Analysis: China reformer sees his opportunity after Bo's fall

May 22, 2012 | OPPORTUNITY

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China's most conspicuously reform-minded leaders has stepped back into the spotlight after the nation's biggest political convulsion in a generation, positioning himself to gain from the fall of populist politician Bo Xilai. Wang Yang, leader of Guangdong province and well known for his deft handling of recent civil unrest...

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China reformer sees his opportunity after Bo's fall

May 22, 2012 | OPPORTUNITY

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (May 21): One of China's most conspicuously reform-minded leaders has stepped back into the spotlight after the nation's biggest… (read on…)

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Australia's next big problem: India's democracy

May 22, 2012 | OPPORTUNITY

Here's a nasty thought: the big threat to Australia's commodities-underwritten prosperity extending out to 2030 and beyond is India's democracy. Much worse though is the threat that irresponsible democracy poses to India itself. (read on…)

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Australian Publisher Snags A Piece Of The $70,000 Per Day Apple NewsStand Pie

May 22, 2012 | OPPORTUNITY

Thanks to Apple's latest platform, NewsStand, a small boutique publisher from Melbourne, Australia is cashing in on the $70,000+ per day revenue of Apples newest opportunity.Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) May 20, 2012 No matter where you look, it seems Apple is shaking the tree on traditional media platforms. First it was iTunes and Music, then...

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Australia's next problem: India's democracy

May 22, 2012 | OPPORTUNITY

Opinion The big threat to Australia's commodities-underwritten prosperity extending out to 2030 and beyond is India's democracy. (read on…)

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Two IPL players ‘detained’ in Mumbai party raid

May 21, 2012 | NEWS
Two IPL players ‘detained’ in Mumbai party raid

Two Indian Premier League cricket players were among nearly 100 people detained for drugs tests after police busted a party, reports said Monday, in the latest controversy to hit the tournament. (rwad on here …)

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Philippine censors to be in audience at Gaga show

May 21, 2012 | NEWS
Philippine censors to be in audience at Gaga show

Lady Gaga is set to rock the Philippines later Monday amid planned street protests and with censors in the house on orders to report any hint of blasphemy, devil worship, nudity or lewd conduct. (rwad on here …)

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World stock markets edge up after G-8 summit

May 21, 2012 | NEWS
World stock markets edge up after G-8 summit

Assurances that world powers want debt-laden Greece to remain in the euro helped support world stock markets Monday after sharp losses over the past week. (rwad on here …)

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NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war

May 21, 2012 | NEWS
NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war

US President Barack Obama and NATO allies will focus Monday on logistical aspects of ending the protracted Afghan war after President Hamid Karzai vowed his country will no longer be a “burden” for the international community. (rwad on here …)

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Three climbers die on Everest

May 21, 2012 | NEWS
Three climbers die on Everest

Three climbers have died on their descent from the summit of Mount Everest, tour agents and officials said Monday, bringing the season’s death toll to five on the world’s highest peak. (rwad on here …)

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Japan seeks to get in on act investing in Myanmar

May 21, 2012 | BUSINESS

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will start negotiations on an investment treaty with Myanmar on Wednesday, the trade ministry said, as corporations around the world scramble to do business in one of the last frontier markets in response to encouraging political reforms. The earliest possibility for an agreement would be a November summit of the...

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What Turbulence? China Spending On Business Travel May Surpass U.S. By 2015

May 21, 2012 | BUSINESS

If you listen to China skeptics, its economy is facing dark clouds and turbulence in the next few years with growth is poised to slow.   A business travel group today announced a survey that anticipates a markedly different future. (get the story…)

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China firm buys AMC to create cinema giant

May 21, 2012 | BUSINESS

Wanda, a property firm owned by one of China's richest men, said Monday it would buy US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $2.6 billion, in a sign of China's growing clout in the entertainment business. (get the story…)

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