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Perfect day for Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — 26,000 runners and walkers lined up on Ala Moana Boulevard for the 47th Honolulu Marathon on Sunday December 8. Photo by Ezra Shaw /Getty Images for HONOLULU MARATHON Around 20,000 of those were
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Najib bought watch worth RM466,330 for Rosmah in Dec 2014
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told the High Court today that he gave his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, a watch worth RM466,330.11, for her birthday in December 2014. Najib, 66, said he paid for
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Peaceful Hong Kong march marred by fire outside court
Hong Kong protesters set fire outside court buildings, threw petrol bombs and spray-painted graffiti on government buildings, marring what was otherwise a “generally peaceful” march at the weekend, police said today. The comments came as protesters called for strikes across
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World Bank: Malaysia’s consumer price inflation to rise to 1.5-2.0% next year
KUALA LUMPUR: World Bank Group said Malaysia’s headline inflation is expected to increase modestly in 2020, with consumer price inflation to average higher in the range of 1.5-2% next year as compared with 0.7% projected for 2019. In its 21st
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China hopes to reach trade agreement with US as soon as possible
China said today that it hoped to make a trade deal with the United States as soon as possible, amid intense discussions before fresh US tariffs on Chinese imports are due to kick in at the end of the week.
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35 Innovative Products, Services and Organizations Honoured International Innovation Awards 2019 in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Enterprise Asia announced the winners of the International Innovation Awards 2019 in Singapore. Thirty five products, services and organizations are named as award winners from over 160 submissions. Group Photo of the Winners of
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Twenty Outstanding Philippines’ Entrepreneurs and Organisations Honored at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2019
MANILLA, Philippines, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Twenty outstanding Philippines’ entrepreneurs and organisations were honored at the recently concluded Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 or APEA, led by Megawide Construction Corporation’s Chairman and CEO, Mr. Edgar Saavedra, and Robinsons Land Corporation’s
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M’sia sees the rise of the next badminton protege, Kisona Selvaduray
PUCHONG: Malaysia successfully dethroned Indonesia in the women’s badminton by securing a gold through Kisona Selvaduray today. The SEA Games 2019 Badminton Women’s singles finals, which took place at Muntinlupa Sports Complex in Muntinlupa, Philippines, witnessed the rise of badminton
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1MDB: Feb 3 for management of Obyu Holdings forfeiture case
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today set Feb 3 next year for case management of a government’s application to forfeit assets worth RM680 million allegedly linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) that were seized from premises belonging to Obyu
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BRG Group Thrives in Vietnam’s Golden Private Sector Era
HANOI, Vietnam, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Vietnam’s private sector now contributes 43 per cent of the country’s GDP and has created 12 million jobs; extraordinary figures in a jurisdiction that once almost exclusively relied on State-owned Enterprises (SOEs). BRG
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