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Venice festival honors Chinese director John Woo

VENICE (Reuters) - The Venice film festival on Friday honored Hong Kong director John Woo, one of the few Asian filmmakers to enjoy box office success in Hollywood as well as at home.

Kim Kardashian"s hilarious, waxy, spiky cover for Prestige Mag

This magazine is cracking me up. Oh, sometimes I kind of love Kat-Face Kardashian, I really do. She"s pretty harmless in general, and she provides so much hilarious material. Where to even start with this? Kim put this scan up on her website for the Hong Kong Magazine, calling it one [...

U.S. Retail Data Props Up Asian Markets

In Japan on Friday the Nikkei 225 Index rose 0,6% to 9,114 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng edged up 0,5% to 20,972. China's Shanghai Composite Index slid 0,4% to end the day at 2,655.


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AIG appoints banks to float AIA in Hong Kong

American International Group (AIG) has galvanised a record eleven investment
banks from around the world to secure the successful float of its Asian arm
in choppy market conditions.

Baidu to focus mobile Internet investment on search

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space.

China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid

MELBOURNE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, amid worries about future supplies of fertilizer it needs to rapidly boost food production.

John Woo Remaking 'Le Samourai' + His Own Film 'The Killer'

We just talked about John Woo's forthcoming first foray onto IMAX screens with Flying Tigers, but the action filmmakers is planning even further down the road with a couple of remakes in mind.

China's Rising PMI Is Good News for Exporters

Asian markets were mixed Wednesday. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index climbed 1,2% to 8,927 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index added 0,4% to 20,624. China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 0,6% to close at 2,623.

Taiwan Regulators Block Sale of AIG Unit

Regulators in Taiwan blocked the proposed $2,15 billion sale of AIG's (AIG) Taiwan life insurance business to a Hong Kong-based consortium.

10 Things to do in Bali

Located just south of the equator, Bali bombards you with beauty, beaches, and culture. The entire experience feels at once effortless and nonpareil - the apex of tropical living.