AsiaPulse News back issues from October 2007:
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS SHARPLY HIGHER - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar has opened near 89 US cents after strong interest in the Euro and the New Zealand dollar pushed the local currency to a fresh 18-year high against the weakening US dollar. On Friday night, the US dollar hit its lowest level ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: - Doctors in charge warn that every emergency unit in the NSW public health system is plagued with chronic management problems that jeopardise patient care. - Joyce ...
AUSTRALIA'S NEPTUNE MARINE OFFERS US$15 MLN FOR SEA-STRUCT.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Subsea engineering services company Neptune Marine Services (ASX:NMS) has put forward a A$17 million (US$15 million) bid for Sea-Struct, a manufacturer and installer of concrete stabilisation systems for subsea pipelines and cables. Neptune will pay ...
AUSTRALIA'S CSL GETS US REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR FLU VACCINE.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Biotech firm CSL Ltd (ASX:CSL) has received United States regulatory approval for its influenza virus vaccine, its first move into the US vaccine market. CSL announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration had approved the vaccine, to be ...
AUSTRALIAN BOND MARKET OPENS FLAT - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian bond market opened little changed ahead of this week's interest rate decision, despite a small decline in US Treasury prices at the weekend. At 0900 AEST, the yield on the Commonwealth Government February 2017 bond was at 6.160 per cent, ...
AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT CO. GRANDBRIDGE ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR CHANGE.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Investment company Grandbridge Ltd (ASX:GBA) has announced the resignation of its director, Charles Murphy, who will be replaced by incoming director CT Lim. Mr Murphy has resigned after three years as director due to increased commitments in other ...
PULSE HEALTH TO RELIST ON AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE TODAY.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Health services provider Pulse Health Ltd (ASX:PHG), formerly known as Biometrics Ltd, will relist on the Australian stock exchange today. Pulse, which acquired the Bega Valley Hospital for A$1.5 million (US$1.3 million), Canberra-based nurses agency, ...
AUSTRALIAN METAL RECYLER SIMS PLANS COMPANY CONSOLIDATION.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The world's largest recycler of scrap metal, Sims Group Ltd (ASX:SGM), said it would concentrate on integrating Metal Management Inc before it expanded further into the US ferrous and non-ferrous recycling markets. The planned merger, which is valued ...
AUSTRALIAN RETAILER DAVID JONES CONFIDENT ABOUT 2008 FY FIGURES.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Top-end retailer David Jones Ltd (ASX:DJS) is confident about the 2008 financial year, saying it doesn't foresee any major risks up ahead. However, a federal election date clash with the Christmas shopping season or the cancellation of the spring ...
AUSTRALIAN MINER UNFAIRLY PRESSURED FILIPINO VILLAGERS: OXFAM.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MELBOURNE, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Australian mine operator OceanaGold Ltd (ASX:OGD) used a combination of intimidation and inducements to pressure Filipino villagers to accept a proposed gold and copper mine, an Oxfam Australia report alleges. In its report on OceanaGold's Didipio ...
S. KOREAN MANUFACTURING CONFIDENCE DIPS ON OIL PRICE, CURRENCY.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean manufacturers' confidence in October fell from a month earlier as high oil prices and the local currency's strength against the U.S. dollar dampened the expectations of exporters and large corporations, the central bank said Monday. ...
S KOREA'S KTF LURES 2 MLN USERS TO 3G MOBILE SERVICE SINCE MARCH.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - KTF Co. (KSE:032390), South Korea's second-largest mobile carrier, said Sunday that the number of subscribers to its third-generation (3G) mobile service has more than doubled to 2 million in less than three months. KTF launched the 3G service "Show," ...
FOREX - US DOLLAR OPENS FIRMER AGAINST WON - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The U.S. dollar on Monday opened at 915.5 ...
DEL MONTE PACIFIC PICKS UP 40 PCT STAKE IN INDIA'S FIELDFRESH.
Oct 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - US-based food and beverage major Del Monte Pacific Ltd has picked up a 40 per cent stake in Bharti Enterprises-promoted farm venture FieldFresh. "Del Monte will bring to FieldFresh its immense strength and experience in the area of processing and ...
STOCKS - TOKYO BOURSE OPENS FLAT - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TOKYO, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Tokyo stocks inched 0.08 per cent lower Monday as the ...
PHILIPS TARGETS 35 PCT SHARE IN INDIA'S CFL SEGMENT.
Oct 01, 2007 ... KOLKATA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Philips Electronics India Ltd is targeting to capture a market share of 35 per cent in the Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) segment in the country by 2010. Marketing director of Philips (Lighting Division) Matthew Job told reporters here on Saturday ...
INDIAN BANK STOCKS INDEX RISES AS SBI AND ICICI SHOOT UP.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Bank stocks were in keen demand on Indian bourses across the board on Saturday with the Bankex index remaining the second best performer by gaining 239.74 points at 9469.26 after the segment major SBI and ICICI Bank rose smartly on heavy buying. State ...
STOCKS - SEOUL SHARES OPEN HIGHER - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks started stronger Monday as investors picked up financial and securities shares, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 9.11 points, or 0.47 percent, to 1,955.59 in the first 15 minutes of trading ....
INDIA'S ICICI BANK RAISES US$2 BLN VIA BONDS ABROAD.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - India's largest private lender, ICICI Bank (BSE:532174), on Saturday said it has raised US$2 billion from fixed rate notes through its Bahrain branch for general corporate purposes. The offering had a US$6.05 billion order book with interest from over ...
W BENGAL TO RECEIVE US$1.3 BLN INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Oct 01, 2007 ... KOLKATA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - West Bengal would receive Rs 50 billion (US$1.3 billion) investments in the renewable energy sector over the next five years, a government official said. S P Gon Chaudhuri, special secretary, Power Department, said on Saturday that in the last three ...
MORGAN STANLEY BUYS SHARES IN INDIA'S VAKRANGEE SOFTWARES.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Morgan Stanley & Co International Ltd has bought 325,000 shares of Vakrangee Softwares Ltd (BSE:511431) through the secondary market at Rs 189.95 (US$4.78) per share. With this, the total foreign institutional investor (FII) holding in the company has ...
SLOWDOWN IN INDIAN SOFTWARE SECTOR LIKELY, WARNS EXPERT.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Indian software industry could witness a slowdown with the possibility of US firms reducing their IT spends, an industry and stock market expert warned on Saturday. Despite this, the Indian economy would continue to grow rapidly as its economic ...
RAJASTHAN ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR INVESTORS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Rajasthan is bullish on investment flow to the state and expects over Rs 350 billion (US$8.8 billion) in different sectors in the next five to ten years, a top state minister has said. "Already, companies like Wipro (BSE:507685), Infosys (BSE:500209), ...
TAIWAN'S CPC CORP INCREASES OIL PRICE.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The state-run petroleum company, CPC Corp., Taiwan, will announce Oct. 1 an increase in the price of oil of NT$1.2 (US$0.04)-NT$1.3 per liter, a rise of 6.79 per cent, a company official said Saturday. According to the official, the new price system ...
HYNIX, OVONYX IN CROSS-LICENSING AGREEMENT ON NEXT-GENERATION.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean chipmaker Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (KSE:000660) said today it has reached a cross-licensing agreement with Ovonyx Inc. of the United States to develop next-generation memory chips. The deal allows Hynix, the world's second-largest maker of ...
FOOD FAIR OF TAIWAN AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS HELD IN HONG KONG.
Oct 01, 2007 ... HONG KONG, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - A food fair of Taiwanese agricultural products organized by the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) was launched Friday at the Wing On Department Store in Hong Kong, with 56 products shown for the first time in the special administrative region of China. ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN HIGHER - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MELBOURNE, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian sharemarket opened slightly higher today, despite a fall on United States markets on Friday. The major miners were higher and the big banks were mixed. By 1010 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 14.6 points to ...
INDIA'S SCI TO ACQUIRE 10 NEW STATE-OF-ART SHIPS FOR US$600 MLN.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - As a part of its tonnage acquisition and expansion plans, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) (BSE:523598)has placed orders for ten new ships worth a total of US$600 million, a top company official said. "With a view to augment our fleet capacity, ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN $ HITS RECORD HIGH AGAINST US $ - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar has hit 89 US cents for the first time since February 1989. The domestic currency reached $US0.8901 at 1031 AEST to trade up strongly from Friday's close of 0.8823/29. It opened at $US0.8881/85 today when trade opened ...
INDIA'S OUTBOUND FDI INCREASES 5-FOLD TO US$5.4 BN IN Q1.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Corporate India's overseas acquisition drive has pushed up the outbound foreign direct investment (FDI) by almost five times to US$5.4 billion during the first quarter of this fiscal year. "Outward FDI of India also showed significant increase at ...
TAIWAN'S PINGTUNG TO SET UP WORLD'S 1ST ANIMAL VACCINE LAB ZONE.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Pingtung Agricultural Biotechnology Park, eyeing the significant growth potential of the animal vaccine industry, plans to set up the world's first factory zone dedicated to the development and production of such vaccines, a park administration official said ...
AUSTRALIAN ONLINE TRAVEL COS VIE FOR TRAVEL.COM.AU.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Online accommodation search web site Wotif.com (ASX:WTF) has made a A$49.8 million (US$43.9 million) off-market takeover bid for Travel.com.au Ltd (ASX:TVL). Wotif.com is offering TVL shareholders either 0.50 in cash per TVL share, or between 0.0893 ...
TAIWAN GOVT URGED TO HELP DEVELOP BIOTECH INDUSTRY.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The chairman of the non-profit Taiwan Foundation for the Development of Biomedical Technology (TFDBT) urged the government Friday to increase investment in the biotechnology industry in order to boost the sector's global market share to 5 per cent from the ...
MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: BUSINESS TIMES: - Synergy Drive Bhd, which will become the world's largest listed plantation firm, has finalised the full line-up of its board of directors. - Tradewinds Corp Bhd is due to ...
GOVT VEHICLES IN TAIPEI BEGIN TO RUN ON BIOFUEL.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Minister of Economic Affairs Steve R.L. Chen activated a "green government vehicle" program Saturday, kicking off an order that all vehicles owned by the central government and the Taipei municipal government have to use E3 biofuel from that day on. ...
AUSTRALIA'S ARROW ENERGY SPARKS TIES WITH INDONESIA'S PERTAMINA.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Arrow Energy NL (ASX:AOE) has struck two agreements with Indonesia's state-owned oil company, Pertamina, and its upstream subsidiary, Pertamina EP. Pertamina is Indonesia's second biggest oil and gas producer. The company produces more than ...
MALAYSIAN PM URGES BURMA TO RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI.
Oct 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - Malaysia has called for the release of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees in Myanmar, also known as Burma. This call was made by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi when he addressed the 62nd United Nations ...
AUSTRALIAN DKN OFFERS US$2.65 MLN TO APPEASE WESTPOINT INVESTORS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 AAP - DKN Financial Group (ASX:DKN) has increased an offer to clients it advised to invest in failed property developer Westpoint to A$3 million. DKN said today it had agreed to offer creditors of its advisory arm Deakin Financial Services (DFS) A$3 million ...
INDIA'S RELIANCE ENERGY REPORTED TO BE MULLING IPO OF SUBSIDIARY.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - A subsidiary of Anil Ambani group company Reliance Energy (BSE:500390) may be looking at an option of an initial public offer of up to US$3 billion as part of resource mobilisation for setting up power plants. The belief was generated from some ...
M&M EXEC APPOINTED CHAIRMAN EMERITUS FOR INDO-FRENCH CHAMBER.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Sep 29 Asia Pulse - Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Satyrday appointed Mahindra & Mahindra (BSE:500520) executive director Arun Nanda as its Chairman Emeritus. He has been president of the chamber for six years since 2001. "Nanda's contribution ...
AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE HALTS COMMANDER COMMUNICATIONS TRADE.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Shares in business telecommunications company Commander Communications Ltd (ASX:CDR) have been suspended from trading on the Australian stock exchange (ASX) pending the company's lodgement of its statutory accounts for the 2007 financial year. "Given ...
84% OF TAIWAN OFFICE WORKERS WANT TO ENTER HI-TECH INDUSTRY: SURVEY.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Nearly 84 per cent of office workers who responded to a recent survey expressed their desire to enter the hi-tech industry, according to the survey results released Saturday. The survey, conducted by the online employment service provider 1111 Job ...
BRITAIN WANTS ASEAN TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON MYANMAR.
Oct 01, 2007 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Britain would like to see Malaysia and other Asean member countries continue to maintain pressure on the Myanmar government until Yangon stopped supressing its people and engaged in a genuine democratisation process, said its High Commissioner to Malaysia ...
N. KOREA STRESSES UNITY WITH S. KOREA AHEAD OF SUMMIT.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - North Korea stressed the need for reconciliation with South Korea Saturday ahead of this week's second inter-Korean summit, arguing the two longtime rivals should develop warmer ties to stave off outside influence. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun ...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... HONG KONG, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: - Six of HSBC Holdings (SEHK:0005) ' largest institutional shareholders are set to publicly declare their support for a campaign launched by shareholder activist Knight Vinke ...
TAIWAN MANUFACTURERS HOPE FOR STABLE POLITICAL SITUATION: POLL.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Approximately 34 per cent of local manufacturers who responded to a recent survey said that maintaining political stability is what they most like to see the government do to improve the domestic investment climate, according to the results of the poll released ...
ANAGRAN NAMES BILL BECKETT VP AND GM OF ASIA SALES OPERATIONS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) (BW)(CA-ANAGRAN) Anagran Names Bill Beckett VP and General Manager of Asia Sales Operations SINGAPORE & REDWOOD CITY, California (BUSINESS WIRE) Oct 1, 2007 - Anagran, Inc., the sole provider of intelligent flow-based ...
WI-MAX IS HOTTEST NEW TECHNOLOGY F0R AUSTRALIAN TELCOS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Licensed WiMax broadband spectrum is now the hottest property on the telco block, with the two firms that control most of it enjoying share price surges fuelled by corporate dealmaking. WiMax is an emerging technology to deliver high-speed wireless ...
MORE AUSTRALIAN MINING COS BEING LISTED ON TORONTO BOURSE.
Oct 01, 2007 ... PERTH, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The steady trickle of Australian mining companies listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has become a stream. Liam Twigger, director of Prime Corporate Finance, a corporate advisory firm specialising in TSX listings, said Australian companies had ...
CLOAKWARE'S ROBUST-READY DTCP-IP INTEGRATED IN TEXAS INSTRUMENTS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) (BW)(VA-CLOAKWARE) Cloakware's Robust-Ready DTCP-IP Integrated in Texas Instruments' DaVinci(TM) Technology Solutions Combined solution leverages programmable TI DaVinci technology, allowing consumer electronics ...
INDONESIA EXPECTS 7.5 MLN FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) had predicted that about 7.5 million foreign tourists would visit Indonesia in 2007, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said here. "PATA has predicted that Indonesia will be visited by 7.5 million ...
S KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - OCT 1, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct. 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: Vernacular dailies -- Roh may propose opening representative offices in each other's countries at summit (Kookmin Daily) -- S. Korea to propose peace region in West Sea to N. Korea (Kyunghyang ...
SOUTH KALIMANTAN PLANNING TO DEVELOP INT'L SEAPORT.
Oct 01, 2007 ... BANJARMASIN, S KALIMANTAN, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The South Kalimantan provincial administration is planing to develop Batulicin port on the province's east coast into an international seaport, an official said. "Batulicin port is a natural seaport which can be turned into a ...
TELECOMS INDUSTRY IN INDONESIA STILL OPEN FOR DEVELOPMENT: EXEC.
Oct 01, 2007 ... YOGYAKARTA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The telecommunications industry in Indonesia is still open to further development, both in terms of technology and public service. "Many investors are still keenly interested in the development of the telecommunications industry in Indonesia, in ...
SHANGHAI, S'PORE, TOKYO AMONG TOP ASIA PAC CITIES FOR REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT.(Company overview)
Oct 01, 2007 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR27721 Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo Among Top Asia Pacific Cities for Real Estate Investment: Emerging Trends in Real Estate(R) Asia Pacific 2008 SINGAPORE, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- ...
S. KOREAN EXPORTS DIP 0.4 PCT ON-YEAR IN SEPTEMBER.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean exports dropped 0.4 per cent from a year ago to US$29.5 billion in September due largely to the long thanksgiving holiday, a government report showed Monday. The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said that despite strong gains in ...
S. KOREAN MOBILE CARRIERS BRACE FOR LOOMING PRICE COMPETITION.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Hard pressed by the government and civic groups, South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. (KSE:017670) recently announced a long-awaited but controversial discount scheme beginning next month to reduce their customers' growing communications spending. ...
BUSINESS WIRE DAILY SUMMARY - SEPT 28, 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A summary of news releases for September 28, 2007, compiled by Business Wire, the global leader in news distribution. To view any of these news release on Business Wire's website, please go to www.businesswire.com. 1) Category Code: Health SHOT IN THE ARM: SOUTH ...
VERIZON BUSINESS CUSTOMERS ACCESS NEXT-GEN SOLUTIONS IN CHINA.
Oct 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR27728 Verizon Business Customers Access Next-Generation Convergence Solutions Through Partnership With China Telecom BEIJING, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Agreement Extends Benefits for ...
INDONESIAN FINANCE MINISTER REVOKES LICENSES OF 13 INSURERS.
Oct 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The finance minister has as of April 5, 2007, revoked the licenses of 13 companies engaged in insurance related businesses, an official said here on Friday. Of the 13 companies, 11 had their licenses revoked because they had failed to improve their ...
CHIVAS REGAL LAUNCHES NEW LUXURY WHISKY.
Oct 01, 2007 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR27725 Chivas Regal Launches New Luxury Whisky NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- First bottle of Chivas Regal 25 Year Old unveiled to the world in New York ...
S. KOREA RANKED 18TH WORLDWIDE IN FOREX TURNOVER.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's global ranking in terms of the turnover of traditional foreign exchange transactions, including spot transactions, forwards and foreign exchange swaps, fell three notches from three years earlier to 18th this year, the central bank said Sunday. ...
INDONESIAN MINISTRY TO OPEN AGRIBUSINESS MARKETS IN 34 PROVINCES.
Oct 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Agriculture Ministry is ready to develop agribusiness markets in 34 provinces in 2008 to make it easier for farmers to sell their products in urban centers directly, its chief said. Speaking at the inauguration of a weekend market at Jakarta's ...
MALAYSIA HOPES FOR TWO MLN TOURISTS FROM INDONESIA IN 2007.
Oct 01, 2007 ... NUSA DUA, Bali, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Malaysian Tourism Promotion Director General Dato Mirza Mohammad Taiyab hoped the number of Indonesian tourists coming to Malaysia in 2007 would reach two million. "We hope that the number of Indonesian tourists visiting our country would meet ...
LLOYDS TSB BANK TO OUTSOURCE TRADE BACK-OFFICE PROCESSING TO WACHOVIA BANK.
Oct 01, 2007 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR27689 Lloyds TSB Bank to Outsource Trade Back-Office Processing to Wachovia Bank CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Wachovia Bank, N.A. and Lloyds TSB Bank, PLC ...