Posts Tagged ‘ In The Second Half ’

Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

January 14, 2012
Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

  One of the pleasures, and risks, of attending the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show is seeing a bunch of new products that look incredibly cool. Why a risk? Because things that look incredibly cool under carefully controlled conditions in Las Vegas sometimes turn out to be less than stellar successes by the time they hit [...]

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World central banks help lenders as EU growth stalls 

September 15, 2011
World central banks help lenders as EU growth stalls 

EU commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn has said eurozone economy was set to come to a “virtual standstill” in the second half of the year, but he assured that Europe would avoid another recession. The eurozone’s runaway debt crisis is dragging down growth, the EU warned on Thursday as finance ministers headed [...]

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Malaysia win football gold

December 18, 2009
Malaysia win football gold

Malaysia defeated Viet Nam 1-0 in Vientiane yesterday to take their first gold in the under-23 Southeast Asian Games football competition since 1989. Malaysia defeated Viet Nam 1-0 in Vientiane yesterday. (Photo: VNN)Viet Nam, who became the top candidate for the title after defending champion Thailand were ousted in the semi-final round on Tuesday, lost [...]

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Vietnam into SEA football semis, Thailand out

December 14, 2009
Vietnam into SEA football semis, Thailand out

Vietnam’s U23 football team beat Cambodia 6-1 in the final group stage match to book a semifinal birth while Thailand crashed out of the 25th SEA Games inn Vientiane last Friday. In the other Group A match, Malaysia came back from a goal down to upset Thailand 2-1 and send the reigning champs home.The results [...]

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Indonesia economy may have grown faster as Asia leads recovery

November 10, 2009
Indonesia economy may have grown faster as Asia leads recovery

Workers assemble motorcycles at a production plant of TVS, an Indian motorcycle manufacturer, in Indonesia Indonesia’s economic growth may have accelerated for the first time in more than a year as lower interest rates and a strife-free election stoked spending. Southeast Asia’s largest economy expanded 4.2 percent in the three months to Sept. 30 from [...]

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Viet Nam win at Smartdoor Cup

November 10, 2009
Viet Nam win at Smartdoor Cup

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s U-23 team won the Smartdoor Cup after beating China 3-1 in their second game at My Dinh National Stadium on Saturday. Viet Nam’s U-23 team (red) won the Smartdoor Cup after beating China 3-1 in their second game. (Photo: VNN)The host, who edged Singapore 1-0 in the opener, gained six points [...]

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Hosts, defending champs in U21 title clash

September 27, 2009
Hosts, defending champs in U21 title clash

Hosts Binh Duong swept aside Quang Ninh 3-1 in the semifinals of the U21 National Football Tournament on Friday at Go Dau Stadium. They will meet holders Da Nang in the finals on Sunday. The defending champs coasted to a 4-nil win over T&T Hanoi on Thursday.A downpour before the match caused both Binh Duong [...]

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Lloyds says bad loan provisions will fall after loss

August 6, 2009
Lloyds says bad loan provisions will fall after loss

Lloyds Banking Group Plc, the UK lender that acquired HBOS Plc in January, said provisions for bad loans will decline “significantly” after it posted a first-half loss of 3.1 billion pounds (US$5.2 billion). The bank set aside 13.4 billion pounds in the period to cover souring commercial and real estate loans. Those impairments have “peaked” [...]

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Vietnam poised for higher second half growth: World Bank

July 25, 2009
Vietnam poised for higher second half growth: World Bank

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s economic fundamentals have remained strong despite the global economic slump and will continue to support the country’s growth, Xinhua has quoted the World Bank country director as saying.  Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank country director in VIetnam spoke to the press at a Vietnam donors’ meeting in Buon Ma Thuot in June 2009According [...]

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Vietnam poised for higher second half growth: World Bank

July 25, 2009
Vietnam poised for higher second half growth: World Bank

Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank country director in VIetnam spoke to the press at a Vietnam donors’ meeting in Buon Ma Thuot in June 2009 Vietnam’s economic fundamentals have remained strong despite the global economic slump and will continue to support the country’s growth, Xinhua has quoted the World Bank country director as saying. According to [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...