World Bank says Europe, US might hurt Asian growth - BusinessWeek

World Bank says Europe, US might hurt Asian growth
BusinessWeek
The group includes China, South Korea and Southeast Asia and excludes Japan. "As external demand is likely to remain weak, countries in developing East Asia and Pacific need to rely less on exports and more on domestic demand to maintain high growth," ...

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Asian Currencies Drop to Five-Month Low as Greece May Leave Euro - Bloomberg

Asian Currencies Drop to Five-Month Low as Greece May Leave Euro
Bloomberg
Asian currencies dropped to a five- month low, led by South Korea's won, as mounting concern Greece will quit the euro deterred risk-taking. The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index (MXAP) of shares snapped a two-day advance after former Greek Prime Minister Lucas ...

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Pacific Mercantile Bancorp Announces the Re-Election of Its Directors at Its ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Pacific Mercantile Bancorp Announces the Re-Election of Its Directors at Its ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Edward J. Carpenter, John D. Flemming and Michael P. Hoopis Also Join the Board of Directors COSTA MESA, Calif., May 22, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (NASDAQ:PMBC) , the parent holding company of Pacific Mercantile Bank ...

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Asia Stocks Snap Two-Day Rally on Greece Exit Risk, BOJ Decision - San Francisco Chronicle

Asia Stocks Snap Two-Day Rally on Greece Exit Risk, BOJ Decision
San Francisco Chronicle
... as concerns mounted that Greece may exit the euro zone and the Bank of Japan refrained from deploying further monetary stimulus, dimming the outlook for exporters. Cosco Pacific Ltd., which operates container facilities at Greece's Piraeus port, ...

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Australian Market Drifts Lower - NASDAQ

Australian Market Drifts Lower
NASDAQ
Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan are all trading notably lower, while New Zealand is down marginally. Markets across the region ended notably higher on Tuesday.

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Asian Currencies Extend Rebound, Led by Ringgit, on Europe Talks - Bloomberg


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Asian Currencies Extend Rebound, Led by Ringgit, on Europe Talks
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Asian currencies rose for a second day, led by Malaysia's ringgit and South Korea's won, as a global stocks rally and optimism Europe will tackle its debt crisis spurred risk-taking. The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index and the MSCI Asia Pacific ...

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Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (Main Board) Recorded 05/23/201 - Bloomberg

Hong Kong Short Selling Turnover (Main Board) Recorded 05/23/201
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Number Short Percent of shares selling Total of short Tkr sold short turnover turnover to total Sym Company Name (thousand) (HK$ mln) (HK$ mln) turnover 23 BANK OF E ASIA 568.80 15.06 23.53 64.0 2800 TRACKER FUND 18782 355.61 557.92 63.7 5 HSBC ...

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