DOST launches calibration center to help industries Malaya BY PAUL ICAMINA | LOS BANOS – A regional laboratory to calibrate industrial and small-scale equipment with precision instruments opened here Tuesday to service the country’s manufacturing heartland. | Science Secretary Mario G. Montejo, inaugurating the Regional Metrology Laboratory (RML), calle...
Indonesia Seeks to Tap Its Huge Geothermal Reserves The New York Times | BALI, INDONESIA — The 17,500 islands of the Indonesian archipelago, perched perilously on the arc of seismic activity known as the Pacific Ring, are plagued by unpredictable and often deadly volcanic eruptions. But there is an upside to living with fire: vast reservoirs of underground water,...
UK minister calls on Aquino, talks trade, OFW, Mindanao Malaya | A ranking British official yesterday urged the Philippines to shun protectionism but at the same time assured better diplomatic relations and fair treatment for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). | Jeremy Browne, the United Kingdom’s minister of s...
Prominent Wine and Spirits Merchants to Merge Scoop Friday, 30 July 2010, 11:45 am | Press Release: EuroVintage | Prominent Wine and Spirits Merchants to Merge Operations | A new company is to be formed to take over the business of prominent wine and spirits distributors Vintage Wines and Spirits Ltd ...
National and Labour singing the same old economic Scoop Friday, 30 July 2010, 10:10 am | Press Release: New Zealand Alliance Party | National and Labour singing the same old economic song | The Alliance Party says National and Labour are squabbling over meaningless details of economic policy while the gap...
New Zealand woman to be president of Zonta Scoop Friday, 30 July 2010, 9:54 am | Press Release: Zonta | New Zealand woman to be president of Zonta | 30 July 2010 | International service organisation Zonta has appointed its first ever Kiwi president – Wellingtonian Lynn McKenzie. | Zonta Inte...
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Vietnam: Clinton Should Press Hanoi on Rights Human Rights | (New York) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should highlight the importance of respect for human rights in Vietnam during her visit to Hanoi to attend the ASEAN Regional F...
The changing face of emergence Asia Times | Jul 14, 2010 THE BEAR'S LAIR | The changing face of emergence | By Martin Hutchinson | There's a new acronym for favored emerging markets - CIVETS. Coine...
New Zealand pledges US$7.1 million aid for Vietnam The Saigon Times New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (R) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung (L) chat while walking in the garden of the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on Monday. John Key ...
Super age alternatives need debate NZ Herald By 4:00 AM Thursday Jul 29, 2010 Email Print | Let's ignore for a moment the craven irresponsibility of our political leaders in refusing to even talk about changing the entitlement parameters of New Zealand Superannuation. | Let's assume for the sak...
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For July 28 2010 Scoop Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9:00 am | Article: Scoop Daily Ratings | Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For July 28 2010 | 1: | Office of the Clerk | Income Gap—Parity with Australia; Overseas Investment Rules—Sale of Land; Economy—Rep...
Visit from top US union boss cancelled over labour dispute NZ Herald By 4:00 AM Thursday Jul 29, 2010 Email Print | The United States' top union leader Richard Trumka has cancelled a high-powered visit to New Zealand next February because of the "ongoing labour dispute" between the Key Government and the Council of Tr...
BIR to probe rice traders, agri execs Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will investigate traders and officials involved in the massive importation of rice to ensure that the government gets its fair share of taxes from the transactions, Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima said yesterday. | The BIR will also go after heirs to substantial estates not paying the p...
Stocks up on AstraZeneca, Bayer, telecom earns Breitbart | Specialist Michael Sollitto, right, directs trades at his post on the floor... | LONDON (AP) - World stock markets mostly rose Thursday after another batch of positive earnings and further evidence that Europe's economy is recovering faster than previously expected. | The euro broke out of its recent tight trading range to breach the $1.31 mark f...
