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HK, best platform in Asia for marketing films

HK, best platform in Asia for marketing films A survey announced Thursday that Hong Kong's twin events for the entertainment industry, the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) and Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), provides the best platform in Asia to market the latest products and to get financing for film productions. About 70 percent of industry respondents described Hong Kong's FILMART and HAF platform as the most significant film event in Asia, followed by similar events in South Korea and Japan. The survey was carried out by independent

Officials rebrand Zamboanga as Asias Latin City

Officials rebrand Zamboanga as Asias Latin City The local government formally launched on Thursday the branding of Zamboanga as Asias Latin City in a simple ceremony held during the opening of the 15th Mindanao Business Conference at the Astoria Regency, Pasonanca Park, here. Mayor Celso Lobregat explained at the project launching the basis for branding the Zamboanga as a Latin city is the existence of Chavacano, a derivative of the Spanish language that in turn is an outgrowth of Latin, the old Roman tongue. Chavacano is spoken by a majority of the people here, in Basilan and other parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula.

LMEs extended trading hours may boost metal trade in Asia

LMEs extended trading hours may boost metal trade in Asia Metal trading in Asia will get a boost with London Metal Exchange extending the trading hours on its electronic trading platform, LME Select, by six hours from June 1. This will improve price transparency and increased arbitrage opportunities, industry officials said. LME Select now opens six hours early, from 0530 IST to 2330. This move, analysts said, will improve liquidity on Asian exchanges as traders will be able to trade simultaneously on LME, on real time basis. An official from Indias base metals conglomerate said, Asian traders can track LME

Trading network Liquidnet to make splash in Asia

Trading network Liquidnet to make splash in Asia By Brian Kelleher, Asia financial services correspondent HONG KONG (Reuters) - Electronic marketplace Liquidnet will begin matching institutional buyers and sellers of Asian stocks from April 2007 in a move that could shake up the regions traditional exchange industry. Asia-focused mutual funds and hedge funds are becoming increasingly reliant on electronic trading, which puts a premium on processing trades as quickly as possible, said David Klinger, the new managing director of privately-held Liquidnet Asia. More : today.reuters.com

Russians left behind in Central Asia

Russians left behind in Central Asia Russia's relationship with the Central Asian states on its southern borders has always had more than a hint of the colonial about it. For centuries the region was seen as something of a land of opportunity, a kind of "Wild East" to be tamed and civilised. Many Russians know it from the hugely popular 1969 film White Sun of the Desert, where Red Army troops in the Civil War do battle, cowboy-and-Indian-style, with local bandits over the sand-dunes of the Kara-Kum. More: