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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Most of the flash and glitter will vanish from Hong Kong’s brightly lit commercial areas after midnight if a government task force’s recommendations are accepted. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose during the first five months of this year, the government announced on Tuesday, paced by strong increases from the European Union and United States. Incoming FDI, which excludes financial sectors, rose 1.0 per cent to US$47.6 billion (HK$369.4 billion) from January through May, the Commerce Ministry announced. It was also up 0.3 per cent in May to US$9.26 billion (HK$71.9 billion) from the same month last year, the ministry said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. The marches, organised mostly through snowballing social media campaigns, blocked streets and halted traffic in more than a half-dozen cities, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, where demonstrators climbed onto the roof of Brazil’s Congress building and then stormed it. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By JULIA WERDIGIER, on June 18th, 2013 David Green, the director of the Serious Fraud Office, plans to revive the agency’s reputation with a criminal investigation into the rigging of the Libor.
Continue reading DealBook: Britain’s Top Fraud Office Aims to Add Bite to Its Bark
By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A man loudly ranted about national security, the CIA and international spying while on a flight from Hong Kong to the US on Monday, causing passengers to tackle him and bind his hands and feet. Passengers said the FBI met United Airlines Flight 116 as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the major airports serving New York City, and escorted the man away. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By DALIA SUSSMAN, on June 17th, 2013 A majority of Americans oppose supplying military aid to Syrian rebels, but they are not paying much attention to the situation there, new national polls find.
Continue reading The Caucus: Americans Are Reluctant to Aid Syrian Rebels, Polls Show
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Thousands of protesters rallied across Indonesia yesterday against government plans to raise the price of fuel, with police in Jakarta firing tear gas to stop hundreds storming the national parliament. Several people were injured in the clashes. Lawmakers yesterday approved budget amendments that would pave the way for a rise of 33 per cent, the first such increase since 2008. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Air pollution from 196 coal-fired power stations in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei caused 9,900 premature deaths in 2011, with the province, a big coal consumer, deserving most of the blame, according to a new study. The study looked at the health impact of burning the fossil fuel to generate electricity. The research was co-authored by Greenpeace and American air pollution experts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By PAULA SPAN, on June 17th, 2013 An informal group discusses philosophical thoughts on dying at a monthly gathering in New York called Death Cafe, one of many such get-togethers around the country.
Continue reading The New Old Age: Tea, Sugar and Death: Cafe Groups Ponder the End
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A divorced woman who attacked her boyfriend with a chainsaw, an axe and corrosive fluid after he jilted her was on Monday jailed for seven years and four months. Lee Ching-yee, 40, earlier pleaded guilty to wounding Wong Hoi-shing with intent. The victim suffered multiple wounds, including the loss of 95 per cent of his vision in one eye. The judge adopted a jail term of 11 years as the starting point, reducing it by a third to reflect her guilty plea. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Birmingham Football Club boss Carson Yeung Ka-sing, who is on trial for money laundering, was a big trader of securities with daily trading volumes in the millions of dollars, a securities firm employee told a court on Monday. Lippo Securities former associate director Jackie Pang Chik told the District Court: “He was one of my clients with the largest trading volume.” Pang is the first defence witness to take the stand in the trial. At least five more will follow. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Carson Yeung a high volume securities trader, court hears in money-laundering trial
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is buying a Dutch waste and renewable energy company for 943.7 million euros ($1.3 billion), his companies said Monday, as the infrastructure and utilities businesses of Asia’s richest man expand further internationally. Four companies controlled by Li including Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. said they were teaming up to buy AVR-Afvalverwerking BV. The group said it was buying AVR because it represents a “compelling long-term investment opportunity for the consortium.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By BEN RATLIFF, on June 17th, 2013 Swans came through with grooves in their Sunday afternoon performance at Bonnaroo. But they refused to be groovy, and that felt like healthy dissent.
Continue reading ArtsBeat: A Shot of Sublime Dread at Bonnaroo
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two weeks after apologising for their embarrassing defeat against Uzbekistan and days after losing to the Netherlands, the Chinese national soccer team humiliated themselves again in a thrashing by Thailand on Saturday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China’s soccer team reaches new low in ‘vicious circle’
By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A mother found guilty of handing her five-year-old son to a paedophile who had anal sex with the boy in exchange for cash has offered to assist in the prosecution of the alleged molester. The mother’s lawyer revealed the development as the mother, whose name cannot be disclosed to protect the boy’s identity, was due to receive her sentence in Court of First Instance on Monday. A jury earlier found the 32-year-old, unmarried clerk guilty of conspiracy to commit buggery. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED, on June 16th, 2013 Weyerhaeuser says it plans to buy 645,000 acres of timberland for about $2.65 billion, adding that it is weighing a sale or spinoff of its home-building unit.
Continue reading DealBook: Weyerhaeuser Buys Timberlands and Weighs Selling Its Home-Building Unit
By By NICK BILTON, on June 16th, 2013 From the outside, most smartphones look the same, and technology companies seem to be making a bigger effort to distinguish themselves by the interface experience.
Continue reading Disruptions: Mobile Competition Shifts to Software Design
By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The crackdown came just two hours after Erdogan issued an ultimatum to protesters to leave Gezi Park, the epicentre of nationwide protests, ahead of a rally of his ruling party in the city on Sunday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and Washington, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for “No Such Agency.” But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency’s looming presence was both a very visible and accepted part of everyday life. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Task force wants HK lights switched off after 11pm or midnight
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Most of the flash and glitter will vanish from Hong Kong’s brightly lit commercial areas after midnight if a government task force’s recommendations are accepted. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Task force wants HK lights switched off after 11pm or midnight
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