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Zuckerberg asks Samsung for 'Facebook phone': sources last updated : 2013-06-19 12:12:35 -> 200 view(s)
Mark Zuckerberg, one of the young cofounders of Facebook, on Tuesday met with Samsung Electronics executives including the heir Lee Jay-yong and mobile unit chief Shin Jong-kyun to ask Samsung to manufacture a “Facebook-friendly” phone, industry ....
Nepal Airlines Corp signs US$106m loan with EPF to buy two jets last updated : 2013-06-19 11:57:13 -> 211 view(s)
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) finally looks like it is buying planes to expand its skeleton fleet again, after each of its past purchase plans ended in disaster.
The national flag carrier signed a 10 billion Nepalese rupees (US$106 million) loan ....
Thai retailers deny dangerous chemicals in packed rice last updated : 2013-06-19 11:43:18 -> 215 view(s)
Major modern retailers yesterday rejected allegations circulating on social media that they are selling packed rice that has been stored for a long time and has been treated with substantial amounts of anti-fungal and anti-weevil chemicals, which can ....
Philippines to launch 6-month tourist visa last updated : 2013-06-19 10:33:00 -> 216 view(s)
Foreign visitors who want to extend their vacation in the Philippines may now do so without the usual hassles.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Tuesday that foreigners who would like to stay longer in the country, could avail of a six-mon ....
Manila to stop giving new licences to S'pore maid agencies last updated : 2013-06-19 10:29:50 -> 257 view(s)
Singapore maid agencies are being barred from taking out new licences to source for workers in the Philippines in a move by Manila to crack down on firms flouting its rules.
The country's embassy will limit the number of licensed companies to the cu ....
Bangladesh Bank gives green light to ninth new bank last updated : 2013-06-19 09:55:20 -> 254 view(s)
Bangladesh Bank yesterday decided to grant a licence to NRB Global Bank, taking the number of new banks to nine, a spokesman for the central bank said.
BB took the decision at its board meeting yesterday with Governor Atiur Rahman in the chair, said ....
ANN joins roadshow for advert agencies last updated : 2013-06-19 09:32:02 -> 282 view(s)
Executives from Asia News Network met in Singapore last week to unveil new media initiatives for leading regional advertising agencies.
ANN members also joined forces to set up an advertising office in Singapore to represent the 22 members from 19 c ....
Pay of migrant workers in Korea much higher than at home last updated : 2013-06-19 09:24:20 -> 192 view(s)
Asian migrant workers in Korea were found to receive much higher wages than they had been paid in their native countries, a poll showed this week.
According to the survey of 1,058 foreign labourers from 10 Asian countries, their average monthly earn ....
Foreigners dump Korea stocks amid split bets last updated : 2013-06-19 08:56:45 -> 272 view(s)
Foreign investors have targeted the South Korean stock market in their recent capitalisation of equities amid concern over some developed countries exiting monetary easing.
Amid predictions of weaker growth for emerging economies due advanced countr ....
Indonesian govt bond auction met with cool reception last updated : 2013-06-19 08:56:16 -> 282 view(s)
The House of Representatives’ approval of the revision of the 2013 state budget has apparently not impressed many fixed income investors, who are mostly still in a wait-and-see mode in Indoneia's bonds market.
The government bond auction held by ....
Myanmar sees promising growth in clothing industry last updated : 2013-06-19 08:13:07 -> 369 view(s)
Myanmar's clothing industry is expected to grow as a result of the country's readmission to a preferential EU trading scheme, according to sources from the industry.
The European Union readmitted Myanmar to its trade preference scheme on June 12 whi ....
Over 140 joint ventures invest in Myanmar's oil, gas sector last updated : 2013-06-19 08:10:45 -> 326 view(s)
The number of joint ventures between local and international energy companies now exceeds 140 say officials from Myanmar's Ministry of Energy.
According to Myanmar’s most recent foreign investment law, foreign companies are generally required ....
US 7-11 stores rapped for exploiting Filipinos last updated : 2013-06-19 08:08:12 -> 300 view(s)
Philippine officials in the United States are investigating the reported exploitation of Filipino immigrants at several 7-Eleven convenience stores in two East Coast states under a scheme likened to a “modern-day plantation system” where their ....
Nepal to lay Nepal-India cross-border petroleum pipeline last updated : 2013-06-18 12:16:08 -> 429 view(s)
Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has said it has initiated the process of land acquisition for the proposed Nepal-India cross-border petroleum pipeline.
The corporation has proposed a 200 x 300 metre land plot on the southern side of the existing Amalekh ....
S. Korea's new rules let manufacturers own financial subsidiaries last updated : 2013-06-18 12:10:19 -> 337 view(s)
South Korea’s antitrust regulator will allow manufacturing-focused conglomerates to own financial subsidiaries such as insurance companies, but only if they reorganise their governance structures to transform into holding companies.
In a policy an ....
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