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<title>As global crisis gathers speed, Asian investors pause to pray</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192580764</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  I could make a fortune, too.&quot; In Singapore, a stream of worshippers caressed the fat  ...  when Yamato Life Insurance Co., a medium-sized insurer, collapsed. Company officials blamed losses in global  ...
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<title>Oh, what a week</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192575658</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 03:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  monetary policy to neutral by Robin Chan SINGAPORE has followed economies around the world by  ...  Index dives 9.6% after news that life insurer and Reit failed TOKYO: The global financial  ...
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<title>Stock markets in Asia plunged as well</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192575537</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 03:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  from Seoul to Shanghai to New Delhi. Singapore&apos;s economy has tipped into recession and there  ...  a recession in Japan, where an unlisted insurer and a real estate investment trust filed  ...
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<title>Iraq thrives in world slump</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192556306</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  in all stocks, not just banks and insurers, on the day after the US lifted  ...  9.6%. Bank stocks were particularly hard-hit. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index fell 7.3% to  ...
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<title>IMF calls for guarantees to unfreeze money markets</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192555154</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  into the European banking system. In Asia, Singapore cut interest rates for the first time  ...  government bonds and scrambled for cash as insurer Yamato Life went bankrupt, selling that was  ...
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<title>Only Iraq thrives in world slump</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192555124</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  in all stocks, not just banks and insurers, on the day after the US lifted  ...  9.6%. Bank stocks were particularly hard-hit. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index fell 7.3% to  ...
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<title>Economics through the looking-glass: only Iraq thrives in world slump</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192554450</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 23:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  in all stocks, not just banks and insurers, on the day after the US lifted  ...  9.6%. Bank stocks were particularly hard-hit. In Singapore, the Straits Times Index fell 7.3% to  ...
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<title>www.companiesandmarkets.com: Global Round-up</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192535137</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 20:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  takeover bid for IAG Page 126 CRM: insurers can propel technologys growth by focusing on  ...  Page 127 HSBC: promoting global strength to Singapore consumers Page 128 Bank of England: offering  ...
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<title>FEATURE: Ordinary Asian investors lick wounds, count losses</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192497382</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 16:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  an Internet cafe. Investors from Sydney to Singapore stood in front of bank-window screens and  ...  executive officer of NTUC Income, a Singapore insurer supported by trade unions, is organizing a  ...
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<title>Shin Kong Life shifts investments</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192497380</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 16:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  returns for shareholders. The nations second-largest life insurer made the announcement in a filing with  ...  insurance markets in Asia, only Taiwan and Singapore had their outlooks revised downward, S&amp;P said  ...
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<title>IMF calls for guarantees to unfreeze money mkts</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192490774</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 16:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  into the European banking system. In Asia, Singapore cut interest rates for the first time  ...  government bonds and scrambled for cash as insurer Yamato Life went bankrupt, selling that was  ...
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<title>Japan leads Asian market rout</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192481611</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 15:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Australia by 8.4 per cent and in Singapore  which the authorities said on Friday  ...  as a real-estate investment trust and an insurer failed. Japans biggest bank, , dropped 8.5  ...
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<title>Companion Global Healthcare Expands Hospital Network for Individuals, Employer Groups</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192473320</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  hospitals are located in India, Costa Rica, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and Ireland. All network hospitals  ...  which is to provide members of our self-insured employer groups and our individual clients with  ...  in the United States. The company serves uninsured and underinsured individuals, as well as employers  ...
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<title>Dow Jones tumbles as global rout deepens</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192470955</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  claimed its first Japanese financial institution when insurer Yamato Life collapsed with debts of $2.7bn  ...  we are a commodity export nation.&amp;rdquo; In Singapore, the government confirmed that the city-state had  ...
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<title>Global recession fears pull down Asian stock markets - Asian commentary</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192467657</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  than 8%. Key indices in Hong Kong, Singapore and India closed down more than 7%.  ...  to a glut of sell orders. Unlisted insurer Yamato Life Insurance Co said that it  ...
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