Mining baron Clive Palmer suing Fairfax for defamation | MINING baron Clive Palmer has launched a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the Sydney Morning Herald's publisher over a report that allegedly painted him as a "dishonest, dishonourable and unethical busine... Target joins online rush to Asia to sidestep GST | WESFARMERS' discount department store Target will begin shipping goods directly from China to Australian internet shoppers by September, allowing them to avoid paying GST. | In an exclusive interview with The... 'Ring of Fire' a rare treat | STARGAZERS from the US to eastern Asia will be treated to a dazzling and rare "Ring of Fire" eclipse. | Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they'll have a special ring to them in a few days for p... No skills crisis here, but America we need you | SOME of Australia's biggest employers will this weekend make an appeal to Texans to fill 650 vacant skilled jobs here. | The mining, construction and oil and gas sectors are crying out for skilled worker... Greece teeters on the brink | THE ballot that Greece will hold on June 17 is not just a national election, it is also a referendum on whether Greece will stay in the euro, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. | Voters will choose... Botched orders plagued St Hilliers Construction | A BOTCHED order for hundreds of doors and windows for a new prison arrived from China cut to the wrong sizes and helped cause one of the state's largest construction companies to collapse, union official... Designing Business Education for a Custom Fit | TOKYO — When a South African mining company faced a difficult problem — how to get more black managers into leadership roles — it called on an unexpected source for help, a nonprofit group a... GMAT Adds New Thinking Cap | LONDON — Starting next month, prospective business school applicants who sit down to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test, or GMAT, may notice something different: Instead of a three-part exam t... NATO in a Time of Austerity | In his valedictory speech last year, then-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates argued that the partnership between the North American and European sides of the NATO alliance needed a new impulse. Related in Ne... A Way Up for Women in Business | THE HAGUE — Using Mount Kilimanjaro as a metaphor for business, 15 business students set out to climb Africa’s highest peak last September as part of an elective course at the Rotterdam School of ... Roll Out the Oil Revenue Weapon | Oil prices have plummeted for the past two weeks, largely on dim projections for global growth. But an underappreciated, major threat to this trend lies on the horizon. Enlarge This Image Raheb Homavandi/Reut... 4Videosoft Upgraded Video Converter for Mac: Comprehensive Solution to Convert any Video File on Mac | BEIJING, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- To double the video enjoyment of Mac users, 4Videosoft recently upgraded theirVideo Converter for Mac, which provides the comprehensive solution to convert any popu... DVDFab 8.1.8.2 Beta Adds Support to TMT5 for Playing Blu-ray 3D Movies | BEIJING, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Fengtao Software Inc., the leading multimedia software company majors in DVD, Blu-ray copy and video converter, released another minor upgrade to its all-in-one shar... Dehaier Medical to Present at the CFA 2012 Cross-Continental Summit on Investment in Shanghai | BEIJING, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Dehaier Medical Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: DHRM) ("Dehaier" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in the development, assembly, marketing and sale of medical de... BSA Publishes 2011 Software Piracy Study Stan Abrams | Email | Stan Abrams is a Beijing-based IP/IT lawyer and law professor. Recent Posts Beijing Kicks Off Anti-Cult Month Implausible Rumor Dept.: China Greenlights Government Smartphone The Daily Twi... Forbes’ 100, And More Of The Day’s Top Stories" class="permalinkBio">Gaga No More—Lopez Takes Top Spot On Forbes’ 100, And More Of The Day’s Top Stories | The world, it seems, is no longer gaga for Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. The pop singer, who was named the world’s most powerful star in Forbes‘ annual Celebrity Power 100 List for 2011, has... Chinese are 8 years older than real age | Beijing, May 17 (IANS) A survey in China has found the Chinese are ageing faster. An average Chinese is 8.2 years older than his or her real age while men have a poorer health than women. | According to... TASE Trading 13–17 May, 2012 | TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In keeping with global share price movements, all leading Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) indices ended lower during the third week of trading in May. The TA-25 index lost 4.... Facebook can't take Asian growth for granted Facebook's growth in Asia may be slowing as it moves beyond desktop users to those who access the Internet largely or solely from a mobile phone. | Photograph by: Karen Bleier , AFP/Getty Images | Even as Fac... Natural Gas Prices May Double by 2015, FT Reports | Tweet Print This | U.S. natural gas prices may double from recent 10-year lows by 2015 as more of the fuel is used in transportation, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing an oil company execut... Eurozone concerns drag markets lower | Fears surrounding the stability of the 17-country eurozone — particularly the state of Spain's financial system and whether Greece might be forced out of the single currency union — pushed global ... Pulitzer Prize winning biologist to open EcoSummit in Columbus Business First Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 10:51am EDT Related: , Related News | A two-time Pulitzer Prize winning biologist will open an international environmental conference that is expected to draw at lea... Pricier Rice Good News For Instant Noodles Indonesians already chow down on more instant noodles than almost anyone else in the world, but industry experts expect them to up their intake much more. | Consumption is forecast to grow 10 percent this year,... China May Be Savior On Stalled Rp 10.8t C. Java Toll Road Plan The Public Works Ministry is considering a Rp 3 trillion ($324 million) investment from China in a Central Java toll road expected to cost a total of Rp 10.8 trillion. | “It is still being studied. The proces... Eurozone concerns drag markets lower | LONDON — Fears surrounding the stability of the 17-country eurozone — particularly the state of Spain's financial system and whether Greece might be forced out of the single currency union —...
'Ring of Fire' a rare treat The Daily Telegraph Australia| STARGAZERS from the US to eastern Asia will be treated to a dazzling and rare "Ring of Fire" eclip...
Botched orders plagued St Hilliers Construction The Daily Telegraph Australia| A BOTCHED order for hundreds of doors and windows for a new prison arrived from China cut to the wrong sizes...
GMAT Adds New Thinking Cap The New York Times| LONDON — Starting next month, prospective business school applicants who sit down to take the Graduate...
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The Clippings File: "When Night Falls" New Yorker| I'm grateful to Edmund Yeo, the Malaysian filmmaker and blogger, for sending along, via Twitter, a link to t...
Eurozone concerns drag markets lower Houston Chronicle| LONDON (AP) — Fears surrounding the stability of the 17-country eurozone — particularly the state of Spa...
Eurozone concerns drag markets lower The Independent| Greece has called another round of elections for 17 June after the last one proved inconclusive and coalitio...
BSA Publishes 2011 Software Piracy Study Business InsiderStan Abrams | Email | Stan Abrams is a Beijing-based IP/IT lawyer and law professor. Recent Posts Beijing Kick...
Chinese are 8 years older than real age Newstrack India| Beijing, May 17 (IANS) A survey in China has found the Chinese are ageing faster. An average Chinese is 8.2 ...
Eurozone concerns drag markets lower WPXI| Fears surrounding the stability of the 17-country eurozone — particularly the state of Spain's financi...
