Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street decline Kansas City Star Petros Giannakouris A man walks past a screen showing falling stocks at the Athens Stock Exchange, in red, in Greece on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Stocks traded mixed Monday as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting debt in Europe. More News | Asian stocks were m...
Vietnam to challenge US shrimp tariffs m&c | Hanoi - Vietnam will file suit with the World Trade Organization to challenge the US's imposition of anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnamese shrimp, a government official confirmed Tuesday. | 'The US has applied a method of calculating anti-dumping duties that is not suitable with WTO regulations,' sai...
Teodoro vows to lead a 'positive campaign' Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines--He will leave the mudslinging and brickbats to his rivals and embark on a 'positive campaign' of political reconciliation and uplifting the Filipinos' morale, administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro said Tuesday as he sets off...
I'm a Marine, get me out of here! Troops face fury of animal rights campaigners ... The Daily Mail | With tasks such as drinking the blood of a cobra and eating scorpions, you could be forgiven for thinking the latest I’m A Celebrity! series was under way. | But instead of a host of D-list wannabes, these are Marines taking part in an annual...
60 allege RM25m losses in gold scam The Star | GEORGE TOWN: Sixty people are claiming to have suffered losses totalling some RM25mil in a gold investment scam over the last year, said Penang Commercial Crime Investigation Department head ACP Roslee Chik. | He said the police had received 30 rep...
Church pews fill as Philippine poll campaign begins The Star | MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine politicians launched their campaigns on Tuesday in a wide-open race for the presidency, with poverty, corruption and unemployment the top issues for the impoverished Southeast Asian archipelago. Philippine presidential...
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Bad news for smokers: You can't light up in Muntinlupa Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – The Muntinlupa City government has imposed a ban on smoking in all public places and the sale of tobacco products to minors. | Mayor Aldrin San Pedro recent...
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...
DOH to release new list of drug price cuts Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—A new round of drug price reductions would be announced soon, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said. | Cabral said the Department of Health would release in ...
Frasers Hospitality scores hat-trick in Top HR Awards TravelDailyNews | Frasers Hospitality Pte Ltd (Frasers) has taken top place in Human Resources magazine’s annual awards - for the third consecutive year. The awards - voted on by HR practitioners in Singapore - gave a resounding ‘yes’ vote to ...
Colorful election season kicks off Inquirer | The Southeast Asian nation's chaotic brand of democracy will see 50 million voters choose a new president and thousands of lower positions on May 10, but observers warned candidates' promises of change were likely to prove hollow. | "I don't think ...
Singapore trounces Christian minister on jokes about Buddhism m&c | Singapore - The Singapore government has trounced the leader of a Christian church after internet video clips showing the minister making jokes about Buddhism caused a chorus of outrage in the multiracial city-state. | The Ministry of Home Affairs ...
Ballot printing finally underway Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—After several postponements, the printing of the official ballots for the May 10 elections was finally started Monday afternoon at the National Printing Office (NPO) in Quezon City. | Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said the Commission on Election was scheduled to print 50,723,734 ballots beginning Sunday but this was again d...
The Case for Coffee Inquirer | CITY folk have it so easy. Most everything you'd want to eat can be found at the grocery store or in a restaurant. What we sometimes take for granted is that the process behind the finished product can be rather long and tedious. | Take coffee. When you want coffee, you can easily go to a Starbucks or a Figaro outlet for a cup of your favorite la...