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Apple Inc. Mosaic
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Asia may not be such easy pickings for Apple
The Guardian
By Harichandan Arakali and Farah Master BANGALORE/HONG KONG, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia. The iconic maker of the iPhone, iPad and iPod has barely...
The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jaipal Reddy addressing a press conference after the bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Mr. Asim Hussain, in New Delhi on January 25, 2012.
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India, Pakistan say strategy soon for gas import from Turkmenistan
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan are closer to agreeing on a transit fee and a joint strategy to develop gas fields and import the hydrocarbon via pipeline from the central asian republic of Turkmenistan, oil ministers of the two sides said Wednesday. | The statements came during a joint press conferen...
Milking NZ's strategic assets
Otago Daily Times
| New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, as is his habit, protests too much. | He sees the sale of the Crafar farms, which went into receivership in 2009, to Chinese-owned company Shanghai Pengxin, as "economic treason". | The Labour Party, too, ha...
Yachting: Camper picked off at head of fleet by Spanish
NZ Herald
| After working their way into a handy lead on leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race, Team New Zealand have just as quickly been deposed with Team Telefonica yesterday seizing control. | Telefonica, from Spain, was the big mover on the fifth day of saili...
How to make millions and save the world
NZ Herald
| Promising science and technology companies are in and out of fashion so fast it is hard keep up with them all. | It doesn't help that most of them have names that make them sound like sci-fi villains or Austrian techno DJs. | The science can also b...
Key hits stride with Crafar farms decision
NZ Herald
| The Crafar decision is a victory for economic rationalism over blind xenophobic nationalism. Long may the former reign. | Instead of bowing to whipped-up public pressure (which it can't do anyway without breaking the law and marring New Zealand's i...
Traders Michael Urkonis, left, and Jonathan Corpina work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010.
AP / Richard Drew
Wall St up on strong global signs
The Australian
| US stocks gained this morning after better-than-expected economic data in the US, China and Germany fuelled optimism over the pace of global economic growth, setting up stock ind...
An investor reacts after she looks at the stock price monitor at a private Friday Aug. 14, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares retreated Friday on jitters about the strength of China's economic recovery and corporate earnings, ending the week down 6.6 percent.
AP
Chinese Stocks Lead Global Advance
Jakarta Globe
London. Robust growth in China helped stock markets rally strongly on Tuesday as investor fears of an abrupt slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy were eased. | With Eur...
Canon Service Center
WN / RTayco
LEAD: Japanese stocks up 1 per cent on Asia gains
m&c
| Tokyo - Japanese shares rose 1 per cent Tuesday as market sentiment was boosted by strong gains on some other Asian markets. | The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 88.04...
China Deploys Heavy Military in Tibet's Lhasa, One Man Arrested
WorldNews.com
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. | Dharamshala: - Chinese police have arrested and detained a Tibetan man in Tibet's capital Lhasa on January 25, with a heavy military and police presence deployed in the capital after several ...
Protesters Sour on Apple Over Working Conditions in China
The Wrap
| Protesters are taking Apple to task for recent reports about inhumane working conditions at its Chinese suppliers in a growing number of online petitions  | Petitions at www.change.org range from having a couple of signees to a few thousand. T...
Apple CEO Addresses Reports of China Labor Abuse
Newsfactor
Apple is breaking records with its earnings, but it's also getting some bad publicity in the wake of a New York Times report that painted a picture of the workers in China who assemble iPhones, iPads and other devices, often in harsh labor conditions...
South China Headlines
Tibetan freedom candle light-Dharamshala-India
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Tibetan Youth Calls on China to Stop Military Crackdowns in Tibet‏
WorldNews.com
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. | Dharamshala: - After the deaths of more Tibetans by armed Chinese security forces in eastern Tibet, a candlelight vigil was held by a Tibetan youth group at the main Tibetan temple of Dharamshala in memory of those shot dead in two separate incidents during new Tibetan protests. The youth g...
Politics
In this image made available Sunday Nov. 22 2009 and taken from Al Alam TV, a missile is fired in an unspecified location in Iran. Iran on Sunday Nov. 22 2009 began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country.
(photo: AP / Al Alam TV)
Obama renews anti-Iran war rhetoric
Pakalert Press
Share US President Barack Obama has once again renewed threats against Iran, saying that Washington will maintain pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. | “America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal,” Obama said in his State of the Un...



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