Asia Business News
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| Asia Business News | |
|---|---|
| Launched | January 1, 1994 |
| Closed | February 1, 1998[1] |
| Network | NBC |
| Owned by | Dow Jones and Company |
| Slogan | "First in Business Worldwide" |
| Country | Singapore |
| Broadcast area | Asia |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Replaced by | CNBC Asia |
Asia Business News (ABN) was a business news television channel owned by Dow Jones and Company. It was founded on January 1, 1994 and it was based in Singapore. In 2 February 1998 the channel merged with NBC's CNBC Asia with most of ABN's programmes and presenters migrating to the new channel as well.[2][3] The merged channel was initially named CNBC Asia Business News but on June 1, 1998 it was simply referred to as CNBC Asia. Since the merger, CNBC Asia has been operating from ABN's former headquarters in Singapore.
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Past programmes [edit]
- Breakfast Briefing
- Asian Wall Street Journal on Air
- Trading Day
- Asia Market Digest
- Storyboard
- Far Eastern Economic Review on Air
- Money Talk
- dot.com
- Corporate Raiders
Anchors/presenters [edit]
- Coco Quisumbing
- Martin Soong
- Sydnie Kohara
- Karen Koh
- Lynette Lithgow
Correspondents [edit]
- Keiko Bang
- Lisa Barron
- Stuart Pallister
- Jim Sciutto
- Chris Slaughter
References [edit]
- ^ Joshi, Namrata; M.M. Vetticad; Rajadhyaksha, Mrudula (9 February 1998). "It's Only Business". India Today. p. 82. Unknown parameter
|section=ignored (help); - ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine. Overseas News Merger Seen By Dow Jones and CNBC. New York Times Online. Published December 8, 1997. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900EED71F3DF93BA35751C1A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
- ^ Dow, NBC to merge cable TV operations. Indian Express Newspapers. December 10, 1997. http://www.expressindia.com/news/fe/daily/19971210/34455543.html
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