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Japan considers exporting SM-3 missilesTokyo (UPI) Aug 5, 2010 Japan may export the ship-launched Standard Missile-3 system, a change from the country's current ban on selling arms and weapons. Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 block 2A system is an advanced version of the SM-3 series jointly under development with the United States and other countries. The missile's kinetic warhead is a Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile, a non-explosive hit-to-kill device. The launching ships will be updated with Aegis LEAP Intercept computer software and hardware. ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Aug 5, 2010China's banking regulator has ordered lenders to stress-test their loans to the real estate sector to measure the impact of a 50 percent fall in property prices, a report said Thursday. The request comes amid growing concerns about massive lending to the red-hot property market, which authorities fear could see a fresh crop of bad debts if prices were to fall sharply and derail the world's t ... more  
San Francisco, Usa (AFP) Aug 4, 2010NPD Group on Wednesday reported that smartphones running on Google-back Android software unseated BlackBerry devices as top-sellers in the United States during the second quarter of the year. Android phones continued an "upward climb" in the US market, accounting for 33 percent of all smartphones purchased from the start of April through the end of June, according to the market tracking firm ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 5, 2010The head of Hong Kong's pioneering e-payment operator Octopus Holdings has resigned, the company said Thursday, after it admitted selling the personal data of two million customers to businesses. The ubiquitous Octopus card has brought cashless payments to many facets of Hong Kong life since its launch in 1997, and provided the model for smart cards used on public transport in cities around ... more |
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Taiwan to discuss trade pact with ASEAN member SingaporeTaipei (AFP) Aug 5, 2010 Taiwan said Thursday it would hold talks with Singapore later this year on forging a trade pact, as it tries to build new economic ties with the outside world after a landmark deal with China. The decision to open negotiations with Singapore, a leading member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), comes little more than a month after Taiwan signed the sweeping agreement with China in late June. "Singapore has a key role in the foreign trade of ASEAN countries," Taiwan's economic ... read more |
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