Air China Doubles Profit on Fuel-Hedging; Sales Fall

Bloomberg

Net income surged to 2.88 billion yuan ($422 million) from 1.23 billion yuan a year earlier, the carrier said in a Hong Kong stock exchange statement late ...

Air China net profit more than doubles in first half Economic Times



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US students behind in math, science, analysis says

CNN

... average scores compared with their European counterparts, but they still lag behind their Asian peers in China, Hong Kong , Japan, Korea and Singapore. ...



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How to Kill Germs, and Consumer Resistance

New York Times

... and listeria in 30 seconds, according to the product label; it needs 10 minutes to eliminate athlete's foot, the rhinovirus and the Hong Kong flu . ...



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Asian Shares Mixed; China Stock Markets Choppy

Wall Street Journal

Japan's Nikkei was up 0.6%, Australia's S&P/ASX 20 was up 0.9%, while South Korea's Kospi Composite gained 0.2% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index inched up ...



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HK Jun Retail Sales Dn 5th Straight Mo; Fall Narrows

Wall Street Journal

Hong Kong Tourism Board figures show tourist arrivals fell 15% in June from a year earlier because of the global economic slowdown and swine flu concerns. ...

Instant view 1-HK June retail sales drop 4.8 pct yr/yr Forbes

Doctor traveling with fellows quarantined 7 days in Hong Kong ... Ortho SuperSite

HK June retail sales drop 4.8% Straits Times

e-Travel Blackboard (press release)  - Alibaba News Channel  - The Nation

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Vail doc: Do you know your (influenza) alphabet?

Vail Daily News

The Hong Kong Flu in 1968., the Asian Flu in 1957, and the granddaddy of them all, the Spanish Flu of 1918 in which one third of the population on earth was ...

Ordinary people and the ordinary flu Jakarta Post



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Osteoporosis drugs effective in killing flu viruses

Reuters

hong kong , Aug 14 (Reuters) - Two existing drugs used to treat osteoporosis may be effective in killing influenza viruses, including the new H1N1 swine flu ...

HK researchers discover novel treatment for bird, human flu Xinhua

Osteoporosis drug also effective against flu : study Business Standard

Osteoporosis drugs can fight flu virus press tv



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Hong Kong Fashion Week Defies Global Recession, Swine Flu

Fibre2fashion.com (subscription)

If a stubbornly tough recession was keeping some buyers away, the threat of the swine flu acted as another deterrent. While Hong Kong has had no deaths ...



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Hong Kong reports Tamiflu-resistant swine flu case

AFP

hong kong hong Kong health authorities have reported the first local case of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu in the southern Chinese territory. ...



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Hong Kong children's singing group cancels event

OregonLive.com

... A Hong Kong children's singing group that has been touring North America for the past three weeks is cancelling its Portland event tonight due to flu . ...

H1N1 Flu Concerns Cancel Performance KPTV.com



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Inside the Fight Against a Flu Pandemic

TIME

... died in the 1918 pandemic, 7000 "excess" deaths resulted from the Asian flu in 1957, and there were 34000 deaths after the Hong Kong flu hit in 1968. ...

Look at the past, plan for the future: Flu forum focuses on ... Temple Daily Telegram

No news is good news Malaysia Star



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Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment ...

Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck

The last pandemic the Hong Kong flu of 1968 killed about 1 million people. Ordinary flu kills about 25000 to 5000 people each year. ...



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Hong Kong confirms 182 new cases of flu A/H1N1 Tuesday

Xinhua

hong kong , Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for Hong Kong Department of Health said the region recorded 182 newly confirmed cases of A/H1N1 influenza in the ...

Hong Kong reports 4th swine flu -related death eTaiwan News



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Symantec Announces August 2009 messagelabs Intelligence Report:

SYS-CON Media

Hong Kong was the most spammed country in August although levels fell by 0.8 percent to 93.4 percent. -- Spam levels in the US and Canada rose to 89.5 ...



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Japan Airlines Posts Net Loss of $1 Billion and Plans Cuts

New York Times

By bettina wassener hong kong the Japan Airlines Corporation on Friday announced a net loss of $1 billion in the last quarter and a set of hefty cuts to ...

Japan Airlines To Suspend, Reduce 10 Intl Flights From Oct 25 Wall Street Journal

Japan Air Posts Biggest Loss in Six Years on Slump Bloomberg



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Hong Kong's tourist arrivals decline 3.4% y/y during January to June.

ISI - Emerging Markets

According to Hong Kong's official website, figures of the Tourism Board show that visitor arrivals in Hong Kong decreased by 3.4% y/y to 13.7mn in the first ...

Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals for H1 2009 ASIATravelTips.com



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More H1N1 flu cases likely during monsoon, winter

Hindu

The H1N1 flu pandemic is the first since the Hong Kong flu pandemic in 1968, which killed one million people worldwide. India reported the first H1N1 flu ...

US officials report drug-resistant swine flu along border

SmartBrief

Tamiflu-resistant strains of the A(H1N1) flu have now been reported in the US, Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong and Japan. Google (08/04)

Flu resistance found The Age

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu found on US-Mexico border AFP

New flu drug to boost stock Gulf Daily News

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Face-Mask Profiteering From Swine Flu Spurs Malaysian Price Cap

Bloomberg

The shop, part of a chain controlled by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. in Hong Kong , sells simple masks for between 80 sen and 1 ringgit each. ...



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Winnipeg Free Press

2 and 15) about the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association and their work to build a memorial in Ottawa for veterans of the Battle of Hong Kong in ...