http://theasiabizz.com BUSINESS | FINANCE | NEWS | OPPORTUNITY | TECHNOLOGY | Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:25:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://theasiabizz.com/news/hong-kong-charity-to-make-340-million-us-dollars-from-facebook-ipo/ http://theasiabizz.com/news/hong-kong-charity-to-make-340-million-us-dollars-from-facebook-ipo/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:10:55 +0000 admin http://theasiabizz.com/news/hong-kong-charity-to-make-340-million-us-dollars-from-facebook-ipo/ Hong Kong – A Hong Kong charity looks set to make more than 340 million US dollars from the listing of the online social-networking company Facebook Inc, a news report said Friday. (read the story …) Related items NEWS: eShop Downloadable Title Gets Demo in Japan Summary Box: China sets $2.5B small business fund Summary Box: Iran aims to curb oil dependence MT COLUMNS NEWS/COMMENTARIES Malaysia to install banknote scanners to stem cash outflow Malaysia loses $372 million a year to illegal deforestation]]>

Hong Kong – A Hong Kong charity looks set to make more than 340 million US dollars from the listing of the online social-networking company Facebook Inc, a news report said Friday.

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]]> http://theasiabizz.com/news/hong-kong-charity-to-make-340-million-us-dollars-from-facebook-ipo/feed/ 0 http://theasiabizz.com/news/news-eshop-downloadable-title-gets-demo-in-japan/ http://theasiabizz.com/news/news-eshop-downloadable-title-gets-demo-in-japan/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:04:30 +0000 admin http://theasiabizz.com/news/news-eshop-downloadable-title-gets-demo-in-japan/ Upcoming eShop RPG gets demo today in Japan. Denpa Ningen no RPG marks the first eShop downloadable title to receive a demo on the Nintendo 3DS. While the Wii saw demos for downloadable titles, up to this point Nintendo has only released demos for retail titles on their 3DS online shop. The title, which releases next week on February 8 in Japan and retails for 800 yen, is an RPG where you must … (read the story …) Related items Hong Kong charity to make 340 million US dollars from Facebook IPO Summary Box: China sets $2.5B small business fund Summary Box: Iran aims to curb oil dependence MT COLUMNS NEWS/COMMENTARIES Malaysia to install banknote scanners to stem cash outflow Malaysia loses $372 million a year to illegal deforestation]]>

Upcoming eShop RPG gets demo today in Japan. Denpa Ningen no RPG marks the first eShop downloadable title to receive a demo on the Nintendo 3DS. While the Wii saw demos for downloadable titles, up to this point Nintendo has only released demos for retail titles on their 3DS online shop. The title, which releases next week on February 8 in Japan and retails for 800 yen, is an RPG where you must …

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(THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – High-tech scanners capable of detecting bank notes in luggage are to be installed at all entry and exit points in the country to curb the illegal outflow of money that has amounted to billions of ringgit.

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