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Saudi Arabia's Infrastructure Outlook 'Positive'

JEDDAH - Although transport projects have been the main focus of Saudi Arabia's infrastructure sector over the past quarter, the utilities sector has also seen a number of projects awarded and announced. In a separate report,...

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Shanghai Express

Commentary about business and finance. "Optimism is higher than it was last year," says Brenda Lei Foster, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. The reason: Instead of simply shipping goods made in China...

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Millwall scores loan goal

It's not easy being a Millwall fan the club is languishing in the third tier of English football and facing a potentially costly investigation into crowd violence at its Carling Cup tie against West Ham earlier this season.

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Millionaires club expands in China

The global economic downturn has not affected the personal wealth of the rich in China that continued to expand this year and also opened up more opportunities for private bankers, said a recent study. The number of...

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Hong Kong stocks finish 0.86% lower

Hong Kong shares Thursday fell for a third day, with the benchmark index moving down 0.86 percent, or 197.17 points at 22,643.16 due to overnight falls on the Wall Street. Hang Seng Index opened up 0.24 percent, or 54.51 points...

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Banks on watch after suspected card breach (NetworkWorld Security)

Some banks are replacing cards after an apparent breach at a Spanish data processor By Jeremy Kirk , IDG News Service , 11/20/2009 An apparent data breach in Spain has caused Visa and MasterCard to warn banks of possible...

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Dragon voting

Have just been told by HSBC Invest Direct that there are no voting rights for share holdings including Isas. For good measure they don't do Stop Loss either. Intending users of their "service" be warned ! Is it too late to...

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8th MOC Sports Awards to be held on 6th December

Athletes from 16 sports disciplines affiliated and recognised by the Maltese Olympic Committee and who have distinguished themselves during the 2009 Year of Sport, will be heading for the major honours during the 8th Edition of...

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16. Ambitious plans to propel Malaysia to the forefront of ICT

IN the push towards high income status, parallels can be drawn from the country's past efforts at nurturing technology-based industries. And questions need to be asked if those efforts had borne much fruit.

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Mexico stocks slip as investors trim risk bets (at Reuters)

MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks fell on Friday as investors around the world cut exposure to risky assets and high-yield currencies amid worries about the strength of the global economic recovery. The IPC stock...

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