AsiaPulse News back issues from December 2003:
FOREX - US DOLLAR CHEAPER AGAINST RUPEE - DECEMBER 1, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... MUMBAI, Dec 01 Asia Pulse - The U.S. Dollar turned sharply cheaper against the Rupee at Rs 45.7350 per dollar and the Pound Sterling ended lower at Rs 78.74 per pound at ...
STOCKS - BSE CLOSES UP - DECEMBER 1, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... MUMBAI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Sensex rallied by a whopping 116.03 points and closed at a new 47-month high of 5160.85 points on the Bombay Stock Exchange today due to frenzied buying by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and domestic funds. Spurt in the sensex could be gauged ...
NEW ORDERS PUMP UP AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Australian manufacturing activity was strengthened in November by a number of new orders, according to an industry survey. The latest Australian Industry Group (AIG)/PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index was a solid ...
PEPTECH ENTERS INTO JV TO DEVELOP BIOTECH PRODUCTS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Four new products are to be developed by biotech Peptech Ltd (ASX:PTD), in a new joint venture with fellow biotech Biosceptre International Ltd. Peptech said four distinct products had been identified for development by the joint venture, two with ...
KOREA'S OIL REFINERS RAISE PETROLEUM PRICES.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's two oil refiners -- SK Corp. (KSE:003600) and Hyundai Oil Bank -- announced Friday a scheduled raise in the prices of their refined oil products by 3-30 won (US$0.0024-0.0249) per liter as of Dec. 1. The increase is a result of rising ...
KOREA EXCHANGE BANK MERGES WITH CREDIT CARD ARM.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Liquidity-troubled Korea Exchange Bank Credit Service Co. (KEB Card) (KSE:038400) has merged with its parent company, the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) (KSE:004940), the board of the bank said Friday. The stock exchange ratio of KEB to KEB Card was fixed at ...
NO TAX BREAKS FOR FUEL ADDITIVE 'CENOX': KOREAN FINANCE MINISTRY.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The finance ministry dismissed Friday claims by the manufacturer of a controversial fuel additive, "Cenox," that the product should be exempt from paying traffic tax because it is a fuel additive. It also said the product could not be classified as an ...
LUFTHANSA STARTS DAILY FLIGHTS TO FRANKFURT FROM CHENNAI.
Dec 01, 2003 ... CHENNAI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Lufthansa planned to operate daily flghts (Boeing 747-400) between Chennai and Frankfurt from December 1, a top executive of the German airline said here on Friday. After the planned flights start, Lufthansa would have been ...
RENAULT EYES BUYING KOREA'S SSANGYONG MOTORS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - France's Renault SA has jumped into the bidding race for financially-troubled Ssangyong Motor Co. (KSE:003620), industry sources said Sunday. More than eight auto companies, including Renault, have offered bids for the South Korean carmaker specializing ...
SOUTH KOREANS RUN HIGH RISK OF CONTRACTING HIV: POLL.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Koreans run a high risk of being exposed to HIV because the majority fail to use protection when engaging in sexual intercourse, a poll by a local health organization said Sunday. The survey conducted by the Korean Anti-AIDS Federation on 1,955 ...
MOSAIC OIL RAISES FUNDS ON NEW GAS PROJECT.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Mosaic Oil Ltd (ASX:MOS) is set to benefit from a $A6 million ($US4.33 million) cash injection after a new gas project showed promising yields. Institutional investors on Friday took a placement with the company at 18 cents a share. The ...
INDIA IS THE NEW INVESTMENT DESTINATION: MINISTER.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Asking European businessmen to shed their old image of country, India's External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday said things have changed here and it is "now a happening place" opening bright prospects for a partnership with a "new India". ...
INDIA'S INFLATION BREACHES 5% FOR WEEK ENDING NOV 15.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Soaring prices of vegetables and fruits, eggs, food products, edible oils, textiles and electricity pushed up India's inflation to 5.12 per cent for the week ended November 15, substantially higher than 3.39 per cent during the same period in the previous ...
INDONESIA'S RIAU AIRLINES TO LEASE BOEING 737 JETS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... PEKANBARU, Riau, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Riau Airlines (RAL), a carrier belonging to the Riau provincial government, is planning to buy Boeing-737-200 aircraft for use on its medium routes, a spokesman said. "RAL's fleet so far consists of two Fokker-50s but we wish to acquire a ...
INDONESIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... JAKARTA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights from today's newspaper: KOMPAS - Tens of political parties will fail in their bid to take part in the coming general election based on verification submitted to the Election Commission by 16 of 30 provincial election commissions ....
MATRIX LABS TO SET UP 2 JV COMPANIES, 1 IN INDIA.
Dec 01, 2003 ... MUMBAI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Matrix Laboratories Ltd is to set up two joint venture companies, one each in India and Ireland, at a total cost of 3.9 million Euros (US$4.68 million) for development of finished dosage form and formulation dossiers. The company in India would be ...
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF SOUTH KOREAN BANKS ESTIMATED AT 26%: REPORT.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Foreign ownership of the country's commercial banks, including portfolio investments, reached 26.3 per cent on average as of end-June, a financial institute report showed. The report compiled by the Korean Institute of Finance (KIF) also showed that the ...
INDIA SHOULD RECORD 14% EXPORT GROWTH FOR 8% GDP: PLANNERS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Planning Commission of India said exports should grow by 14 per cent if an over 8.0 per cent GDP growth rate is to be achieved, and asked the industry to shun all bias against liberalisation of imports and foreign investment. "The principal ...
INDONESIA HOSTS 2.6 MLN TOURISTS IN JAN-OCT, BELOW TARGET.
Dec 01, 2003 ... DENPASAR, Bali, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia from January to October this year reached 2.6 million people, foreign cooperation spokesman at the Ministry of Cultural and Tourism, Thamrin Bachri said Sunday. "However, the number is below ...
ETHICAL MANAGEMENT IN VOGUE IN SOUTH KOREA: SURVEY.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's listed companies are increasingly adopting codes of ethical management amid growing social concerns about corrupt relationships between business and political circles, according to a survey. The survey, conducted by the Federation of ...
HOUSING DEMAND REQUIRES 20 CITIES TO BE BUILT IN KOREA BY 2012.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea needs more than 20 new towns across the country over the next decade to meet the rising demand for new apartments and other homes, a state-run think tank forecast. The Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), affiliated with ...
FOREIGN TOURISTS VISITING BALI UP 20.14% IN OCT YEAR-ON-YEAR.
Dec 01, 2003 ... DENPASAR, Bali, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali last October was recorded at 97,435, an increase of 20.14 per cent compared to the same month last year, an official said. "Number of foreign travellers visiting ...
FOREIGNERS REDUCE CREDIT CARD SPENDING IN KOREA THIS YEAR.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Foreigners have charged less to South Korean credit cards this year as the number of foreign tourists fell due to the North Korean nuclear standoff and the outbreak of SARS, a lending industry group said Sunday. In the first nine months of 2003, foreign ...
INDONESIA SHOWS TRADE DEFICIT WITH THAILAND IN JAN-OCT.
Dec 01, 2003 ... JAKARTA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The trade balance between Indonesia and Thailand during the January-August 2003 period showed a deficit of US$355.6 million in favour of Thailand. Report from Trade and Industry Ministry Attache in Bangkok on Thursday stated that the deficit had ...
KOREA'S MANUFACTURING BUSINESS TO WORSEN IN Q1 OF 2004: SURVEY.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The business sentiment in South Korea's manufacturing sector is forecast to further deteriorate in the first quarter of next year, the fifth straight quarter-to-quarter contraction, a leading business survey indicated. According to the Korea Chamber of ...
ZEE NETWORK (UK) WINS BEST PRACTICE AWARD.
Dec 01, 2003 ... LONDON, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Zee network (UK) has won the Leadership in Best Practice Award at the first ever Multicultural Awards of Competitiveness and Enterprise 2003. The awards are sponsored by the UK Trade and Investment in collaboration with Luton Borough Council, Business ...
KOREA'S SEMICONDUCTOR TRADE DEFICIT SWELLS TO LARGEST EVER.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean trade of semiconductors suffered its largest-ever deficit from January to October, the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) said today. The data suggested that the Korean chip-making business is increasingly relying on imports of ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN WEAKER - DEC 1, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian share market was weaker at the open, with investors focused on economic fundamentals and on the prospect of a rate rise by the Reserve Bank of Australia this week. The central bank could increase rates by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent ...
INDIA SAYS IGNORING THIRD WORLD CONCERNS COULD BE DISASTROUS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Ahead of the WTO General Council, India on Saturday warned that ignorance of developmental concerns of poorer countries could lead to disastrous consequences of future discussions on the international trading regime. "We have to recognise that ...
SURGING CREDIT DELINQUENCY POSES SOCIOECONOMIC DILEMMA IN KOREA.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - According to the Korea Federation of Banks, the number of individual credit delinquents hit 3,596,168 in October, up 2.69 per cent from a month ago. The figure means that 15.5 out of every 100 of the nation's 23.2 million economically-active people aged ...
PIAGGIO TO ROLL OUT 4-WHEELER, PUMP IN US$21 MLN IN INDIA.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Italian automaker Piaggio would launch four vehicles, including a 4-wheeler in India by 2004 and source auto components worth 120 million euro (US$144 million), a top company official said on Friday. The company would also invest Rs 1000 million ...
REGULAR AIRLINE SERVICE BETWEEN SEOUL, JAPAN'S HANEDA OPENS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Regular airline service between Gimpo International Airport in Seoul and Haneda International Airport in Tokyo opened Sunday as part of the outcome of agreements from a June 7 Korea-Japan summit in Tokyo. The Korea Airports Corp. (KAC) held a ceremony ...
INDIA TARGETS $3.5 BLN IN EXPORTS TO LATIN AMERICA: OFFICIAL.
Dec 01, 2003 ... MUMBAI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - India has targeted to more than double its exports to Latin American countries at $3.5 billion in the next three years, a senior External Affairs Ministry (MEA) official said on Friday. "Latin Amrican nations are moving towards economic integration, ...
227,000 CHAEBOL JOBS SLASHED SINCE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Labor said Sunday that 227,000 jobs were slashed from South Korean chaebol companies since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. It said the findings reflect the level of restructuring instigated by large companies as well as explain why ...
KOREAN GOLD IMPORTS SURGE.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's gold imports registered US$1.82 billion based on Friday's won-dollar exchange rate during the first 10 months of this year, the Bank of Korea said. The imports for the 10 months exceeded the $1.63 billion and 1.74 billion worth imported ...
INDIA'S KERALA STATE GOVT TO SEEK MORE ADB LOANS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... THRISSUR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Kerala government would seek more loans from Asian Development Bank for development of the state despite opposition from various quarters, state Finance Minister K Sankaranarayanan said on Friday. He said the entire process of taking loans from ADB ...
INDIA'S SOFTWARE EXPORTS TO HIT $11 BLN THIS YEAR: MINISTER.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Lauding the role of Infotech professionals in changing world's perception about the country, India's IT and Communications Minister Arun Shourie on Friday said software exports were expected to touch US$11 billion this year. "IT is one of the ...
KOREAN STOCKS EXPECTED TO EASE THIS WEEK: ANALYSTS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's main stock market is expected to retreat a little this week because of a lack of momentum, analysts said. Foreign and retail investors are hesitating more and more to buy shares and program selling is likely to exceed program buying this ...
OIL PRICES MIXED LEADING UP TO OPEC GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Global oil prices were mixed as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) prepared to hold a general assembly to debate production output and prices, the Korea National Oil Corp. said Saturday. The state-run corporation said the price of ...
S. KOREA, U.S., JAPAN TO HOLD STRATEGY MEETING THIS WEEK.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Senior diplomats from South Korea, the United States and Japan will meet in Washington this week to discuss joint strategies ahead of soon-to-be-held multilateral talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, officials said Friday. Attending the ...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... HONG KONG, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE STANDARD: - The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has been conducting regular inspections of fund managers and has not taken disciplinary action this year. - Property transactions ...
INDIA'S GOLD OUTPUT UP 193% IN APR-OCT 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - India's gold production increased 193 per cent to 4941.37 kg during April-October 2003 as against 1687.5 kg produced during the same period last year. The production target for the 7-month ...
LNM GROUP BIDS FOR PRIVATISED ASSETS OF POLISH STEEL PLANT.
Dec 01, 2003 ... LONDON, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Non-Resident Indian steel baron L N Mittal's LNM group has submitted an offer for the privatisation of selected production assets of Poland's leading steel company Huta Czestochowa. Huta Czestochowa (HCz) is Poland's leading producer of steel plate, ...
TAIWAN, PHILIPPINES TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC COOPERATION.
Dec 01, 2003 ... MANILA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan and the Philippines will further strengthen cooperation in the fields of trade and economics, Taiwan Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-hsiang said Saturday at the end of an annual ministerial-level Taipei-Manila economic conference. ...
INDIAN PM CONDEMNS OPPOSITION TO BPO IN EU, US.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - India on Saturday came out heavily against opposition to business process outsourcing in EU and US and said in the absence of a liberal regime for free movement of professionals, such outsourcing was inevitable. "If there is a more liberal regime of ...
FORUM ON TAIWAN-MACAU TIES OPENS IN MACAU.
Dec 01, 2003 ... MACAU, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - A forum on Taiwan-Macau relations opened in Macau Sunday with the participation of scholars and experts from Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. The agenda of the two-day conference focuses on exploring ways to promote Taiwan-Macau exchanges in ...
TATA CONSULTANCY SVCS EXPANDS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE IN CHINA.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services will expand its 1-year old China software development centre in a big way over the next couple of years. "We have at present about 130 people in China. We will grow there significantly. It ...
NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO AID TAIWAN'S TAOYUAN.
Dec 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said Sunday that people in Taoyuan will benefit greatly from the proposed 10 new major construction projects. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has proposed spending NT$500 billion ...
WEEKLY BSE REVIEW - WEEK ENDING NOV 29, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... MUMBAI, Nov 29 Asia Pulse - A strong stocks rally lifted the sensex to near 5060-resistance, netting a sharp upswing by 4.26% over the week on the Bombay Stock Exchange on hectic buying prompted by increased participation of retail investors as well as domestic mutual funds. The ...
NEARLY 90% OF TAIWAN COS PLAN TO RECRUIT MORE STAFF: SURVEY.
Dec 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - With the economy turning around, some 87 per cent of enterprises in Taiwan are planning to hire more staff, according to the results of a survey released Saturday. The survey, conducted by the online human resources company www.104.com.tw, found that ...
TAIWAN GOV'T TO PUSH TELECOM INDUSTRY VIA NEW PROGRAM.
Dec 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Under the government's "Challenge 2008" program, the telecommunications industry is expected to become the country's third industry to reach production value of over a trillion new Taiwan dollars (US$29.4 billion), President Chen Shui-bian said. ...
OVER-SHIPMENTS LEAD TO EU EMBARGO ON PAKISTAN YARN EXPORTS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... KARACHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The European Union (EU) has placed an embargo on the import of yarn (category 1) due to shipments made in excess in the quota ceiling, the exporters said. According to the shipment figure in cat-1 shown on the EU website, they said that the working ...
TAIWAN SEEKING TO SIGN FTAS WITH TRADING PARTNERS: OFFICIAL.
Dec 01, 2003 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan will continue to do its utmost in seeking to sign free trade agreements with its trading partners, a trade official said Saturday. Liang Kuo-hsin, deputy director-general of the Bureau of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economic Affairs ...
TAIWAN ECONOMICS MINISTER MEETS PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE MINISTER.
Dec 01, 2003 ... MANILA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan Minister of Economic Affairs Lin Yi-fu held talks with Philippine Minister of Agriculture Luis Lorenzo Friday in Manila, exchanging views on the cooperation in agriculture and fishery between the two countries. ...
INDIA'S CRUDE OIL IMPORTS JUMP 5.3% TO 51.9 MT IN APR-OCT.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - India's crude oil imports have jumped 5.3 per cent to 51.928 million tonnes in the first 7 months of the current fiscal as against 49.289 million tonnes in the same period last fiscal. Crude imports by public sector oil firms went up by 5.1 per cent ...
TAIWAN'S ANNUAL INFLATION RATE 3.6 PCT AS OF NOV: NSO.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's annual inflation rate as of November was 3.6 per cent, the National Statistical Office (NSO) said today. The NSO also reported that consumer prices edged down 0.2 per cent last month because agricultural and fruit produce shipments ...
KOREA'S KOOKMIN BANK TO MERGE LUXEMBOURG, LONDON OFFICES.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Kookmin Bank (KSE:60000), the nation's largest lender, will merge and downgrade its affiliates in Luxembourg and London into one branch as part of efforts to streamline its overseas operations, the head of the bank said Monday. "We'll also reorganize ...
LG ELECTRONICS, HYUNDAI MOTOR AGREE ON TECHNICAL TIE-UP.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - LG Electronics Inc. (KSE:66570) and the Hyundai Motor Group have agreed on a technical association in the car multimedia field, industry sources said Monday. They said the two recently signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in multimedia ...
INDIAN PM CAUTIONS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AGAINST NON-TARIFF BARRIERS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Cautioning developed countries against imposing non-tariff barriers, India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday said popular support for economic liberalisation will collapse if the developmental concerns of the poorer countries are not addressed ....
SINGAPORE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SINGAPORE, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE STRAITS TIMES - The Government yesterday hardened its stand on Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilots, saying it will tighten the law to remove union members' right to have the final say in any negotiations ...
THAI NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... BANGKOK, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE BANGKOK POST: - Exports hit an all-time high of US$7.3 billion in October, pointing to steady growth in consumption and the economy, according to the Bank of Thailand. - No resolution on the ...
JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: NIKKEI NET - Microsoft Co., the Japanese arm of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., will collaborate with Nihon Unisys Ltd. (8056) to construct banking systems based entirely on personal computer servers ...
FIRST PAKISTAN-BUILT SUBMARINE TO BE INDUCTED INTO NAVY TODAY.
Dec 01, 2003 ... KARACHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The first Pakistan-manufactured submarine, the 'Sa'ad', will be supplied to the Pakistan Navy today. Pakistan stepped into submarine manufacturing after the transfer of the French technology. Under an agreement with France, Pakistan was granted ...
KOREAN COMPANIES REELING FROM AMBUSH ATTACKS IN IRAQ.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The shooting deaths of two Korean workers and the wounding of two others in Iraq Monday sent major Korean companies scrambling to take measures to strengthen the safety of their own workers in the war-ravaged country. Samsung Electronics Co ....
HYUNDAI CORP. TO SUPPLY ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS TO THAILAND.
Dec 01, 2003 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Hyundai Corporation will supply electronic products bearing its trademark to Thailand's market, the company said Monday. According to the firm, Hyundai will provide products such as PDP TVs, DVD players and mobile phones through the French distribution ...