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Having hit recent lows at the end June, so called risk assets have recovered most of those losses, but there are some noteworthy deviations that strongly suggest caution remains.
Measuring the rebound, the S&P 500 has recovered the majority of its losses since the end of June, and is now eagerly re-testing [...]

ASEAN Markets under pressure

A savage downturn on Wall St overnight will pressure stocks around ASEAN today with the exception of Thailand that will be riding high on an end to a lengthy political impasse.
Thailand’s SET Index advanced 4.5 percent, the most in two weeks and the baht strengthened the most since March, after Prime [...]

U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google

Editor’s note: Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of “Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.” Read more of his writing at www.schneier.com.
(CNN) — Google made headlines when it went public with the fact that Chinese hackers had penetrated some of its services, such as Gmail, in a politically [...]

China’s tweaks won’t cure financial excess

A month before China ushers in the year of the Tiger, its central bank has begun to address the effects of its roaring liquidity boom. It is encouraging that the authorities in Beijing are alert to the threat of an overheating financial system. But with so many countervailing forces, the liquidity tiger will not be [...]

Japan warms relations with India but future accord remains hazy

TOKYO, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s three-day visit to India, which saw him return to Tokyo Wednesday, is, to a certain degree, being heralded as a success, as official talks with his counterpart Manmohan Singh, as well as closed-door meetings with top Indian industrialists and bankers, have deepened diplomatic understanding and [...]

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Shayne Heffernan looks at Asia’s Economic New Year

While Asia remains a hot topic for the world investors, and country to country Asia reflects strong growth in all directions, a new Free Trade Deal in the Region is set to embark many nations on the road to new levels of growth. We at Ebeling Heffernan feel the importance of this FTA has been [...]

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Malaysia to attract investment from China more actively

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — Malaysia has lined up 10 initiatives to attract businessmen from China in a more active way to promote China-Malaysia’s bilateral trade, a Malaysian official said here in an interview with Xinhua recently.
Wong Lai Sum, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), said this [...]

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Japan sees change at the top in 2009

TOKYO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — This year Japan has seen the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) kicked from government by the electorate for the first time in more than half a century. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came to power promising change, and analysts say that the new government has got at least some of [...]

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For magic, see Mae Chaem

In the still of the turn of the season, the rice fields are golden against the green hills, and the temple murals tell stories
There are places with a special magic, and the mystique of Mae Chaem in Chiang Mai begins with its unforgettable serenity. It’s the old world, still moving at a leisurely pace.
A chill [...]

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GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT CREATIVITY

An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand
DEAR Prime Minister, it was an honour to perform excerpts from Bruce Gaston’s extraordinary “A Boy and a Tiger” for you this week. It prompts me to write you this letter in a spirit of optimism and hope.
I am writing to you on behalf of my fellow [...]

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