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Host: Karon Snowdon
Presents a weekly regional report on what's making news in the business world including economic conditions, regulatory changes, mergers and acquisitions, and the pitfalls and opportunities of doing business in new markets.
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Genres: Business, AsianTalk
Location: Canberra, Australia
Language: English
Networks: ABC (Aus)

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Program, 12 December 2008

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Program, 7 November 2008

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US/China economic links under Barack Obama; leading geologists blame Lapindo Brandis for Java mudflow disaster; Australian government surplus slashed.

Program, 31 October 2008

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The gemstone business in Burma; where are the riskiest investments; Japan's economic stimulous; US Federal Reserve puts up $1200 Billion; Dragon Air expansion.

Program, 17 October 2008

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Indonesia's Bakrie and Brothers conglomerate in major restructure; China's potential for a sub-prime crisis; fraud costing Asia-Pacific companies millions.

Program, 10 October 2008

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How Asian economies are weathering the global financial crisis; Australia's Reserve Bank shocks economists with one per cent rate cut; Taiwan takes pre-emptive measures to protect its banks.

Program, 3 October 2008

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Business confidence in India holding up well during global financial meltdown; Australian-India trade relations also healthy; does Islamic finance provide a safe haven; China's Davos summit could be an annual event.

Program, 26 September 2008

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New Zealand's Fonterra loses value and reputation in the Chinese milk scandal; The Chinese government says its overhauling food standards; investment in clean technology to suffer from the global credit crunch; children working in slavery conditions in Malaysia.

Program, 19 September 2008

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Governments worldwide scrambling for solutions to financial crisis; Asian banks less affected but question mark over China; China's poisoned milk scandal grows; small business credit difficult to get in East Timor.

Program, 12 September 2008

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Program, 5 September 2008

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Can Thailand's economy survive the latest political shock; Australia told to boost uranium exports to China; foreign investment rules confusing; and Google turns ten.

Program, 29 August 2008

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New agreements free up billions of dollars worth of trade and boost chances for Australia-India FTA; Chinalco gets the Rio treatment; lots of work for Australian architecture firm in China.

Program, 22 August 2008

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Games and Profits: Heavy weight BHP's breaks its own profit record, defends its sponsorship of Olympics.

Program, 15 August 2008

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Japan hurtles towards recession after recording more negative growth; Pardons for South Korea's corporate criminals; A plea for tax cuts in Fiji; The high cost of the Olympics.

Program, 8 August 2008

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Indonesia's Finance Minister on her economic challenges; a regional oil hub for North East Asia; Australia's pursuit of tax cheats.

Program, 18 July 2008

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QANTAS to cut 15-hundred jobs; Chevron exempt from US sanctions in Burma; China growth heading to below ten per cent; tourists avoid Olympic city; Woodside slams Australian carbon reduction scheme.

Program, 11 July 2008

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East Timor Finance Minister answers critics; Indonesia's Central Bank battles its image problem; slavery conditions for female migrant workers in Saudia Arabia.

Program, 4 July 2008

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A New Zealand company leading the region in voluntary carbon trading, Japanese companies feeling gloomy - isn't everyone?

Program, 20 June 2008

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PODPreview OPEC oil meeting; US and China sign a ten year agreement to cooperate on climate change and energy; new tools needed to fight inflation.

Program, 13 June 2008

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Program, 6 June 2008

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Vietmam's economy reversing; Tasmanian canola growers favourites in Japan; Australian traditional land owners consider direct mining negotiations with India and China; fuel prices hit small airlines.

Program, 23 May 2008

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PODA Wall Street analyst predicts it won't be long before oil reaches 200-dollars a barrel; Papua New Guinea and Exxon Mobile, the developer of PNG's first LNG gas project formally sign a Gas Agreement; Cambodia plans to construct nine new hydro electric dams in the next eleven years; Pulling the cork on China's burgeoning wine industry.

Program, 16 May 2008

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Program, 2 May 2008

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Market speculation identified as one the factors behind the stunning rise in global food prices; warnings a decision to remove fish pens in the Philippines Lake Laguna could decimate the local fishing industry, and a Greenpeace report says the Solomon Islands government must act now to avoid a logging-induced economic collapse.

Program, 25 April 2008

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Australia/China FTA closer; Visa changes to China causing loss of business; Samsung scandal a setback for corporate reform in South Korea; Macau responds to public unease and limits casino development.

Program, 18 April 2008

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India's Satyam to build its first campus based development centre outside India in Australia; calls for a new approach to trade; PNG hangs up on Digicel.

Program, 11 April 2008

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PODIMF warns of global slowdown if US recession protracted; will China buy into BHP-Billiton Indonesia wants Malaysia to police illegal loggers.

Program, 4 April 2008

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PODChina's pilots go on strike, Australian companies too worried to hire new staff; Singapore's sovereign wealth funds to the rescue again; India's economic rise.

Program, 28 March 2008

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Rio Tinto seeking partners in China; Taiwan election result seen as business friendly, some Asian nations would be hard hit by US recession; Thailand tourism worried by attacks on tourist.

Program, 21 March 2008

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Bank of Japan without a permanent head in time of global financial uncertainty; Indonesian budget carrier, Adam Air banned on safety concerns; PNG's economy could double with new gas project.