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Alipays spare money business stirs online investment
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group, which runs Taobao.com, has established a new business offering customers higher investment yields than interest from banks.Five years ago, group board chairman Ma Yun said if Chinese banks do not change then they will be forced to change. The venture could be the beginning of that process.Alipay, China's leading third-party online payment platform and a ...
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China Ghana work closely to tackle illegal mining
China and Ghana are working closely to properly handle the issue of Chinese nationals engaged in illegal gold mining in the West African country, a senior Chinese official said here on Tuesday.Gong Jianzhong, the Chinese ambassador to Ghana, told a press conference that the issue of Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining activities in Ghana was a disharmony in the course of development of ...
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Blatter Brazil asked to host World Cup
FIFA president Sepp Blatter denied Tuesday that the Confederations Cup and World Cup are the causes for mass protests across Brazil.Demonstrations, which began last week in response to rises in public transport fares, have turned into a nation-wide rally against bad governance and corruption.Many marchers expressed their anger at the billions of dollars spent on new football stadiums for next ...
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FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying results
Following are the results of FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers on Tuesday:At SydneyAustralia 1, Iraq 0At SeoulSouth Korea 0, Iran 1At TashkentUzbekistan 5, Qatar 1Note: Australia, South Korea and Iran have qualified for the World Cup ...
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Ex-UNESCO chief visits Cambodias World Heritage Preah Vihear temple
Koichiro Matsuura, ex-director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on Tuesday visited Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple, a world heritage site, a Cambodian spokesman said.Dim Sovannarom, spokesman for the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC), said that Koichiro Matsuura, accompanied by Dr. Jiang Mingjun, President of the ...
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United Airlines Becomes North American Launch Customer for Boeing 787-10 as It Increases Dreamliner Order to 65
United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) today increased its 787 Dreamliner order to 65 aircraft (including six previously delivered aircraft) with an order for 20 787-10s. United is the North American launch customer for the 787-10 and it expects delivery of its first aircraft in 2018. United ordered 10 incremental 787-10 aircraft and will convert 10 existing 787s on order to 787-10s, enabling the airline ...
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Industry allocated funds will help NSW tourism reach targets
Key industry body’s are satisfied the AU$130 million allocated to Destination NSW in the 2013-14 NSW budget will boost the state’s visitor economy and encourage future opportunities. Leaders from both the Tourism Industry Council NSW and the Tourism & Transport Forum (TTF) have expressed their support for the level of funding the state has received and the ways in which these ...
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US festival part of Shaolin global expansion
The Shaolin Temple in central China, known as the cradle of Chinese kung fu, is preparing to stage its first cultural festival in the United States as part of the expansion of its global ...
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Myanmar sees promising growth in clothing industry
Myanmar's clothing industry is expected to grow as a result of the country's readmission to a preferential EU trading scheme, according to sources from the industry. The European Union readmitted Myanmar to its trade preference scheme on June 12 which grants developing nations preferential access to the 27-nation bloc for several products in the form of lower tariffs. "This is a ...
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Chinese mining industry contributes to abuses in Democratic Republic of the Congo
The DRC authorities have not only failed to prevent mining companies and traders abusing rights, they have themselves violated human rights to facilitate mining ...
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Dwindling Great Lakes squeeze shipping industry
TOLEDO, Ohio -- It’s the 14th straight year of low water levels for the $34 billion shipping industry that relies on the Great Lakes.And for ships like the Mesabi Miner, that comes at a great cost.On a recent Saturday the vessel drifted through the Detroit River and docked in Toledo, where the crew began the eight-hour process of unloading 66,000 tons of iron ore, the rounded clay-colored ...
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Boeing 787 from Denver to Tokyo makes emergency landing in Seattle
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying from Denver to Tokyo made an emergency landing in Seattle Tuesday because of an oil filter problem, United Airlines said. United Flight 139 departed Denver at 1:19 p.m. MDT and landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport shortly after 4 p.m. PDT, The Denver Post reported. "The aircraft landed normally and we are working to re-accommodate customers," ...
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BP classes Iran as top gas reserves holder in world
BP classes Iran as top gas reserves holder in world BP classes Iran as ...
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Korean Air says signs MOU to buy 11 aircraft from Boeing
SEOUL, June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:17pm EDT SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - For more on this story, double click on ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Nikkei rallies others subdued as Fed looms
Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:02pm EDT * All eyes on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke after FOMC meeting * Markets hoping for clarity on any pullback in Fed stimulus * Nikkei higher; Asian stocks and major currencies mark time By Ian Chua SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks started trade on Wednesday with a spring in their step thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street and a softer yen, but the rest of ...
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Wynne takes steps to rebuild fractured relationship with Ford
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is extending an olive branch to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, offering to repair their rocky relationship and insisting she would not "stand in judgment" over the drug allegations dogging his administration.In an interview at her Queen's Park office on Tuesday, Ms. Wynne acknowledged her rapport with the chief magistrate of her province's largest city ...
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Special Report Energy Gas Prices Moving Away From Link to Oil
LONDON -- Last month, Mitsui and Mitsubishi, of Japan, and GDF Suez of France said they would join with Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, California, to build a $10 billion liquefied natural gas plant in Hackberry, ...
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Boeing to Build Stretch-Dreamliners
U.S. plane maker Boeing Co. said Tuesday at the Paris Air Show it has orders for 102 extended versions of its 787 Dreamliner jet. With fewer than 100 of the original Dreamliners delivered to date, Boeing said it has orders for the stretch version -- called the 787-10 -- worth $29 billion, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The longer jet will have seating for 330 passengers, compared to ...
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Adina Bondi opens for business
Adina Apartment Hotel Bondi Beach in Sydney's East has opened for the business. The new-build property welcomed its first guests on Monday (17 Jun) and is a welcome addition to Bondi's accommodation bank. The popular Sydney beachside suburb has not seen a new hotel in more than 20 years. "We are excited to unveil stage one of the Adina Apartment Hotel Bondi Beach development at ...
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Guest Boeing’s exodus from Washington state
WE recently learned Boeing will be moving some engineers and technical professionals to other parts of the country. The news comes at a time when the world’s focus is on aerospace, with this week’s Paris Air Show and last Friday’s inaugural flight of the Airbus A350 - the rival to Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. Moving jobs is a continuation of the company’s steady ...
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Honeywell takes to skies with COMAC
/enpproperty--> Honeywell Aerospace, the United States-based aviation parts maker and a major supplier to China's domestic commercial aircraft, the C919, is upbeat about the much-anticipated jet's maiden flight in 2015, a senior executive of the company said. "We are on schedule" with the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China's plan for the first flight, John ...
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USA vs Honduras Live Stream Free Soccer Watch Online World Cup 2014 Qualifier Football
USA vs Honduras takes place in their World Cup 2014 Qualifying clash on Tuesday night, with the United States clear favorites to claim all the points on offer and progress in their quest for an automatic qualification spot. The game will kick off at 9 p.m. ET and can be watched online through free live stream (details ...
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Microsoft says it freed millions of computers worldwide from criminal botnet
said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than US$500 million from bank accounts worldwide. "We definitely have liberated at least 2 million PCs globally. That is a conservative estimate," Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant ...
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Korea begin search for World Cup coach
Highlights: South Korea 0-1 Iran The South Korean national team have begun their search to replace outgoing coach Choi Kang-hee, despite qualifying for the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday ...
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N560m Confirmed Missing From Kaduna SURE-P Funds Assembly Declares Vote Of No Confidence On Former Finance Commissioner Ayuba
By SaharaReporters, New York A report of an Ad-hoc committee of the Kaduna State House of Assembly’s released today has confirmed last week’s report by SaharaReports of the looting of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds, saying that about N560 million is "missing" in the implementation of the programme at the state level. Our report, on June ...
North America Feature
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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