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Corruption Plagues Bangkok International Film Festival

LOS ANGELES / BANGKOK — Two Los Angeles movie executives have been found guilty of paying 1.8 million dollars in bribes to win the right to manage the Bangkok International Film Festival, justice officials said Monday.
Gerald Green, 77, and Patricia Green 52, were convicted by a federal jury late Friday on charges of conspiracy, violating [...]

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Ebeling Heffernan Report on China’s Online Retail Market

Business is booming for China’s online retailers, heralding the emergence of young, affluent consumers who will reshape the global economy over the next decade. China’s sky-high savings rate, the flip-side of debt-fueled spending in the US, is one of the main economic imbalances that underlay the global financial crisis. US consumers, facing job insecurity and [...]

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Jadeite, Timeless Treasure

The anxiety becomes palpable in the city of Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Burma), each March and November, when Asian stone dealers convene for the government-run auctions of rough jadeite. The sales produce revenue for the country’s government, a military regime with a dubious human rights record. But politics are not the source of the tension at [...]

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Xi still in the running to be Hu’s heir

The Chinese Communist Party has strongly hinted that the Vice-President, Xi Jinping, will soon receive a key military appointment, which should confirm that he remains on course to be the next president.
Many analysts were surprised when the party last week failed to promote Mr Xi to deputy chairman of the Central Military Commission, which commands [...]

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Asia to Lead World Recovery

Asia is set to lead the world out of the global financial crisis in spite of the slow recovery in the US and Europe, according to the latest forecasts by the Asian Development Bank. In a dramatic contrast to its view in March, when it slashed 2009 growth forecasts for Asia, excluding Japan, from 7.2 [...]

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Ebeling Heffernan Finance Update

The Hot List has delivered some astounding results with gains upto 3000% on some, but far from being over, I think the best Hot List returns are ahead of us.
HYTM, with a contract in hand from Ford Motor Co the companys new sales focus seems to be paying huge results, if they landed Ford they [...]

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Ebeling Heffernan Report on Get Fugu

A lot of talk has persisted about Get Fugu in the last week questioning the value of the application now available on iPhone, Google Android or Android and other smartphone operating systems. And the value of the application is of course worth questioning. In the last 2 weeks we have seen 10s of millions of [...]

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Get Fugu Debit Card Give Away

www.getfugu.com, the next generation mobile search tool, to introduce their revolutionary new method of accessing the Internet through mobile phones, reminds consumers it will give away, free, this Wednesday, to the first 100,000 experiencers, a customizable, branded, black debit card which will enable users to receive rewards from some of the largest consumer-focused industries and [...]

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F1 Excitement Grips Singapore

Ticket sales for Singapore’s upcoming Formula One night race may not yet be in overdrive, but plans for the party circuit are in full throttle.
Race-chasers can look forward to just as many related parties, acts and food and drink offerings at the SingTel Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix as last year, when the event made [...]

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HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair

Hong Kong and electronics belong together. The metropolis holds 2nd place among electronics exporters worldwide. Hong Kong companies just have to be there at IFA 2009 in Berlin from 4 to 9 September. Among the around 50 exhibitors (2008: 77), 24 (2008: 49) will be exhibiting in the country pavilion of the Hong Kong Trade [...]

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