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Bridget Welsh, Associate Professor, Political Science at Singapore Management University (SMU) says that Malaysia's opposition parties have a fighting chance of winning the country's general elections.
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*CME sounds out Chile as location for copper warehouses. LONDON/ NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. exchange operator CME Group is sounding out Chile as the location for a network of warehouses as its copper contract takes market share from the London Metal Exchange, sources familiar with the matter said.
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--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. That's the question that should be asked after Thursday's announcement by Royal Dutch Shell that it would close its Geelong refinery in Victoria state and convert it to an import terminal if a buyer couldn't be found.
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Bridget Welsh, Associate Professor, Political Science at Singapore Management University (SMU) says that Malaysia's opposition parties have a fighting chance of winning the country's general elections.
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WASHINGTON, April 3- The United States would welcome South Korea joining negotiations on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a senior U.S. trade official said on Wednesday, as Washington continues to weigh Japan's bid to enter the same set of talks.
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WASHINGTON, April 3- Free-trade talks between the United States and 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region could stretch into late next year, especially if Japan joins the negotiations, former U.S. trade officials said on Wednesday. Even if Japan stays out of the talks, "I think it would be improbable to conclude negotiations this year.
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*Medical tourism on the rise in Turkey. ISTANBUL, April 3- Sitting in a private clinic in an upscale neighbourhood of Istanbul, Saleh, a human resources executive from Qatar, is preparing to leave Turkey with a smile on his face and more hair on his head.
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JERUSALEM- Israel pressed Hamas on Wednesday to rein in rocket-firing militants in the Gaza Strip after the most serious outbreak of cross-border hostilities since a ceasefire ended an eight-day war in November.
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UNITED NATIONS- The 193- nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas-- Newfield Exploration Co. shares rose Wednesday after the oil and gas company announced a significant natural gas discovery off the coast of Malaysia. Newfield holds a 30 percent interest and Partners Diamond Energy Sarawak, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp. and Peteronas Carigali has the rest.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced he will dissolve parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a long-anticipated general election late this month.
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BERLIN- Buoyed by solid finances, roaring exports and low unemployment, Germany increasingly sees itself as the only grown-up in Europe, responsible for bringing wayward children into line to hold the family together.
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TOKYO, March 29- Whether the world's largest economy can sustain momentum will be a primary focus for investors for the next three months after a general recovery trend in the United States helped risk sentiment for broad markets in the first quarter of 2013..
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WASHINGTON, March 28- The United States is striving to find an appropriate balance in Asia-Pacific free trade talks between providing strong patent and data protections for U.S. drug manufacturers and ensuring poor people have access to medicine, a U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday.
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LONDON, March 28- When Argentina froze access to bank deposits in December 2001, the popular backlash was so severe its president and his successor had resigned within a month.
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*Exports from China, India increase. Slowing growth in the region's largest importers of gasoil, such as Indonesia and Vietnam, and in major consumers, such as India and China, are swelling a surplus of the oil product, dragging down refining profits.
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LAUNCESTON, Australia, March 28- Such is the impact of the shale gas revolution in the United States that it's quite possible that babies born today will no longer play with plastic dolls and cars made in China. It's almost become a fait accompli that China is the world's factory, but the early warning signs that this may be changing are starting to show.
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SINGAPORE, March 28- The head of Deutsche Bank's Southeast Asia and South Asia financial institutions group, Dhruv Shrikent, will leave on March 31, according to an email seen by Reuters. Shrikent, who worked at the German lender since 2006, most recently advised AIA on its $1.7 billion acquisition of ING's insurance business in Malaysia.
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*Bank Negara Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz holds media conference on " Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group for Asia" conference, Hall 1, Ground Floor, Sasana Kijang, Kuala Lumpur at 530 pm. *Bursa Malaysia Bhd convenes 36th annual general meeting, Tun Dr Ismail Hall, Level 2, Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur at 2 pm.
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SYDNEY, March 28- Australian shares are likely to open lower on Thursday, the last day of trade before the Easter holiday, following a subdued session on Wall Street amid ongoing concerns about the Cyprus financial crisis.
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SINGAPORE, March 27- Asia's fuel oil cash differentials were steady on Wednesday, as market fundamentals are balanced with higher Western inflows in a maintenance season in Asia and Middle East.