AsiaPulse News back issues from December 2005:
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS STRONGER - DEC 1, 2005.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar opened marginally stronger today as the US dollar gave back gains made on a report showing US inflation is still tame, while investors await the European Central Bank's rate decision tonight. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2005.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - Mother of condemned Australian Nguyen Tuong Van begs authorities to have a final embrace with her son before he dies. Bashed teenager Lauren Huxley shows signs of recovery. The number ...
MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY SOFTENS IN NOVEMBER.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Manufacturing activity in Australia softened in November, due to weak domestic spending, cost pressures and weakness in residential construction. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Australian performance of manufacturing index ...
JAMES HARDIE COMPENSATION DEAL DUE FOR CLOSURE TODAY.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - A long-awaited compensation deal for asbestos disease victims is expected to be signed by the board of James Hardie Industries today. But a stand-off is looming between the building products company and the federal government over tax concessions on ...
BLOWOUT EXPECTED FOR AUSTRALIAN CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT.
Dec 01, 2005 ... CANBERRA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - New figures due out today are expected to show another blowout in Australia's current account deficit. Economists expect figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics will show the current account rising to about $A13 billion ($US9.58 billion) for ...
SNOWY MOUNTAINS HYDRO SCHEME MAY LIST IN AUSTRALIA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's iconic Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme could be listed on the stock exchange under a proposal being considered by the NSW, Victorian and federal governments. Snowy Hydro Ltd managing director Terry Charlton said today that the three ...
CALL FOR SOUTH KOREAN BANKS TO IMPROVE LENDING SKILLS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 Asia Pulse - South Korea needs to invite foreign management to run local banks to develop better lending skills, an official of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Wednesday. Randall Jones, the head of the Geneva-based OECD's ...
INDIA CALLS FOR DEBT SWAP BY DEVELOPING NATIONS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... BEIJING, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - India has urged the international community to provide more aid to developing countries and to allow debt swapping, which will help them to devote more financial resources to realise the ambitious Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of 'Education for All' by 2015 ....
ONGC RANKED AS INDIA'S BIGGEST WEALTH CREATOR.
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Having acquired a Rs 1258.74 billion ($US27.4 billion) market cap by 2005, the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been ranked the 'Biggest Wealth Creator' by Indian Capital Markets. ONGC has emerged as the biggest wealth creator, ...
INDIA'S ASIA CRYO-CELL TO EXPAND NETWORK TO 24 CITIES.
Dec 01, 2005 ... BANGALORE, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Chennai-based cord blood bank, Asia CRYO-CELL plans to expand its network of marketing and collection centres to 24 cities, including six overseas like Dubai, Colombo and Kuala Lumpur, within two years, senior company executives said on Wednesday. ...
XAAR OF UK TO ADD 8 MORE OE PARTNERS IN INDIA BY 2006.
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - UK-based high-end inkjet printing technlogy product maker Xaar on Wednesday said it would add eight original equipment partners by next year as the company looks to double its growth in India. "Despite our relatively new presence here in India we ...
HEAD OF BRITISH TRADE OFFICE ADVOCATES DIRECT CROSS-STRAIT FLIGHTS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan should allow direct flights across the Taiwan Strait to enhance its regional and international competitiveness, Derek Marsh, outgoing director-general of the British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO) said Wednesday. Marsh, who is about to leave ...
TAIWAN TO HOLD 2ND NATIONAL ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.
Dec 01, 2005 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Premier Frank Hsieh said Wednesday that the administration will see to it that a second national economic conference is held prior to the Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan. 29, 2006. Following a recent announcement by President Chen Shui-bian that ...
TAIWAN-JAPAN BUSINESS CONFERENCE OPENS IN TOKYO.
Dec 01, 2005 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The 30th Taiwan-Japan Economic and Trade Conference opened in Tokyo Wednesday, attended by some 90 officials from the two countries. Addressing the opening ceremony, Lo Fu-chen, president of the Association of East Asian Relations (AEAR) , called for ...
TAIPEI TO HOST FORUM ON TRADE FAIRS IN SOUTH KOREA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - A Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) mission will hold a seminar Thursday in Taipei to invite Taiwan businesses to participate in a series of trade fairs from April next year in South Korea. According to mission leader Kim Young Seok, ...
TAIWAN TO ALLOW IN 20,000 FOREIGN WORKERS FROM 2006.
Dec 01, 2005 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - A total of 20,000 foreign workers will be allowed to be imported into Taiwan next year for certain manufacturing jobs in 19 industries, a spokesman for the Cabinet-level Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced Thursday. The 20,000-head quota will be ...
HEINZ INDIA IN TIE UP WITH LANKAN FIRM TO DISTRIBUTE DILMAH TEA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Food company Heinz India on Wednesday said it has entered into a partnership with Sri Lankan tea maker MJF Teas Limited to distribute latter's 'Dilmah' brand of tea in the country. Heinz's sales director K Dasaratharman said the tea distribution ...
FOREX - US DOLLAR ENDS DEARER AGAINST RUPEE - NOV 30, 2005.
Dec 01, 2005 ... MUMBAI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse- The US Dollar ended dearer against the rupee at Rs 45.9350 per dollar and the Pound Sterling turned expensive at Rs 79.30 per pound at the close ...
STOCKS - BSE CLOSES LOWER - NOV 30, 2005.
Dec 01, 2005 ... MUMBAI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - In highly volatile trading, the Bombay Stock Exchange's sensex on Wednesday suffered a massive 265.19 point loss on sudden bouts of selling pressure towards the end of trade and closed 142.35 points down at 8,788.81. The market opened firmer and ...
S. KOREAN MANUFACTURERS' BIZ SENTIMENT EDGES DOWN IN DEC: INDEX.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean manufacturers' business confidence inched down for December, according to a central bank survey released Thursday. The business survey index (BSI), a barometer of manufacturers' business expectations, fell to 86 this month from 87 in ...
TAIWAN PREMIER UNVEILS MEASURES TO BOOST ECONOMY.
Dec 01, 2005 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Premier Frank Hsieh unveiled Wednesday a series of measures to boost the economy, which include relieving the tax burden on taxpayers to stimulate consumer spending. Others include promoting the growing of biomass energy crops, stepping up urban ...
TUNA ASSOCIATION WANTS TAIWAN GOV'T TO BUY BACK FISHING VESSELS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... KAOHSIUNG, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Taiwan Tuna Association asked the government Wednesday to buy back domestic fishing boats' whose operations are set to be affected by a sanction meted out by a world fishing organization. The association demanded the government purchase the ...
TAIWAN GOV'T SHOULD ASSIST MICRO BUSINESSES: ANALYSIS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... TAIPEI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Micro businesses are the backbone of Taiwan's economy and the government should provide them with adequate assistance in creating more added value, according to a recent analysis published by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). In 2001, there were ...
SAMSUNG PLANS HANDSET MANUFACTURING PLANT IN HARYANA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... CHANDIGARH, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Samsung Telecommunications has huge investment plans for Haryana and to begin with will set up a US$15 million mobile handset manufacturing facility in the state. The company's president Ki Tae Lee disclosed this to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh ...
JONES LANG LASALLE TO ADD SIX NEW OFFICES IN INDIA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Global real estate consulting firm Jones Lang LaSalle has devised aggressive plans to expand its Indian operation by doubling offices, besides increasing its headcount to 3,000 from the present 800 in the next three to four years - a pointer to the country's ...
SOUTH KOREA, OMAN AGREE TO BOOST TIES AS GATEWAYS TO ASIA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... MUSCAT, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan held talks with Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmood Al-Said on Wednesday and the two countries agreed to enhance cooperation. Lee and Fahd concurred that the two countries should adopt a key role as ...
SEMINDIA PARTNERS WITH GOVT, AMD TO INVEST US$3 BLN IN CHIP FAB.
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Even as the government's announcement on Intel's chip testing unit in India is yet to take-off, SemIndia, a consortium of overseas Indians, on Wednesday announced plans to invest US$3 billion in an advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility in the country ...
JAPANESE FIRM SUES S. KOREAN TEXTILE PRODUCER FOR INFRINGEMENT.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Japanese fibermaker Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp. said Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit against a South Korean textile maker for allegedly infringing on its patented technology. The company said that components of a spandex product from Hyosung Corp., a ...
FOREX - DOLLAR OPENS HIGHER AGAINST WON - DEC 1, 2005.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The dollar opened at 1036.00 won this ...
SOCIETE GENERALE LAUNCHES PRIVATE BANKING IN INDIA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Expecting the Indian economy to sustain 7-9 per cent growth, leading French bank Societe Generale on Wednesday lauched a private banking facility to tap US$560 billion assets of the growing sector of wealthy Indians. SG Private Banking, the private ...
SHANGHAI TO GIVE PRIORITY TO NEW MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT.
Dec 01, 2005 ... BEIJING, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Shanghai will give priority to the development of the new materials industry during the 2006-2010 period, and build new materials innovation, production and export bases. According to information released at the 2005 Shanghai forum on development ...
O2 LAUNCHES MICROSOFT-BASED HANDSET XDA ATOM IN INDIA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Cellular handset maker O2 on Wednesday launched in the Indian market the "world's smallest multimedia PDA-phone", the Xda Atom, with multiple features specially designed to suit the requirements of professionals. "The portable powerhouse works on ...
O'NEIL INTRODUCES PRINTPAD 7900.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire - AsiaNet/ -- Rugged Portable Printer Designed Exclusively to Integrate With Hand Held Products' Dolphin 7900 Mobile Computer O'Neil Product Development, Inc., manufacturer ...
MATCHROOM SPORT PARTNERS FLW OUTDOORS FOR WORLDWIDE TV DISTRIBUTION.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) MINNEAPOLIS, MN., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire - AsiaNet/ -- America's largest, most prestigious fishing tournaments to reach 300 million households worldwide FLW Outdoors announced today that it has given worldwide ...
CHINA TO UP SUPERVISION OVER FOREIGN CAPITAL IN REAL ESTATE MKT.
Dec 01, 2005 ... BEIJING, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - China will strengthen its supervision and management of foreign capital entering the country's real estate market, the People's Bank of China (PBC), the country's central bank announced recently. Supervision and management of flow of trade credit ...
KOMAG TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING INVESTOR CONFERENCE.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Komag, Incorporated (Nasdaq: KOMG), a leading independent supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, today announced that the Company will participate in the following ...
INDIA TOPS THE LIST OF REJECTED FOOD AND DRUG EXPORTS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... NEW DELHI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - India has topped the list for rejected food and drug export consignments to the US, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry E V K S Elangovan said the US Food and Drug Administration ...
SERVERSIDE EXTENDS POSITION AS MARKET LEADER FOR CARDHOLDER DESIGNED CARDS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Serverside Group Limited: Serverside consolidates emerging market position 2005 has been an excellent year for the company. Among Serverside's customers now offering ...
CHINA'S FARM PRODUCE EXPORT FACES TOUGH TIMES NEXT YR: OFFICIAL.
Dec 01, 2005 ... BEIJING, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - China's farm produce export next year will face a tough situation due to the new food safety regulations to be implemented by Japan and the European Union, said Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Yu Guangzhou here Tuesday. Yu made the remarks at an ...
ANALOGICTECH UNVEILS NEW CURRENT-OUTPUT CHARGE PUMP.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- 32-Step Serial Control Interface Supports Fine Adjustment of Brightness Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated (AnalogicTech) (Nasdaq: AATI), a ...
SOUTH KOREA'S CONSUMER PRICES RISE 2.4 PCT IN NOVEMBER.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's consumer prices moved up a mild 2.4 per cent from an year earlier in November, mainly due to a fall in agricultural, petroleum and industrial prices, a government report showed Thursday. The inflation figure, which is below the 2.8 per ...
A.M. BEST AFFIRMS RATING OF SAMSUNG FIRE & MARINE.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd (Samsung) (South Korea). Concurrently, A.M. Best ...
LOW DEBT AND DISCIPLINE SECURE AUSTRALIA'S TOP CREDIT RATING.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Low levels of debt and strong financial discipline continue to secure the Australian government top marks from a leading credit agency. Standard and Poor's (S&P) Wednesday affirmed Australia's top level AAA long term and A1-plus short term credit ...
JAPAN CONSERVATION ENGINEERS WINS 2005 BE AWARD.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Japan Conservation Engineers Co., Ltd. has won a 2005 BE Award for its Examples of Construction of Landslide GIS project in the Akita, Yamagata, and Kanagawa prefectures in Japan. The ...
S&P CUTS AUSTRALIAN GAS LIGHT RATING AFTER SOUTHERN HYDRO DEAL.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - International ratings agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has cut the Australian Gas Light Co's (AGL) (ASX:AGL) credit rating after the completion of the company's A$1.425 billion (US$1.05 billion) acquisition of Southern Hydro. AGL bought the ...
TVI ACTORS STUDIO GIVES CHANCE TO MAKE IT BIG IN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Here's your chance to meet an A-list Hollywood manager, agent and acting school owner. In Los Angeles and New York you soon realize it's all about connections. Alan ...
CISCO CRS-1 CARRIER ROUTING SYSTEM TAKES CHINANET IP NGN TO NEW LEVELS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Cisco Systems(R) today announced that China Telecom will adopt the Cisco(R) CRS-1 Carrier Routing System to integrate the supercore network nodes of ChinaNet, the largest Internet Protocol ...
COSMIC BLOBS 3D GRAPHICS SOFTWARE BEGINS RETAIL SALES IN JAPAN.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced that its Cosmic Blobs 3D graphics software for kids is now available for retail sale in Japan. ...
FIDELITY, FMR CORP ACQUIRE 3,43,080 SHARES IN INDIA'S INFOSYS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... MUMBAI, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Foreign Institutional Investors, Fidelity International and FMR Corp have acquired 3,43,080 shares in Infosys Technologies Ltd (BSE:500209). The shares amounting to 0.13 per cent of Infosys' total paid up capital were acquired on November 25, the ...
SENSIS LAUNCHES ESTARA CLICK TO CALL BETA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2005--Earlier this week, Sensis - Australia's leading information resource - launched a pay-per-call pilot on its search engine, sensis.com.au, powered by eStara's click to call technology. ...
SOUTH KOREA BEGINS WORLD'S FIRST TERRESTRIAL MOBILE TV SERVICE.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea launched the world's first terrestrial mobile TV service on Thursday, making a step forward toward a "ubiquitous era" that promises to enable people to watch TV anywhere and anytime. South Korea's four major local broadcasting companies -- ...
SELENIUM, INSTITUTE TO TEST SELENIUM-COATED CONTACT LENSES.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) AUSTIN, Texas & LUBBOCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Emergent Technologies Inc. ("ETI") of Austin announced today that one of its WesTech Ventures I, L.P. portfolio companies, Selenium Ltd., has entered into an ...
NEW AT&T TO BEGIN TRADING UNDER "T" TICKER SYMBOL.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--One of the most-recognized ticker symbols in the global investment community will return to the Dow 30 tomorrow as the new AT&T begins trading under the legendary "T" symbol on the New ...
ZHANG ZIYI WORE OSCAR DE LA RENTA TO 'MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA' PREMIERE.
Dec 01, 2005 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Actress Zhang Ziyi wore a dress by world-renowned designer Oscar de la Renta to the "Memoirs of a Geisha" World Premiere in Tokyo, Japan on November 29, 2005. The ...
O'SEAS FILIPINO WORKER DOLLARS SEEN AS NOT REACHING REAL ECONOMY.
Dec 01, 2005 ... MANILA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Poor Filipinos may have to wait a little longer before the improved performance of the stock market, the increase in remittances from overseas Filipino workers and the strengthening of the peso begin to effect any improvement in their quality of life, according ...
CHINA EASES LIMITS ON BRANCHES OF FOREIGN REINSURERS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... BEIJING, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - China's first general regulation governing the reinsurance market is due to take effect on December 1 and will lessen the requirements on solvency capacity of branches of foreign reinsurance companies set up in the country. In order to encourage ...
CORRECTION - AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY SOFTENS.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SYDNEY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Manufacturing activity in Australia softened in November, due to weak domestic spending, cost pressures and weakness in residential construction. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Australian performance of manufacturing index ...
WAGE HIKE IN DAVAO SEEN AS DEPENDENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH.
Dec 01, 2005 ... DAVAO CITY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Labor officials here believe that prospects for a wage increase in 2006 depends on whether the economy continues to expand in the fourth quarter. Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 11 Director Gloria Tango said this amid ...
TURKEY TO BOOST TRADE WITH INDONESIA.
Dec 01, 2005 ... JAKARTA, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Turkey wishes to increase its trade with Indonesia to US$1 billion by 2007, the head of the Turkish Export Promotion Center, Tuncer Kayalar, told newsmen here on Wednesday. "Our target for the next two years is increasing trade transactions to US$1 ...
S KOREAN EXPORTS HIT RECORD US$26 BLN IN NOVEMBER.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's exports reached an all-time monthly high of US$26.07 billion in November thanks to strong overseas demand for machinery, car parts and petrochemicals, the government said Thursday. Last month's customs-cleared exports surged 13 per cent ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN INDEX WEAKER TO NOON - DEC 1, 2005.
Dec 01, 2005 ... PERTH, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market was weaker at noon, following a negative lead from the US, which saw many stocks losing value. The gold price, which reached 18 year highs earlier this week, also continued to pull back, keeping gold stocks at bay. ...
MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2005.
Dec 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: BUSINESS TIMES: - Malaysia's economy beat market expectations in the third quarter with gross domestic product (GDP) growing 5.3 per cent, well on track to end the year with an expansion of between 5 ...
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR PHILIPPINE POULTRY SEEN IN HALAL MARKET.
Dec 01, 2005 ... DAVAO CITY, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Businesspeople in the Philippines' Mindanao see bright prospect for the poultry industry as the government of Brunei has agreed to fund the study on the Halal certification program in the island. Sebastian Angliongto, past president of the Davao ...
JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - DEC 1, 2005.
Dec 01, 2005 ... TOKYO, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: NIKKEI NET: - The agreement reached Wednesday by Rakuten Inc. (TSE:4755) and Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. (TSE:9401) calls for the virtual mall operator to withdraw its integration proposal, but vague and ...
CITIBANK KOREA'S UNION LAUNCHES TWO-DAY STRIKE.
Dec 01, 2005 ... SEOUL, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Unionized workers at Citibank Korea Inc. launched a two-day strike Thursday to protest the bank's alleged discrimination against former employees of KorAm Bank. Citibank Korea was launched in November 2004 as a result of the merger between the local ...