AsiaPulse News back issues from April 2003:
STOCKS - DSE TRADELESS - APRIL 1, 2003.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Apr 1 Asia Pulse - The Delhi Stock Exchange remained tradeless today and registered "zero" business volume as most of the market players carried out their transactions on ...
STOCKS - BSE UP - APRIL 1, 2003.
Apr 01, 2003 ... MUMBAI, Apr 1 Asia Pulse - Bolstered by an unexpected bout of buying spree, stocks made a remarkable turnaround pushing the sensex up by 32 points at close in a roller-coaster ride on the Stock Exchange today even as mounting concerns over Iraq war held global markets under pressure. ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 1, 2003.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SYDNEY, April 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE AUSTRALIAN - US ground forces begin engaging Republican Guards holding fort at Baghdad. Iraqi "Dad's Army" holding the thin grey line around Baghdad. Federal Opposition Leader Simon Crean hits new low ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS SLIGHTLY HIGHER - APRIL 1, 2003.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SYDNEY, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar opened broadly unchanged compared to yesterday's close as continued concerns about the timeframe for the war in Iraq weighed on the US dollar. At 0700 AEST, the Australian dollar was at $US0.6041/46 compared with $US0.6035/40 at ...
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL CABINET TO DISCUSS WAR, AIR TICKET LEVY TODAY.
Apr 01, 2003 ... CANBERRA, April 1 Asia Pulse - Whilst the war in Iraq should dominate a federal cabinet meeting today, the future of the Ansett levy could also be decided. Cabinet ministers will meet in Canberra immediately after Prime Minister John Howard is briefed by the National Security ...
AUSTRALIAN INTEREST RATES EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY.
Apr 01, 2003 ... CANBERRA, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board is expected to keep interest rates steady when it meets today for the first time since war in Iraq began. It would be the 10th consecutive month interest rates would stay unchanged and the longest interest ...
KOREAN AUTO PARTS RECEIVE TOP AVERAGE POINTS FROM BUYERS: KOTRA.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, April 1 Asia Pulse - Korean automobile parts received the highest average points from U.S. buyers when measured in quality, pricing, after service and delivery time, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) said. KOTRA said its findings were based on a survey ...
KOREAN OIL COMPANIES TO LOWER PRICES AS OF TODAY.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, April 1 Asia Pulse - Korean oil companies said they will lower domestic prices by 10-20 won (US$0.01-US$0.02) per liter as of today. SK Gas (KSE:18670), LG-Caltex Oil (KSE:17940) and Hyundai Oil Bank said they were lowering prices for gasoline, kerosene, and light oil and ...
CREDITORS OF KOREA'S SK GLOBAL TO HOLD COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, April 1 Asia Pulse - Creditors of SK Global Co. (KSE:01740) said they will convene a steering committee meeting today, to review measures taken to gauge the general condition of embattled trading company, A spokesperson for creditor firms said the committee will discuss ...
BANK OF KOREA TO ISSUE US$3.2 BLN IN LONG-TERM BONDS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Bank of Korea (BOK) said it will issue 4 trillion won (US$3.2 billion) in long-term monetary stabilization bonds to prevent domestic interest rates from falling off. The bonds will be released starting this month and will have maturities of 18-24 ...
INDIA'S NEW LOOK EXIM POLICY TO BOOST SERVICE, AGRI EXPORTS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - In a watershed EXIM policy, the Indian government announced a major package for exports of services, with a special focus on high growth sectors like textiles, automobiles, gems and jewellery, and has dismantled restrictions on the exports of five items like ...
NEW INDIAN POLICY WANTS CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF AGRI-EXPORT ZONES.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The new Exim policy for the new fiscal has called for a major thrust in agri-exports zones (AEZs) with increased participation of the corporate sector and concessions in duty drawback schemes. Sanction has already been given to 45 ...
SARS COULD COST TAIWAN'S TOURISM SECTOR US$242.85 MLN.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, April 1 Asia Pulse - If the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) continues to affect Taiwan until the end of year, the effect on the nation's tourism will be very serious, according to the latest assessment by the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development ...
TAIWAN VICE MINISTER ATTENDS WTO SYMPOSIUM IN BEIJING.
Apr 01, 2003 ... BEIJING, April 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Chen Ruey-long attended a World Trade Organization (WTO) symposium on Asia-Pacific trade policies in Beijing. The symposium, attended by senior officials from 22 WTO member countries in the Asia-Pacific ...
TAIWAN PREMIER WANTS OUTLYING ISLANDS' CASINO ISSUE RESOLVED.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, April 1 Asia Pulse - Premier Yu Shyi-kun made an about-face and asked Cabinet agencies to move forward with possible legislation regarding the legalization of casinos on Taiwan's offshore counties. Yu had previously instructed his administration to stop promoting the ...
SHIPPING LINKS BETWEEN TAIWAN'S MATSU, CHINA SUSPENDED.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, April 1 Asia Pulse - Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen annouced Monday the suspension of direct shipping links between Taiwan's frontline island of Matsu and mainland China because of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak on the mainland. ...
INDIA HOPES TO CATAPULT EXPORTS THROUGH SEZs.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Indian government will treat sales from Domestic Tariff Area to Special Economic Zones as exports in a bid to attract more foreign direct investment which could turn out to be an engine of growth. Domestic suppliers would now be eligible to ...
INDIAN EXIM POLICY DOES NOT DECANALISE IMPORT OF PETROL, DIESEL.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - Oil majors aspiring to tap into the world's seventh largest retail oil market worth US$15 billion a year in sales through imported transport fuels were let down by India's Export Import Policy for 2003-04 that did not decanalise import of petrol and diesel. ...
TAIWAN'S TSU CALLS FOR RESTRICTIONS ON CROSS-STRAIT TRAVEL.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) has called for restrictions on travel between mainland China and Taiwan to contain the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and to protest Beijing's meddling with Taiwan's bids for access to the World ...
HIGHLIGHTS OF INDIA'S NEW EXIM POLICY.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - Following are the highlights of Exim Policy released Monday: * Duty free import for services with forex earnings of at least Rs 1 million. * Corporates encouraged to sponsor agri-export zones. * DEPB rate for agro products, ...
TAIWAN'S CPC SAYS ITS PETROLEUM PRICE WILL NOT CHANGE FOR NOW.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corp. (CPC) said that the price of domestic petroleum will remain unchanged for the time being for the sake of stabilizing domestic oil and commodity prices. CPC officials said that world crude oil prices are ...
INDIA'S NASSCOM MAY SERVE AS "REFERRAL POINT" FOR VISA MATTERS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - Against a backdrop of recent swoops on Indian IT professionals abroad, the National Association of Software Services Companies (Nasscom) will explore the possibility of serving as an "independent referral point" for embassies, with regard to the verification ...
RUPEE RISE WILL NOT AFFECT INDIA'S EXPORT GROWTH: MINISTER.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - India's Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley expressed confidence that the appreciation in the Rupee against the US dollar will not hinder export growth, which is likely to accelerate next fiscal after having overshot the current fiscal's target of US$50 billion. ...
INDIA'S TCIL PROPOSES IPO, PLANS TO OFFLOAD 25% STAKE.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - State-owned Telcommunications Consultants India Ltd is planning to go for an Initial Public Offering for offloading 25 per cent stake in domestic market, subject to Government nod. "We wish to go for an IPO, for offloading 25 per cent stake in ...
INDIA CONFIDENT OF ACHIEVING US$50 BLN EXPORTS THIS YEAR.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - India exuded confidence that its merchandise exports would cross US$50 billion in this financial year, notwithstanding the fluid situation in West Asia amidst fears of prolonged war on Iraq. "It is almost certain that India's merchandise exports ...
ANTI-VAT TRADE BAN IN INDIA EVOKES MIXED RESPONSE, HITS BUSINESS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The nation-wide two-day ban by Indian traders against the introduction of the much touted Value Added Tax (VAT) evoked a mixed response on its opening day yesterday. The "Bharat Bandh" was claimed to have been an overwhelming success in the major ...
INDIA'S BIS ASKED TO OUTLINE TEST METHODS FOR WATER STANDARDS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Indian Consumer Affairs Ministry has asked the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to constitute a commitee of experts to specify the test methods to be followed by laboratories while testing bottled and packaged drinking water under the proposed revised ...
HONG KONG IMPOSES VISA RESTRICTIONS ON PAKISTANIS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... KARACHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - Hong Kong has imposed visa restrictions on all Pakistanis visiting for business or other purpose, travel agents revealed on Saturday. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has circulated on its reservation system that Pakistani national will require ...
PAKISTAN EXPORTS SEAFOOD WORTH $87 MLN IN JULY-FEB 2002-03.
Apr 01, 2003 ... KARACHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - Pakistan exported 56,000 tonnes of seafood worth $87 million during July-February 2002-03, as compared to 56,000 tonnes valued at $88 million in the same period of 2001-02, decline of 1.5 per cent. However, this fiscal year's target of $125 million ...
LENDERS TO INDIA'S STRICKEN DABHOL POWER CO TO MEET IN SINGAPORE.
Apr 01, 2003 ... MUMBAI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The high powered steering committee of Indian and foreign lenders to the beleagured Dabhol Power Company (DPC) will meet for two days in Singapore, beginning April 1, to discuss and sort out differences over the restructuring and restart of the US$3 billion ...
INDIAN GUIDELINES FOR BUYBACK OF G-SECS FROM BANKS SOON.
Apr 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Indian government will soon come out with detailed guidelines for buying back high-cost securities worth over Rs 400 billion (US$8.4 billion) from banks and financial institutions during 2003-04, as part of efforts to reduce interest burden and fiscal ...
KOREA TO RESTRICT IMPORTED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, April 1 Asia Pulse - Tougher restrictions will be imposed on imported tobacco substitute products starting next year, the Ministry of Finance and Economy said today. The ministry said it was in the process of removing loopholes in regulations related to tobacco and ...
GREENS CALL ON THAILAND TO BAN ALL IMPORTS OF TOXIC WASTE.
Apr 01, 2003 ... CEBU CITY, April 1 Asia Pulse - Greenpeace and the Basel Action Network (BAN), an international coalition of non-governmental environmental organizations working to halt toxic trade, have called on Thailand to ban the import of all toxic wastes into Thai territory. It also urged ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN STOCKS OPEN SOFTER - APRIL 1, 2003.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SYDNEY, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market was weaker at the open, amid continuing doubts about the progress of war in Iraq and a fall in AMP. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 12.5 points lower at 2872.7 by 1020 AEST, and the all ordinaries index also dipped ...
INDIA'S TCS LINKS WITH SWISS FIRM CANOO ENGINEERING.
Apr 01, 2003 ... KOLKATA, April 1 Asia Pulse - Tata Consultancy Services said today it has entered into a partnership with Swiss software firm Canoo Engineering AG, which will enable TCS's customers to profit from Canoo's sophisticated Java thin client technology, Ultra Light Client (ULC). The ...
INDIAN BANKS ASKED TO ADHERE TO ACCOUNTING STANDARD NORMS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... MUMBAI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to follow amended guidelines for preparing financial statements from the accounting year ending March 31, 2003, to eliminate the gap in compliance with accounting standards. The revised norms pertaining to ...
AUSTRALIA'S PATRICK, VIRGIN GROUP IN DISPUTE OVER ASX LISTING.
Apr 01, 2003 ... SYDNEY, April 1 Asia Pulse - A dispute has erupted between Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Patrick Corp Ltd (ASX:PRK) over how they would float Virgin Blue, raising doubts about the timing of a sharemarket listing. The Australian Financial Review says Patrick chief executive ...
PAKISTAN TO MAINTAIN NEGATIVE LIST FROM AFGHAN TRADE AGREEMENT.
Apr 01, 2003 ... ISLAMABAD, April 1 Asia Pulse - Pakistan has refused to abolish the remaining 16 items on the negative list from the Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA), sources in the Finance Ministry told reporters. The issue, they said, came under discussion at the meeting of ...
1.9 MLN TONNE RICE EXPORT TARGET SET BY PAKISTAN FOR 2003-04.
Apr 01, 2003 ... KARACHI, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Export Promotion Bureau has set a rice export target of around 1.9 million tonnes, valued at around US$575 million, for the year 2003-04. This was decided in a meeting, chaired by EPB Chairman Tariq Ikram, to review exports of rice. ...
BANKS, ROADS, SOCIAL SECTOR AID FOCUS OF PAKISTAN, AFGHAN TALKS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... ISLAMABAD, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Ministerial Commission (PAJMC) in Kabul discussed the establishment of a commercial banking system in Afghanistan, road links and social sector assistance on Saturday afternoon. Pakistan is keen to extend its help ...
JAPANESE MORNING NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 1, 2003.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) today: - Sliding Shares Hammer Banks, Life Insurers At Year-End - Bank of Kansai Eyes Merger With Kansai Sawayaka Bank - Fujitsu, AMD To Merge Flash Memory ...
JAPAN'S TERUMO REPORTS 21% JUMP IN GRP NET PROFIT.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Terumo Corp. (TSE:4543) announced that for the year ended March it expects to report a 21 per cent increase in group net profit to 17.5 billion yen (US$148 million). The company earlier forecast a profit of 21 billion yen, but it took a one-time ...
JAPAN'S SOSEI, U.S. BIOTECH FIRM TO DEVELOP ALLERGY MEDICATION.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Sosei Co. plans to jointly develop an allergy medicine with U.S. biotechnology firm Abgenix Inc. Sosei obtained the rights to develop antibodies that will fight a protein called CRTH2, a novel receptor related to allergies, from BML Inc., a major ...
JAPAN'S ECC TO TEACH TRADITIONAL COMEDY PERFORMANCES IN ENGLISH.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - The foreign language school ECC will begin a new course in Osaka this month on how to perform rakugo, or traditional Japanese comedy routines, in English. Kaishi Katsura, a rakugo performer who pioneered the English-language version of the art ...
JAPAN'S NIPPON STEEL, KOBE STEEL TO MERGE PROCESSING UNITS.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Nippon Steel Corp. (TSE:5401) and Kobe Steel Ltd. (TSE:5406) said that they plan to merge affiliates that handle processing of steel materials. The move is part of a comprehensive cooperation plan between the two giant steelmakers. The units to be ...
JAPAN'S KOMATSU TO SCRAP SENIORITY-BASED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Komatsu Ltd. (TSE:6301) will on Tuesday abolish its seniority-based promotion program for managers and introduce a system that rewards them based on job site responsibilities and performance. The new system will cover around 1,000 managerial workers ...
JAPAN'S SANKYO SETS UP FUND FOR US START-UPS WITH INVESTMENT CO.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Pharmaceuticals company Sankyo Co. (TSE:4501) announced the establishment of a fund for start-ups in the U.S. with investment company Thomas Weisel Partners LLC. The total investment amount is expected to reach US$120 million over 10 years, with ...
INDONESIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 1, 2003.
Apr 01, 2003 ... JAKARTA, April 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights from today's newspapers: THE JAKARTA POST - Indonesia has intensified measures against possible outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) amid increasing fatalities across the world and report of an Indonesian ...
LODESTAR CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE UTILITY SOLUTIONS OF AUSTRALIA.
Apr 01, 2003 ... $all $anr $us $aus $enr $utl (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) PEABODY, Mass., March 31 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - LODESTAR Corporation, the leading global provider of software solutions for the energy industry, announced that it has signed a definitive ...
FLAG TELECOM DOUBLES CAPACITY OF KEY SEGMENTS OF THE FLAG EUROPE.
Apr 01, 2003 ... $all $anr $uk $eur $tel (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) LONDON, March 31 PRNewswire-FirstCall-Asianet - FLAG Telecom Group Limited(OTC: FTGLF.PK) (the "Company" or "FLAG Telecom") today announced a capacity expansion to key segments of its FEA cable ...
JAPAN'S SUMITOMO METAL EXPANDING TAILORED BLANK PROCESSING.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. (TSE:5405) is expanding its business that simultaneously welds steel sheets of different thickness and strength. Known as tailored blank processing, the technology is used in producing automobile door side panels and ...
MERIAL AND ASPENBIO SIGN GLOBAL PACT.
Apr 01, 2003 ... $all $anr $us $eur $dru $tec (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) CASTLE ROCK, Colo., and DULUTH, Ga., March 31 - PRNewswire-FirstCall-AsiaNet - AspenBio, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: APNB) and Merial Limited announced today they have entered into a Global ...
CALIFORNIA MICRO DEVICES INTRODUCES USB TRANSCEIVER FOR MOBILES.
Apr 01, 2003 ... $all $anr $us $tec $ele $com (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) MILPITAS, Calif., March 31 PRNewswire-FirstCall-AsiaNet - California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) today announced the CM2400-01, a new USB (Universal Serial Bus) transceiver that provides a ...
CHARLES RIVER CERTIFIES FIX CONNECTIVITY IN ASIA-PACIFIC AND JAPAN.
Apr 01, 2003 ... $all $anr $bnk $eur $jp $ivm $com (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) SINGAPORE, April 1 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Charles River Development, a provider of financial software and consulting services to the global investment management, banking and insurance ...
W.P. STEWART ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGE IN US MARKETING TEAM.
Apr 01, 2003 ... $all $anr $us $pub $bnk (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 31 PRNewswire-FirstCall-AsiaNet - W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. ("W.P. Stewart" or the "Company") announced today that Barton H. Buxbaum has been named the President and ...
INDONESIA'S MATAHARI PUTRA PRIMA POSTS FY NET PROFIT OF US$105 MLN.
Apr 01, 2003 ... JAKARTA, April 1 Asia Pulse - Publicly listed retail company PT Matahari Putra Prima (JSE:MPPA) posted a net profit of Rp105 billion (US$105 million) last year up slightly from Rp101 billion in the previous year despite a decline in sales. The country's largest operator of ...
JAPAN'S ALPS ELEC SEES FY02 GROUP NET PROFIT SURGE 770 PCT.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Alps Electric Co. (TSE:6770) said Monday that it expects to post a 16.5 billion yen (US$139.5 million) group net profit for the fiscal year ended Monday, up 770 per cent from the year before and 2 billion yen higher than its previous forecast. Sales ...
JAPAN'S HUDSON TAKES A STAB AT MMORPG ONLINE GAME MARKET.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Hudson Soft Co. (TSE:4822) is entering the market for what are known as massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG). The company has already begun a free trial service to iron out the bugs and plans to launch a full-fledged pay-for-play ...
JAPAN'S CASIO ESTABLISHES SHANGHAI SALES JV WITH MITSUBISHI.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Casio Computer Co. (TSE:6952) announced Monday that it has set up a sales firm in Shanghai, China, as a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corp. (TSE:8058). The new company is capitalized at 1 million dollars, of which Casio put up 80 per cent and ...
JAPAN'S NIHON UNISYS, INDIAN FIRM TIE UP IN SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Nihon Unisys Ltd. (TSE:8056) is teaming up with Indian systems development and administration firm Mascot Systems Ltd. to start an application software outsourcing service. Mascot Systems develops and maintains applications and is also strong in ...
JAPAN'S EPS TO SEND PHARMACISTS TO DRUG FIRMS TO MONITOR TESTING.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Drug-testing outsourcing firm EPS Co. (TSE:4282) plans to begin a new business in April of dispatching its employees to work as temporary personnel at drug manufacturers. At the drug companies, the EPS employees will work with managers developing new ...
THAI NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - APRIL 1, 2003.
Apr 01, 2003 ... BANGKOK, April 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE BANGKOK POST - TPI Polene's giant 714.7-million-share public offering has failed to reach the minimum threshold of $180 million. - Thailand is moving strenuously to put health-care tourism ...
JAPAN'S TOEI BOOSTS EFFORTS TO DISTRIBUTE MOVIES DIGITALLY.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Toei Co. (TSE:9605) is expanding its efforts to distribute films to theaters by digital means. It is raising the number of cinema complexes that can accommodate digitized films, cutting the cost of distributing digitized films via satellite, and ...
JAPAN'S MHI TO SET UP NEW DEFENSE SYSTEMS OFFICE IN SPACE UNIT.
Apr 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, April 1 Asia Pulse - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (TSE:7011) will set up a new integrated defense systems office inside its Space Business Unit on April 1. The Defense Agency has integrated the operations of the Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces. By ...
AUSTRALIA'S NOVERA GETS FUNDING FOR UK LANDFILL GAS EXPANSION.
Apr 01, 2003 ... PERTH, April 1 Asia Pulse - Renewable energy company Novera Energy Ltd (ASX:NVE) will be able to go ahead with its 18 megawatt expansion of its landfill gas to energy business in the United Kingdom now that is has secured debt funding. The company said it had received debt ...