TOKYO, March 15 – The Japanese government is considering splitting off Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp’s fiber-optic businesses into a separate company, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday. The move is part of the government’s effort to s NTT fibre-optic ops may be split off -report

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SEOUL, March 15 – Seoul shares may be rangebound on Monday with a flat finish on Wall Street offering little direction and caution likely to pervade ahead of key U.S. economic data and a Fed meeting this week, analysts said. ‘Shares are headed for Seoul shares seen rangebound; eyes on LG Elec

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – Following is a list of events in Malaysia as well as news stories and press reports which may influence financial markets. WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MALAYSIA, ALL TIMES LOCAL FOLLOWED BY GMT: – Bursa Malaysia holds its annu Malaysia-Market factors to watch March 15

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SYDNEY, March 15 – U.S.-based investment bank Moelis&Co has hired Andrew Pridham from JPMorgan to head its Australian operation as it moves into equity capital markets and sales, Moelis&Co said on Monday. Pridham was most recently executive chairm AUSTRALIA MOVES-Moelis hires JPM banker for Australia

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SHANGHAI, March 14 – China Merchants Bank said on Sunday that investors have taken up 98.6 percent of the shares on offer in its rights issue of yuan-denominated A shares, worth 17.76 billion yuan , attracting strong demand as expected. China Merc China Merchants Bank rights issue take-up 98.6 pct

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March 12 — Gold in New York fell to the biggest weekly loss in seven weeks on speculation that China will raise interest rates to control inflation, reducing demand for raw materials including precious metals. Gold Falls on Speculation China May Raise Rates, Damp Demand

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LOS ANGELES, March 14 – ‘Alice in Wonderland’ raced to a $430 million haul at the worldwide box office on Sunday, while Matt Damon’s new Iraq war conspiracy thriller ‘Green Zone’ was one of the year’s first big flops. Director Tim Burton’s 3D rema Alice leads box office as Green Zone flops

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KKR & Co. is in talks with TimeWarner Inc. to launch a break-up bid for EMI Group Ltd., theSunday Times reported, without saying where it got theinformation. KKR wants to acquire EMI’s music publishing division whileWarner is seeking its recorde KKR Is in Talks With Warner to Make Bid for EMI Times Reports

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Any time and company enters a foreign market, they gain exposure to flucuating value in the nation’s currency, and that’s the case with Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) when they entered the Chinese market in 2009 via the acquisition of Sino Gold Mining in China. While a small change in the value of the reminbi wouldn’t have a significant effect on Eldorado Gold, a major move definitely would. But

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SPDR Gold Trust After a somewhat difficult week for gold, SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEArca:GLD) found itself struggling along with gold in general, as it participated in the down week, as gold prices fell. Gold ended the week at $1,101.70 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, dropping 2.4 percent overall. On Friday gold fell $6.50 or 0.6 percent. SPDR Gold Trust dropped 0.5 percent. Recent gold

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PAINTERS, authors, photographers, sculptors, musicians, graphic designers and even software programmers have a right to earn handsomely from their creations. And the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines, the lead government agency mandate Artists now asserting their property rights

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By Adrian Croft LONDON, March 14 – British opposition leader David Cameron said on Sunday he would be able to fire his close friend George Osborne as the Conservative Party’s finance spokesman if he had to. The comment raised media speculation th UK Conservative says would be capable of firing Osborne

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