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ASEAN NEWS UPDATES Updated: 3 September 2010

• Philippine tariff body drops Indo case
• Malaysian Islamic bank expands
• Court lifts environmental block
• Thai telecoms foreign-cap end urged
• Asia decoupling itself from Western economies
• Russian nuclear cooperation with Vietnam
• Paying the bill for clean industry
• Watchdog cites Cambodia as “repressive” on labour

The Asean broadband divide
By David Swartzentruber
AseanAffairs 3 September 2010Ahead of an upcoming conference, the International Telecommunication UnionMore

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ASEAN STOCK WATCH Updated: 3 September 2010

ASEAN Flat Ahead of Jobs Data

Shayne Heffernan
www.livetradingnews.com

ASEAN will trade flat today ahead of USA Jobs data tonight.

Wall St stocks rose, adding to the biggest rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since July, and Treasuries fell as an unexpected jump in home sales and a drop in jobless claims tempered concern the economic rebound is weakening. Oil advanced for a second day.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 1.1 percent, and the MSCI Emerging Market Index advanced 0.6 percent. More

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By David Swartzentruber
AseanAffairs 12 August 2010In western countries not paying taxes to local or national governments can beMore

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