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...
Andy Warhol pops up in China
Source: CNN
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 10:25:20 -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...
Road cave-in kills five people in China
Source: United Press International
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-21 23:36:46 -0700 | travel-news
A road in south China's Guangdong province caved in, killing at least five people, authorities said. The incident Tuesday occurred at the Huamao industrial park in Shenzen, a major city in the province in the southern tip of mainland China....
Defending Champions Lose Ground in HK Lawn Bowls Premier League
Source: Epoch Times
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 07:34:11 -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...
Old School Chinese Espionage Behind Alleged NYU Theft
Source: Epoch Times
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 04:28:17 -0700 | political-news
Charges against three researchers at New York University provide an example of what experts call a classic example of Chinese espionage. Yudong Zhu, Xing Yang, and Ye Li allegedly provided a Chinese company with information on federally-funded research they were...
Miles to go for Thein Sein
Source: Asia Times
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 10:28:11 -0700 | political-news
US-based observers are understandably confused about Myanmar's military-guided path towards democratization, particularly after the recent eruption of communal violence between Buddhist and Muslim communities that ultimately required army intervention.
Rugby: PHL ready to break into region's Top 3 - Volcanoes coach
Source: GMA News
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 07:34:08 -0700 | sports-news
14pm After fighting off relegation and staying in the Asian 5 Nations Top Five, the Philippine Volcanoes now aim to assert their staying power by aiming to break into the region's Top 3. "The guys are ambitious. We...
Credit Suisse is the No. 2 in Asia prime brokers
Source: The Economic Times
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-21 01:17:31 -0700 | business-news
The Asian prime brokerage unit of Credit Suisse has replaced Morgan Stanley as the second largest firm servicing the region's $148 billion hedge funds industry, a survey showed. The annual survey by industry tracker AsiaHedge, released this week, found that...
UL Remains the Top CB Certificate Issuing Body in Categories Information Technology & Office ...
Source: PR Newswire
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-20 21:50:00 -0700 | technology-news
UL's ranking has improved by 1.5 points in the OFF category, widening the gap from its nearest competitors. UL remains the number one certificate issuer in the category accounting for a significant share at 45 percent, way ahead of the...
Goldman exits China's ICBC, seven years and billions later
Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-20 21:46:48 -0700 | business-news
A Goldman Sachs sign is seen over their kiosk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 26, 2010. Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised $1.1 billion by selling its remaining shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China...
Asia Markets: Hong Kong, Sydney stocks fall; Tokyo seesaws
Source: MarketWatch
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-20 20:34:16 -0700 | business-news
Australian stocks declined, and Hong Kong equities pulled back from a three-day winning run on Tuesday, weighed by overnight losses on Wall Street and uncertainty over U.S. monetary policy. The S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.7% in Sydney, and the Hang Seng...
Mainland brokers to use QDII2 for expansion
Source: Chinadaily
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-21 07:47:50 -0700 | business-news
Hong Kong can leverage on the city's financial competitiveness to seek more international business...Under the scheme, authorized banks, fund management companies, brokerages, insurance companies and trust companies based in the mainland are allowed to invest in their own funds or...
Pilot free trade zone planned in Nansha New Area
Source: Chinadaily
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-21 06:17:31 -0700 | business-news
The free trade zone will span 24.52 square kilometers, covering the southern and northern parts of Longxue Island and Nansha Bay. Chen Jianhua, mayor of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, visited Nansha early this month to a sse ss the...
Hong Kong: The InterContinental Hotel's Bounty Of Rooms With A Sensational View
Source: Forbes
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-20 15:21:22 -0700 | business-news
H-VQ or Harbor-View Quotient, which is the number of rooms that have a bona-fide view of a harbor divided by the total number of hotel rooms. If a hotel had only harbor-view rooms, the H-VQ would be one. For most...
Village Roadshow Invests In Irresistible Films
Source: Variety
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-20 15:15:17 -0700 | entertainment-news
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Asia has become an investor and partner in Hong Kong-based Irresistible Films L.P. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday at Cannes, were not disclosed. Greg Basser, CEO of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, will join the board...
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