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SearchAsia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data02:17 PM, Sep 03, 2010ber delivery was down 34 cents at $74.67 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.11 to settle at $75.02 a barrel on Thursday.Associated Press... Happs winemaker Mark Warren heads to Japan12:00 PM, Sep 03, 2010r especially interested in Australian wine and ask a lot of questions. Several have been on student exchange in Australia so it’s a country they are fond of. Vinos Yamazaki currently has 10 stores with more coming. Given that several stores have only opened in the last few years, and the older stores have all been beautifully retrofitted, it appears Vinos Yamazaki are an expanding enterprise. Their history is in sake' but it takes up a ve... Japan ticked off over ‘goo goo gah gah’ radio transmissions06:24 PM, Sep 02, 2010e years Japan has been working with the US government to help curb this problem. For one, the Navy Exchange stopped selling 900-megahertz devices (including cell phones and walkie talkies) in Japan several years ago. And then in 2007, Japan provided the US with a list of frequencies to avoid, reports Stars and Stripes. Unfortunately, baby-monitor chatter still remains a problem. New recruits are constantly arriving in Japan with their famil... China says reports of troops in Pakistan wrong05:37 PM, Sep 02, 2010rlier this week China said it had not received word from New Delhi that it had suspended military exchanges, despite Indian media reports that relations had been put on hold after Beijing refused to grant a visa to a top Indian army general from the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir. An anonymous senior Indian official was quoted in the Hindu newspaper Saturday as saying that future military exchanges and a joint exercise between Indian a... Ban match fixers for life: Warne05:17 PM, Sep 02, 2010and Australia teammate Mark Waugh were fined in 1995 for taking money from an Indian bookmaker in exchange for information on pitch and weather conditions during a tour in South Asia. That episode did not become public for years until a newspaper exposed it. Cricket has a history of corruption involving some high-profile players, including the revelations of match fixing involving former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje which led to his... China culture minister visits Taiwan04:44 PM, Sep 02, 2010ears as Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou sought to ease tensions through closer trade and cultural exchanges.Associated Press... Asia stocks gain on brighter US manufacturing data01:38 PM, Sep 02, 2010tober delivery rose $1.99, or 2.8 percent, to close at $73.91 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Japan's Inpex Corp. rose 1.5 percent, while Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. gained 0.8 percent. In New York on Wednesday, the Dow Jones industrial average added 255 points, its best day since July 7 after the manufacturing figures boosted confidence in the recovery. The index finished up 2.5 percent to close at 10,269.47. Broade... World stocks rise on China, Australia economy news04:58 PM, Sep 01, 2010tober delivery was up 35 cents at $72.27 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $2.78 to settle at $71.92 a barrel on Tuesday.Associated Press... Hong Kong's lackluster secondary market04:48 PM, Aug 31, 2010Mammoth China listings keep Hong Kong's stock exchange leaders overly complacent, writes Michelle Price, Asia Sentinel. Agricultural Bank of China this month finally fulfilled the great expectations heaped upon it to become the world's largest-ever IPO, with a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong raising a whopping $22.1billion. Hot on its heels is the long-awaited flotation of American International Group's Asian arm, AIA, which is being to... 2 Aussies say they were approached by bookmaker04:27 PM, Aug 31, 2010hat two of Pakistan's players deliberately bowled no-balls in a test last week against England in exchange for money, sparking another cricket match-fixing scandal. Australia's Mark Waugh and Shane Warne were fined in 1995 for taking money from an Indian bookmaker in exchange for information on pitch and weather conditions during a tour to Sri Lanka. Players from South Africa, India and Pakistan were banned from international cricket in t... India's economy grew 8.8 percent in June quarter04:12 PM, Aug 31, 2010left." The benchmark Sensex index was down nearly 1 percent in midday trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Despite the glittering headline numbers — quarterly manufacturing output surged 12.4 percent, record auto sales in July, telephone connections up 36.7 percent in the quarter — economists say consumer demand remains narrow and the shadow of global economic uncertainty is constraining capital spending and could disrupt ind... Asian stocks retreat as Nikkei slides 2.6 percent12:14 PM, Aug 31, 2010ber delivery was down 60 cents at $74.10 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost 47 cents to settle at $74.70 a barrel on Monday. Associated Press ... China: No word from India on military exchanges08:10 AM, Aug 31, 2010China said Monday it had not received word from New Delhi that it had suspended military exchanges, despite Indian media reports that relations had been put on hold after Beijing refused to grant a visa to a top Indian army general from a disputed territory. An anonymous senior Indian official was quoted in the Hindu newspaper Saturday as saying that future military exchanges and a joint exercise between Indian and Chinese defense forces... World markets rise as Bernanke promises action05:00 PM, Aug 30, 2010ber delivery was down 25 cents at $74.92 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract jumped $1.81 to settle at $75.17 per barrel on Friday.Associated Press... Afghan deputy attorney general forced to retire03:56 PM, Aug 29, 2010r the arrest of one of Karzai's top advisers, Mohammad Zia Salehi, for allegedly accepting a car in exchange for his help in exerting pressure on Afghan officials to ease off in another corruption case involving a company that handles money transfers world wide. U.S. officials see Salehi's arrest as a test case of Karzai's willingness to fight corruption. The presidential palace was angered by Salehi's arrest. He was released shortly thereafter.... |
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