Sunday, 19 May 2013

Asia Pacific

  • Final emergency hay shipment goes to Tauranga port

    20:18 | 19/5/13
    Radio New Zealand
    The final shipment of emergency hay has been delivered to Port of Tauranga, however, shipments are continuing into Port of Napier until the end of June to help drought affected farmers. more»

  • McDonald's Expected To Overhaul US Menu

    20:15 | 19/5/13
    Valley News
    The shares have recently become less valuable to investors. They're trading at a 16 ... They were trading at a 25 percent premium on April 18, the day before the Oak Brook, Ill.-based company reported that first-quarter net income, at $1.27 billion on ... more»

  • Martin County Community Calendar, updated May 19

    20:03 | 19/5/13
    TCPalm
    4-6 p.m. registration, 6:30 p.m. mandatory captains meeting; 6:15 a.m. fishing begins, 4 p.m. scale & digital photo station close, 5 p.m. more»
Asia Pacific Snapshot
CodeNameHighLowLastChange
NZ50NZSX 50 Index4,6364,5894,598380.82%
TWITrade Weighted Index76.3676.3676.360.360.47%
STIStraits Times - Singapore3,4573,4453,44930.09%
NI225Nikkei 22512,50212,44212,494220.18%
HSIHang Seng22,52922,36622,4651540.69%
  
 
Latest Asia Pacific News

  • For Nigerian Airlines... It's Lonely Sky

    19:50 | 19/5/13
    The Guardian Nigeria
    The number of airlines that have gone under include Okada, Triax, Oriental, Sosoliso, Nigeria Airways, Aviation Development Company (ADC), Afrijet, Bellview, Capital, Harco, Harka, Al Barka, Spaceworld, Dasab, Chrome, Flash, Hamza Air, Slok, EAS, Wings ... more»

  • Sleepy island waking up fast

    19:31 | 19/5/13
    BDlive
    But the sleepy hideaway has rejigged its fiscal policies and become a bona fide challenger for the place to base multinational business in Africa. more»

  • Zubiri: Time to move on

    19:21 | 19/5/13
    ABS CBN News
    After losing in the May 13 polls, Zubiri said: “And after a long and challenging campaign, one rocked with limited resources and at times, the survival of constant mudslinging, which is part of the political exercise, the people have spoken and the ... more»

  • Gerson: Government's heavy hand

    19:18 | 19/5/13
    Longview Daily News
    And House committees including Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are variously investigating the Benghazi matter, the IRS and the Justice ... more»

  • Warner reported for Twitter abuse

    19:08 | 19/5/13
    Yahoo!Xtra Blogs (blog)
    News Ltd colleague Malcolm Conn came to the defence of Craddock, sparking a heated back-and-forth exchange. Warner, who has over 190,000 followers on Twitter, labelled Craddock a "p**ck", said journalists "talk s***" and branded Conn an "old fart" in ... more»

  • ACC team flies to Canada to complete investigation

    19:06 | 19/5/13
    DhakaTribune
    ... Bangladesh Bridge Authority Superintendent Engineer Kazi Mohammad Ferdous, Roads and Highways Executive Engineer Riaz Ahmad Jaber, Engineering Planners Consultant Ltd's Deputy Managing Director Mohammad Mostafa, director of international ... more»

  • Riverfront project hits snag

    19:01 | 19/5/13
    TheNewsTribune.com
    By Tyler Richardson, Tri-City Herald. Tri-City Herald. Published: May ... The limited liability development company plans to turn the riverfront space into a hub of condos, hotels and stores. more»

  • Scott Burns: Pre-retirees in precarious financial condition

    18:54 | 19/5/13
    Denton Record Chronicle
    The paper shows what amounts to two separate and distinct Americas. One is the large portion of our population - at least half - that enters retirement, often unwillingly, with very limited resources and struggles every day thereafter. The other is a ... more»
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