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HK finds 2nd dead bird in week with H5N1 bird flu
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities say a second dead bird in a week has tested positive for a dangerous strain of bird flu, raising health concerns in the city. The agricultural department said Friday that lab tests confirmed an Oriental magpie...Tags: Lab Tests, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Bird Flu, Flu
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Filipino maid wins landmark residency case
HONG KONG (AP) — A Filipino maid in Hong Kong has won the right to apply for permanent residency in a landmark legal victory for hundreds of thousands of foreign maids fighting for equal treatment. The Court of First Instance rejected arguments... -
Google faces more government demands for user info
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is dealing with more government demands to turn over information about its users as more people immerse themselves online. The mounting pressure on the Internet search leader emerged in a statistical snapshot that Google...Tags: United Kingdom, Defense, India, Economy, Business and Finance, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Silence less golden in movies with talking, texts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It seems like such a quaint notion: Folks would go to the movie theater, buy their tickets at the box office, then sit down, shut up and pay attention for two hours to what was on the screen. Now, the piercing glow of cell phones...Tags: The Hangover (movie), Cell Phones, Movies, Demographics, Tracy
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China Garden closing
Maymay Lam, who describes virtually growing up in her family's South Bend restaurant, cherishes memories of her mother playing music on the grand piano.
“That was her piano,” the 21 year old says fondly. The instrument was silenced in 2007...Tags: Roseland, Art Institute of Chicago, Restaurant and Catering Industry, JC Penney Company Inc., New York
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New jury in Hong Kong 'milkshake murder' case
HONG KONG (AP) — The judge presiding over the retrial of an American housewife accused of drugging and bashing her husband to death in Hong Kong seven years ago has ordered a new jury because of procedural concerns. Hong Kong's highest court...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Malts and Milkshakes
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Goldman exits China's ICBC, seven years and billions later
ReutersHONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised $1.1 billion by selling its remaining shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, ending a seven-year old investment and handing the Wall Street firm a return of nearly four times its original...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Citigroup Incorporated, HSBC Holdings plc, Banking
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Credit Suisse replaces Morgan Stanley as No. 2 Asia prime broker
ReutersBy Nishant Kumar HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - The Asian prime brokerage unit of Credit Suisse has replaced Morgan Stanley as the second largest firm servicing the region's $148 billion hedge funds industry, a survey showed. The annual survey by...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Citigroup Incorporated, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Bank of America Corp.
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Hong Kong shares end down 0.5 pct from 3-1/2-month high
ReutersHONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares fell from a 3-1/2-month high on Tuesday, hurt by a series of fund raising moves and Goldman Sachs' exit from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. The Hang Seng Index closed down 0.5 percent at 23,366.4...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., China, China Enterprises
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Hong Kong shares to open down 0.3 pct, ICBC slides after Goldman exit
ReutersHONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares were poised to start down from a 3-1/2-month high on Tuesday, with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sliding 1.8 percent after Goldman Sachs launched a sale of their remaining stake in the leading...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., China, China Enterprises
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Goldman Sachs sale de banco chino ICBC tras siete años
ReutersPor Fiona Lau y Elzio Barreto HONG KONG, 20 mayo (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs lanzó el lunes la venta de unas acciones cotizadas en Hong Kong de Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, valoradas en alrededor de 1.100 millones de dólares, ofreciendo...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., China
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PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News - May 21
ReutersCompiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) CLP Group, in a first-quarter report released yesterday, signalled it does not expect...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, South Korea, Banking
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