Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity Asia Times | By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expected to intensify in the near future. | This is particularly in light of the deterioration of bilateral...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Van...
Buy more tickets and resell to earn money China Daily | SHANGHAI: Some Shanghai office workers and college students are making money by reselling extra railway tickets they bought during the ongoing Spring Festival travel season, a time when billions of Chinese crisscross the country to enjoy the big da...
Need to know: Audi boost ... BP revolt ... M&S makeover The Times | Economics | Sterling: The pound tumbled to an 8½-month low against the dollar as investors fled to the safety of the greenback amid concern about the continuing fiscal difficulties of some eurozone countries. | UK housing market: Activity sl...
Sterling weakens as eurozone's problems unsettle the markets The Times | Sterling tumbled to an eight-and-a-half-month low against the dollar yesterday as investors, worried about the continuing fiscal difficulties of some eurozone countries, fled to the safety of the greenback. | The pound has plummeted by nearly ten c...
Stimulus the saviour DNA India | The green shoots in the steel industry seem to be showing in 2010…at least in India. With some of the global steel organisations forecasting growth in Asian economies like China and India, the upside looks strong. | “India also remaine...
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Earnings Preview: Coca-Cola 4Q results Breitbart NEW YORK P)—Coca-Cola Co. reports earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. ...
European stocks stabilize but debt fears linger Breitbart | People stand in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm... | LONDON (AP) - Markets stabilized in Europe on Monday, but fell in Asia and the U.S., as investors we...
European stocks rally despite debt fears Houston Chronicle | LONDON - European markets rebounded Monday as investors looked past a slump in Asia and set aside worries about debt problems in countries like Greece and Portugal to buy into st...
Color power Hong Kong Standard Abstract expressionist Natvar Bhavsar will be showing new creations at his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong at Sundaram Tagore Gallery (Tel: 2581-9678). The Indian-born artist has devoted his career to exploring the power of color, improvising with...
Romantic note Hong Kong Standard The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (Tel: 3185-1607) will strike a romantic note in its Music About China IV to celebrate Chinese Valentine's Day. After solo performances by vocalist Gong Linna and pipa virtuoso Yang Jing, the orchestra will play A Song ...
Merchants of glitz Hong Kong Standard Bollywood's reputation went up several notches when Slumdog Millionaire walked off with eight Oscars last year. | //--> Alex Lai | Friday, February 05, 2010 | Bollywood's reputation went up several notches when Slumdog Millionaire walked off with eig...
'Fewer than 50 wild tigers' left in China Zeenews Beijing: Fewer than 50 wild tigers remain in China, a conservation group said Monday, voicing hope that the Year of the Tiger would not be the last for the endangered cats. | Xie Yan, director of the China programme for the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said that just 20 years ago tigers still roamed across large swathes of China. |...
After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms The New York Times | SHANGHAI - Flush with cash despite the global economic downturn, China's sovereign wealth fund quietly snapped up more than $9 billion worth of shares last year in some of the biggest American corporations, including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup. | Although most of the stakes were small, China Investment Corp., the government's $...
