Friday 19 September 2014
Thursday 18 September 2014
Wine investors demand refund after firm's 'empty promises'
This company was previously known as the Australian Wine Index. Same people just different company name now. Run by Australian crooks. People in the wine industry would know the many horrible stories in AWI last few years. Some couldn't even withdraw their own wines from AWI.
World War III Will Erupt over Sea Disputes
A Chinese state-controlled newspaper has run an opinion piece by a military expert urging Beijing to develop its naval forces, for a third world war might break out over sea disputes, with China on the frontlines.
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Wednesday 17 September 2014
Iron ore miners battle for survival as ‘perfect storm’ hits
High-cost Australian miners are battling for survival as plunging iron ore prices push many to breaking point, with analysts seeing no significant short-term recovery as Chinese demand for steel wanes in line with sliding property prices.
'Forced labor' rife in Malaysian electronics factories
Nearly a third of some 350,000 workers in Malaysia's electronics industry - a crucial link in the international consumer supply chain - suffer from conditions of modern-day slavery such as debt bondage, according to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Tuesday 16 September 2014
Monday 15 September 2014
Senior officials told to quit EMBAs as part of President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive
Three senior officials halt course at top Shanghai business school, which can cost about 600,000 yuan (HK$756,000) a year, over fears fee payments may lead to bribery, Beijing Times reports
Tougher mainland scrutiny of foreign teachers after child sex scandal fears
Teachers in China face checks and need five years’ experience after one foreign teacher had criminal record for child pornography and another was on the run from child-sex charges
Lai Siu Chiu recounts her four decades in law
She was appointed as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court in 1991, the first female to hold the post and also the youngest at the time.
Sunday 14 September 2014
US and UK spy agencies ‘have access to German telecoms’
US and British intelligence services are able to secretly access information from German telecoms operators, according to a German newspaper report.
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