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• Courts Asia gets buy offer from Japanese electronics retailer Nojima - Channel NewsAsia [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 06:57:35 GMT
  Courts Asia gets buy offer from Japanese electronics retailer Nojima  Channel NewsAsia

  SINGAPORE: Courts Asia has received an acquisition offer by a subsidiary of Japanese electronics retailer, Nojima. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Corporate ...

  
  
  
• Asia equities gain on US-China trade optimism - Financial Times [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:05:49 GMT
  Asia equities gain on US-China trade optimism  Financial Times

  Asia-Pacific equities clambered higher on Friday, with all major stock benchmarks buoyed by hopes that a more permanent truce might be brokered in the ...

  
  
  
• Western Australia Has Eyes As Training Hub For Asia With Partnership - SwimSwam [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:33:14 GMT
  Western Australia Has Eyes As Training Hub For Asia With Partnership  SwimSwam

  The Government of Western Australia has released plans concerning partnerships with Asia to help boost sports, tourism and overall international education.

  
  
  
• Japanese retailer Nojima offers to buy Courts Asia - The Straits Times [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:00:00 GMT
  Japanese retailer Nojima offers to buy Courts Asia  The Straits Times

  Japanese electronics retailer Nojima Corp is making a bid for Courts Asia at 20.5 cents per share as it seeks to gain a strong foothold in South-east Asia.. Read ...

  
  
  
• Asia stocks trade higher, boosted by optimism in US-China trade talks - CNBC [Read Full Story ]
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019 23:53:33 GMT
  Asia stocks trade higher, boosted by optimism in US-China trade talks  CNBC

  The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin proposed lifting all or some of the tariffs on China in order to advance ...

  
  
  
• Taiwan looks on enviously as CPTPP meeting kicks off in Tokyo - South China Morning Post [Read Full Story ]
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019 02:03:28 GMT
  Taiwan looks on enviously as CPTPP meeting kicks off in Tokyo  South China Morning Post

  The eleven members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will be meeting for the first time since it came into ...

  
  
  
• Christians in Asia: persecuted, oppressed but keeping the faith - South China Morning Post [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:30:45 GMT
  Christians in Asia: persecuted, oppressed but keeping the faith  South China Morning Post

  Christians in Asia face persecution on a scale unheard of since the Cultural Revolution, yet if anything this has brought new life to their beliefs.

  
  
  
• Shadow boxing with power elites from the past - The Straits Times [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:00:00 GMT
  Shadow boxing with power elites from the past  The Straits Times

  Asia News Network writers look at the complications that arise when political players out of power return to the spotlight. Here are excerpts.

  
  
  
• Singapore identifies F-35 fighter jet to replace F-16s, expects to buy 'small number' for full testing - Channel NewsAsia [Read Full Story ]
  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 07:00:27 GMT
  Singapore identifies F-35 fighter jet to replace F-16s, expects to buy 'small number' for full testing  Channel NewsAsia

  SINGAPORE: Singapore expects to buy a "small number" of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for a full evaluation after it identified the jet as the most suitable ...

  
  
  
• CenturyLink opens its first South-east Asia security operations centre in Singapore - The Straits Times [Read Full Story ]
  Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:00:00 GMT
  CenturyLink opens its first South-east Asia security operations centre in Singapore  The Straits Times

  SINGAPORE - US-headquartered communications and data services player CenturyLink launched its first security operations centre (SOC) in South-east Asia in ...

  
  
  
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