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An investor checks the share index at a investment bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Business   Malaysia   Market   Photos   Stock  
 The Star 
Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
| PETALING JAYA: With four months to go before 2010 ends, a number of brokerages have unveiled their 2011 year-end targets for FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM KLCI). | Quite a few predicte... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
Meat - Pork - Prices
Business   China   Food   Market   Photos  
 The Independent 
Now meat price surge raises fear of food inflation
| Freakish weather conditions and soaring demand from China, Brazil and other fast-emerging economies have pushed meat prices around the world to a 20-year high. | International food prices have risen... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
 Tata Power India Delhi Mumbai (rks2)  The Times Of India 
Tata Power-led consortium to set up 240-mw project in Indonesia
MUMBAI: A consortium led by Tata Power, India’s largest private power utility, will develop a 240 mw-geothermal power project in Indonesia. Since the programme would involve building units of variou... (photo: WN / Rajkumar Senapati)
Energy   India   Indonesia   Industry   Photos  
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.  NZ Herald 
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | WASHINGTON - United States officials launched a broad legal offensive against Pakistan's Taleban yesterday, placing the group on its international terror... (photo: AP / Al-Arabiya via AP Television Network)
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
Top Stories
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns. The New York Times
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
| BANGALORE, INDIA — As dusk falls, the sound of children singing fills the air at the SOS Tibetan Children’s Village in Bylakuppe, five hours’ drive fr... (photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
Climate Change   Energy   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Solar energy  
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007. The New York Times
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany  
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris The New York Times
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
Banking   Britain   Jobs   Photos   Wikipedia: Royal Bank of Scotland  
Democratic Party of Japan presidential candidates, senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, left, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan  pose for photos before their pre-election live political debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian
Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
| JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for electe... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
Elections   Japan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Democratic Party of Japan  
Newly appointed Director General of the ITER (originaly International Thermonuclear  Experimental Reactor) Organization, Japaneze Professor Osamu Motojima, poses for photographers, during a press conference, at CEA (Atomic Energy Authority) headquarters in Cadarache, near Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, southern France , Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Gulf News
Key to limitless energy
| It is one of mankind's most daring experiments — a quest to produce virtually limitless clean energy that, if successful, would revolutionise life on Earth by har... (photo: AP / Claude Paris)
Energy   Environment   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear fusion  
A stock broker watches the Bombay Stock Exchange index on his trading terminal as the Sensex fell by more than 600 points, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 Asia Times
Sheen wearing off Indian growth
|      Sep 3, 2010 Sheen wearing off Indian growth | By Kunal Kumar Kundu | BANGALORE - India's 8.8% economic growth in the three months through June ... (photo: AP / Rajesh Nirgude)
Economy   India   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of India  
An Afghan refugee whose house was demolished by heavy flooding, looks for his belongings amid rubble in Azakhel near Peshawar, Pakistan  Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Asia Times
Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
|      Sep 3, 2010 Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes' | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI - The government in Islamabad may impose a 2% tax on all imports to ... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
Finance   Floods   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods  
U.S. Air Force Col. T. Harrison Smith Jr. assumes duties of the U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan new commander during a ceremony at the Manas Air Base near the capital, Bishkek, Monday, June 4, 2007, with Kyrgyz, right, and U.S. flags in the foreground. The base, located at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport, hosts about 1,200 American and dozens of French and Spanish servicemen, as well as several military cargo and refueling aircraf Asia Times
Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
|      Sep 3, 2010 Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan | By Yong Kwon | American airmen sometimes call the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan "the ... (photo: AP / Azamat Imanaliev)
Democracy   Kyrgyzstan   Photos   Politics   US  
People sit before graffiti that read "Long live Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," in Pakistan's border town of Chaman at the Afghan border on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. These fresh graffiti are seen in border towns supporting religious candidates take part in the coming general elections. Asia Times
The degree zero of culture
|      Sep 3, 2010 LIFE IN TALIBANISTAN, Part 2 | The degree zero of culture | By Pepe Escobar | This is the second article in a three-part report. | ... (photo: AP Photo / Shah Khalid)
Afghanistan   Culture   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban  
Finance and Investment Economy
- 'Investment in processing units more fruitful than buyin
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- China, India urge stability of reserve currencies
- Asia stocks rise on US factory data, Ping An gains 2.7%
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
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- Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
- Affected people may get mining booty
- Now meat price surge raises fear of food inflation
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An investor checks the share index at a investment bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
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Banking Taxes
- Andhra Bank, UCO Bank, Canara Bank and Corporation Bank get
- Bank eyes Rs. 75,000-cr. business by 2013
- IMF, World Bank step up aid for Pakistan floods
- IMF, World Bank step up aid for Pakistan floods
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns.
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
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- NRIs face tax threat under DTC
- Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
- Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
- Bad economy, tough election have more Dems opposing Obama pl
Pakistani flood affected residents reach out for relief goods from the Pakistan army in the remote village of Qasba Bhati Wala, at Murzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan  on Thursday Sept. 2, 2010.
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
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Trade Industry
- MarketSimplified to launch mobile trading platform
- Rupee little changed as fund inflows offset by trade gap
- Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
- Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
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- Pakistan's Butt, Asif, Aamer suspended by ICC
- Avesthagen gets 'process' patent for arthritis drug
- Sanjiv Goenka plans power drive for CESC
- Tata Power-led consortium to set up 240-mw project in Indone
 Tata Power India Delhi Mumbai (rks2)
Tata Power-led consortium to set up 240-mw project in Indonesia
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Oil & Energy Markets
- 38 companies bag CII award for energy management
- SESB studying alternative energy after coal-fired power plan
- Public not warned of tainted oil
- Time to fire a second salvo to defend palm oil
Palm Oil - CPO - Sime Darby Plantations In Johor.
Time to fire a second salvo to defend palm oil
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- Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
- EU calls on China to open up markets
- Now meat price surge raises fear of food inflation
- China's cheat sheet helps global investors survive
An investor checks the share index at a investment bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
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