AsiaPulse News back issues from November 2001:
STOCKS - DSE CLOSES HIGHER - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... STOCKS - DSE CLOSES HIGHER - NOV 1, 2001 $all $in $stx pticloser NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Announcement of attractive quarterly results by Reliance Industries and ACC boosted the trading sentiment on the stock market today and triggered buying by overseas and domestic institutional ...
FOREX - US DOLLAR MILDLY DEARER AGAINST RUPEE - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... FOREX - US DOLLAR MILDLY DEARER AGAINST RUPEE - NOV 1, 2001 $all $in $stx pticloser MUMBAI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The U.S. Dollar ended mildly dearer against the rupee at Rs 47.9900/9950 per dollar and ...
STOCKS - BSE CLOSES UP - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... STOCKS - BSE CLOSES UP - NOV 1, 2001 $all $in $stx pticloser MUMBAI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Under the leadership of tobacco-giant ITC, equities rallied smartly, lifting the sensex by 60.45 points, past the 3000-mark to close at 3049.80 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today due to ...
OPEN - ASIA PULSE INTERNATIONAL - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 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 ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - Kim Beazley launches Labor campaign with $2 billion education package; Jonathan Shier quits ABC board. - ABC staff celebrate Shier's resignation. - Double ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR CLOSES LOWER - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar has eased at the open but is still consolidating within the tight range of this week, dealers said. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.5035/40 from 0.5049/54 at yesterday's close. The currency ...
CISCO ANNOUNCES FIRST CONTRACT IN TAIWAN FOR ICM CONTACT SYSTEM.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet/ -- Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, has announced the sale of the first Cisco Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco ICM) solution in Taiwan ...
CRAYFISH ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN MAJOR SHAREHOLDINGS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) TOKYO and NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet/ -- Crayfish Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CRFH) (MOTHERS: 4747) ("Crayfish" or "the Company"), a leading provider of e-mail and web-hosting and other Internet-related services to small ...
ASIA GLOBAL CROSSING OBTAINS FULL SUITE OF LICENSES IN KOREA.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (For a full text of statement, contact www.asianet.com.au) SEOUL, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Asia Global Crossing announced today that it has been granted the Specific Service Provider and Value Added Service Provider licenses by the Ministry of Information and ...
SPEEDCAST PARTNERS WITH WORLD'S LARGEST BROADBAND PROVIDER.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) HONG KONG, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet/ -- SpeedCast Ltd., a leading satellite broadband enabler, today announced the details of its partnership with Korea Telecom, the world's largest broadband Internet company. Under the ...
IIJ TO ADD 8MBPS SERVICES OVER NTT'S ADSL OPEN LINES.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) TOKYO, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet/ -- Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (Nasdaq: IIJI) ("IIJ"), Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive solutions provider, today announced that it will add faster speed services of ...
IIJ Q2 2001 CONFERENCE CALL TO BE BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet/ -- Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (Nasdaq: IIJI) ("IIJ"), one of Japan's leading Internet access and Internet-related services providers, announced today that it will release its ...
CREDITORS AGREE TO BAILOUT PACKAGE FOR KOREA'S HYNIX.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. agreed yesterday to a bailout package for the troubled chipmaker to get out of the liquidity crunch. Under the agreement, six banks - Korea Development, Hanvit, Chohung, Korea Exchange, Citibank and NACF - will ...
AUSTRALIAN PM RENEWS PLEDGE NOT TO RAISE TAXES AFTER ELECTION.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Australian Prime Minister John Howard today reiterated his promise the government would not raise taxes if it won back government on November 10. "That is our commitment and that remains our commitment," he told Melbourne radio station 3AW. ...
300,000 AUSTRALIAN WORKERS EXPECTED TO JOIN MELBOURNE PROTEST.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Close to 30,000 workers will take to the streets of Melbourne today calling for job security and guaranteed employee entitlements. Unions have organised meetings at capital cities and larger regional towns across the country to coincide with ...
SOUTH AUSTRALIA WELCOMES ELECTRICITY INTERCONNECTOR DRAFT.
Nov 01, 2001 ... ADELAIDE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The South Australian government today welcomed draft approval for two new electricity interconnectors between the states of South Australia (SA), Victoria and New South Wales. A committee of the National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO) ...
AUSTRALIA'S APN NEWS & MEDIA TO FOCUS ON US$603 MLN NZ ACQUISITION.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - APN News & Media Ltd (ASX:APN) hopes to one-day consume Australian newspaper giant Fairfax, but is currently focused on bedding down the A$1.2 billion (US$603.0 million) acquisition of New Zealand media group Wilson & Horton. APN chief executive ...
CORR: AUSTRALIA'S VIRGIN BLUE TO EXPAND SERVICES.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (Correction in dateline) BRISBANE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Discount airline Virgin Blue announced plans yesterday to expand services today as Ansett Mark II cracked the 150,000 ticket sales mark. Virgin announced direct flights between the Gold Coast and Melbourne and ...
PARTS OF AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY STILL STRONG DESPITE SLUMP: PM.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Australian Prime Minister John Howard said some parts of the Australian economy were still strong despite the global downturn led by the United States. "We thought America would take a big hit after September 11," Mr Howard told Melbourne radio 3AW ....
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORP RESIGNS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is on the hunt for a new managing director after yesterday's resignation by Jonathan Shier amid claims he had lost the confidence of the board. The resignation of Mr Shier was announced in a ...
FORD AUSTRALIA TO TEMPORARLIY CLOSE VICTORIAN OPERATIONS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Ford Australia will shut down its manufacturing operations in the Australian state of Victoria for three days next week because of poor sales and an uncertain future, the Herald Sun newspaper reported today. About 5,000 workers at Ford plants in ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian sharemarket opened slightly higher today with market heavyweights News Corp and BHP Billiton leading the trend into positive territory. At 1015 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was one point higher at 3250.6 while the all ordinaries ...
TAIWAN, US AGREE ON EXCHANGES TO ENHANCE NUCLEAR PLANT SAFETY.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Participants at a civil nuclear cooperation meeting between the Taiwan and the United States have agreed to increase exchanges on nuclear power plant safety and to establish formal communication channels regarding the matter. The participants, ...
KOREAN OVERSEASE INVESTMENT DECLINES IN LINE WITH THE ECONOMY.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Foreign direct investment (FDI) by Koreans declined 8.1 per cent on year to US$3.52 billion for the first nine months of 2001 due largely to the global economic downturn aggravated by the Sept 11 terror strikes in the United States, the Ministry of Finance and ...
AMENDMENT TO TAIWAN-US AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION PLAN INKED.
Nov 01, 2001 ... WASHINGTON, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - An amendment to a 1986 outline on Taiwan-United States agricultural cooperation was signed in Washington recently to enhance substantive cooperation between the two countries. The amendment was signed by Taiwan Representative to Washington Chen ...
S&P's ASSIGNS BBB- RATING TO PRESSES OF AUSTRALIA'S FAIRFAX.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Standard & Poor's has given its BBB-minus long term rating to a proposed $A200 million issue of preferred reset securities exchangeable for shares (also known as Presses) by Australian publisher John Fairfax Holdings (ASX:FXJ). ...
TAIWAN'S EXECUTIVE YUAN ASKED TO REVISE FY 02 BUDGET PROPOSAL.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The legislative caucuses of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and New Party (NP) warned Wednesday that if the Executive Yuan fails to revise the budget proposal for fiscal 2002, they will boycott budget deliberations. The opposition parties had ...
ASSETS MANAGEMENT COS MAY DEPRESS TAIWAN'S REAL ESTATE MARKET.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's sluggish real estate market could slip further if assets management companies (AMCs) suppress the purchasing prices too much, said Central Bank of China Deputy Governor Chen Shih-meng. Chen made the comments while addressing the opening ...
KOREAN GOVT TO MODIFY CAPITAL GAINS TAX REGULATIONS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's Ministry of Finance and Economy said it would revise regulations to exempt owners of individual businesses from capital gains tax on the sale of the entities when they change their businesses into corporations, a ministry official said Thursday. ...
KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: DONG-A ILBO - Reformist MDP lawmakers call for retirement of Donggyo-dong faction head Kwon Roh-kap and Park Jie-won, senior presidential policy planner - Hynix to receive 4 trillion won rescue ...
AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY TO PUMP US$7.52 MLN INTO EXPORT GRANTS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... CANBERRA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian Labor Party (ALP) will pump A$15 million (US$7.52 million) into export development grants and set up an agriculture trade task force under its new trade policy. ALP trade spokesman Peter Cook said the federal government had taken its ...
TAIWAN TO SEND TRADE DELEGATION TO VIETNAM.
Nov 01, 2001 ... KAOHSIUNG, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will send a trade delegation to Vietnam in mid-November to seek trade opportunities and industrial cooperation partners. Chang Tien-ming, head of a division of the Export Processing Zone Administration ...
KOREAN BANKS TO SUBSTANTIALLY RAISE STAFF SALARIES.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Shinhan Bank, Kookmin Bank and KorAm Bank raised staff salaries substantially as they unloaded bad debts last year and raked in considerable earnings by taking advantage of the increased spread between deposit and lending rates, financial sources said Thursday. ...
TAIWAN PREMIER URGES GOVT TO IMPROVE TOURISM MANAGEMENT.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Premier Chang Chun-hsiung instructed the government to strengthen management and control of tourist attractions across the island so as to upgrade tourism quality in line with 2002's international ecological tourism year. Chang issued the directive ...
KOREA'S MIRYANG MULTIPURPOSE DAM COMPLETED.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Construction and Transportation today said the Miryang multipurpose dam, which has been under construction since 1990, has been completed at a cost of 206 billion won (US$158 million). The country's 13th largest multipurpose dam, which ...
MERGER TO CREATE AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST CREDIT UNION.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's largest credit union, with $A1.32 billion ($US662.11 million) in assets and combined membership of membership of 201,000, will come into being with the merger between the Australian Central and Northern Territory Credit Unions. In ...
ROUTE FOR ONE OF THE MELBOURNE AIRPORT RAIL LINKS RULED OUT.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The state government of Victorian has vetoes one of the planned routes for a heavy rail link to Melbourne Airport. The government today said it had decided against the proposed route through Broadmeadows, in Melbourne's north, after a report by an ...
AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER SPENDING FALLS SLIGHTLY IN SEPTEMBER.
Nov 01, 2001 ... CANBERRA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Australian consumer spending dipped slightly in September, the first fall since November last year, official figures showed today. Allowing for seasonal factors, retail trade fell 0.1 per cent in September to A$13.636 billion (US$6.84 billion) from ...
MTI TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION LAUNCHES BEIJING OFFICE.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) BEIJING, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-China/ -- Chinese officials and representatives of major enterprises were on hand today to welcome MTI Technology Corp. (Nasdaq: MTIC), a leading provider of data storage solutions, as it formally ...
STOCKS - KOREAN SHARES UP AMID CAUTIOUS TRADING - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Korean stocks moved up slightly early Thursday helped by the rally on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index and the decision to provide relief measures for faltering Hynix Semiconductor Inc. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) inched up 0.29 ...
JAPANESE MORNING NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) today: - Ford, Bridgestone To Hold Talks To Mend Ties - China, ASEAN To Negotiate Free Trade Agreement - Mitsui To Acquire Brazilian Iron Ore Mine Firms ...
ANSETT AUSTRALIA WORKERS PROTEST OVER ENTITLEMENTS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Ansett workers and thousands of union members called for security for employee entitlements in a protest rally down Melbourne's Swanston Street today. The rally is part of a national forum with meetings being held in capital cities and larger ...
PHILIPPINES' DPWH BEGINS REPAIR OF SOUTH SUPERHIGHWAY BRIDGE.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MANILA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The Philipppines' Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has begun emergency repairs on the southbound portion of the South Superhighway (SSH) Bridge in Manila. DPWH Secretary Simeon Datumanong has asked the public to bear the inconveniences ...
PRESIDENT OF JAPAN'S MAZDA DENIES PLANS FOR RETIREMENT.
Nov 01, 2001 ... HIROSHIMA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Mark Fields has made it clear that he plans to stay on as president of Mazda Motor Corp (TSE:7261) despite rumors that his days may be numbered due to the recent firing of Ford Motor Co. President & CEO Jacques Nasser. Ford, Mazda's major ...
AUSTRALIAN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE UNIONS CONTINUE QANTAS TALKS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Australian maintenance unions are today continuing talks with Qantas over plans to freeze staff wages for 18 months. Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon last week briefed unions about the pay plan. Australian Manufacturing Workers Union ...
JAPAN'S SKY PERFECT POSTS LESS-THAN-EXPECTED LOSSES.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Sky Perfect Communications Inc (TSE:4795) has announced a group pretax loss of 4.8 billion yen ($US39.35 million) for the six months ended September 30, an improvement on the 15.8 billion yen loss seen a year earlier and on the 8.1 billion yen loss originally ...
JAPAN'S TRAVEL AGENCIES REPORT 11.7% FALL IN SEPT SALES.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Sales at eight major travel agencies, including JTB Corp and Kinki Nippon Tourist Co (TSE:9726), fell 11.7 per cent in September from a year earlier to 304.57 billion yen ($US2.5 billion), the first decline in four months, show figures released Wednesday by the ...
JAPAN'S TOHOKU ELECTRIC TO BUY COAL & EMISSIONS ALLOWANCES.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Tohoku Electric Power Co. (TSE:9506) announced Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase coal and gas emissions allowances from two Australian firms as a set, marking the first deal in Japan in which fuel and emissions rights have been bought in this manner. ...
JAPAN'S DOMESTIC PC SHIPMENTS TO POST FIRST DROP IN 4 YEARS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Domestic shipments of personal computers are expected to drop 12 per cent to 10.6 million units in the 2001 fiscal year, the first contraction in four years, according to figures released Wednesday by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries ...
JAPAN'S MACHINE TOOL ORDERS SINK 33% IN SEPTEMBER.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Japan's machine tool orders tumbled 33.2 per cent in September from a year earlier to 60.16 billion yen ($US493.2 million), the sixth straight month of decline, according to revised figures released Wednesday by the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association. ...
JAPAN'S HITACHI METALS POSTS US$63.9 MLN H1 NET LOSS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Hitachi Metals Ltd. (TSE:5486) posted a group net loss of 7.82 billion yen (US$63.9 million) for the first half of the fiscal year ended September 30, compared with a profit of 2.41 billion yen a year earlier, the company reported Wednesday. The ...
JAPAN'S YASUDA FIRE POSTS US$188.56 MLN H1 NET LOSS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co (TSE:8755) reported Wednesday that it sustained a parent-company net loss of 23 billion yen ($US188.56 million) for the fiscal first half ended September 30. Yasuda Fire had initially projected a net profit of 10.5 ...
JAPAN'S BML OFFERS ANTHRAX TEST FOR HOSPITALS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - BML Inc. (TSE:4694), a major clinical testing firm, will conduct tests for anthrax infection on behalf of hospitals beginning today, the company said. The company will receive blood and mucous samples obtained from patients suspected of being infected ...
JAPAN'S FTC WANTS LIMITS ON TRADING HOUSE OWNERSHIP TO BE LIFTED.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - A Fair Trade Commission panel on the Anti-Monopoly Law has proposed that restrictions on the number of shares in other companies that can be held by general trading companies and other large corporations be removed. The panel also recommended that ...
JAPAN'S SHOWA SHELL TO OFFER CLEAN FUEL AS KEROSENE SUBSTITUTE.
Nov 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Showa Shell Sekiyu KK (TSE:5002) announced that it will begin sales of an ultra-clean fuel to replace kerosene for use in portable home heaters. The fuel is produced with GTL (gas-to-liquid) technology, which employs chemical reactions and catalysts to ...
SAMSUNG SHIPS 2.5-GENERATION GPRS MOBILE PHONES TO GERMANY.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Samsung Electronics has exported 5,000 mobile handsets based on European 2.5-generation GPRS technology to T-Mobile International AG of Germany, Samsung said Thursday. This is the Korean electronics leader's first shipment of General Packet Radio System ...
FORMER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT ADDRESSES ASIA-PACIFIC NATIONS.
Nov 01, 2001 ... MANILA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Former President Fidel V. Ramos today said Asia-Pacific nations must adopt new strategies if their economies are to remain bouyant in the years to come. Ramos made the statement in the wake of the global economic crisis spawned by the threat of ...
KOREA'S HONMOO TO OPEN HOTEL FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Hanmoo Convention Company said Thursday it will open the Oakwood Premier COEX Center, a five-star hotel catering for guests staying in Korea on a temporary basis in early December. The 26-story deluxe hotel with five lower levels will be located in the ...
FOREX - US DOLLAR EDGES UP TO 1,296.50 WON EARLY - NOV 1, 2001.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The U.S. dollar rose slightly against the won early Thursday due to a lack of incentives and weak demand. The greenback opened at 1,296.50 won and was trading at that level as of 10:15 a.m., ...
DUTCH CO OFFERS TO HELP INDONESIA WITH CPO STANDARDISATION.
Nov 01, 2001 ... JAKARTA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Dutch surveyor company PT Sthutter has offered to cooperate with Indonesia on developing standards for crude palm oil (CPO) destined for export to Europe, an official of Indonesia's Agriculture Ministry said. The government is studying the offer, ...
AUSTRALIAN GOVT DEPT TO DISTRIBUTE VIDEO USING CISCO SOFTWARE.
Nov 01, 2001 ... (For a full text of statement, contact www.asianet.com.au) CANBERRA, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet/ -- The Commonwealth Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (DEWRSB) will provide video broadcast and on-demand video services to staff members ...
INDONESIAN FM EXPECTS CGI LOAN TO BE DISBURSED THIS YEAR.
Nov 01, 2001 ... JAKARTA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The balance of the US$4.8 billion loan pledged by the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) would probably be disbursed this year, said Finance Minister Budiono. "We will try to meet all the requirements so that the entire loan would be disbursed by ...
UNIONS EXCLUDED FROM CREDITOR MEETING FOR AUSTRALIA'S PASMINCO.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Two major unions claim were left out of a creditors' meeting for failed nickel miner Pasminco, leaving workers unrepresented in the administration process. Pasminco went into voluntary administration on September 19, with debts of around $A3.4 billion ...
INDONESIA'S INDOSAT GRANTED ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFICATE.
Nov 01, 2001 ... JAKARTA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - State-owned telecommunications company Indosat (JSX:ISAT) has been granted an ISO 9001:2000 certificate for quality services to the public. The ISO certificate was presented to Indosat's technical and operations director Garuda Sugardo in Jakarta by ...
KOREA'S HYUNDAI MOTOR EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS IN US SALES.
Nov 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Hyundai Motor Co (KSE: 05380) said that its United States operations in October had far exceeded expectations, with year-on-year sales soaring 77 per cent, Hyundai Securities Co. reported Thursday. As of October 29, sales reached 29,788 units, with ...