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Author of Russia's MMM pyramid scheme who swindled millions dies

SergeiMavrodi,aneccentricRussianmathematicianwhofoundedthenotoriousMMMpyramidorPonzischemeintheearly1990sthatswindledmillionsoutoftheirsavings,hasdied,hisassist

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Can China's carbon trading scheme save the world?

AsrevealedattheUnitedNationsClimateChangeConferenceinBonn,Germany,recently,greenhousegasemissions,amajorcauseofglobalwarming,arerisingafterremainingflatfornearl

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Fate of Yingluck pending with countdown for trial of rice scheme

ByAPDWriterChenJiabao(TranslatedbyMaQian)Thailand’sSupremeCourtisscheduledtodeliveronAugust25itsrulingagainstformerPrimeMinisterYingluckShinawatraonachargeofcri

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Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest

Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multi-billion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politically persecuted.

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Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest

Thailand'sformerprimeministerYingluckShinawatradeliveredatearfulclosingstatementtoaBangkokcourtonTuesday,sayingshedidnotactdishonestlyinamulti-billiondollarrice

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Supreme court of Thailand to give ruling on Yingluck in late August

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,July21(APD)--ThesupremecourtofThailandannouncedonFridaythattheverdictagainstformerprimeministerYingluckShinawatraoverherrice-pledgi

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UK's BMW workers accept new pensions deal, ending dispute

BritishworkersatBMW(BMWG.DE)'sMiniandRolls-RoyceoperationshaveoverwhelminglyacceptedanewofferfromtheGermancarmakeronMondayovertheclosureofitsfinalsalarypensions

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More Indian women financially empowered after years of exclusion

MorewomeninIndiahavebeenpartofthefinancialsystemwiththeirownbankaccountsafteryearsofbeingexcludedfromthebankingsector.Inthehighlypatriarchalset-upoftheIndiansoc

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India to further liberalize visa regime to woo tourists, businesses

India has said that it intends to further liberalize the visa regime in a bid to attract more tourists and businesses to the country.

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Get accredited! Hong Kong to unveil voluntary scheme for health professionals after police crackdown on beauty salon

According to a Food and Health Bureau paper submitted to lawmakers yesterday,the government will provide financial resources, including operational costs, for the scheme to be implemented. But the regulatory body will have to operate on a self-financing basis.

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CY Leung claims no plans afoot to reinstate multiple-entry visa scheme for Shenzhen residents

Hong Kong’s top official made clear on Tuesday the government had no plan to reinstate a multiple-entry visa scheme for Shenzhen residents, days after a tourism association quoted him as saying the government was ready to do so if Hongkongers stopped mistreating visitors from the mainland.

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HK elderly, children benefit from 40 pct increase in gov't livelihood expenditure

"We started off with a cable car ride, and then we went to see the dolphin show," Chow Yong, 82, was thrilled when speaking of her Ocean Park trip with two other elderly friends of her. "Two dollars for a single journey. It's dirt cheap!"

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APD Columns | New cross-border E-commerce tax scheme--A game changer?

Cross-border e-commerce has been one of the few bright spots of the Chinese economy since its inception. In 2014, this specific trade category has amounted to 71.8 billion USD in terms of volume according to MOFCOM.

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Spending on education still in decline, complains Hong Kong lawmaker

Budget increases to HK$75 billion but as a percentage of total government expenditure has dropped from 24.5 per cent in 2005 to 21.5 per cent, says Ip Kin-yuen

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Former director of Brazil's oil giant found guilty of money laundering

Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday found the former director of supply in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras guilty of money laundering and racketeering.

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HK seeks to tighten visit scheme for Chinese mainlanders: chief executive

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Tuesday that the Individual Visit Scheme for tourists from the Chinese mainland is not expanding and the government is seeking to tighten it up.

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Portugal's golden visa scheme raises 101 mln euros in Nov.

​Portugal's golden visa scheme attracted 101 million euros (125 million U.S. dollars) in November, the Portuguese Confederation of Construction and Real Estate (CPCI) revealed on Thursday.