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<li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160505-DEMOCRACY-DEFERRED/Viewpoints/Kavi-Chongkittavorn-Laos-new-leader-faces-big-challenges-at-home-and-as-ASEAN-chief">Kavi Chongkittavorn: Laos' new leader faces big challenges -- at home and as ASEAN chief </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160505-DEMOCRACY-DEFERRED/Viewpoints/Kavi-Chongkittavorn-Laos-new-leader-faces-big-challenges-at-home-and-as-ASEAN-chief"><img src="/web/20160505035115im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0425t/20160425_lao_leader.jpg/4403809-1-eng-GB/20160425_Lao_leader.jpg_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> The emergence of Thongloun Sisoulith as the new leader of the Lao People's Democratic Republic augurs well for the country's chairmanship of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations this year.Thongloun, who was elected prime minister on</p> <div class="date-area">May 5, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160505-DEMOCRACY-DEFERRED/Politics-Economy/Malaysia-s-central-bank-slaps-the-state-s-investment-fund-with-a-fine">Malaysia's central bank slaps the state's investment fund with a fine</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160505-DEMOCRACY-DEFERRED/Politics-Economy/Malaysia-s-central-bank-slaps-the-state-s-investment-fund-with-a-fine"><img src="/web/20160505035115im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0503t/20160503_1mdb/4443983-1-eng-GB/20160503_1MDB_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> KUALA LUMPUR Days after Malaysia's state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad missed an interest payment on a bond, it was dealt another blow in the form of a fine for flouting central bank directives.Bank 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<p> KUALA LUMPUR (NewsRise) -- Hartalega Holdings, the world's biggest synthetic rubber gloves maker, said its net profit rose 12% on year in the fiscal fourth quarter, but analysts flagged weak product prices and intensifying competition as likely risk</p> <div class="date-area">May 4, 2016 08:15 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Asian-dollar-reserve-talks-unravel-over-funding-rules">Asian dollar reserve talks unravel over funding rules</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> FRANKFURT, Germany -- Negotiations on a stronger multilateral dollar-funding mechanism to prevent currency crises in Asia are gridlocked, with Japan, China and South Korea pursuing stricter rules on lending as Southeast Asian states call for easier </p> <div class="date-area">May 4, 2016 03:42 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a 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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, is set to </p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 03:22 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Nikkei-PMI/Malaysia-s-factory-activity-falls-to-5-month-low">Malaysia's factory activity falls to 5 month low</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- The Nikkei Malaysia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, for April clocked in at 47.1 in April, down from 48.4 in March. The reading was the lowest in 5 months, and the pace of contraction was the sharpest since November last y</p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 12:30 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/In-an-intense-campaign-overseas-Filipinos-prefer-Duterte">In an intense campaign, overseas Filipinos prefer Duterte</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/In-an-intense-campaign-overseas-Filipinos-prefer-Duterte"><img src="/web/20160505035115im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0502t/20160502_philippines-vote-singapore/4440670-1-eng-GB/20160502_Philippines-vote-Singapore_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> SINGAPORE -- Perched at the cashier's desk in MJ's Pinoy Shop in Singapore's Lucky Plaza, Janice Estrera's mind drifts back to her three children at home on Cebu island in the central Philippines, where they live with their grandparents."I would rea</p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 10:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Southeast-Asian-telecoms-star-in-video-streaming-war">Southeast Asian telecoms star in video streaming war</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Southeast-Asian-telecoms-star-in-video-streaming-war"><img src="/web/20160505035115im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0502t/20160502hooq/4440940-1-eng-GB/20160502HOOQ_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> JAKARTA -- More than three months after launching its video streaming service in Indonesia, U.S. based Netflix is still unable to access more than 150 million mobile phone subscribers of Telekomunikasi Indonesia, or Telkom, the state-owned telecommu</p> <div 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src="/web/20160505035115im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0428t/20160427_0217_malaysia-airports-holdings-thm-copy-with-caption/4071774-1-eng-GB/20160427_0217_malaysia-airports-holdings-thm-copy-with-caption_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia Airports Holdings, the world's second-largest airport group by passenger count, said on Wednesday that its net profit declined 47.8% on the year in the quarter ended March, to 17 million ringgit ($4.35 million). The company </p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 09:20 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">SapuraKencana Petroleum</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035115/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Seadrill-exits-company-by-selling-8.2-stake-for-195-million">Seadrill exits company by selling 8.2% stake for $195 million</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> KUALA LUMPUR (NewsRise) 鈥揃ermuda-based deep-water drilling contractor Seadrill said it has sold its entire stake in Malaysia鈥檚 largest oil and gas service provider SapuraKencana Petroleum for $195 million.Seadrill sold its remaining 490 million shar</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 08:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="result-sub"> <div class="result-box"> <h2>Sort by</h2> <ul> <li class="current">Newest</li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return sort_by('relevance')">Relevance</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="result-box"> <h2>Filter by</h2> <h3>Date</h3> 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