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Malaysia : eWarna selected for Red Herring 100 Asia award

Malaysia : eWarna selected for Red Herring 100 Asia award eWarna, the global leader in online color collaboration solutions, has been selected by Red Herring as a finalist for its coveted Red Herring 100 Asia award for 2006. The Red Herring 100 award highlights those companies who have shaped the future of technology innovation and transformed markets. Nominees were evaluated on financials, management, and overall strategic integration into the marketplace. Through a stringent application review process, Red Herrings editorial team vetted Asias hottest technology startups to select 200 finalists. The 100 Asia winners will be profiled in a August 21 Special Issue

Internationals lead Asia at Lexus Cup

Internationals lead Asia at Lexus Cup SINGAPORE (AP) - Sweden's Annika Sorenstam and American teenager Paula Creamer had a five-birdie round Friday, leading the Internationals to a 4-2 lead over Asia after the hosts crumbled down the back nine on the first day of the women's Lexus Cup team tournament. The top two players on the U.S. LPGA money list had been two-down for most of the front nine in the fourball alternate shot match against South Koreans Jeong Jang and Meena Lee, until International captain Sorenstam made a seven-foot downhill putt to save par and eat into the lead. ''That just totally

Naked dolls hamper India-Asia trade deal

Naked dolls hamper India-Asia trade deal Malaysia on Friday said India's move to exclude a huge chunk of ASEAN exports, including naked dolls and toilet seats, has spoilt plans for an early start to a free-trade deal. Malaysian Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz said India gave the Association of Southeast Asian Nations trade ministers a list of 1,414 items it wanted excluded from tariff cuts due to be put in place under the deal. "It was very amusing," Rafidah said, saying the list represented 44 per cent of ASEAN's exports to the country, with a value of $ 4.76 billion. She said the list ranged from

Asia’s biggest hospital to unveil P2.3M visitors’ waiting lounge

Asia's biggest hospital to unveil P2.3M visitors' waiting lounge THE Philippine General Hospital (PGH), considered as Asia's biggest public hospital complex, will inaugurate on Monday the newly constructed Mabuhay Lounge visitor's welcome area. The P2.3 million-Mabuhay Lounge is a major project of Bayan Muna party-list Representative Satur C. Ocampo as contracted by the Department of Public Works and Highways (PDWH) and through the efforts of University of the Philippines (UP)-PGH Director Carmelo A. Alfiler and the All-UP Workers' Union-Manila Chapter. Dr. Reynaldo Lesaca, chairman of Bayan Muna party-list, will represent Ocampo on Monday's inauguration ceremonies starting at 9:15 a.m. UP Manila

Asia Energy plans to list with stock market

Asia Energy plans to list with stock market Asia Energy, the developer of the US$2 billion coal mine at Phulbari in Dinajpur district, yesterday announced its plan to float its shares on the country's stock market. In a press release, the foreign firm said after detailed negotiations, the company signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Equity Partners Limited, a merchant bank, for launching initial public offerings (IPO) later this year. Asia Energy has recently submitted a mining and development plan to the government on completion of its feasibility study. Before obtaining government approval, the UK-based coal-mining company made the surprise announcement for