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3D Spaghetti Western, Hong Kong Ultraviolence and Sex Doll Romance: The 7th Annual Fantastic Fest

07/14/11 Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., has announced the first 20 films to make the lineup for its seventh edition. The crop includes entries from Japan, Belgium, Mexico, Russia, Hong Kong, Korea and the U.S. Highlights this year include: the world premiere of the restored version of the 3D Spaghetti Western "Comin' At Ya 3D;" the U.S. premiere of the Dutch hit "New Kids ...
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Asian shares up on bargain hunting, China data

07/13/11 Asian stocks rose on Wednesday on bargain hunting, with Hong Kong and Shanghai boosted by growth data suggesting China's economy was slowing.
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Asian shares up on bargain hunting and China data

07/13/11 Asian stocks rose on Wednesday on bargain hunting, with Hong Kong and Shanghai boosted by growth data suggesting China's economy was slowing but remained robust.
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Plane tickets to HK in the name of Baginda, Altantuya and "more persons"

07/11/11 Investigators are closing in on the Altantuya trail in the controversial Scorpenes acquisition. According to top Malaysian NGO, Suaram, plane tickets in the name of the slain Mongolian translator, her lover Razak Baginda and "more persons" have been discovered during. "We found out that there were plane tickets to Hong Kong in the name of Altantuya, Razak and more persons," Cynthia Gabriel, a ...
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HK Resources chairman, director face ICAC probe

07/07/11 Hong Kong Resources (2882) chairman Kennedy Wong Ying-ho and executive director Alex Chui Chuen-shun, father of Cathy Lee Chui Chi-Kei, are being investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Both are back at work.
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Spectrum Wine Auctions Rounds Out June With Over $8 Million at June 25 & 26 Sale in Hong Kong and June 30 Internet ...

07/06/11 Spectrum Wine Auctions dazzled bidders in Hong Kong on June 25 and 26 at its largest sale to date since launching in July 2009. Guests entered the newly built 118-story gem of Hong Kong, the International Commerce Center , passing by Rolls-Royces and Ferraris parked at the entrance, arriving to an auction room filled to capacity.
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Marlin & Associates Opens Hong Kong Office and Names Industry Veteran Robert Agnew to Lead Asian Team

07/06/11 NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jul 6, 2011) - Marlin & Associates ("M&A"), the boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm, today announced that the firm has opened a Hong Kong office to complement the firm's New York, NY; Washington, DC; and Toronto, Canada offices. The new Hong Kong office will be led by industry veteran, Robert ("Rob") Agnew and will be located at 1311 Capitol Centre ...
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Photographer Arrested While Reporting Protest in Hong Kong

07/05/11 A reporter intern for New York-based New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD TV) was arrested while covering a July 1 protest in Hong Kong. Her colleagues are asking whether the police in making the arrest were targeting NTD.
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Local airline offers 'cheap' flights to Macau, HK, Singapore

07/04/11 MANILA, Philippines - A local airline announced that it is offering discounted tickets anew as it hopes to bring more tourists to Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore this year.
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Prada IPO raises HK$2.5 billion more with over-allotment

07/03/11 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Prada said joint bookrunners for its Hong Kong listing had exercised an over-allotment option bringing more shares to the market and raising an additional HK$2.5 ...
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Trade ties bind Hong Kong, South Korea

07/02/11 By Andy Jackson Talk to typical South Koreans about Hong Kong and the things most likely to their minds are shopping and nightlife. To be sure, the almost 900,000 Koreans who went to or through Hong Kong last year did plenty of both. However, the core strength of the economic relationship between South Korea is
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Growing Discontent Seen in Annual Hong Kong Protest

07/02/11 HONG KONG -- As a gateway between Beijing and the West, Hong Kong has reaped the rewards of China's economic rise, and its millionaires have prospered on the growth of the financial and property industries. But there are signs of increasing public anger here over a widening gap between rich and poor.
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NY Asian Film Fest: Blade-slinging Female warriors, Martial Arts, Steel & Silk Robes

07/01/11 "Sweet revenge grows harsh," wrote William Shakespeare in Othello. It can't get any harsher than what is at the core of what we might label "films of vindication:" the kung-fu subgenre of the action movie, which have been produced in Hong Kong since the Bruce Lee craze began in the early '70s and now in mainland China itself; and, over the past decade, the streetwise fisticuffs subgenre that is ...
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Hong Kong Strain of Scarlet Fever Unlikely to Spread to U.S., Experts Say

07/01/11 Title: Hong Kong Strain of Scarlet Fever Unlikely to Spread to U.S., Experts Say Category: Health News Created: 6/30/2011 2:06:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/1/2011
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NYSE Euronext leads global IPO markets

07/01/11 After NYSE Euronext, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange raised $19.7 billion of IPO capital.
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China Unicom Americas announces opening of new Eastern Region Office.

06/30/11 This newest office further enhances China Unicom Americas ability to provide a superior level of service and support to its expanding base of clients and business partners in the region.Los Angeles, CA. (PRWEB) June 30, 2011 China Unicom Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Unicom (Hong Kong), today announced the opening of a new Eastern Region Sales and Support office.The new office ...
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Short Tacks

06/30/11 Transatlantic race Several Annapolis-based professionals are participating in the Transatlantic Race 2011, being run by the New York Yacht Club in association with the Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club. Gavin Brady, Chris Larson and Ian Gordon are part of the crew aboard Beau Geste, a Farr 80 owned by Karl Kwok of Hong Kong. Brady and Larson will serve as tactician and strategist ...
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This Day in History - June 30

06/30/11 Today is the 181st day of 2011. There are 184 days left in the year. 1997: Hong Kong is transferred to China in an eight-hour farewell ceremony after 156 years of British rule.
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Elizabeth Taylor collection touring before NY sale

06/29/11 The tour will begin in September and include stops in Moscow, London, Dubai, Geneva, Paris, Hong Kong and Los Angeles. It will end in New York City.
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ICC World Cup 2015 to feature 14 teams

06/29/11 Hong Kong, Jun 28 :The International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board today reversed its previous decisions and approved a 14-team format for the 2015 World Cup to be held in Australia and New Zealand and a 12-team format for the World Twenty20 events in 2012 (Sri Lanka) and 2014 (Bangladesh).
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Bachelorette Slideshow: Bentley Returns

06/27/11 Ashley heads to Hong Kong with her remaining suitors, but a previously departed dude is still shaking things up.
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