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JA Solar Provides Modules for the Largest Solar Project Ever Built in the Philippines

Located in Cadiz City of the Negros Occidental province, the facility is designed for a total capacity of 132.5MW, 92.5MW of which will be equipped with the JAP6-72 310W modules by JA Solar.

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China Resumes IPOs As Stock Market Revives

China’s securities regulator said on Friday it would resume initial public offerings (IPOs) in China, lifting a suspension put into effect in July.

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Nokia Networks and China Mobile Sign Agreement worth US$1 Billion

Nokia Networks and China Mobile have announced a comprehensive framework agreement for mobile communications equipment and services valued at more than US$1 billion.

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Asia-Pacific Travelers Taking More Trips than Anyone Else in the World

Travelers from Asia-Pacific are filling up their passport pages at a faster rate than their global counterparts and are now leading the world in leisure travel

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Tata Consultancy Services Wins Prestigious Oracle Excellence Award

Oracle has awarded Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) with its 2015 Oracle Excellence Award for Specialised Partner of the Year in Asia-Pacific.

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Hawksford Strengthens Asian Team with Three Strategic Appointments

Eighteen months after establishing a presence in Asia and following substantive growth, Hawksford is strengthening its commitment in Asian markets by increasing the size of its team.

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OPEC Producers Shouldn’t Panic Yet About Slowdown in China

The demand on OPEC producers for crude could rise next year by 900,000 bpd to average 30.1 million bpd OPEC forecasting demand for its oil to rise by one million barrels a day in 2016.

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Setting the Pace for Global Innovation

With half of its economies ranked in the top 40, Southeast Asia and Oceania maintain their innovation dynamism this year, according to The Global Innovation Index (GII), 2015.

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WHO: China Faces Ageing Population

With advances in medicine helping more people to live longer lives, the number of people over the age of 60 is expected to double by 2050 and will require radical societal change.

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Arcadis Rebrand Strengthens Global Positioning

Arcadis has unveiled its new, refreshed brand identity and will now go to market globally under one brand. The announcement follows two years of investment in joining up its 28,000 people in a single operating model, which enables Arcadis to bring the very best knowledge and technical expertise to clients across the globe. The new brand will be adopted across the 70 countries in which Arcadis operates and will see legacy brands being phased out, including Langdon & Seah, Hyder Consulting, ARCADIS Logos and EC Harris. Callison and RTKL, Arcadis’ architectural brands, are also merging to create CallisonRTKL. Neil McArthur, Chief Executive Officer, Arcadis said: “Our clients tell us that the challenges they face call for their business partners to adapt and innovate, to bring their best ideas and expertise from around the world. Over the past two years we have invested heavily in our business to meet these client needs.  “We are already seeing this approach bear fruit through applying our global capabilities to win work on mega projects such as the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia and the protection of New York following Hurricane Sandy.” The refreshed brand reflects Arcadis’ ability to seamlessly draw on our global capabilities to provide exceptional and sustainable outcomes across the whole lifecycle of natural and built assets.  “Coming together under the single new brand is also an important step in bringing our people together to realise our passion of improving the quality of life and being recognized as the best,” McArthur adds. Arcadis Asia’s business growth and strategy looks…

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