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  • November 2007

    • China Spoils Holiday Reunion for US Sailors

      Reuters  |  Nov 22, 07 10:31 AM CST

      China Spoils Holiday Reunion for US Sailors

      (Newser) - China put a damper on Thanksgiving for 8,000 US sailors and airmen, Reuters reports. Beijing denied permission for the USS Kitty Hawk and its support group to stop in Hong Kong, where hundreds of relatives had gathered for a holiday reunion. Beijing eventually relented, but it was too late—the ships were already on their way back to their Japanese base. More »

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      China  • US Navy  • Hong Kong  • aircraft carrier  • USS Kitty Hawk

    • Criminal Probe in Bay Oil Spill

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Nov 12, 07 6:09 AM CST

      Criminal Probe in Bay Oil Spill

      (Newser) - A criminal probe into the oil spill off San Francisco was launched yesterday as federal investigators began to question the crew of the Hong Kong ship that hemorrhaged 58,000 gallons of fuel oil after crashing into the Bay Bridge last week. The Coast Guard contacted the US attorney's office after uncovering management and communication problems on board, according to an official who did not elaborate. More »

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      San Francisco  • Hong Kong  • oil spill  • Coast Guard  • Dianne Feinstein  • Bay Area  • Cosco Busan

    • Alibaba Nearly Triples Price After IPO

      MarketWatch  |  Nov 6, 07 7:33 AM CST

      Alibaba Nearly Triples Price After IPO

      (Newser) - Chinese business-to-business platform Alibaba held its IPO on the Hong Kong stock market today, nearly tripling in share price in first-day trading. The company raised $1.5 billion (US) by selling just 17% of its shares. "I think Alibaba's share price is way ahead of its fundamentals; I think the best advice is to get out as soon as possible," said one wary investor. More »

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      Yahoo  • IPO  • Hong Kong  • Alibaba

    • Asian Markets Dive on US Fears

      Bloomberg  |  Nov 2, 07 5:44 AM CDT

      Asian Markets Dive on US Fears

      (Newser) - Stocks plummeted across Asia today, sustaining the biggest losses in more than two months after concerns that Citigroup might be short of cash rattled investors. Mitsubishi UFJ, the largest bank in Japan, dropped 6% as the Nikkei fell to 16,517.48, a 2.1% fall. Financial shares led the declines as Asian banks worry that subprime woes will continue to undermine earnings. More »

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      Asian markets  • Hong Kong

  • October 2007

    • TJX Data Breach Exposed 94M Credit Cards

      Associated Press  |  Oct 24, 07 7:15 PM CDT

      TJX Data Breach Exposed 94M Credit Cards

      (Newser) - Cyber thieves have pinched 94 million credit cards from a discount retailer—double the last estimate—and spent up to $83 million as far as Hong Kong and Sweden, the AP reports. Banks are now suing the retailer, TJX Cos., to recover their losses. But those losses keep growing: "You know, these [card numbers] are going to be sold off for a period of time in the future, so it's going to continue," says a Visa exec. More »

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      hackers  • Hong Kong  • credit card  • Sweden  • MasterCard  • Visa  • TJX

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • Asian Stocks Take a Dive

      AFP  |  Jul 27, 07 7:52 AM CDT

      Asian Stocks Take a Dive

      (Newser) - Share prices plummeted throughout Asia  today in response to the yesterday's sell-off on Wall Street and the escalating crisis in the US housing market. After the 300-point plunge in the U.S., the Tokyo Market closed at a three-month-low, and markets in Seoul, Hong Kong, and Sydney also took serious hits. The market in Shanghai escaped relatively unscathed, buoyed by strong corporate earnings. More »

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      stock market  • housing market  • Merrill Lynch  • stocks  • Hong Kong  • Asia  • Tokyo  • Seoul  • Mumbai

    • $600 Coffee 'Processed' by Civets

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 13, 07 5:49 AM CDT

      $600 Coffee 'Processed' by Civets

      (Newser) - Move over, Starbucks. Hyper coffee connoisseurs are coughing up $600 for a pound of the world's priciest coffee, a blend plucked from the droppings of a civet, a small Indonesian mammal that forages for fresh coffee beans. Fans describe the taste of kopi luwak as earthy, with a note of rich, dark chocolate, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      coffee  • Indonesia  • Hong Kong  • chocolate  • beverages  • delicacy  • drinks

    • Thousands March for Democracy in Hong Kong

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 1, 07 1:03 PM CDT

      Thousands March for Democracy in Hong Kong

      (Newser) - Hong Kong observed the 10th anniversary of the handover to China today as tens of thousands took to the streets for the now-traditional annual pro-democracy rally. Beijing appears no more amenable to universal suffrage, however—Hu Jintao was in town to swear in the territory's new chief executive and his government, but the Chinese president departed before the march began. More »

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      China  • democracy  • Hong Kong  • Asia  • Hu Jintao  • suffrage

  • June 2007
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