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Arrests Force Taliban Flight

48 min 14 sec ago
Islamabad's arrests of senior militants have dispersed the Afghan Taliban's leadership to cities across Pakistan, hampering the insurgency.
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ASX Stripped of Oversight

Thu, 2010-03-11 22:09
Australia's Senate approved a law stripping exchange operator ASX of its regulatory role, clearing the way for the government to consider ending ASX's near-monopoly.
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Bank of China Plans Growth

Thu, 2010-03-11 22:00
Bank of China's chairman said he wants to grow aggressively overseas but isn't interested in acquisitions, a sign that China's banks remain wary of investing in foreign financial institutions.
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Siam City Bank Sees Deal

Thu, 2010-03-11 20:55
Thanachart Bank will buy a 47.58% stake in Siam City Bank in a deal worth $2.08 billion, making it Thailand's second-largest deal in the financial sector.
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Shenzhen Bank Sees Net Jump

Thu, 2010-03-11 20:02
The medium-sized Chinese lender posted a 2009 profit of $736 million, more than eight times the year-earlier level.
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Taiwan Seeks Nan Shan Decision by June

Thu, 2010-03-11 19:49
Taiwan's government said it is planning to decide on whether it will approve a Hong Kong consortium's long-awaited bid to buy AIG's Taiwan unit by the end of June.
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China Bank Reformer Likes Tradition

Thu, 2010-03-11 11:17
The man charged with transforming the debt-ridden Agricultural Development Bank of China lender into a competitive, international bank is a modernizer who keeps one leg in old China.
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Activists Test China's Openness

Thu, 2010-03-11 10:57
Government openness is being put to the test by a cadre of activists using a recent law to pry loose information about spending and statistics.
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Indonesia Confirms Bali Bomber Is Dead

Thu, 2010-03-11 09:15
Indonesia's counter-terrorism forces notched up another success against radical Islamists in the country by tracking down and killing one of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorists.
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China Mobile to Buy Bank Stake

Thu, 2010-03-11 09:04
China Mobile said it agreed to buy a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank for $5.83 billion as the mobile operator seeks to expand into mobile payment services.
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Beijing Targets Finance-Sector Bonuses

Thu, 2010-03-11 08:47
The country's banking regulator issued guidelines governing the payout of bonuses to executives at financial companies, joining the ranks of countries trying to discourage excessive risk taking by changing the way senior bankers are paid.
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Google Sees Outcome to China Talks

Thu, 2010-03-11 08:40
Eric Schmidt said his company expects to soon conclude talks with the Chinese government over the fate of its search engine and business in China.
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Complaint Against H-P Filed in China

Thu, 2010-03-11 06:09
A group of Chinese consumers claim that Hewlett-Packard discriminated against them in its handling of faulty graphics components in some PCs.
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China Exports Show Tentative Recovery

Thu, 2010-03-11 01:23
China's exports expanded strongly for the third straight month in February, though they slipped slightly from January, showing a tentative recovery.
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Goldman's Fred Hu to Retire

Thu, 2010-03-11 00:44
The Greater China chairman for Goldman Sachs and one of its longest-serving China executives is leaving his post at the Wall Street bank.
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Deal Close for Tullow Assets

Wed, 2010-03-10 23:15
China's Cnooc and French oil major Total are each expected to acquire a third of Tullow Oil's oil assets in Uganda.
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Citic Pacific Reports Profit

Wed, 2010-03-10 22:53
Citic Pacific swung to a net profit in 2009, after losses on leveraged foreign-exchange contracts led to a net loss a year earlier.
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Shanghai Rally Halted

Wed, 2010-03-10 22:09
The Nikkei, Hang Seng and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 all ended flat as investors looked to cues later in the week. In Australia, Aurox Resources powered higher on news of a merger with Atlas Iron.
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China Climate Chief Criticizes U.S.

Wed, 2010-03-10 22:03
China's chief climate official called for the U.S to do more in providing financing and technology in the global fight against climate change, as international negotiators struggle to find a mutually acceptable way of tackling the problem.
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Prius Tale Prompts New Probe

Wed, 2010-03-10 21:27
Toyota and federal investigators probed the latest report of sudden acceleration, a dramatic incident on a California highway that ricocheted around the Internet.
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