AsiaPulse News back issues from April 2001:
OPEN - ASIA PULSE INTERNATIONAL - APRIL 2, 2001.
Apr 02, 2001 ... 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 ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS WEAKER - APRIL 2, 2001.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SYDNEY, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar has started the week under pressure after trading to a record low of $US0.4850 on Friday night. And it failed to bounce. The US dollar surged on Friday, particularly against the yen and a sagging euro also helped ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 2, 2001.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SYDNEY, April 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: - Disgraced Wests Tigers winger John Hopoate quits after being found guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct, while teammates Craig Field and Kevin McGuiness were fined $500,000 and ordered ...
KOREAN MINISTRY TO LAUNCH WEB SITE TO FIGHT MONEY LAUNDERING.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Finance and Economy said Sunday it will set up an Internet homepage Monday that will alert private citizens and financial institutions to the ways money laundering can occur and provide information on how to block it. The homepage for ...
KOREA-EU BASIC COOPERTION PACT PUT INTO EFFECT.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry said the Korea-European Union basic cooperation agreement was put into effect on April 1, four years and five months after it was concluded. The delay was due to the lengthy ratification process of the European ...
DAEWOO TO INVEST US$5.35 MLN IN INDIA TO LAUNCH THREE NEW CARS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - Daewoo Motors India Ltd (DMIL) has said it will invest an additional US$5.35 million from July 2001 to launch three new car models and will soon start negotiations with financial institutions to reschedule its US$198 million debt. "The investment ...
VISTEON CORPORATION TO RELEASE Q1 2001 FINANCIAL RESULTS APRIL 20.
Apr 02, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) DEARBORN, Mich., March 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC), one of the world's leading suppliers of automotive components and integrated systems, will release its first quarter 2001 financial results on ...
S KOREA'S EXPORTS DECLINE 0.6 PCT TO US$14.34 BLN IN MARCH.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The country's export fell 0.6 per cent in March from a year earlier to US$14.34 billion, the Commerce, Industry and Energy Ministry said Sunday. It marked the first decline since April 1999 when the export fell 4.7 per cent. The ministry ...
INDIA LIFTS QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON SECOND HAND AUTO IMPORTS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Indian government on Saturday lifted quantitative restrictions on imports of second-hand automobiles in the new EXIM Policy 2001 but banned import of left hand vehicles and those over three-years old. It has also put forward a condition that ...
KOREA'S CONSTRUCTION FIRMS TOTAL 40,678 AT END OF FEBRUARY.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Construction and Transportation Ministry said Saturday the number of construction firms registered with the ministry as of the end of last month totaled 40,678, including 31,986 specialty construction firms and 8,720 general builders. The number ...
GOODRICH, SIA ENGINEERING TO JOINTLY REPAIR, OVERHAUL AEROSTRUCTURES.
Apr 02, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- The BFGoodrich Company (NYSE: GR) today signed an agreement with SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) finalizing a strategic alliance to repair and overhaul aircraft nacelles, thrust ...
KOREA'S INCHEON AIRPORT TO OFFER REAL-TIME INFORMATION ON FLIGHTS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Incheon International Airport Corp. in April will begin providing real-time information on arrivals and departures of flights through its Internet homepage, a spokesman for the IIAC said Saturday. The airport authority was upgrading its homepage ...
MEDIUM-TERM EXPORT STRATEGY ON ANVIL, QRs LIFTED: INDIAN MINISTER.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The India government on Saturday said it would soon finalise a medium-term export strategy for the next five years to tackle the slowdown in demand from major economies like US and Japan, and would not hesitate to re-impose QRs if the situation so warranted ....
INDIA STUDIES IMPLICATIONS OF US DUMPING UN'S KYOTO PROTOCOL.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - India on Friday said it was studying the implications of the US decision to dump the UN treaty on global warming approved by the Clinton administration. Washington's move, expected ever since George W. Bush set out on the campaign trail last year, ...
MILLENNIUM PHARMA ANNOUNCES WEBCAST ANALYST, INVESTOR DAY.
Apr 02, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Nasdaq: MLNM) announced today that its presentations at the Company's Third Annual Analyst and Investor Day will be webcast via the investor ...
INDIAN ENERGY EXPLORATION OFFERING FAILS TO ATTRACT OIL MAJORS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - India's second offering of 25 blocks for exploration of oil and gas under the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (NELP) has failed to enthuse global oil majors like British Gas, Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon-Mobile of US. Out of the 25 blocks on ...
INDIA'S EXIM POLICY DISMANTLES QUANTATIVE RESTRICTIONS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - A "landmark" Exim (Export-Import) Policy, unveiled on Saturday, dismantles all Quantitative Restrictions (QRs) with adequate safeguards to domestic industries, introduces a new market access initiatives, moots agri-economic zones and drastically simplifies ...
KOREA'S TAEGWANG E&C TO OFFER STOCKS FOR PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - Taegwang E&C will offer its stocks for public subscription Tuesday and Wednesday before it registers them with the KOSDAQ market. Dongyang Securities Co. will be the lead manager in the two-day public subscription period. Taegwang is a developer, ...
KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 2, 2001.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: DONG-A ILBO - President Kim Dae-jung reshuffles 21 vice ministers - Chinese fighter lost after colliding with U.S. reconnaissance plane HANKYOREH SHINMUN - Exports decline ...
PAKISTAN'S SIMEON INT'L, US UNIGRAPHICS SIGNS SOFTWARE AGREEMENT.
Apr 02, 2001 ... KARACHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The US-based multinational company, Unigrahpics Solutions (UGS), and Pakistani company Simeon International have signed an agreement during ITCN Asia 2001 to expand business in Pakistan. The agreement was signed by Tim Norman, managing director of ...
DAS AIR CARGO LAUNCHES SERVICE BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND AFRICA.
Apr 02, 2001 ... KARACHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - A new air cargo service has been launched between Pakistan and the African continent via Dubai for fast air freight of exports to 27 African countries. The service will be provided by the London-based Das Air Cargo, which is a premier African carrier. The new ...
IDB APPROVES FINANCIAL AID PLAN FOR PAKISTAN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
Apr 02, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, April 2 Asia Pulse - Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved a programme to provide financial assistance, technical capability and administrative support to qualified young researchers intending to do research work in various fields of science and technology. The ...
AUSTRALIA'S ANACONDA NICKEL APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN.
Apr 02, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, April 2 Asia Pulse - Anaconda Nickel (ASX:ANL), which is currently under threat from mining giant Anglo American which owns 25.4 per cent of the WA company, has appointed a successor to the retiring chairman Allan Coogan. Independent non-executive director Norman ...
KOREAN MUTUAL SAVINGS & FINANCE COS MUST HIRE OUTSIDE DIRECTORS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - Mutual savings and finance companies with over 300 billion won (US$22.6 million) in assets will be required to employ outside directors by June this year, an official of the Finance and Economy Ministry said Monday. The official said the private ...
EURO SOFTWARE PARKS SIGNS MOU WITH 10 PAKISTAN SOFTWARE COS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... LAHORE, April 2 Asia Pulse - Euro Software Parks (ESP), a Pan-European software company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 10 Pakistani software companies, focusing on a mixed model of off-shore and on-shore development of software in Pakistan. "Main objectives ...
PAKISTAN SET TO EXPORT PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS TO SENEGAL.
Apr 02, 2001 ... KARACHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) said it has received requirements and procedure for the export of pharmaceutical/surgical products to Senegal. Under these procedures, there are no specific drug registration forms for this purpose and the Pakistani ...
MITSUBISHI AUSTRALIA WINS US$108.7 MLN AUTO SUPPLY CONTRACT TO US.
Apr 02, 2001 ... ADELAIDE, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Adelaide car manufacturer Mitsubishi has won a $A225 million ($US108.79 million) contract to supply an additional 5,500 cars to the United States. The deal, secured over the weekend, was in addition to the 12,000 vehicles already heading to the ...
PAKISTAN LIFE INSURER TO OPEN OFFICES IN KUWAIT, SAUDI ARABIA.
Apr 02, 2001 ... KARACHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - State Life Insurance Corporation (SLIC) plans to strengthen business in the Gulf by starting full-fledged offices in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and upgrading its UAE setup to a regional office. At the possibility of expanding operations to other Arab ...
PAKISTAN TO UNVEIL INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR ONSHORE EXPLORATION.
Apr 02, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, April 2 Asia Pulse - The government will announce this month an incentive package for onshore exploration in the Potohar region to boost foreign investment in the oil and gas sector. Official sources said that besides some tax incentives, the proposed package also ...
SAMSUNG CHAIRMAN TOPS LIST OF DIVIDEND RECIPIENTS: KOREAN BOURSE.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee topped the list of dividend recipients among the leaders of the nation's top 10 groups, the Korea Stock Exchange said Monday. At the end of last year, the group leaders held 75,010,000 shares of 27 affiliates, ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN HIGHER - APRIL 2, 2001.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SYDNEY, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market made a positive start to the week, opening stronger following moderate bargain-hunter-driven gains on Wall Street on Friday. Heavyweight stocks News Corp, Telstra, Qantas, BHP, Rio Tinto and the big four banks all opened ...
TAIWAN'S FAT LAUNCHES DIRECT KAOHSIUNG-LAOAG FLIGHTS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TAIPEI, April 2 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's Far East Air Transport Corp. (FAT) was set to launch direct flights from Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan to Laoag in the northern Philippines from April 1, FAT sources said Friday. FAT will offer three direct Kaohsiung-Laoag flights each week ...
FOREIGN OIL FIRMS MAY BE ALLOWED INTO TAIWAN MARKET THIS YEAR.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TAIPEI, April 2 Asia Pulse - Foreign oil firms are eyeing the much anticipated opening of Taiwan's petroleum market, which is expected to happen as early as this September as long as related legislation proceeds smoothly. Exxon-Mobil, one of the largest oil conglomerates in the ...
KOREAN, JAPANESE FIRMS JOINTLY DEVELOP 3-D CARTOON SERIES.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - A 3-D animated cartoon series produced jointly by South Korean and Japanese firms will be shown on televisions in the two countries in April. Digital Dream Studio (DDS), a developer of digital content, said Saturday that the 3-D cartoon "Run_Dim" will ...
TAIWAN CD-R MAKERS SAY FEES CHARGED BY PHILIPS TOO HIGH.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TAIPEI, April 2 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's CD-R manufacturers took concerted action Sunday to protest against what they say are the overly high fees charged by Philips Electronics Inc. for the use of its patented technology in their production of CD-Rs. The manufacturers said the ...
PSAINC RECEIVES FCC CONSENT FOR TRANSFER OF 10 TV LICENSES.
Apr 02, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) LOS ANGELES, March 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- PSAINC (OTC Bulletin Board: PSAX) announced today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted the transfer of 10 TV licenses from New York Network (WBVT Television, ...
KOREA'S NEW AIRPORT ENJOYS SMOOTH OPERATIONS FOR 2ND DAY.
Apr 02, 2001 ... INCHON, April 2 Asia Pulse - The new Inchon International Airport enjoyed smooth operations for the second consecutive day Friday, following its good start the day before, to clear away the misgivings about its operations that have been raised in the past. The day's operations ...
SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS LAUNCH BUSINESS COUNCIL.
Apr 02, 2001 ... COLOMBO, April 2 Asia Pulse - Asia Pulse - South Asian women entrepreneurs have floated their own business council to bring women-owned businesses to the economic mainstream and ensure greater access to capital. "This marks the advent of a new era in the history of the SAARC ...
ADB SEEKS JV PARTNERS TO ENTER INDIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed interest in entering the Indian insurance sector as part of plans to tap long-term funds in the country and is scouting for Indian and foreign insurance partners. "We would like to enter the Indian ...
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR COULD FALL BELOW 44 CENTS: TRADER.
Apr 02, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, April 2 Asia Pulse - The hard-hit Australian dollar, which hit a record low of 48.50 US cents in New York on Friday, could drop under 44 cents later this week, according to at least one trader. The trader with a major Australian bank in London said 48.90 US cents had ...
RAJASTHAN TO BEGIN PRIVATISATION OF POWER DISTRIBUTION.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The northern state of Rajasthan on Friday committed to begin privatisation of power distribution by the year end, and transfer electricity subsidies to state budget. Rajathan, which signed an agreement with the federal power ministry to undertake ...
TAIWANESE MINISTRY TO ADD CRIMINAL STATUTES TO ANTI-CD PIRACY LAW.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TAIPEI, April 2 Asia Pulse - Vice Economics Minister Chen Ruey-long said Sunday that his ministry will gather related government agency officials to discuss the incorporation of criminal statutes into an anti-CD piracy draft law in the next few days. Demonstrating Taiwan's ...
TAIWAN GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION: PREMIER.
Apr 02, 2001 ... PINGTUNG COUNTY, April 2 Asia Pulse - Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said Saturday that the government will redouble its efforts to carry out domestic public construction projects so as to help boost the sluggish economy. The Executive Yuan has recently earmarked NT$810 billion ...
PAKISTAN TO BUILD ANOTHER NUCLEAR PLANT IN NEXT 7 YRS: OFFICIAL.
Apr 02, 2001 ... CHASHMA, April 2 Asia Pulse - Pakistan plans to establish another nuclear power plant with 100 per cent indigenous expertise and resources in six to seven years, said Dr Ishfaq Ahmed, Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and adviser-designate to the Chief Executive. He ...
WORLD BANK RELEASES US$400 MLN IN EMERGENCY AID FOR GUJARAT.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The World Bank has signed an agreement in New Delhi formally making US$400 million first phase assistance available for emergency earthquake relief in Gujarat. In order to provide rapid support, this financial assistance package has been ...
PAKISTAN SIMPLIFIES PROCEDURES FOR EXPORTS TO KABUL.
Apr 02, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet approved simplified procedures for export of six items to Afghanistan and through Afghanistan to Central Asian Republics via Land Route. The Pakistan Embassy/Consulates in Kabul, Kandhar and ...
INDIAN GOVT TO EXPEDITE DISPOSAL OF INVESTOR COMPLAINTS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Indian government has announced a series of effective steps to expeditiously redress investor grievances, including fixing up of a time limit for disposal of complaints and computerisation of the activities of the Department of Company Affairs (DCA). ...
PHILIPPINES' GLOBE TELECOM TO LAUNCH GPRS SERVICE THIS QUARTER.
Apr 02, 2001 ... MANILA, April 2 Asia Pulse - Globe Telecom will commercially launch its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) by the second quarter of this year. GPRS will enable Globe handyphone subscribers to send and receive bigger data files like photographs, graphics and video clips using ...
US GOVT LISTS TAIWAN CORRUPTION, E-COMMERCE AS TRADE BARRIERS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... WASHINGTON, April 2 Asia Pulse - The United States government released an annual report to Congress Friday that listed for the first time corruption and e-commerce as trade barriers in Taiwan. The "Foreign Trade Barriers" report, prepared by the U.S. Trade Representative Office, ...
ASIA'S LARGEST BICYCLE SHOW AND SUMMIT KICKS OFF IN TAIPEI.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TAIPEI, April 2 Asia Pulse - Representatives from the world's leading bicycle producing countries vowed Sunday in Taipei to bolster global environmental protection while seeking business prosperity for themselves. More than 200 bicycle industry leaders from Canada, Italy, Japan, ...
AUSTRALIA'S OTT TO TIE UP WITH ICONIXX CORP IN NORTH AMERICA.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SYDNEY, April 2 Asia Pulse - Telecommunications software provider Open Telecommunications Ltd (OTT) (ASX:OTT) will join hands with Iconixx Corporation Inc as its major channel partner in North America. Consulting company Iconixx will deliver and integrate OTT's software products ...
S KOREA UNLIKELY TO ACHIEVE FORECAST EXPORT IN H1: KOTRA.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The outlook for the nation's exports to the United States in the first half of this year looks grim due to the U.S. economic recession and heavier trade pressure, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) said Monday. "In December, we ...
AUSTRALIA'S BUILDING APPROVALS FALL BY 11 PCT IN FEBRAURY.
Apr 02, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, April 2 Asia Pulse - Approvals for residential buildngs fell by 11 per cent in February fell against a market expectation of a two per cent rise following a dramatic slump in approvals for medium density dwellings. While approvals for private houses rose five per cent ...
INDIAN MINISTER ATTENDS INT'L PETROCHEMICAL CONFERENCE IN US.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The federal Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister, S S Dhindsa, is leading the Indian delegation to the 26th International Petrochemicals Conference at San Antonio in the US beginning from April 1. Members of the delegation include state-owned Indian ...
S KOREA'S KOOKMIN BANK SACKS 2 UNION MEMBERS OPPOSED TO MERGER.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - Kookmin Bank said Monday it dismissed two employees last Friday who showed strong resistance to its merger with Housing & Commercial Bank. Yoon Young-dae, an assistant to the general manager, was dismissed for urging employees and managers to take ...
AUSTRALIA'S NRMA INSURANCE GROUP CHAIRMAN STEPS DOWN.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SYDNEY, April 2 Asia Pulse - Nicholas Whitlam, chairman of NRMA Insurance Group Limited (NIGL) (ASX:NRM) and the man responsible for steering the company through one of the country's biggest demutualisations from a public to a private corporation resigned as chairman of the company at the ...
US, CHINESE MILITARIES BLAME EACH OTHER AFTER MIDAIR COLLISION.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SYDNEY, April 2 Asia Pulse - A Chinese fighter aircraft crashed and a US surveillance plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Chinese soil following a mid-air collision over the South China Sea last night. US Pacific command chief Admiral Dennis Blair was quoted by the ...
STOCKS - KOSPI DIPS, KOSDAQ INDEX INCHES DOWN - APRIL 2, 2001.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) slid below the 520-point range early Monday on a plunge in U.S. technology stock prices and the sagging won and ...
KOREA'S OPERATING RATE FOR BUILDING EQUIPMENT DIPS TO NEW LOW.
Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The construction slowdown and cold weather have driven the operating rates of bulldozers, excavators and other construction equipment to their lowest levels, according to the Construction-Transportation Ministry on Monday. The average operating rate ...
INDIA PRODUCES 51,395 TONNES OF ALUMINIUM IN FEB.
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, April 2 Asia Pulse - The non-ferrous metals sector recorded modest growth with total aluminium production surpassing the target if 49,087 tonnes to touch 51,395 tonnes in February. State-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), which surpassed its target of ...
JAPANESE MORNING NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 2, 2001.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TOKYO, April 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) today: - Govt Panel Wants Deposit Insurance To Buy Bank Sharholdings - Toyota To Make Competitively Priced Hybrid Sedan - eAccess Wants Govt To Act On NTT ...
JAPAN'S SUMITOMO, SAKURA BANKS MERGE TO FORM SUMITOMO MITSUI.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TOKYO, April 2 Asia Pulse - Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank merged Sunday to create Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (TSE: 8318), which boasts 100 trillion yen (US$791.65 billion) in assets, 70 trillion yen in deposits and a nationwide network of some 570 branches. The merged bank's ...
MITSUI CONSTRUCTION TO DISSOLVE U.S. UNIT, AID 3 GROUP FIRMS.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TOKYO, April 2 Asia Pulse - Mitsui Construction Co. (TSE:1821) announced Friday a plan to dissolve a U.S. subsidiary and assist three group companies. The company will dissolve Mitsui Kensetsu Development Inc., a U.S. real estate subsidiary, by March 31 and sell its entire stake ...
NIKKEI WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 2, 2001.
Apr 02, 2001 ... TOKYO, April 2 Asia Pulse - Major headlines from the April 2 issue of the Nikkei Weekly: FRONT: - New law to put japan in recycling lead - Institutional investors eyeing hedge funds - Entrepreneurial spirit drives broadband boom - ...
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Apr 02, 2001 ... SEOUL, April 2 Asia Pulse - The Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) Monday completed spin off of six power generating firms, the Commerce, Industry and Energy Ministry said. The ministry said KEPCO's power generating unit has been spun off into six power generating companies ...