Friday, 28 August 2009

Dalai Lama trip puts Ma on spot

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Ma Ying-jeou faces one of the toughest decisions of his presidency after the pro-independence camp invited the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan to...
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Gambling ‘whale’ says US$110m casino debts are really loans

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A Japanese-American gambler who lost more than US$110 million in Las Vegas casinos is waging a Nevada court battle, the outcome of which cou...
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Thursday, 27 August 2009

Apple in hot water in France

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Half a dozen new cases of ‘exploding iPhones’ emerged in France on Wednesday, asApple faced an official inquiry and calls to come clean over...
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Monday, 24 August 2009

The Sky Has Fallen, So What Comes Next?

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It was silly months ago to compare the global downturn to the 1930s depression. The recession has already turned the corner.
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Boom and burst - Andy Xie

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Don’t be fooled by false signs of economic recovery. It’s just the lull before the storm A stock market bubble is a negative-sum game. It le...
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Appliance king defied the odds until stakes got too high

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Rags-to-riches Gome billionaire profited from ‘grey areas’
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Gome boss names names and stays in the game

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Wong Kwong-yu, the billionaire businessman whose detention nine months ago triggered Guangdong’s biggest corruption scandal in years, may be...
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Free to make a killing

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Camps to treat mainland Web addicts have sprung up, unregulated, with deadly results
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Is the market always right?

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Put differently, it’s best not to place too much faith in the dictum that the market is always right because sometimes, it isn’t.
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China lists penalties for ‘small coffers’ offences

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Officials guilty of having illegal special personal funds may be warned or sacked from party
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Foreign audits may need local sign-off

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Governance advisers post-IPO also part of SGX’s proposed regulatory changes
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Hole in wall of Swiss banking secrecy

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Treaty with US blurs distinction between tax fraud and tax evasion
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Keep a hand on the tap

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We need foreign talent, but let’s not change too much, too fast
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More passport cheats nabbed

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Real travel documents used to fake identity as forgery becomes harder
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Super-rich hit a sobering wall

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A 30-year period in which affluent Americans became both wealthier and more numerous may be ending, analysts say
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SGX may force lifting of veil on pledged shares

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Requirement is among several new rules under consideration in light of recent experience
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Timely disclosure must be enforced

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Any tardiness by listed firms in announcing share trades could hurt investor confidence
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Why is the African continent poor?

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“Africa is not poor,” President Johnson-Sirleaf added, “it is poorly managed.”
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Raffles Education

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Waiting for results tomorrow?

Ezion

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On course towards 0.960?