AsiaPulse News back issues from December 2000:
DIARY - SHANGHAI AUTO PARTS EXHIBITION - NOV 28-DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SHANGHAI, Aug 11 Asia Pulse - The Third Shanghai International Exhibition of Auto Parts, and Maintenance and Repairing Equipment is scheduled to be held at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center between November 28 and December 1, 2000. The show is being organised by the ...
OPEN - ASIA PULSE INTERNATIONAL - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... Good Morning. This is the Asia Pulse International service of business intelligence, news, tenders and expert commentary on the economies of Asia provided by Asia Pulse Pte Ltd (Asia Pulse). Asia Pulse reserves all rights including copyright in relation to services ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW - The US posts its slowest quarterly growth rate in four years. Queensland Premier Peter Beattie clings to power after the state's vote-rorting scandal claimed a second Labor MP ....
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR GAINS HALF A US CENT - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar gained more than half a US cent overnight amid futher evidence that the recent US economic expansion was slowing. "Weakness on the US dollar continued overnight, the Dow and the Nasdaq have both taken a hammering," said Macquarie ...
ASIA4SALE ANNOUNCES STOCK SPLIT.
Dec 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 30 PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet - Asia4Sale Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AFSI), today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a two-for-one forward stock split. The stock split will be ...
QUINTILES UNVEILS NEWEST PHARMACEUTICAL E-PRODUCTS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK, Nov. 30 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - As part of Quintiles Transnational Corp.'s second annual Investor Conference today in New York City, the company will unveil its newest e-commerce products designed to improve the process ...
NEW TELECOMS CERTIFICATION BODY DESIGNATED IN US.
Dec 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) TOKYO, Nov. 30 PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet - Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has been designated as a Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB) by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States under a new program ...
NEW APARTMENT TOWER TO BE BUILT IN MELBOURNE.
Dec 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) HONG KONG, Nov. 30 PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet - A new residential project in the heart of the Melbourne Central Business District is attracting widespread interest. With the official launch not scheduled until 2001, ...
SAMSHIN LIFE DESIGNATED AS BAD FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) on Thursday named Samshin Life Insurance Co. "a bad financial institution" and suspended duties of its board of directors. To replace the suspended board of directors, officials of the Financial Supervisory ...
QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP TO ACQUIRE PHARMACIA UNIT.
Dec 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, Nov. 30 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Quintiles Transnational Corp. (Nasdaq: QTRN), a global leader in pharmaceutical services, today announced that it had signed a letter of intent with the Pharmacia Corporation ...
ADULTSHOP.COM JOINS YAHOO! AUSTRALIA & NZ SHOPPING.
Dec 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) PERTH, Australia, 30 November/MediaNet International-AsiaNet/ -- AdultShop.com Limited, Australia's first publicly listed erotic e-tailer, today announced an agreement with Yahoo! Australia & NZ. Through the agreement, ...
SCIENTIST EARNS PRIZE FOR RESEARCH ON DNA.
Dec 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) LONDON, Nov. 30 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - By discovering jumping DNA's role in creating our modern-day immune system, a 31-year-old scientist in Stamford, Connecticut, earned this year's $25,000 Young Scientist Prize, awarded by ...
ACQUISITION OF JET VACATIONS COMPLETED.
Dec 01, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - PSAINC (OTC Bulletin Board: PSAX) announced today the completion of its acquisition of Jet Vacations International, Inc. for $3.3 million in stock. Ravi R. Rao, CEO of Jet ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN INDEX DROPS AT OPEN - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Australian stocks dropped half a per cent at the open today, following huge losses on Wall Street overnight, brought on by warning bells from several technology companies in the US. At 1010 AEDT, the S&P/ASX200 index was 12.9 points lower at 3261.5 ...
KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: DONG-A ILBO - An NIS official is suspected of having interfered in probes into MCI Korea head Jin Seung-hyon: GNP. - Reunited families hug each other in Seoul and Pyongyang. HANKYOREH ...
S KOREAN STOCK-LINKED PENSION FUNDS RISE IN VALUE.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Stock-linked pension funds are expected to rise to 1.2 trillion won (US$1 billion) by this weekend. A Finance-Economy Ministry source said Friday that the national pension fund was expected to channel 400 billion won into stock-linked funds run by ...
AUSTRALIA SUBMITS PROTEST TO US TAX BODY OVER COAL RORT.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Australia has submitted a protest to US tax authorities over the apparent rorting of a coal tax credit. The credit is estimated to give traders a subsidy of more than $A2 billion ($US1.04 billion). US coal traders were gaining billions of ...
KOREAN GOVT MAY ALLOW CLASS ACTION SUITS AGAINST LISTED COS FROM 2002.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Finance and Economy Minister Jin Nyum said his ministry and the Ministry of Justice are discussing ways to gradually allow class action suits against management and owners of listed firms starting in 2002. The ministry plans to apply the system to large ...
AUSTRALIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR POISED FOR STRONG GROWTH.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's biotechnology sector is poised for incredible growth as companies in the next five years bring their products to final stage trials, according to an industry analyst. However, the sector would remain volatile in the short term, she said ...
SINGAPORE'S PNE INDUSTRIES SAYS GROUP YR PRE-TAX PROFIT UP 2 PCT.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SINGAPORE, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - PNE Industries Ltd said it has recorded group pre-tax profit S$4.3 million for the year ended Sept 30, 2000. Group pre-tax profit was up only 2 percent from the previous year's figure due mainly to increase in prices of raw materials and intense ...
AUSTRALIA'S FIRST ETHANOL BUSES TAKE TO THE ROAD.
Dec 01, 2000 ... MELBOURNE, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - In a bid to help the environment, two of Australia's first sugarcane-powered buses took to Melbourne's roads today. The measure is also aimed at helping the country's rural sugar-belt communities. Ventura Bus Lines will operate the two ...
STOCKS - KOSPI FALLS BELOW 500 POINTS IN EARLY TRADE - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) slipped below the 500-point barrier early Friday, reflecting Thursday's tumble on Wall Street. At 9:40 a.m. the KOSPI plunged 17.51 points to 491.72. The weakening won, coupled with the ...
FOREX - DOLLAR RISES TO 1,217.50 WON EARLY - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The U.S. dollar surged against the won early Friday on its overnight strength in the U.S. non-deliverable market. The dollar opened at 1,216 won and was quoted at 1,217.50 won as ...
HYUNDAI ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION AWAITS BRUNEI PAYMENTS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Despite President Kim Dae-jung's diplomatic efforts to prompt Brunei to pay the Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. US$38 million owed for construction work, the company has yet to see a penny. Following President Kim's state visit to Brunei Nov. 13, ...
INDONESIA SET TO HALT RICE IMPORTS IN 2001.
Dec 01, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Indonesian government has announced it will halt rice imports in the February-May period next year, as it would then be harvest time in the country and imports might disturb the rice price. "Outside those months (February to May), rice imports can ...
JAPAN HOUSING STARTS UP 1.5 PCT IN OCT.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - New housing starts rose 1.5% in October from a year earlier to 105,251, thanks to strong growth in the sale of owner-occupied houses, the Ministry of Construction reported Thursday. Orders for individuals surged 7.8% to 37,336, helped by a surge in ...
JAPANESE MORNING NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) today: - Long Rates Sink To 1.65% As Economic Uncertainty Looms - Sony Recalls Vaio Laptops Due To Faulty Crusoe Chip - DoCoMo Announces Plan To Take 16% Stake ...
KOREAN CONSTRUCTION MINISTER TO EXPLAIN RESTRUCTURE PLANS OVERSEAS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Construction and Transport Minister Kim Yoon-ki will tour Iran, Kuwait, Egypt and China from Dec. 7 through Dec. 16 to explain South Korea's restructuring plans for its construction industry and request continuous business with local companies, the ministry said ...
MATSUSHITA SET TO RESTRUCTURE DIVISIONS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... OSAKA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (TSE: 6752) would separate manufacturing facilities from each of its business divisions and group them into several independent "factory centers," the company said in its three-year business plan unveiled Thursday. ...
PHILIPPINES ECONOMY POSTS STRONG GROWTH IN Q3.
Dec 01, 2000 ... MANILA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Philippine economy continued to post strong growth in the third quarter, desite the shocks that affected the economy such as the Mindanao conflict and the oil price increase, a report from the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) revealed. ...
CHINA FIXES DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BREWING INDUSTRY.
Dec 01, 2000 ... BEIJING, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - China's beer output is expected to reach 25 million tons by 2005, of which 5 percent will be draft beer, according to figures released by State Bureau of Light Industry under State Economic and Trade Commission. The liquor output is expected to reach ...
TOKYO SOWA BANK UP FOR SALE AGAIN AS US FUND QUITS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The government has cancelled an agreement to sell the failed Tokyo Sowa Bank to the Asia Recovery Fund, a U.S. investment group led by Wilbur L. Ross, Kyoji Matsuda, the head of the Deposit Insurance Corp., said Thursday. It has already begun searching ...
STOCKS - KL SHARES LOSE FURTHER GROUND EARLY - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) lost further ground in thin early trade as the sharp downturn in U.S. information technology stocks overnight affected local sentiment. At 9.24 am, the KLSE Composite Index (CI) was 2.45 ...
JAPAN ENERGY CONSUMPTION UP 2.5 PCT IN FY99.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - End-user energy consumption in Japan climbed 2.5% in fiscal 1999 to a record 15,568 petajoules (about 4.32 trillion kilowatt hours), the Ministry of International Trade and Industry reported Thursday. Greater industrial consumption driven by the ...
JAPAN'S MITSUI CHEM PRES DENIES TORAY TO JOIN SUMITOMO CHEM TIE-UP.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The president of Japan's Mitsui Chemicals Inc (TSE:4183) announced that Toray Industries Inc (TSE:3402) would not be joining the planned management integration between his firm and Sumitomo Chemical Co (TSE:4005). "We do not assume that Toray or any ...
JAPANESE TRADE SURPLUS SET TO FALL FOR 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Japan's trade surplus would drop 1.0% in fiscal 2001 to Y12.85 trillion ($US116.88 billion) yen and the current account surplus would shrink 0.7% to 12.43 trillion yen, the Japan Foreign Trade Council Inc. forecast Thursday. It would be the third ...
NUMBER OF AUSTRALIANS FLYING GARUDA INDONESIA DROPS 12%.
Dec 01, 2000 ... DENPASAR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Australian passengers using Garuda Indonesia's flight carrier services recorded a decline of 12 percent in January-October period of this year. "The decrease was inseparable from a rift in the two countries' diplomatic relations after the ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - DIOXIN MEASUREMENT SYSTEM.
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************* GROUND SELF DEFENSE FORCE INVITES BIDS FOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM *********************************** The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - PERSONAL COMPUTERS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ************************** POSTS MINISTRY TO LEASE PERSONAL COMPUTER ************************** The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 22: ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - PRINTERS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ******************* POSTS MINISTRY TO PROCURE PRINTER ******************* The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 22: (1) Contracting ...
DOCOMO TO TAKE 16% STAKE IN AT&T WIRELESS, TAIWAN'S KG TELECOM.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - NTT DoCoMo Inc. (TSE:9437) officially announced Thursday that it will take a 16% stake in AT&T Wireless Corp., the third-largest mobile phone operator in the U.S., for about 1.07 trillion yen (US$9.7 billion) by mid-January. AT&T Wireless, currently an ...
BANKERS SEEK NEUTRAL BODY TO DEBATE FUTURE OF POSTAL SAVINGS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Japanese Bankers Association and other members of the financial sector on Thursday urged the government to form a third-party institution that will debate how the postal savings service should be converted into a public corporation, a change slated for 2003. ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - CHAIRS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************* POSTS MINISTRY TO PROCURE CHAIRS ********************* The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 22: (1) Contracting ...
FOREIGN INVESTOR NOV NET SELLING IN S KOREA REACHES NEW HIGH.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Foreign stock investors, dismayed by the obstruction of privatization efforts for the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KSE: 15760) dumped their shares of the nation's utility monopoly, and their net selling during last month has reached record levels. ...
BANK OF KOREA TO MAKE MEMORIAL COINS FOR 2002 WORLD CUP.
Dec 01, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Bank of Korea says it will produce 14 kinds of memorial coins in commemoration of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be hosted by Seoul and Tokyo. The bank will mint two kinds of gold coins, four silver ...
FOREX - CURRENCIES HIGHER VS RINGGIT - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Most major currencies trended higher versus the ringgit this morning in line with the US dollar's downtrend against other currencies following the sharp overnight fall on Wall Street, a dealer said. The ringgit remained pegged at RM3.80 to a ...
BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA TO BORROW VIA COMPETITIVE TENDER.
Dec 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Bank Negara Malaysia said it will borrow RM2 billion (US$526.13 million) of one-month tenure from the money market this morning via competitive tender. At 9:30am, the central ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - LAN SYSTEM.
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** HOKKAIDO DEVELOPMENT BUREAU TO LEASE LAN SYSTEM The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 24: (1) Official in charge of disbursement of the procuring entity : Tetsuaki Taguchi, ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - SORTING BOX (2).
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** POSTS MINISTRY TO PROCURE SORTING BOX The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 22: (1) Contracting entity : Hiroshi Tanaka, Director-General of Kanto Regional Bureau of Postal ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - SORTING BOX (1).
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** POSTS MINISTRY TO PROCURE SORTING BOX The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 22: (1) Contracting entity : Hiroshi Tanaka, Director-General of Kanto Regional Bureau of Postal ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - DESK (1).
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** POSTS MINISTRY TO PROCURE DESK The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 22: (1) Contracting entity : Hiroshi Tanaka, Director-General of Kanto Regional Bureau of Postal ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - DESK (2).
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** POSTS MINISTRY TO PROCURE DESK The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 22: (1) Contracting entity : Hiroshi Tanaka, Director-General of Kanto Regional Bureau of Postal ...
INDONESIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE JAKARTA POST - The government agreed on Thursday to allow political party members to be appointed on Bank Indonesia's board of governors paving the way for the country's senior politicians to become the ...
JAPAN OCT HI-VISION TV SHIPMENTS UP 143% YR-ON-YR AT 15,000 UNIT.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The nation's domestic shipments of high-definition television sets totalled 15,000 units in October, up 143.4% on the year, according to an industry report. The figure marks the third month in a row of gains, the Japan Electronics and Information ...
JAPAN'S MACHINE TOOL MAKERS SEE SALES SURGE, POST LOSSES ON HIGH YEN.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Five out of seven major machine tool manufacturers reported by Thursday net losses, due to the strong yen and the amortization of payments to cover unfunded pension obligations. But five of the firms, excluding Toshiba Machine Co. (6104) and Okuma Corp ....
VIETNAMESE JOURNALISTS TOUR CLARK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE.
Dec 01, 2000 ... CLARK FIELD, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Eight Vietnamese journalists paid a visit to the new Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Pampanga as part of a new cooperative agreement between Vietnamese and Philippines press associations. CSEZ was the former Clark Airbase, former home of the ...
JAPAN'S SONY RECALLS VAIO LAPTOPS DUE TO FAULTY CRUSOE CHIP.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Sony Corp. (TSE:6758) said Thursday it will recall two models of Vaio laptop released this autumn due to faults in the power-saving Crusoe microprocessor. Sony found the problem after NEC Corp. (TSE:6701) announced the same day that it will repair PCs ...
MALAYSIA'S TENAGA NASIONAL READY FOR COMPETITION.
Dec 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - TNB Distribution Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk Ir Md Sidek Ahmad said here Thursday that it was up to the government to decide whether or not to allow other players to be involved in the transmission of electricity in Malaysia. He said that ...
MALAYSIA'S INT'L RESERVES TOTAL US$30.89 BLN AT END OCT 2000.
Dec 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Malaysia's total international reserves at end-October 2000 amounted to US$30.889 billion, Bank Negara said in a statement here Thursday. Out of this, official reserve assets accounted for US$29.551 billion and other foreign currency assets of ...
JAPAN GOVT TENDER - SUPPORT STSTEM.
Dec 01, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** POSTS MINISTRY INVITES BIDS SUPPORT STSTEM The following is a procurement notice published in the Kanpo Japanese government gazette on Nov 22: (1) Contracting entity : Hideo Shimizu, Director-General of the Finance Department, ...
JAPAN'S NICHIA WINS 2ND PATENT CASE AGAINST TOYODA GOSEI.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Japan's Nichia Corp has been won a patent case in the Tokyo District Court against Toyoda Gosei Co (TSE:7282) on clains that it infringed on Nichia's LED (light-emitting diode) patent, ordering Toyoda Gosei to pay Nichia 104.86 million yen (US$951,456.3). ...
MALAYSIA'S GUTHRIE AIMS TO BE DOMINANT PALM OIL PRODUCER.
Dec 01, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd's (KLSE:KGBK) proposed acquisition of 25 palm oil companies in Indonesia formerly owned by the Salim group for about RM1.398 billion (US$367.9 million) will provide a good opportunity for the group to be a dominant producer of palm oil ....
JAPAN'S HOMEBUILDERS REPORT MIXED EARNINGS IN H1.
Dec 01, 2000 ... OSAKA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Japan's top seven housebuilders produced a varied performance in the first half, with sales of custom-built homes and rationalization efforts the decisive factors. Sumitomo Forestry Co. (TSE:1911) posted a 145 percent year-on-year rise in consolidated ...
NO CHANGE TO CHINA'S MOBILE PHONE CHARGES BEFORE 2002: MIN.
Dec 01, 2000 ... BEIJING, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - China's Ministry of Information Industry is not expected to submit a plan to the government for any adjustment in mobile phone call charges this year and next year, Minister Wu Jichuan said on November 30. The minister made the remarks in an interview ...
JAPAN'S JGC POSTS STRONG EARNINGS.
Dec 01, 2000 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Plant engineering firm JGC Corp (TSE:1963) posted strong earnings gains in six months ending September 30, particularly when compared with competitors Chiyoda Corp (TSE:6366) and Toyo Engineering Corp (TSE:6330). JGC saw net profit rise eightfold ...