New Hong Kong Billionaire Horst Pudwill Emerges As U.S. Housing Recovery Boosts Power Equipment ...
Source: Forbes
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 13:22:26 -0700 | business-news
Housing Recovery Boosts Power Equipment Exports Horst Julius Pudwill, chairman of Techtronic Industries, is a new Forbes billionaire with a networth of $1 billion. (Image credit: Techtronic Industries)) Horst Julius Pudwill, chairman of Hong Kong-based Techtronic Industries, has emerged as...
Mariners bow out of ACL with 3-0 defeat
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Guangzhou :: China | updated 2013-05-22 13:46:07 -0700 | sports-news
The Central Coast Mariners had no answer to the talent assembled so expensively by Guangzhou Evergrande, tumbling out the Asian Champions League on Wednesday with a 3-0 defeat in China. Manager Graham Arnold had stressed the importance of keeping a...
For Westerners in Asia, the Job Market Grows Tougher
Source: International Herald Tribune
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 07:33:21 -0700 | business-news
She has a master's degree from a prestigious British university, has more than a decade of work experience, has lived in five countries and speaks four languages. Unfortunately, her Mandarin is limited and because of that, she has struggled to...
Fifteen Minutes Of Power: Women Who (Briefly) Rocked 2013
Source: Forbes
Chongqing :: China | updated 2013-05-22 06:56:56 -0700 | business-news
Most Powerful Women list we scour the world press for mentions of leading ladies with a particular eye for newcomers who could join these mighty ranks. This year, for example, you'll find two new women on the list, Phebe Novakovic...
Andy Warhol pops up in China
Source: CNN
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 11:06:48 -0700 | allnews
When American pop artist Andy Warhol visited Beijing in 1982 and was told there wasn't a McDonald's, he replied: "Oh, but they will." Twenty-six years after his death, Warhol, whose much-lauded prescience extended across visual and consumer culture, has popped...
China artist Ai Weiwei publishes a video clip of his detention
Posted by: rsa76
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-22 12:43:40 -0700 | odd-news
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was released Wednesday on the Internet a video clip that describes how the dark and ironic times his detention by the authorities in 2011. In "Dumbass" ("Dumbo"), the prisoner Ai questioned, puts his fingerprint on...
Special Envoy of the DPRK took off on a visit to China
Posted by: rsa76
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-22 14:11:08 -0700 | odd-news
Special Envoy of the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, Head of the Political Department of the Korean People's Army Choe Ryong Hae took off on a visit to China, reports Korean Central News Agency. The objectives of the visit are not...
Shanda Games Reports First Quarter 2013 Unaudited Results
Source: PR Newswire
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 13:37:33 -0700 | business-news
China , today announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 . Financial Highlights Net revenues were RMB1,084.6 million ( US$173.0 million ), down 21.9% YoY and up 0.3% QoQ. Gross profit was RMB713.3...
Depressed Chinese man bungles two suicide attempts then vows to get a job
Source: Mail Online UK
Changsha :: China | updated 2013-05-22 08:05:22 -0700 | political-news
22 May 2013 A depressed graduate has told of his relief after he twice failed to commit suicide in front of a horrified crowd in China...He then decided to jump in front of a passing train, but landed on its...
Defending Champions Lose Ground in HK Lawn Bowls Premier League
Source: Epoch Times
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 15:01:34 -0700 | sports-news
Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association's 2013 Premier League season. Equipped with three of the best bowlers in Hong Kong as their new recruits, KCC started the season quite well...Last Saturday May 18, KCC was away from home against the mid-tabled...
In China, food scares put Mao's self-sufficiency goal at risk
Source: The Globe & Mail
Hefei :: China | updated 2013-05-22 15:12:04 -0700 | green-news
EDT A worker displays a handful of rice at a market in Hefei, Anhui province in this 2009 file photo. The discovery of dangerous levels of toxic cadmium in rice sold in the southern city of Guangzhou, the latest in...
China cuts power prices in agricultural sector
Source: Chinadaily
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-05-22 12:08:16 -0700 | business-news
Pork and vegetable producers will now enjoy the same electricity prices as other agricultural production businesses, which were already benefiting from preferential costs, the commission said in a statement. Agricultural wholesale and farm produce markets, as well as refrigerator storage...
US IT restriction act fails to charm industry
Source: Chinadaily
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-05-22 12:08:12 -0700 | business-news
A recent US cyber-espionage rule barring imports of Chinese-made information technology (IT) products may provoke further opposition from industry if it is still supported by the US funding bill next year, analysts said. "For most US IT companies, they don't...
Adage Capital's Top Five Picks
Source: The Motley Fool
Tianjin :: China | updated 2013-05-22 07:21:59 -0700 | business-news
Adage Capital recently revealed its public-equity portfolio in its quarterly filing with the SEC...The investment firm has grown to now have some $29 billion in assets under management. Outlined below are Adage's five-largest holdings, which happen to all be well-known...
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