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US billionaire George Soros may once have brought the Bank of England to its knees, but he has found China's opaque airline sector an altogether tougher nut to crack. His only mainland-invested corporate, Hainan Airlines, has after years of low earnings gained approval for a major stock refinancing that could pave the way for a Hong Kong IPO. But it's only a small step toward dragging the disappointing carrier back to health, says Elliot Wilson.

Snowy Hydro's IPO was called off at the 11th hour, ostensibly after protests by various interest groups. While the cancellation has been put down to political machinations, it remains a black mark against corporate Australia. Giles Parkinson reports.

Despite being torn apart by internal conflict in the quite recent past, Cambodia has recovered to become a unique and fascinating destination for tourists across the globe. While the country is most famous for its enormous Angkor Wat complex, a collection of temples unrivalled anywhere in the world, the country also boasts many other attractions.

There was an outcry in India in May after a mail went around telecom operator VSNL that seemed to ask for caste details as part of their Sabanes-Oxley disclosure requirements. It was a misunderstanding, but reveals a still thorny issue.

Eddie Soebari, director, chief financial officer. Soebari, an accountancy graduate from the University of Indonesia, was one of the Bakrie group's frontmen when it reinvented Bumi Resources as an energy and mining company from the ruins of BP Bumi Modern , a hotel-focused company that went down in 1997. It became Bumi Resources in 2000, and launched its first oil and gas venture in Yemen that year. Soebari has been a director since 2000, and was also a director of PT Arutmin Indonesia and PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) – the two coal mining outfits that Bumi resources sold at the end of year.

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PTT, Thailand's largest stock, is never far from the public eye—whether in making key investments or facing competition issues.

In a new era of equity-market volatility, investment banks have wasted no time in offering more cautious equity structured products that meet the needs of worried investors. Richard Morrow looks at what's on offer.

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Rising demand spells a strong future for Asian energy companies. But some unusual and diverse names offer the most potential, as Asiamoney discovers in its top-10 countdown of the region's energy sector. Chris Wright reports.