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<title>SCG-Dow Group Announces Formation of 50/50 Joint Venture to Build Specialty Elastomers Plant in Thailand</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180287042</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 23:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Group, a joint venture of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and Siam Cement Group (SCG)  ...  a specialty elastomers train located in the Asia Industrial Estate in Rayong Province, Thailand. The  ...  businesses and to drive growth in Asia Pacific. The plan to build the specialty elastomers  ...
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<title>Greater China economic and business calendar - to Aug 1</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180222294</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Kong June retail sales -Hong Kong-listed ASM Pacific H1 results -Hong Kong-listed CITIC1616 Holdings H1  ...  -China Merchant Holdings H1 results -China Sunsine Chemical H1 results -China&apos;s Sihuan Pharma Holdings H1  ...  -China&apos;s Sihuan Pharma Holdings H1 results -Shanghai Asia Holdings H1 results -Taiwan&apos;s TSMC Q2 results  ...
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<title>Hong Kong shares close lower on fresh US worries; banks, commodities hit UPDATE</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180222293</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Dickie Wong, an associate director at Friedmann Pacific Investment expects the market to pick up  ...  or 1.00 pct at 128.3, Bank of East Asia was down 1.25 hkd or 3.20 pct  ...
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<title>New-age Chinatown has Laos on edge</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180215635</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 19:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  complexes for use during next year&apos;s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, to be hosted in Vientiane.  ...  agriculture projects. Vientiane, like every city in Southeast Asia, has a Chinese population, which has been  ...  concerns. Citing Lao investment laws, he told Asia Times Online that 85% of a business  ...
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<title>Typhoons Bury Tons of Carbon in the Oceans</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180213031</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 18:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  gain.&quot; This research was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), including Goldsmith&apos;s NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes fellowship. Coauthors from Academia Sinica included Shuh-Ji Kao, T.-Y. Lee, and Jean  ...
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<title>BRIEFING - ASIA ENERGY - JULY 25, 2008</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180203056</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 09:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  energy for July 25, 2008, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with  ...  refining unit of the China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., hasn&apos;t really benefited from recent declines  ...  about it. MALAYSIA SAYS RUSSIA CAN ASSIST ASIAN COMMUNITY IN NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE - Malaysia  ...
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<title>Eastman Fibers sales revenue up by 9%</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180195643</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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... Eastman Chemical Company announced earnings from continuing operations of  ...  mostly offset by higher sales volume in Asia Pacific. Operating earnings for the segment, excluding a  ...
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<title>Hong Kong shares end morning lower as banks, commodity stocks slide - UPDATE</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180191424</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Dickie Wong, an associate director at Friedmann Pacific Investment, said today&apos;s correction was not surprising  ...  or 1.23 pct at 128.0, Bank of East Asia down 1.2 hkd or 3.07 pct at  ...
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<title>Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Yum Brands Inc., Caterpillar Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., Northrop Grumman Corporation and DuPont</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180189693</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 06:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  30% revenue growth in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America, no growth in North America  ...  will be driven by non-G7 markets, agricultural chemicals and a focus on key customers and  ...
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<title>Applied Materials Ups Capacity at Southern Taiwan Factory</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180187036</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 05:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  its manufacturing base for such equipment in Asia by cooperating with Taiwanese manufacturers of modules  ...  AKT is the worlds leading supplier of chemical vaporization deposition (CVD) equipment for flat-panel production.  ...  operations more complete and help the companys Asian deployments. Gilad Almogy, Applied Materials group vice  ...
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<title>Interim Report January-June 2008: Sales Growth Continued, Full-year Result Expected To Improve From Last Year</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180184904</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 05:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  87.6 | 34.2 | 104.0 | | Asia-Pacific | 30.6 | 35.7 | 58.3 |  ...  Increases in raw material prices (e.g. pulp, chemicals and synthetic fibers) - Increases in energy  ...
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<title>Specialty Elastomers Plant In Thailand SCG-Dow Group Announces...</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180181412</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 05:15 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Group, a joint venture of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and Siam Cement Group (SCG),  ...  a specialty elastomers train located in the Asia Industrial Estate in Rayong Province, Thailand. The  ...  businesses and to drive growth in Asia Pacific.&quot; The plan to build the specialty elastomers  ...
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<title>Hong Kong shares lower after weak US housing data; utilities outperform UPDATE</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180179564</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 05:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  housing data; utilities outperform UPDATE HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices were lower at midmorning  ...  manages the world&apos;s largest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co, said in commentary posted  ...  at 35,017.27. Oil refiner China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (sinopec) fell 0.13 hkd or 1.61  ...
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<title>Hong Kong shares lower on credit worries after U.S. housing data - UPDATE</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180179561</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 05:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  down 1.5 percent at HK$6.81. Bank of East Asia was 2.9 percent lower at HK$37.95 following  ...  identify the potential partners. China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) and PetroChina Co slipped after  ...
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<title>Dow Announces Record Quarter for AgroSciences</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180179092</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 05:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Dow AgroSciences broad portfolio of both agricultural chemicals and seeds benefited from rising prices and  ...  in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Ag chemicals showed particular strength. Sales were  ...
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