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Following is the speech by the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, at the opening reception of National Bank of Abu Dhabi Hong Kong Branch today (December 3):

Mr Tomalin your excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good evening.

It is my great pleasure to join you all this evening.My warmest congratulations to National Bank of Abu Dhabi on…

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Nokia Siemens Networks prepares Vietnamese operator network for 3G
Subscribers awaiting 3G in Vietnam will soon have the choice of signing up for Vinaphone’s 3G services. Vinaphone, one of Vietnam’s leading mobile players, is undertaking a capacity expansion for its core network allowing it to provide 3G-enabled mobile broadband services to more than 5 million of its subscribers. It…

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IRVINE, CA United States and SYDNEY, NSW Australia – December 2, 2009 – Today, Incipio and Simms International jointly announce their new partnership to expand both companies product offering in Australia. With this exciting new partnership, Simms will become the sole distributor of Incipio’s award winning product line in Australia, which includes accessories for the Apple iPhone, iPod and Mac.…

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Who: Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

Phil Radford, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA

Gerd Leipold, Former Executive Director, Greenpeace International

When: Thursday, December 3, 2009

11 a.m. – 12 noon (EST)

Where: Dial-In Number: 1-888-684-1282

International Dial-In Number: 1-913-312-1429

Participant Code: 8749363

Media Note: Digital images and B-Roll will be available for download by…

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- facilitate oxygenation of water to reduce aeration and energy

requirements,

- eliminate habitat for methane producing bacteria in sewers,

- digest sludge to reduce or eliminate sludge handling,

transportation to land fills (resting the pollution elsewhere),

- biodegrade pharmaceuticals and hydrocarbons,

- reduce use and costs of toxic chemicals,

- protect and extend infrastructure life,

- prevent sewer overflows…

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Ecron Acunova, a full service clinical development CRO, announced receiving Series B financing from OrbiMed’s Caduceus Asia Mauritius Ltd. Ecron Acunova conducts clinical trials for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies in Europe, Asia and the US. To accelerate market entry of new products, the Company provides dedicated local experience in select emerging markets in Central and Eastern Europe as…

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Worldwide print-to-online publisher Pressmart Media Ltd. (www.pressmart.com) formally announces the launch of their latest newspaper eEdition for The Wall Street Journal Asia, the leader for global business news in Asia. With clients in 49 countries and 24 languages, Pressmart provides digital publishing solutions for publications across the globe.

Accessed online at http://epaper.wsj-asia.com,The Wall Street Journal Asia…

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San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced their list of DVD titles scheduled for release in January 2010. This includes the first box set of NARUTO SHIPPUDEN in regular and special editions, the next installments in POKÉMON ELEMENTS, as well as the…

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Philips LED Candle combines nostalgic look with new technology
Eindhoven, The Netherlands – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is pleased to announce that the Philips’ LED candle, from the Novallure series, has been recognized by the Hong Kong Designers Association with the silver HKDA Asia Design Award 09.

Advantages of the LED candle:
* Reduced energy…

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Anglo American plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Godfrey Gomwe as Executive Director of Anglo American South Africa with immediate effect. He will act as Anglo American’s key representative in South Africa, working together with Anglo American’s Business Unit CEOs to deliver the Group’s strategy in the region.
Mr Gomwe recently served as Head of Group Business…

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that Matthew Glotzbach, Director, Product Management, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Barclays Capital Global Technology Conference in San Francisco. The session is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.
To access the live audio webcast of the…

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Frankfurt am Main, Deutsche Bank AG (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Dresdner Bank’s Global Agency Securities Lending business from Commerzbank AG (XETRA: CBK GY), pursuant to the agreement entered into by the parties in May 2009.
The Dresdner Agency Securities Lending business has been integrated into Deutsche Bank’s Trust & Securities…

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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic sales, and export results for the month of October 2009.

Production in Japan for the month of October 2009 experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 12th consecutive month (since November 2008).

Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year decrease for the 13th consecutive month (since…

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) today announced global production, as well as domestic sales and export figures for October 2009.

Production: Global total and Japan

Total global production for October came in at 85,080 units, a decline of 29.6 percent over the same month last year and the fifteenth consecutive monthly decrease since August 2008. Production volume in Japan at 46,416…

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Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global
e-commerce solutions, announced that the company is presenting at the
2009 FBR Capital Markets Fall Investor Conference in New York, N.Y. The
event, being held at the Grand Hyatt, takes place Dec. 1-2, 2009.
Digital River’s vice president of investor relations, Ed Merritt, will
discuss…

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Regulatory News:
Aéroports de Paris (Paris:ADP) (Pink Sheets:AEOPF) and GE Capital
Real Estate France (through its subsidiary Foncière Ariane SAS) reached,
on 30 November 2009, the final agreement of their partnership regarding
Continental Square real estate complex located at Paris-Charles de
Gaulle airport.
This partnership is about:
The transfer of Continental Square real…

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The limited capabilities of mass market mobile devices and the
restricted expansion of mobile applications due to mobile OS
fragmentation are the two primary barriers to the explosive growth of
mobile applications. But, asks ABI Research’s Mark Beccue, “What if you
could build applications based on web standards, move the processing
associated with the applications…

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Governments must resist giving state aid to shipping lines as this will never benefit shippers or global trade, says Andrew Trail, Managing Partner of www.shippersvoice.com

Shipping lines made bad decisions before and should not be helped by the taxpayer to make them again.

“The economic crisis came faster and more deeply than most had thought possible, but it…

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EnableM recognized as one of the 100 “most promising” companies driving the future of technology.

Mumbai-based Enable Mobile Technologies, the pioneers in wireless solutions focusing on mobile learning and multi-user, multi-platform interactions, has received the Red Herring 100 Asia award. The honour is given to an elite group of top 100 private technology companies and entrepreneurs in Asia, resolutely committed…

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Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a leading provider of global
e-commerce solutions, announced that the company is presenting at the
Credit Suisse 2009 Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. The
event, being held at The Phoenician, takes place Dec. 1-3, 2009.
Digital River’s CFO, Tom Donnelly, will discuss the company’s business
strategy during a fireside…

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Prisoners Assistance Nepal (PA Nepal), an NGO based in Kathmandu that conducts prison welfare work, bested 20 other NGOs from across the Asia-Pacific region to win the 2009 Asia Society-Bank of America Merrill Lynch Asia 21 Young Leaders Public Service Award (Asia 21 PSA). The organization will receive a cash prize of US$10,000 and will be represented by its founder,…

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DotAsia announces plan to release multilingual domain (IDN Internationalized Domain Name) registrations in 2010. Following announcements by ICANN to approve the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), DotAsia Organisation, the global top-level domain authority for .Asia, will accept IDN registrations starting in the second half of 2010 to address the pent up demand in Asia for multilingual web addresses.

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Red Herring recognizes MAIA Intelligence, a BI Software Provider as the “Most Promising” Company Driving the Future of Innovative Technology with Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Award

Mumbai, India, November 30, 2009 — MAIA Intelligence, a software product company in Business Intelligence (BI) reporting analysis space with more than 10000 users of 1KEY BI, announced that it has been awarded…

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Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Sam Walsh today signed an memorandum of understanding with the Premier of Western Australian, Colin Barnett, and the Minister for Regional Development, Brendon Grylls, as the first step towards a town redevelopment strategy in the Pilbara.
The MoU will lead to the formalising of a co-operative partnership between the State Government and Rio…

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Digital Libraries are increasingly playing a vital role in business, research and education and facilitating ‘anytime, anywhere access’ to knowledge resources. They are emerging as a crucial component of global information infrastructure and resources that bring the physical library and information resources to users in digital form.

TERI in partnership with IGNOU is organizing the Third International Conference on…

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Following is the speech by the Secretary for Education, Mr Michael Suen, on The World has Changed, so Must We – Is the New Academic Structure the Answer? delivered at the 2009 Hong Kong Management Association Annual Fellowship Dinner today (November 27):

(Dr Hon) David (Li), distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,

It gives me great pleasure to address you…

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During the interview, Lo highlighted Laserfiche as a company that helps organizations “go clean and green and get all that clutter out of your environment.” When he asked if Laserfiche is the “digital equivalent of microfiche,” Wacker pointed out that Laserfiche enterprise content management ( ECM ) is far superior because it manages all types of organizational content, including audio…

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Singapore’s business events sector continues to forge ahead with a momentum of growth. Bolstered by its strong business fundamentals and initiatives to build a vibrant ecosystem of business events, Singapore has successfully clinched a good number of association meetings over the next few years.

November 26, 2009 /India PRwire/ — With Singapore’s economy turning…

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The Asia-Pacific biometric market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 27% between 2010 and 2012 on its wide application in industries and civil areas, says RNCOS.

November 26, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Biometrics is witnessing rapid adoption by both public and private sectors worldwide as an accurate, reliable and cost-saving way…

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Twenty-year outlook for efficient, environmentally progressive airplanes is strong

Boeing [NYSE: BA] forecasts that over the next 20 years, Southeast Asias airlines will require more that 2,100 new airplanes valued at approximately US$330 billion.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President of Marketing Randy Tinseth shared the companys market data and forecast today at a media conference focused on the global and…

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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been named the “India Tax Firm of the Year” by International Tax Review (ITR). The awards were presented at the ITR Asia Tax Awards Ceremony in Singapore on 24 November 2009.

Speaking on the occasion, Dinesh Kanabar, PwC tax leader, India said, “It is a tremendous achievement and we are delighted to receive this award. The…

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According to Datamonitor’s pan-India energy survey, private as well as public investors in the country’s power sector are currently most interested in mega power plants and wind power generation. These two segments scored high on each of Datamonitor’s three benchmarks developed to assess investor preferences: market size and profitability; international versus domestic participation; and technology improvement and value chain development.

November

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The awards were presented at the ITR Asia Tax Awards Ceremony in Singapore on 24 November 2009.

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/ — PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been named the “India Tax Firm of the Year” by International Tax Review (ITR). The awards were presented at the ITR Asia Tax Awards Ceremony in Singapore on…

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Overall new-vehicle initial quality in India has improved notably from 2008-by 32 problems per 100 vehicles, according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2009 India Initial Quality StudySM (IQS) released today. Notably Honda Models Earn Two Initial Quality Awards; Chevrolet, Ford, Maruti Suzuki and Toyota Models Receive One Award Each

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/

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ASUS Ranks First in Quality and Innovation in The Wall Street Journal Asia 200 Survey; Voted Second Most-admired Company Overall; Credited with “Revolutionizing the Global PC Industry” with the Eee PC™

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/ — ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) has been voted number one in “high-quality services and products, as well as…

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Red Herring Inc. names Clickindia among the top 100 private technology companies in Asia in its annual list of Asia 2009 winners.

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Clickindia Infomedia Pvt Ltd, which owns and manages http://www.clickindia.com – India’s leading free classifieds website, has been announced a Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Winner. The…

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Europcar, the UK’s leading vehicle hire company, has launched EuropcarClub to offer the membership benefits of a car club with the flexibility of daily hire. The UK launch follows a successful roll out in France in 2008.
Bringing a fresh approach to car clubs, EuropcarClub is a subscription based service with two tiers – Easy and Premium. The new…

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* XSB latex production in Guturribay (Spain), Kaipiainen (Finland) and Ribécourt (France) to close by mid-2010
* About 40 BASF employees affected
* Improved cost structure for remaining XSB plants expected
BASF’s paper chemicals division will close production of XSB (carboxylated styrol butadiene) paper coating binders at its sites in Guturribay (Spain), Kaipiainen (Finland) and Ribécourt (France)…

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InMobi, the largest mobile ad network in international markets, adds to its list of high-profile top quality management with the hiring of an ex-GroupM and a 15 year internet & mobile veteran as the Head of APAC.
BANGALORE, India, PALO ALTO, California, SINGAPORE (November, 23 2009): InMobi has roped in Emmanuel Allix, former GroupM hand, into their top-quality management…

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David Singhiser, the founder of Libertas.ws and Libertas Internet Marketing, began his round the world trip this week by flying to Las Vegas from Honolulu to attend the CCPro Internet Marketing Event. After less than six months in the industry, he’s ready to begin the lifestyle he read about in Timothy Ferriss’s book, The 4-Hour Work Week.
”I’ve been…

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