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CANNES: 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Palme d' Or
VarietyCANNES -- "Blue Is the Warmest Color," Abdellatif Kechiche's sweeping and sexually explicit drama about a French teenage girl's love affair with another woman, received the Palme d'Or at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival on Sunday night. In a history-...Tags: Palestine, Cannes Film Festival, Bérénice Bejo , Film Festivals, Amour (movie)
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Asia: Festival to honor street food across the globe
Hungry for a change of pace? The World Street Food Jamboree in Singapore, May 31 to June 9, may be the place to find it. The event, described as a "mega street food feast," will feature 35 master chefs. Entries will hail from Indonesia, India, Thailand,...
Tags: Saveur, Culture, Ceremonies, Malaysia
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HOW TO PLAY IT-Despite hot stock market, you should avoid Japan
ReutersBy David Randall NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's white-hot stock market has investors crowding in, but there are few reasons why you shouldn't follow the pack. It's a temptation, of course. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index is up 50 percent for the...Tags: Edward Jones, Japan, Labor Markets, Mutual Funds, S&P 500
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Singapore c.bank sees core inflation close to 2 pct this year
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank said on Thursday it expects core inflation to be close to 2 percent in 2013, within its target range of 1.5 to 2.5 percent. Ong Chong Tee, deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of...Tags: Inflation and Deflation
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Azeri SOCAR to borrow $20 billion to boost exports to Europe
ReutersBAKU (Reuters) - Azeri state energy firm SOCAR plans to borrow more than $20 billion over the next five years to finance energy projects to help boost gas exports to Europe, a challenge to plans by neighboring Russia. SOCAR, one of the world's oldest oil...Tags: Russia, Moscow (Russia), Turkey, Energy Resources, World Bank Group
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Poland's KGHM wins part of Rio Tinto Kennecott tender
ReutersBy Melanie Burton SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - Polish miner KGHM has won the first part of a tender to supply Rio Tinto's copper smelter in Utah after a rockslide at Rio's own mine nearby left it struggling to source raw material, three market...Tags: Non Ferrous Metal, Metal and Mineral, Mexico
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Temasek pays $500 million for 10 pct stake in Markit -source
ReutersSINGAPORE May 22 (Reuters) - Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd has paid $500 million for a stake of around 10 percent stake in financial data provider Markit Group, a person familiar with the transaction said. Markit said in a statement... -
Soccer-Malaysia FA, police to investigate match-fixing claims
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - Claims of match-fixing in a Malaysian league fixture will be investigated by the country's Football Association (FAM) and sports minister on Thursday, local media reported, with the police urged to protect players from bookmakers....Tags: Malaysia, American Football Conference
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Parents withdraw from inquiry into death of US engineer Shane Todd
ReutersBy Kevin Lim and Joyce Lim SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - The parents of a U.S. engineer found dead in Singapore last year said on Wednesday they will not take part in the rest of a coroner's inquiry into his death, which they say was linked to a...Tags: Suicide, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Witnesses, Justice System, Prosecution
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RPT-BOOK TALK-Preparing for Asia's golden age
Reuters(Repeats to fix formatting) By Vidya Ranganathan SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - There is a new gold rush in the Asia-Pacific: rising incomes and consumer spending by Asia's fast-growing middle classes that is generating unprecedented opportunities for...Tags: International Trade, Gross Domestic Product, Consumers, Asia, China
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CME to launch palm oil swaps contract on June 3
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - CME Group will introduce a U.S. dollar-denominated palm oil swaps contract on June 3 pending regulatory review, the exchange said on Monday, tapping growing demand to manage price volatility of the food and fuel commodity....Tags: CME Group Inc., Petroleum Industry, Malaysia
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Thai businesses seeing virtues of green buildings
The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand / Asia News NetworkBANGKOK (The Nation/ANN) -- Thailand is following the global trend of building more green buildings because the business community has started realising that they offer both long-term energy-savings and increased business value, according to executives...Tags: Thailand, Media Industry, Germany, Asia, Southeast Asia
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