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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 6, 4:05 am ET
Frost & Sullivan hosted the Philippines Telecom International Summit 2009 today. The summit's broad theme was to discuss the increasing national ICT competitiveness through universal broadband access and was attended by the who's who of the nation's telecom industry.
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 10, 3:49 am ET
It's been called A Place to Enjoy Coffee, and the less charitable Aging Politicians Enjoying Cocktails. Derisive definitions of APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, spring from its reputation as simply a chance for 21 leaders, including the U.S. president, to meet every year and make lofty but nonbinding promises to boost trade and investment within the region.
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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Mon Nov 9, 6:07 pm ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Coast Guard is searching for a Filipino crewman missing from a cargo ship north of Dutch Harbor. The 21-year-old man went missing from the Panamanian-flagged cargo ve...
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 1:58 am ET
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Axa SA , France’s biggest insurer, and Australian wealth manager AMP Ltd. may sweeten their bid for Axa Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 10, 6:24 am ET
European stock markets pared earlier gains Tuesday ahead of an expected retreat on Wall Street, as investors booked profits on Monday's rally which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year. Analysts said it was unsurprising... Dow Jones Industrial Average - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Equities
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Bloomberg - Thu Nov 5, 3:39 am ET
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, the world’s biggest rice importer, may buy up to 25 percent more of the grain than initially sought in a tender yesterday to meet a shortfall after storms slashed production, an official said.
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Wired News - Tue Nov 10, 12:25 am ET
A grad student demonstrates just how dangerous malicious code can be. For the first time, the malware gets likened to a biological virus.
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Newsday - 15 minutes ago
World stock markets pause for breath after Dow strikes new 2009 high
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Animal Planet - 58 minutes ago
A rare tree frog, a mudfish and lizards are among the more than 17,000 species threatened by extinction, according to a leading environmental group.
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KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Mon Nov 9, 11:50 pm ET
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Gunmen in camouflage stormed a plywood factory and abducted three workers Tuesday, a day after suspected Muslim militants beheaded a kidnapped schoolteacher on a nearby southern Philippine island, officials said.
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KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Sun Nov 8, 10:06 pm ET
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines beheaded a schoolteacher after kidnapping him last month, officials said Monday.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Nov 8, 6:04 am ET
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops Saturday to escape rising waters. Seven people died and at least five were missing.
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 8, 11:36 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans its biggest tender next month after storms hurt local harvests, raising competition between importers for global supplies even as output drops.
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 8, 9:36 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans to buy 600,000 metric tons in its biggest tender in at least two years after storms hurt local harvests, raising competition for global supplies even as output drops.
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FOX 12 Idaho - Mon Nov 9, 11:53 pm ET
Gunmen in camouflage stormed a plywood factory and abducted three workers Tuesday, a day after suspected Muslim militants beheaded a kidnapped schoolteacher on a nearby southern Philippine island, officials said.