Daily Dose: 09/04/08
September 4, 2008
» Asian American Doctor Releases Findings From Breast Cancer Study
» Indiana Univ.’s Asian Culture Center Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary
» Police Arrest 6th Suspect in Mountain View Double Homicide
» APA Groups Oppose New LPGA Policy
» Comedian Dat Phan Performing in the Bay Area
» Lee Supplants Tiger as Youngest U.S. Amateur Champ
» Paralympics Set to Begin in Beijing
» Atlas Insurance Appoints Lance Kawano as Senior VP
» Judge: Worker, Chinese Businesses Stole Serenex Trade Secrets
» More Charges in South Korea’s Seductress-Spy Cas
Compiled by Leila Kang
AsianWeek Market Report
| AsianWeek Market Report | ||||
| Asian Stock Indexes | ||||
| NIKKEI 225 | Tokyo | 12,557.66 | -131.93 | -1.04% |
| HANG SENG | Hong Kong | 20,389.48 | -195.58 | -0.95% |
| KRX | Busan | 2,970.52 | -12.76 | -0.43% |
| SSE IX | Shanghai | 7,473.60 | 60.05 | 0.81% |
| BSE | Bombay | 14,899.10 | -150.76 | -1.00% |
| HOSE | Ho Chi Minh | 558.56 | 3.42 | 0.62% |
| SET | Bangkok | 654.85 | 4.92 | 0.76% |
| Asian American Market Report | ||||
| Yahoo! | YHOO | 17.80 | 0.05 | (0.28%) |
| Citigroup | C | 18.34 | 0.04 | (0.22%) |
| Amkor Technology, Inc | AMKR | 7.11 | 0.02 | (0.35%) |
| Sybase | SY | 33.06 | -1.54 | (-4.45%) |
| UnionBancal Corp | UB | 73.11 | -0.05 | (-0.07%) |
| East West Bank corp,Inc | EWBC | 12.98 | -1.14 | (-8.07%) |
NATION
Asian American Doctor Releases Findings From Breast Cancer Study
Black women who undergo a lumpectomy surgery to treat early-stage breast cancer are less likely than their white counterparts to receive the recommended follow-up radiation therapy treatments, according to study released on Wednesday.
The study, led by Grace Li Smith, a postdoctoral fellow in radiation oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, looked at 37,305 women ages 65 and older who had undergone lumpectomy surgery to remove cancerous tumors from their breasts. Of the women, 34,024 were white and 2,305 were black. Researchers found that 65 percent of black women received radiation therapy after the surgery, compared with 74 percent of white women.
The study did not look at the reasons for the findings, but Smith noted that possible reasons black women are not receiving follow-up treatment include doctors not offering them the treatment, black women declining the treatment or being unable to complete the entire treatment series because of other health problems.
— Emaxhealth.com
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Indiana Univ.’s Asian Culture Center Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — After years of hard work, Indiana University’s Asian Culture Center (ACC) is marking a decade of being part of the university and Bloomington communities. The ACC opened its doors on October 3, 1998.
Despite its name, the ACC is everyone’s center, not just for Asians.
“Just because we are the Asian Culture Center, doesn’t mean one has to be Asian to come to the center or to any of our programs. We welcome everyone in our doors and enjoy the diversity that Bloomington has to offer,” said Mai-Lin Poon, co-chair of the ACC 10th Anniversary Committee.
The ACC has led the initiative to include Asian students in the Hudson and Holland Scholars program; it helped establish the Asian Alumni Association as well as the Asian Pacific American Faculty and Staff Council; and it pushed for an Asian American Studies program, which will begin offering a minor in the fall of 2009.
BAY/CALIFORNIA
Police Arrest 6th Suspect in Mountain View Double Homicide
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Mountain View police announced Wednesday the arrest of another suspect in June’s double homicide, bringing the total number of people involved in the alleged murder plot to eight.
Authorities believe Williams and seven accomplices conspired to rob and possibly murder siblings Omar Aquino, 24, and Maria Teresa Sanchez-Aquino, 27, in the early morning hours of June 28. Including Williams, police have arrested six suspects so far.
Also in police custody are 18-year-old Nicory Marquis Spann, the suspected triggerman; Michael David Adams, 20; Victoria Frances Thompson, 20; and Kim Thien Pham, 19. The men are facing two counts of murder and one count of conspiracy each, while the women face just one count of conspiracy each.
Pham is expected to appear in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Friday to possibly enter a plea.
— Contra Costa Times
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APA Groups Oppose New LPGA Policy
SACRAMENTO — Opposition to a recent policy by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) to require its athletes to speak English starting next year continued to grow today as several more organizations called on the Tour to rescind the new rule. Yesterday, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) announced several other leading civil rights groups who are also joining him in opposition.
Among the latest in opposition is California’s conference of the nation’s largest and strongest civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In addition, the following organizations also announced joining the coalition opposed to the LPGA’s policy: Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Californians for Disability Rights, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, California Immigrant Policy Center, Korean American Coalition, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, Sojourn to the Past—A Civil Rights Education Project, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), California Alliance for Retired Americans and the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC).
— PolitickerCA.com
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
Comedian Dat Phan Performing in the Bay Area
American comedian Dat Phan will be performing live at Tommy T’s Comedy Club and Steakhouse in Pleasanton, Calif., through Sept. 7.
Phan, the original winner of NBC’s popular show Last Comic Standing, currently tours live across the U.S. as a headlining comedian. He is also a prominent leading figure within the Asian American community. Famed for his insightful and culturally relevant comedy, Phan aims to bring a more positive and accurate portrayal of Asian Americans to mainstream entertainment and understanding in America.
Phan has been listed in The Smithsonian Institution’s exhibition of The Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese American Individuals.
Phan’s performance will admit 17-year-olds and older with ID, and 15-year-olds and older if accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Dat Phan LIVE in Pleasanton
September 3-7, 2008
Tommy T¹s Comedy Club
5014 Hopyard Road
Pleasanton, CA 94588
SPORTS
Lee Supplants Tiger as Youngest U.S. Amateur Champ
PINEHURST, N.C.— His whirlwind month complete, Danny Lee finally has a few days off. Now the carefree 18-year-old has time to reflect on his latest accomplishment: Outdoing Tiger Woods.
Lee became the U.S. Amateur’s youngest champion Sunday, supplanting Woods by holding off Drew Kittleson 5 and 4.
One month to the day after his 18th birthday, Lee frittered away most of a 6-hole lead before regaining control with a string of birdies midway through his second trip around Pinehurst’s No. 2 course. He capped his 11th consecutive day of competition by sinking a 30-foot birdie putt on the 14th, dropping his putter and thrusting his fists into the air in celebration.
The victory gives him exemptions into the U.S. and British Opens, a probable invitation to The Masters and a 10-year exemption into the U.S. Amateur—as long as he remains an amateur.
— AP
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Paralympics Set to Begin in Beijing
The Paralympics Games bring together more than 4,000 of the world’s best disabled athletes for 11 days of competition in Beijing, Hong Kong and Qingdao.
The Paralympics will be held at the same venues used for the Summer Olympics last month.
Athletes will compete in 20 individual and team sports ranging from archery to wheelchair rugby. Special rules and equipment apply for six different classes of disabled athletes, including amputees and the intellectually disabled.
China took 51 gold medals at the summer Olympic Games, the most of any country, and is expected to perform even better at the Paralympics.
This time, China is fielding a record 547 Paralympic athletes. China hopes to top the 63 gold medals it won at the 2004 Paralympics Games in Athens.
The games are bringing much needed attention to the plight of China’s 83 million handicapped people, who are rarely seen in public.
— Voanews.com
COMMERCE
Atlas Insurance Appoints Lance Kawano as Senior VP
Atlas Insurance Agency, Inc., Hawai‘i’s largest locally owned and managed insurance agency, has appointed Lance Kawano as senior vice president of its Personal Lines Division. Kawano previously held the title of vice president and will continue to be responsible for the strategic planning and profitability of Atlas’ personal lines accounts.
Kawano has more than 17 years of experience in the insurance and finance industries. He received a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Los Angeles, Calif., and a Masters in Business Administration in Finance from Columbia Business School in New York City. Kawano is a graduate of Punahou School.
Today, Atlas represents more than 40 local and national insurance companies with offices in Honolulu, in Hilo and Kona on the Big Island of Hawai‘i and in Wailuku, Maui.Fo more information: atlasinsurance.com.
— Honolulu Advertiser
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Judge: Worker, Chinese Businesses Stole Serenex Trade Secrets
Durham biotech company Serenex Inc. has won a $57.5 million judgment against a former contract worker and others who, a judge says, spied on Serenex and stole its trade secrets.
Judge Donald Stephens handed down the judgment Sept. 2 in Wake County Superior Court against Yunsheng Huang, Tongxiang Zhang, Beijing Gylongli Sci. & Tech. Co. Ltd., and GYLL BioMedTech Inc. In addition to misappropriating trade secrets, the court concluded, the defendants also engaged in an unfair and deceptive trade practice.
Serenex filed the lawsuit in June 2007, saying that Huang, a former contract chemist, had stolen trade secrets and funneled them to Zhang, a Chinese businessman. The two Chinese companies in the lawsuit at one time were listed as having offices at Huang’s Apex residence.
Serenex, which develops cancer drugs, was bought by pharma giant Pfizer earlier this year.
— Triangle Business Journal
GLOBAL
More Charges in South Korea’s Seductress-Spy Case
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Thursday charged a North Korean defector with violating national security laws by aiding his stepdaughter, who was indicted last week with spying for the North in a sex-for-secrets scandal.
Won Jeong-hwa, a 34-year-old woman who posed as a defector, is suspected of sleeping with South Korean military officers in exchange for classified information.
The spy case comes as ties between North and South Korea have chilled after President Lee Myung-bak took office in February and angered the North by saying Seoul would stop what once had been a free flow of aid and tie handouts to progress the North makes in nuclear disarmament.
Won, who arrived in South Korea in 2001, is suspected of obtaining information on weapons systems, the areas of key military facilities and even the email addresses of top officers and then passing the information to North Korea.
— Reuters
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