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WH Smith completes Asian retreatWH Smith completes Asian retreat
Anna Fenton
1-Jun-2004
SINGAPORE. WH Smith is to complete its withdrawal from Asia/Pacific travel-retail with the sale of its Singapore outlets to TimesNewsLink, a joint venture between Times the Bookstore and Hachette-owned Australian firm NewsLink
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The deal was announced two weeks after WH Smith sold the rest of its Asia/Pacific travel business, including its extensive airport operations in Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand, to
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