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15 May 12 - Regional Asia News
Asia Stocks Fall Sixth Day as Greece Vote Spurs Concerns
By Kana Nishizawa and Adam Haigh on May 15, 2012 Asian stocks fell, with a regional benchmark index equaling its longest losing streak in two years, as Greece holding new elections increased concern the country will decide to leave the euro and derail ...
Meridian Systems appoints regional manager
CHRIS Petersen is the new Asia Pacific and Japan regional manager for Meridian Systems and its local affiliate office, Trimble Australia.
Regional Mexican Cuisines Rival Europe, Asia
In fact, regional, Mexican cuisine is so broad and varied that many claim it rivals the renowned cuisines of Europe and Asia. "The more I go to Mexico, the more I know nothing," said Steve Sando, who travels all over the country in search of bean, ...
Vladimir Ashkenazy's American successor David Robertson to lead SSO's push ...
DAVID Robertson, the Sydney Symphony's chief conductor-designate, will lead the orchestra's push into Asia as it seeks to become a pan-regional arts leader. The orchestra yesterday named the American conductor as artistic successor to Vladimir ...
Internet Society opens regional office in Singapore
The Internet Society has opened a regional office in Singapore, headed by Rajnesh Singh, regional director of its Asia-Pacific bureau. The society said the new office and the Asia Pacific Bureau were "focused on key initiatives, including enhancing ...
End region's Cold War structure
By Wang Junsheng (China Daily) The nuclear program of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has had a negative effect on Northeast Asia security. In order to improve its external environment, the DPRK is endeavoring to develop nuclear weapons.
Asia safe from Europe woes, no China hard landing: Fitch
Asian economies are better shielded from Europe's financial woes than other regions and China is unlikely to undergo a "hard landing" despite recent gloomy data, credit watchdog Fitch said Monday.
Cautious Asia-Pacific investors prefer home investments amid eurozone crisis
By Thomas Cho | Posted: 15 May 2012 2014 hrs SINGAPORE: Against the backdrop of Greece's possible exit from the eurozone and the current ongoing eurozone crisis, investors in the Asia-Pacific region prefer to invest in either their home country or ...
Brocade appoints new Asia Pacific chief
Network solutions vendor, Brocade, has appointed a 20-year industry veteran to head up its Asia Pacific operation from Singapore, responsible for charting the company's overall growth strategy across the region. Brocade's senior vice president of ...
Won, Rupiah Lead Drop in Asia on Europe Risks; Rupee Rebounds
South Korea's won led declines among Asian currencies as regional stocks slid on speculation slowing global growth and the European debt crisis will hurt demand for emerging-market assets.
South-east Asia is top deals target
Retail, telecoms media and technology, and energy sectors are least interested in M&A in the region while power, metals and mining, and healthcare companies expect to put the most emphasis on growth through deals.
OIL FUTURES: Crude Slightly Lower In Asia On Concerns Over Greece
By Gurdeep Singh Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Crude-oil futures were slightly weaker in Asian trade Tuesday, tracking regional equities and reflecting heightened fears that Greece could leave the euro zone after coalition talks Monday ...
East Asia Nations Seek Regional Trading Pact
BEIJING (AP) - The three largest East Asian economies agreed Sunday to find ways to strengthen regional trading ties and to work together to ease political tensions in the area.
Tiara Labuan Hotel wins Asia Pacific Hotel Award
LABUAN: The best hotels as well as hotel architecture, interior, construction and design across the entire Asia Pacific region were celebrated at The JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur recently. The leading companies behind these winning hotels and ...
Asia-Pacific energy leaders convene at Regional Hydropower Business Forum, Sarawak
Around 100 high-level executives from the Asia-Pacific region attended the event, which was convened to discuss hydropower development in the region. The Forum provided insights into SEB's development programme in the State of Sarawak.
Sydney revamps Southeast Asian studies
Professor Hirsch and Indonesian studies colleague Michele Ford chaired the working party behind the new Sydney Southeast Asia Centre. At the outset, he said, a search turned up 24 academics with interests in the region. Ultimately, 179 academics were ...
China-US ties crucial to peace in Asia-Pacific region
The Asia-Pacific region has recently become the focus of the world. The DPRK launched a satellite, the United States and the Philippines jointly conducted military drill, later China and Russia also made military exercises.
Defence priority needs to swing back to our Asia-Pacific neighbours
The uncomfortable reality is that a declining defence budget weakens our security in the face of rising strategic uncertainty in the Asia-Pacific. We are not about to be attacked, but the region looks less stable: US-China relations are developing a ...
Asia Pacific airports report double-digit pax growth in Mar-2012
ACI Asia Pacific reported (14-May-2012) a 10.8% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers at airports in the Asia Pacific region while traffic growth at Middle Eastern airports showed "an even more remarkable increase" of 16.4% in Mar-2012.
Zeti: Asia can weather Euro storm
At a press conference held in conjunction with the second meeting of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), Regional Consultative Group for Asia yesterday, Zeti said that in moving forward, efforts in the development of the regional bond market would ...
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