compared with the same time in 2019. That included a more than 50% surge in business in China. |
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NEW YORK: Tiffany & Co. on Tuesday reported a 2% gain in preliminary holiday sales, helped by strong sales in China and online. The New York-based jewelry company said its net sales for the Asia-Pacific region rose 20% for the Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 compared with the same time in 2019. That included a more than 50% surge in business in China. |
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China's consistent efforts to protect the Yangtze River have helped Asia's longest watercourse turn the corner on conservation, a senior official at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said. |
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NEW YORK Tiffany & Co. on Tuesday reported a 2% gain in preliminary holiday sales, helped by strong sales in China and online. The New York-based jewelry company said its net sales for the Asia-Pacific region rose 20% for the Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 compared with the same time in 2019. That included a more than 50% surge in business in China. |
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licence. Long seen as a critical emerging market for coal power, South and Southeast Asian countries radically reconsidered their commitment to it last year in the face of new economic realities following the spread of coronavirus. According to a new analysis from Global Energy Monitor (GEM), four.... |
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A few days after international media noticed that not only did Chinese tech tycoon Jack Ma lose much of his corporate empire and $12 billion of his net worth after criticizing the Communist Party in late October, but he also appears to have vanished from the face of the Earth, Hong Kong’s Asia Times.... |
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The family of Dr. Li Wenliang, the whistleblower who was ruthlessly silenced and punished by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus that eventually killed him, is still kept under close surveillance by the Chinese state a year after his death according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). |
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Srinagar. In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat leaders and organizations including All Parties Hurriyat Conference have called upon the United Nations to save South Asia from turning into a nuclear flashpoint and impending catastrophe by resolving the Kashmir dispute as per its.... |
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Altaf wani. Nearly 75 years ago, right to self-determination, was incorporated in the UN Charter as an essential component to rid the world of the menace of insidious colonization. Since then the realization of this right paved the way for successful culmination of freedom struggles in many parts of the world, including Asia. |
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This is a repeat of an episode that originially aired January 05, 2021 05:05 PM. |
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Asian-American voters impact an important election for the next U.S. president. China’s alleged bounty for killing American troops. Chinese tech stocks remain traded in U.S. Price cut on Japanese tuna. |
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Kongsberg Digital reports that the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP) has adopted its new K-Sim eLearning solution, as well as commissioning installation of a cutting-edge K-Sim Safety firefighting simulator at its premises in the Philippines. |
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As 2020 meant a slowdown in coal production and use, experts and governments were confident that the industry would pick up again as pandemic restrictions eased. However, going into 2021, it seems coal is not set to make a comeback. Pre-2020, South and Southeast Asia looked to become the biggest.... |
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Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The Balkan Peninsula hosts the greatest diversity of grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets on Earth, but in many countries, including Bulgaria, data on rare and endangered species is sparse. The big-bellied glandular bush-cricket, Bradyporus macrogaster , is one such rare species. |
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Asia’s 380 CST high sulfur fuel oil market, which was expected to wither after the IMO-driven transition to low sulfur marine fuel from 2020, has instead emerged as a niche market that enjoyed steady margins in 2020, with prices expected to be stable or firmer in 2021, analysts and market participants said. |
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Singapore. GRAB'S battle to dominate Indonesia, a market widely seen as the crown jewel of South-east Asia, could grow tougher, now that rival Gojek is reportedly exploring a US$18 billion merger with e-commerce giant Tokopedia. However, this does not imply a straightforward path to... |
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Jan.05 — Imax Corp. Chief Executive Officer Richard Gelfond says movie theaters are about to make a comeback. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Alix Steel and Guy Johnson on “Bloomberg Markets. |
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ROSEVILLE, California Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visteon Corporation awarded New Vision Display the "Best Customer Focus Launch Performance: Asia " for 2020. The award recognizes suppliers for "delivering exceptional service to Visteon teams, working to win new business, supporting current projects and launching new programs. |
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(AGENPARL) – WASHINGTON (DC), mar 05 gennaio 2021 Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept. Publication Date: January 5, 2021 Electronic Access: Free Download. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: As in many other countries in the world, the pandemic has. |
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Call for Chapters. Title of the Volume: Gender and Food in Contemporary East Asia (Tentative) Co-edited by Jooyeon Rhee (Penn State), Chikako Nagayama (Nagoya University) and Eric Li (UBC), this volume approaches food as a symbolic and material site where gender roles and identities are imagined performed, and negotiated. |
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A court in China has jailed 17 people for smuggling pangolin scales worth US$28 million from Nigeria to China. The creature is the world’s most trafficked mammal in the world and its scales are used for medical reasons in Asia despite there being no evidence they can cure ailments. |
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ROSEVILLE, California Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visteon Corporation awarded New Vision Display the "Best Customer Focus Launch Performance: Asia " for 2020. The award recognizes suppliers for "delivering exceptional service to Visteon teams, working to win new business, supporting current projects and launching new programs. |
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