AsiaPulse News back issues from August 2001:
FOREX - US DOLLAR CHEAPER AGAINST RS - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... FOREX - US DOLLAR CHEAPER AGAINST RS - AUG 1, 2001 $all $in $stx pticloser MUMBAI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The U. S. Dollar turned cheaper against the rupee at Rs 47.1100/1150 per dollar but the ...
STOCKS - BSE CLOSES DOWN - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... STOCKS - BSE CLOSES DOWN - AUG 1, 2001 $all $in $stx pticloser MUMBAI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Late sell-off reportedly by the Unit Trust of India (UTI) and a leading Singapore-based fund led to a negative turnaround wiping out almost all overnight gains of the sensex on the Bombay Stock ...
STOCKS - DSE CLOSES DOWN - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... STOCKS - DSE CLOSES DOWN - AUG 1, 2001 $all $in $stx pticloser NEW DELHI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Equities tumbled on the stock market today on increased selling by market participants and closed with further losses, pulling the DSE index down by another 8.44 points at 835.55. The ...
OPEN - ASIA PULSE INTERNATIONAL - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 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 FIRMER - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar has opened firmer, however dealers are expecting the rally to be short lived. At 0700 AEST the Australian currency was at $US0.5085/90 from $US0.5049/54 at the close of local trade Tuesday. The Australian dollar did ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: - Architect of the government's tax reform package says top tax rate as outrageously high, driving the rich into tax minimisation schemes; - Tennis ace Venus Williams in love ...
EU BEGINS ANTI-SUBSIDY PROCEEDINGS AGIANST INDIAN ACID IMPORTS.
Aug 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The European Union has initiated anti-subsidy proceedings against imports of Sulphanilic acid from India. The proceedings have been initiated on the basis of a complaint received by the EU in May 2001, alleging that Indian producers are being ...
DRAGONAIR AGREES TO JOIN AEROXCHANGE.
Aug 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) DALLAS, Texas, July 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Aeroxchange, a leading aviation e-commerce marketplace, today announced that Dragonair is the latest affiliate airline to join its growing global partnership of aviation buyers and ...
INFOMEDIA EXPANDS DAIHATSU MICROCAT INTO NEW TERRITORIES.
Aug 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) SYDNEY, July 31/MediaNet International-AsiaNet/ -- International automotive industry IT developer, Infomedia Ltd, today announced that it has commenced market expansion activities with Daihatsu Motor Company (DMC) to supply its ...
BHP BILLITON POSTS STRONG PRODUCTION RESULTS IN Q4.
Aug 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Resource group BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) has reported a strong lift in fourth quarter production in most major commodities, in its first major outing as the world's biggest diversified miner. Acquisitions and organic growth helped power strong ...
AUSTRALIA'S ALINTAGAS POSTS US$21.25 MLN FY NET PROFIT.
Aug 01, 2001 ... PERTH, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Western Australian energy company AlintaGas Ltd (ASX:ALN) has exceeded full year growth forecasts by 62 per cent, posting a $A42.182 million ($US21.25 million) net profit for the year ending June 30, 2001. AlintaGas, which listed on the Australian Stock ...
AUSTRALIA'S PRIMUS TELECOMS SIGNS 51,000 NEW CUSTOMERS IN JUNE.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Primus Telecommunications (Australia) Pty Ltd signed up 51,000 new customers in June, the company annonced. Primus chief executive Ravi Bhatia said the company had benefited directly from the collapse of the Murdoch-Packer backed One.Tel. ...
STATISTICS - SINOPEC'S OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODICTION IN JAN-MAY.
Aug 01, 2001 ... BEIJING, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The output of crude oil and natural gas produced by Sinopec in the first five months of this year. <Pre>(per cent change: year-on-year)-------------------------------------------------------- Crude oil Natural ...
PAKISTAN SIGNS $32 MLN LOAN ACCORD WITH JAPAN.
Aug 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Japan's state agency for economic aid said that it would loan Pakistan up to 4.032 billion yen (about US$32 million) for the construction of Kohat Tunnel Phase-II. Agreement to this effect was signed in Tokyo by the governor of Japan Bank for International ...
CHINA MAY INVEST US$4.7 MLN IN PAKISTAN'S BALOCHISTAN.
Aug 01, 2001 ... QUETTA, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - A high-powered delegation from China is due in Pakistan to make investments worth at least Rs 300 million (US$4.7 million), with the focus on improvement and development of micro level sectors such as chemicals, textile and minerals in Balochistan. ...
STRONGER PROJECT INVESTMENT BOLSTERS AUSTRALIAN RECOVERY.
Aug 01, 2001 ... CANBERRA, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - A new survey showing project investment recovering for the second quarter in a row has added to evidence that Australia is gaining economic momentum. The total value of Australian projects rose $A8.9 billion ($US4.48 billion) in the three months to ...
PAKISTAN DATE EXPORT PROMOTION EFFORTS LAUDED BY EXPORTERS.
Aug 01, 2001 ... KARACHI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Exporters attending the famous date show held in Khairpur on July 28 have praised the Export Promotion Bureau's (EPB) efforts for promoting export of dates. Mahmood Rabbani, Chairman Export sub committee of All Pakistan Fruits and Vegetable Exporters ...
PAKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN TO SET UP JOINT VENTURES.
Aug 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Pakistan and Kazakhstan have agreed to enhance trade and set up joint ventures in various fields during the Fourth Joint Ministerial Commission meeting which concluded last week in Astana Kazakhstan. Altaf M. Saleem, Minister for Privatization led Pakistan's ...
NORTEL WINS US$250 MLN CONTRACT FROM TAIWAN'S CHUNGHWA TELECOM.
Aug 01, 2001 ... OTTAWA, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Nortel Networks, Canada's largest telecommunications company, has won a US$250 million contract from Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom to expand the state-run company's wireless Internet network, Canadian newspapers reported Tuesday. Under the terms of the ...
TAIPEI COMPUTER SHOW TO OPEN TODAY.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's biggest-ever computer show catering to domestic consumers is to open Wednesday in Taipei amid optimism that the worldwide computer industry may turn around before the end of the year. Raff Liu, chairman of the Taipei Computer Association, ...
INTEL CEO PREDICTS COMPUTER INDUSTRY WILL RECOVER IN 2-6 MONTHS.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Intel Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Craig Barrett said in Taipei Monday that the computer manufacturing industry should come out of the doldrums within the next two to six months. Barrett, who made the prediction in a speech on "Investing ...
TAIWAN'S AGRICULTURAL TRADE DECLINES IN 2000.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's agricultural trade totaled US$10.87 billion in 2000, down 29.7 per cent from the peak level posted in 1996, according to statistics released recently by the Cabinet-level Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). In ...
U.S. VISIT BY TAIWAN PRESIDENT `UP TO WASHINGTON:' OFFICIAL.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - President Chen Shui-bian has responded favorably to an invitation by the National Press Club (NPC) of the United States to address the prestigious club in Washington, D.C., one of Chen's top secretaries said Tuesday. Chen told NPC Chairman Richard A ....
TIMKEN ENTERS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH PERMATEX.
Aug 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- The Timken Company has entered into an agreement with Permatex, Inc. to sell its range of automotive and maintenance products in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. ...
BAD CHECKS ACCOUNT FOR 0.52 PCT OF TAIWAN'S JUNE TOTAL: CBC.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Bad checks and bills accounted for 0.52 per cent of the total number issued in June, the Central Bank of China (CBC) announced Tuesday. The figure represents an increase of 0.02 percentage points from the previous month's figure, showing that the ...
AUSTRALIA'S PHILLIPS JV DEFERS US$755 MLN GAS PIPELINE PLANS.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Phillips Petroleum Pty Ltd and its joint venture partners have indefinitely deferred plans to build a $A1.5 billion ($US755.55 million) gas pipeline to Darwin. The pipeline underpins $A13 billion ($US6.55 billion) in developments including a methanol ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN HIGHER - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian sharemarket opened higher today following solid gains on Wall Street overnight. At 1020 AEST the all ordinaries index was up 9.9 points at 3280.7, with the S&P/ASX200 11.1 points higher at 3335.6. The all resources index rose ...
TAIWAN GOVT URGED TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - A researcher with the Taipei-based Chung Hua Institute for Economic Research said Tuesday that the government should take effective steps to improve the local investment environment. As Beijing has been offering incentives to attract Taiwan business ...
KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: DONG-A ILBO - China carries out all out search for North Korean refugees - Powell says MD designed to defend against countries like North Korea HANKYOREH SHINMUN - U.S ....
KOREA'S CONSUMER PRICES RISE 0.2 PCT ON VEGETABLE PRICE HIKE.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Monthly consumer prices soared 0.2 per cent sequentially in July, bringing to 3.0 per cent the aggregate increase rate for the first seven months this year compared with last year, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said Wednesday. The government has ...
TAIWAN PUBLIC DEBTS MAY INCREASE BY 40% OF GDP: S&P.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The U.S. rating agency Standard & Poor's predicted Tuesday that Taiwan public sector debts will have increased by 40 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of this year from 22 per cent registered at the end of 1991. Chow Bin, an analyst ...
AUSTRALIA'S AMCOM SET TO POST US$4.7 MLN IN FY GROUP REVENUES.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Amcom Telecommunications Ltd (ASX:AMM) and its subsidiaries' revenues grew strongly in the the second half to June 30 on the back of strong growth in data services, with full year consolidated group revenues expected to reach $A9.4 million ($US4.73 million), the ...
REMITTANCES TO PAKISTAN CROSS US$1 BLN MARK.
Aug 01, 2001 ... KARACHI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Home remittances or the amount of foreign exchange sent back home by overseas Pakistanis totalled US$1.021 billion in fiscal (July/June) 2000-01 crossing the US$1 billion mark after two years. In 1998-99 home remittances had fallen to $875 million ...
INTER-TOUCH SIGNS GLOBAL DEAL WITH HILTON INTERNATIONAL.
Aug 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) SYDNEY, Australia, 31 July/MediaNet International-AsiaNet/ -- inter-touch (Holdings) Pty Ltd, a leading global provider of broadband Internet services for business travellers, today announced it has signed a Memorandum Of ...
AUSTRALIA'S ANACONDA REPORTS EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCTION IN JULY.
Aug 01, 2001 ... PERTH, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Anaconda Nickel Ltd (ASX:ANL) said its July production levels at its Murrin Murrin operation in Western Australia were "exceptional" with figures to be released later this week. In its June quarter report released Tuesday, the aterite nickel and cobalt ...
TAIWAN-JAPAN TEMPORARY GOODS ADMISSION AGREEMENT IN EFFECT.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The agreement on temporary admission of goods (ATA) between Taiwan and Japan will go into effect today, Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) officials said Tuesday. The officials said that Taiwan and Japan began to discuss signing the agreement in 1987. After ...
ROYAL TRUST GLOBAL TO ACQUIRE PERPETUAL FUND SERVICES.
Aug 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) SYDNEY, July 31 /CNW-AsiaNet/ - Royal Trust Global Securities Services, a unit of Royal Bank of Canada, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Perpetual Fund Services (PFS), the custody, investment ...
MOROCCO URGES INCREASED ECONOMIC, TRADE TIES WITH PAKISTAN.
Aug 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The Ambassador for Morocco in Pakistan Ahmed Al-Rhaidi has called for enhancing trade and economic cooperation between the two countries and observed there is still a lot of room in furthering bilateral trade relations including joint ventures. ...
JAPANESE MORNING NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) today: - Koizumi Seeks Y1tln Cut In Spending On Govt Corps - ANALYSIS: Public Corp Budget Cuts, Easier Said Than Done - M'shita Suffers 1st Ever Quarterly Group ...
JAPAN'S KANEBO LAUNCHES COSMETICS VENTURE WITH S KOREA'S KUMBI.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Kanebo Ltd. (TSE:3102) said Tuesday that it has formed a joint venture with South Korea's Kumbi Co. for the production and sale of cosmetics. The partnership will enable the leading Japanese cosmetics firm to build a full-scale supply system in a market ...
JAPAN'S SANKYO BEGINS CLINICAL TESTING OF NEW DIABETES DRUG.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Sankyo Co. (TSE:4501) said Tuesday that it has begun clinical testing in the U.K. of a new type of drug to treat diabetes. CS-917 is an oral medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, a condition in which insulin is secreted, but does not lower ...
JAPAN'S SUMIDA NOW SEES US$1.6 MLN INTERIM GROUP NET LOSS.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Sumida Corp. (TSE:6817) is likely to have posted a group net loss of about 200 million yen (US$1.6 million) for the fiscal half ended June 30, a sharp turnaround from the initial forecast of a 1.1 billion yen profit, the company said Tuesday. Sumida's ...
JAPAN'S M'SHITA SUFFERS 1ST EVER QTR GROUP OPERATING LOSS.
Aug 01, 2001 ... OSAKA, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (TSE:6752) announced Tuesday a group operating loss of 38.7 billion yen (US$309.68 million) for the first quarter ended June, the first since it began disclosing quarterly results in 1971. The loss is blamed on the ...
FOUR SEASONS TO OPEN MORE HOTELS IN JAPAN.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Four Seasons Hotels Inc. plans to open four or five new hotels in Japan over the next decade, Isadore Sharp, chairman and CEO of the luxury hotel operator told The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tuesday. The company had already opened a Four Seasons in Bunkyo ...
STOCKS - KOSPI, KOSDAQ INDEX UP EARLY - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Korea's key stock indexes were up early Wednesday, bolstered by the strong showing in overnight trading on Wall Street. U.S. shares gained ground on the strength of the positive report on consumer spending and belief that the economy was finally ...
KOREAN ELECTRONIC GAME INDUSTRY NEEDS PROMOTION PLANS.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - As the domestic and world electronic games markets expand their horizons, Korea's on-line and personal computer package-game makers are being called upon to come up with comprehensive plans to take advantage of this potentially lucrative market. The ...
TAKEDA WINS OVERSEAS RIGHTS TO TOKYO-MITSUBISHI HEART DRUG.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. (TSE:4502) said Tuesday that it has obtained the U.S. and European development and marketing rights to Tokyo-Mitsubishi Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s drug to treat heart failure. Takeda will carry out development through ...
TAIWAN PEOPLE SECOND ONLY TO CHINA IN STRESS: REGIONAL POLL.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Living in Taiwan is more stressful than living in mainland China according to a survey of residents in six regions and countries released Tuesday by a brand-name food company. The survey, commissioned by Cerebos Taiwan and conducted by Taipei Medical ...
JAPAN'S DAI NIPPON PRINTING TO JOIN REMOTE IMAGE DISTRIBUTION TRIAL.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Dai Nippon Printing Co. (TSE:7912), Hiroshima Prefecture and the Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan said Tuesday that they will begin trial remote distribution of high-resolution images over the Internet Wednesday. A computer in ...
JAPAN'S CALPIS POSTS LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED INTERIM GROUP OP PROFIT.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Calpis Co. (TSE:2591) announced Tuesday that group operating profit for the half-year through June totaled 1.1 billion yen (US$8.79 million), falling below an earlier 1.2 billion-yen projection. This was the company's first interim group book-closing. ...
JAPAN'S TONENGENERAL SEKIYU HIKES H1 PROFIT FORECAST TO US$248 MLN.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK (TSE:5012) has revised upward, to 31 billion yen (US$248.07 million) from 22 billion yen, its consolidated operating profit estimate for the first half-year through June, company officials said Tuesday. The upward revision is ...
ADB TO RELEASE US$50 MLN TO REDUCE DROUGHT LOSSES IN PAKISTAN.
Aug 01, 2001 ... LAHORE, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to release US$50 million by early August as special assistance to reduce the drought impact. The government has suffered $2 billion loss due to drought during current fiscal year and believed that the impact ...
WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS.
Aug 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) NAPIER, July 31/NZPA-AsiaNet/ -- The winners of the 2001 Montana New Zealand Book Awards were announced this evening at a gala dinner, hosted by Montana Wines at their Church Road Winery in Napier. The announcement of the two ...
DAEWOO INDUSTRIES SEES 1H SALES UP 9 PCT TO 803.2 BILLION WON.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Daewoo Industries and Machinery said Wednesday its first half sales amounted to 803.2 billion won (US$617 million), up 9 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier and operating profit and ordinary profit came to 67.6 billion won ($52 million) and 50.9 ...
PAKISTAN WAIVES US$512 MLN IN DUTIES ON IMPORTS TO AFGHANISTAN.
Aug 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Pakistan has waived Rs 32.7 billion (US$512.94 million) in duties and taxes on imports to Kabul under the Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) during the financial year 2000-2001 and most of these goods were smuggled back into Pakistan. This waiver was ...
IRANIAN TELCO EXPECTS 10 MLN CELLPHONE SUBSCRIBERS BY 2005.
Aug 01, 2001 ... TEHRAN, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Managing director of Iran's Telecommunications Company M. Bahrampour said here Tuesday that the number of the cellular phone subscribers will reach 10 million by the end of the Third Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2000-2005). Bahrampour told ...
AUSTRALIA'S CLARITY RECORDS US$3.88 MLN IN CASH RESERVES FOR FY.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Listed telco Clarity International Ltd today said the company closed the financial year with more than $A7.7 million ($US3.88 million) in cash reservces. Chief executive Tony Kalcina said in a statement cash on hand at June 30, 2001 was more than $A7.7 ...
AUSTRALIA'S RESOLUTE SET TO POST US$15.6 MLN FY NET PROFIT.
Aug 01, 2001 ... PERTH, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Gold Miner Resolute Ltd (ASX:RSG) is expecting to record a full year operating net profit before tax of about $A31 million ($US15.61 million). Resolute last year posted a net loss of $A185.92 million ($US93.65 million), which included an abnormal charge ...
INDONESIAN EXPORTS TIPPED TO GROW 15 PCT IN 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... DENPASAR, Bali, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Indonesia's exports in 2001 are expected to grow 15 per cent from a year earlier, helped by the improving competitive edge of the country's commodities in the global market, an official has said. "We have a great chance of increasing foreign ...
KOREAN HOUSEHOLD LOANS INCREASE US$9.43 BLN IN 1ST HALF.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Household loans, excluding cash service and credit card loans, disbursed by banks around the country increased 12.27 trillion won (US$9.43 billion) during the second quarter, the Bank of Korea said Wednesday. Household loans increased 3.4 trillion won ...
KOREA'S SEMICONDUCTOR TRADE BALANCE IN JUNE SWINGS INTO RED.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The nation's semiconductor sector posted a trade deficit of US$48 million in June, with exports amounting to US$1,166 million and imports US$1,214 million, Meritz Securities Co. said Wednesday. Meritz, which scrutinized the export-import data of the ...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... HONG KONG, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp has missed an opportunity to capture explosive growth in cross-border train passengers with the derailment by environmentalists of its proposed ...
TIN TECHNOLOGY SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CHINA'S LARGEST TIN PRODUCER.
Aug 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) LONDON, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Tin Technology, the organisation representing major tin producers, smelters and consuming industries, announced today that it has signed a co-operation agreement with Yunnan Tin ...
FRENCH BANK EXTENDS US$1 BILLION CREDIT TO IRAN.
Aug 01, 2001 ... LONDON, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - Credit Agricole Indosuez (CAI) has become the second major French bank to provide multi-source buyer credits with Iran's five largest banks worth up to US$ 1 billion for European exporters. Michel Perrin, CAI international finance executive with ...
FOREX - U.S. DOLLAR FALLS TO 1,299.70 WON EARLY - AUG 1, 2001.
Aug 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Aug 1 Asia Pulse - The U.S. dollar fell slightly against the won early Wednesday in the Seoul currency market as dealers trimmed dollar long positions. The dollar's depreciation in early ...