| Thu 11 Mar 2010 |
Cebu Pacific sets IPO to raise P12B
The Daily Tribune | 03/11/2010 | Budget carrier Cebu Pacific intends to raise P12 billion in an initial public offering to beef up its fleet and corner a bigger market share, its parent firm said yesterday. | The offering date is still to be set, Bach Johann Sebastian... |
Citigroup veteran to take PNB reins
The Daily Tribune | 03/11/2010 | The board of the Philippine National Bank (PNB) approved yesterday the posting of Citigroup veteran Eugene Acevedo as the bank’s new president and CEO in place of Omar Byron Mier who will be nominated as director of PNB. | The changing... |
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
Asia Times | By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically gone through rough patches over these and related... |
A good bet on cash, tourists and crime
Asia Times | By Stanislaus Jude Chan | SINGAPORE - Vehicles with foreign license plates filling the car park is the first unfamiliar sight that greets visitors in the basement of the Singapore's first casino, which opened nearly a month ago. | But surprises are... |
China assesses its gold strategy
Asia Times | By Russell Hsiao | Chinese leaders convening in Beijing for the annual plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) - China's ceremonial legislature - this week will, among other things, hammer out a blueprint for the ascendancy of the c... |
| Wed 10 Mar 2010 |
Free plants distributed in Wuhan
China Daily | | | Wuhan municipal government launches a free green plants event. Forty-one thousands plants have been distributed in the first round to five parks and eight residential communities in Wuhan, capital of central China's ... |
A look at global economic developments
The Boston Globe | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ------ | BEIJING -- China's exports surged in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese cu... |
U.S. dollar down vs euro; yen falls on easing bets
The Guardian * Yen slips amid Japan monetary easing expectations * Pound weakened by surprise drop in industrial output * Euro up vs dollar; Greece comments add to positive view (Recasts, updates prices, adds comment, byline) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK,... |
A Look at Global Economic Developments
The New York Times | Filed at 1:52 p.m. ET | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ------ | BEIJING -- China's exports surged in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officia... |
A look at global economic developments
Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | The Associated Press | A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: | ,,, | BEIJING , China's exports surged in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could hel... |
UN urged to act on Chinese lawyer
Al Jazeera | A global team of lawyers has petitioned the United Nations to condemn the alleged detention of a high-profile Chinese activist, who has been missing for more than a year. | Gao Zhisheng, an outspoken rights defender, has not been seen since he was ... |
Macau Venetian House of Cards Sets New Record
ABC News March 10, 2010 | Bryan Berg of the U.S. poses with a replica of the Venetian Macao (C) and adjacent constructions... Bryan Berg of the U.S. poses with a replica of the Venetian Macao (C) and adjacent constructions built from freestanding playing card... |
25 allies of Pineda off to HK, Macau
Inquirer | CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—AT LEAST 25 LOCAL officials of Pampanga, led by Vice Gov. Joseller Guiao, left Tuesday for China to 'study and observe socioeconomic trends there and to get business opportunities for the province.' | But there were reports tha... |
China refutes Dalai Lama's charge on 'annihilating Buddhism'
DNA India | Beijing: Refuting Dalai Lama's charge that China is "deliberately annihilating Buddhism" in Tibet, Chinese official media today hit back, saying the religion is being practiced without any hindrance in the region. | Alleging that the ... |
China's Exports Rise 46%
Newsvine | BEIJING —China announced Wednesday that its exports climbed 46 percent in February from a year earlier. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand from the United States and other Western markets after the financial crisis las... |
Don't breathe on it: Architect spends 44 days creating world's biggest house of cards
The Daily Mail | An American architect has broken his own Guinness World Record by building the largest house of free-standing playing cards. | Bryan Berg used 218,792 cards to create a replica of the Venetian Macau, which is on display in its namesake luxury hotel... |
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