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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 16, 2010.
Business   China   Germany   Photos   Politics		  Asia Times 
China finds a friend in Germany
     Jul 31, 2010 China finds a friend in Germany... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Visitors play the online game 'World of Warcraft' at the Games Convention, the fair for interactive entertainment in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
Google   Industry   Internet   Photos   Wikipedia: Online game		  Asia Times 
Gaming gamble for Google
     Jul 31, 2010 <IT WORLD>... (photo: AP / Eckehard Schulz)
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74  Asia Times 
Asia nudges ahead
     Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)
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An All Nippon Airways 777-300ER taking off. Aircraft takeoff. Quarter view of aircraft ascending in the sky, with landing gear still deployed. The next-generation freighter model, the 777F, rolled out on May 23, 2008.  Business Report 
ANA books $60m net loss in first quarter
  Submit your comment Japan's All Nippon Airways on Friday said its quarterly net loss narrowed to $60 million on last year and retained its full-year net profit forecast of $57 million.... (photo: Creative Commons / Altair)
Aerospace   Japan   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: All Nippon Airways
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Honda Motor Company - Cars - Vehicles The Guardian
Honda posts record Q1, Renault returns to H1 profit
* Honda Q1 op profit Y234.4 bln vs consensus Y138.3 bln * Renault H1 recurring op profit 780 mln euro, 4 pct of sales * Honda lifts FY op profit forecast 12.5 pct to 450... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Automaker   Honda   Photos   Profit   Wikipedia: Honda
Samsung LCD TVs - Televisions - Electronics CBS News
Samsung Says 2Q Net Profit Surges 83 Percent
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung's net profit surged 83 percent in the second quarter to a record high amid strength in semiconductors, flat panels and TVs, though the... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Electronics   Korea   Photos   Semiconductors   Wikipedia: Samsung Electronics
Gasoline - Oil Price The Boston Globe
Oil falls to near $78 as global stocks drop
SINGAPORE-Oil prices fell to near $78 a barrel Friday in Asia as the region's stock markets dropped on dour economic figures from Japan ahead of a key U.S. growth report.... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Asia   Photos   Prices   Singapore   Wikipedia: Oil refinery
Onlookers watch share prices on a screen on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange, reflected in a car window, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 7, 2008. Indian shares tumbled further in noon trading Friday, tracking global markets, with the benchmark index dropping more than 4 percent and slipping below the 16,000 mark. The Times of India
Sensex opens 79 pts low on ONGC, Honda poor quarterly earnings
MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Friday opened nearly 79 points low on selling by funds and retail investors, on the back of poor quarter earnings... (photo: AP / Gautam Singh)
Business   India   Mumbai   Photos   Wikipedia :Bombay Stock Exchange
Samsung Mobile phone shop, Pune, India Indian Express
'Mobile phone sales to rise 19% in India'
The Indian telecom story still has a lot of zing left in it. Sale of mobile handsets in India, the world's fastest growing wireless market, should rise by 18.5 percent... (photo: WN / Geeta)
India   Industry   Photos   Telecom
solar water heater - renewable energy Business Report
Competing subsidies fail to ignite solar geysers
  Submit your comment Coming in the next five years to a roof near you: one of a million solar water heaters. That is the government's plan but there is no clarity... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Energy   Photos   Solar   Water   Wikipedia: Solar water heating
Oil Price - Fuel The Boston Globe
Oil giants' profits up on higher fuel prices
NEW YORK - The major oil companies continue to climb back from the recession, with higher fuel prices driving up earnings. After setting record profits in 2008, the oil... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Earnings   Fuel   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: ExxonMobil
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With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010. US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep Asia Times
President Barack Obama addresses the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Obama reviving US clout in Asia as China stumbles Khaleej Times
Spare Times: For Children The New York Times
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan delivers a speech regarding his resignation during a press conference at the Government House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 29, 2010. South Korean prime minister offers to resign Gulf News
Health
In this photo released by the Emirates News Agency (WAM), The 'M. Star' oil supertanker anchors offshore Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates Thursday, July 29, 2010. Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker The New York Times
Das Buerogebaeude der Siemens AG fuer IT Operations und Industrial Services in Erlangen, aufgenommen am Montag, 13. August 2007. Siemens and VW Surge on Roaring Demand From China The New York Times
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, ahead of the central bank's meeting on interest rates and assessment of the country's financial and economic troubles. Stocks pulled well off their lows Tuesday as the financial sector partially recovered from Wall Street's worst session in years and as investors grew hopeful about a Federal Reserve interest rate cut. The Dow Jones industrial average traded in a wide range, sometimes dropping more than 100 after a 500-point slide on Mond Fed Member's Deflation Warning Hints at Policy Shift The New York Times
In this Jan. 13, 2009 photo, people walk out from Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Sony said Thursday, May 14, 2009, it lost 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) in the fiscal year through March, its first annual net loss in 14 years, and projected it would lose even more money this year amid a slump in consumer demand for electronics goods Comeback Heralded for Japan Giants in Electronics The New York Times
Entertainment
Actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Angelina Jolie concerned about the people of North Korea Newstrack India
Brawn GP Formula One driver Jenson Button, right, of Britain speaks to his father John and girlfriend Jessica Michibata in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, March 28, 2009 after he qualified fastest for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) Jessica Michibata is back in the pit stop again as she joins Jenson Button at ... The Daily Mail
Bipasha Basu - Bollywood. (dy1) Bips’s shopping holiday to Bangkok! The Times of India
Adam Lambert, the runner-up finalist on "American Idol," poses backstage following the show's finale in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. 'American Idol': Adam Lambert battles on American, Canadian Hot 100 The Examiner
Sport
Yani Tseng of Taiwan plays on the first hole during the first round of the Evian Masters women's golf tournament in Evian, eastern France Tseng and Hull share lead Sky Sports
Yani Tseng Yani Tseng and Katherine Hull set the early pace in the Women's Open The Guardian
Retired tennis champion Pete Sampras returns the ball to Andre Agassi during an exhibition game as part of Agassi's Farewell Tour in San Juan Sampras to make first visit to China China Daily
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