After more than two decades in the international banking doldrums, Japan is back. Japan's Nomura Holdings is to pay up to $525 million for Lehman's Asia Pacific franchise and is front-runner to buy the bankrupt bank's businesses in Europe. Nomura with 18,000 staff in 30 countries has its invest...
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A bank in India is helping sex workers save their money for a brighter future. MOREINFO: The bank was started by a sex-worker collective in the heart of Mumbai's red light district. More than 1,200 sex workers now hold accounts at the Sangini Women's Co-operative Society bank, which will soon in...
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Meet Ariya Jutanugarn. Here she is teeing off at at the Honda LPGA in Thailand. While other golfers land lucrative contacts for playing in big tournaments, Ariya's reward for reaching her first LPGA Tour event was an ice cream covered in chocolate sauce. She's 11 and the youngest golfer eve...
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After more than two decades in the international banking doldrums, Japan is back. Japan's Nomura has agreed to buy Lehman Brothers' equities and investment banking business in Europe and the Middle East after buying its Asia and Pacific arm on Monday. It did not say how much it would pay for th...
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SAN-EPISODE # 2875 DATED 20 JANUARY 2009 WELCOME TO SOUTH ASIA NEWS LINE.….. I AM ARJUN CHOUDHURY WITH THE DAY’S NEWS…..THE TOP STORIES AT THIS HOUR HEADLINES 1. NEW DELHI SAYS THE WORLD IS WATCHING ISLAMABAD'S ACTIONS TO DISMANTLE TERROR INFRASTRUCTURE ON ITS SOIL 2. S...
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SAN-EPISODE # 2876 DATED 21 JANUARY 2009 WELCOME TO SOUTH ASIA NEWS LINE.….. I AM SAKAL BHATT WITH THE DAY’S NEWS…..THE TOP STORIES AT THIS HOUR HEADLINES 1. PAKISTAN WANTS TO REVIVE PEACE TALKS WITH INDIA SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI 2. DESPITE ...
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So far, not so good -- with a global credit squeeze riling markets, this year is proving tough for hedge funds. But funds based in Asia may be slightly better off. Having survived the 1997 Asia crisis and having less exposure to debt is turning out to be a big help. John Knox is Director of K...
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SAN-EPISODE # 2874 DATED 19 JANUARY 2009 WELCOME TO SOUTH ASIA NEWS LINE.….. I AM DAMANJEET KOHLI WITH THE DAY’S NEWS…..THE TOP STORIES AT THIS HOUR HEADLINES PAKISTAN SAYS IT WILL COMPLETE THE PROBE INTO MUMBAI ATTACKS IN TEN DAYS …INDIA TO GIVE ANOTHER DOSSIER OF EVIDENCE INDIAN EX...
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Goa, Nov 24(ANI): The 38th International Film Festival of India or IFFI-2007 began with the Romanian film 'Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days' in Panaji, capital of western tiny coastal state of Goa, on November 23. Seventy-six films from 42 countries will feature in the popular Cinema of the Wor...
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SAN-EPISODE # 2865 DATED 06 JANUARY 2009 WELCOME TO SOUTH ASIA NEWS LINE.….. I AM RANGABASHIAM WITH TODAY’S NEWS…..THE TOP STORIES HEADLINES PAKISTANI AGENCIES AIDED MUMBAI ATTACKERS SAYS PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH PAKISTAN NOW SAYS THERE IS NO QUESTION OF REJECTING MUMBAI EVIDENC...
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Asia stocks slid on geopolitical tensions on Friday, while gold and oil prices rose. MOREINFO: Japan's stock market ended the trading year on a sour note with markets shut for a holiday on Monday. SCRIPT: News of the assassination of Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto hurt Asia stocks on Friday. Inv...
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Violence continues on the de facto border between South Ossetia and Georgia. Analysts say tensions could increase again after a five day conflict that saw Russia launching a massive counter-attack against Georgia. Both Georgia and separatist South Ossetia blame each other for stoking the confli...
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