Archive for February 12th, 2008
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) fixed a system glitch Tuesday and resumed trading in the Topix futures.
TSE said bugs were found with the program of a newly installed futures trading system. Engineers had fixed the flaws and confirm ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Malaysia recorded the 10th consecutive year of trade surplus in 2007, Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz announced here on Tuesday.
The trade surplus of 100.53 billion ringgit (30.46 billion U.S. dollar ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Malaysia's trade is expected to continue to grow, in line with the continued global economic expansion in 2008, Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said here on Tuesday.
Asia, led by China and ASEAN, is ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
The Philippines saw a rising influx of foreigners eyeing a working visa in 2007, the government said Tuesday.
Bureau of Immigration records showed that 11,290 foreigners of different nationalities were issued pre-arranged employmen ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Microsoft said Monday that it would continue its efforts to take over Internet search engine and web portal giant Yahoo although its former acquisition offer was turned down.
The software giant didn't say what steps it would take, b ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
U.S. President George W. Bush said Monday the economic stimulus package passed by Congress last week will help deal with the uncertainties in the economy.
The 168 billion dollars package "means that money will be going directly to A ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Bolivian President Evo Morales declared U.S. embassy official Vincent Cooper an "undesirable person" Monday, citing charges that Cooper was trying to organize a spy ring, according to news reaching here.
"This man has not only viola ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Japanese senior officials on Tuesday continued to condemn a U.S. Marine's alleged raping of an Okinawa minor girl on Sunday, according to Japanese media.
On different occasions, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said he is taking the inci ...
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