AsiaPulse News back issues from November 2007:
STAGING CONNECTIONS ACQUIRES UK LIGHTING GROUP.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Events services company, Staging Connections Group Limited (ASX:STG), has acquired the UK-based Essential Lighting Group Limited for $A17 million ($US15.84 million) in cash. It's also acquired a 30 per cent minority interest in Singapore-based The ...
WESTPAC BANKING CORP POSTS 12.4PCT RISE IN YEAR NET PROFIT.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp (ASX:WBC) has reported a 12.4 per cent rise in annual profit and says that demand for credit will remain high amid ongoing robust economic conditions. Australia's fourth-largest bank said it will continue to deliver ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS HIGHER - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar has opened above 93 US cents for the first time since 1984, surging to a 23-year high after the US central bank announced an interest rate cut. The domestic currency is tipped to overtake 94 US cents if the Reserve Bank of ...
AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY RISES SLIGHTLY IN OCTOBER.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Australian manufacturing activity posted a modest gain in October to expand for the 17th consecutive month. The Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI) rose by 2.6 points in ...
AUSTRALIAN BOND MARKET OPENS WEAKER - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian bond market opened weaker today, despite a US interest rate cut overnight, as stronger data in the US and Australia boosted risk sentiment. Heightened expectations of an Australian interest rate rise are expected to put more upward ...
ANNUAL AUSTRALASIAN EDUCATION EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN SEOUL.
Nov 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) Western Australia Comes to Seoul PERTH, Nov. 1 Medianet International-AsiaNet - The annual Australia & New Zealand Education Exhibition will take place on 3-4 November at the COEX World Trade Centre in Seoul. ...
IT GLOBE INDIA JOINS AGI INTERNATIONAL PARTNER PROGRAM.
Nov 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below) ITGlobe India Joins AGI's International Partner Program EXTON, Pa., Oct. 31 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - AGI, the developer of commercially available analysis software for the national security and space communities, announces ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: FINANCIAL REVIEW: - The Coalition's attempts to seize the initiative on health is derailed by a series of gaffes by Health Minister Tony Abbott. - Business credit growth has surged to its highest ...
INDONESIA'S TIN INGOT EXPORTS DOWN 41% IN FIRST 8 MONTHS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Indonesia's tin ingot exports in the first eight months of 2007 dropped by 41.66 per cent to 51,222 tons from the 87,800 tons in the same period last year, a Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) report said. "The drop may be because some exporters have ...
SUB-PRIME CRISIS IS NOT YET OVER :STANDARD CHARTERED BANK.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Claiming that the sub-prime crisis in the mortgage market has not affected the bank, Standard Chartered Bank chairman Mervyn Davies on Wednesday said the crisis was not yet over and it would take few months to tide over. "The sub-prime crisis has ...
INDIAN CARBON MKT MAY DOUBLE TO US$10 BLN IN 2 YRS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The booming carbon credit business in the country is likely to double to US$10 billion in the next two years, experts said. "We estimate the carbon credit market in India to rise to US$10 billion in the next two years," consulting firm ICF ...
TAIWANESE FIRM JOINS WATER TECHNOLOGY EXPO IN ISRAEL.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - A Taiwanese firm is among over 80 groups from 60 countries that are participating in a water technology exposition that kicked off Tuesday in the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv. The expo, which will run through Nov. 1, has attracted more than ...
FRANCE'S PUBLICIS TO ACQUIRE 51% STAKE IN INDIAN PR FIRM HANMER.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - French media communications firm Publicis Groupe will acquire 51 per cent stake in India's public relations consultancy company Hanmer and Partners (H&P) for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, H&P will be aligned with Manning Selvage ...
INDIA'S DODSAL RESOURCES BAGS OIL & GAS BLOCK IN TANZANIA.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - India's Dodsal Resources has bagged an oil and gas exploration block in Tanzania. "Dodsal Hydrocarbons and Power (Tanzania) Pvt Ltd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dodsal Resources) has signed a Production Sharing Agreement with Ministry of Energy and ...
TAIWAN HORTICULTURE EXPORTS SET TO TOP $US100MLN IN 2008.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - President Chen Shui-bian gave the thumbs-up to Taiwan's horticultural industry Wednesday, saying that with techniques continuing to advance, flower exports are expected to top US$100 million next year. Addressing the opening of the 2007 Taipei ...
TAIWAN STEELMAKERS TO TEAM UP ON GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION.
Nov 01, 2007 ... KAOHSIUNG, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The China Steel Corp. [CSC) (TAIEX:2002) will hold a seminar Nov. 1-2 to allow people in the steelmaking industry to exchange technical expertise concerning the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, a CSC spokesman said Wednesday. Participants ...
CORBUS, RMSI IN NASSCOM'S LIST OF BEST INDIAN COS TO WORK FOR.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Corbus India, RMSI and Hytech Professionals may be lesser known companies IT space compared to their peer group but they rank as the top three firms in Nasscom's 'Exciting Emerging Companies to Work for' list. Releasing findings of a survey to ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN HIGHER - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - An interest rate cut in the United States and climbing oil and metals prices have helped to push the Australian share market more than one per cent higher this morning. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had added 59.3 points to 6813.4, while ...
INDIA DETECTS FORBIDDEN CORPORATE, PAKISTANI MOBILE SIGNALS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Tbhe government has detected mobile signals of three Indian companies - Airtel (BSE:532454), BSNL and Aircel, and five Pakistani operators along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, where availability of such signals for receiving or making ...
S. KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: VERNACULAR DAILIES -- Former Lee associate to be extradited from U.S. in mid-November (Kookmin Daily) -- Leading figures in S. Korean society have no ethics (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Analysis says Lee may ...
TAIWAN DROPS ONE NOTCH IN WEF GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS SURVEY.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan ranks 14th in the latest global competitiveness survey released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) Wednesday, one notch lower than its 2006 ranking. Among Asian countries, Taiwan ranks fifth in the annual WEF survey, also one notch ...
AUSTRALIA'S ADELAIDE AIRPORT POSTS US$4.5 MLN ANNUAL PROFIT.
Nov 01, 2007 ... ADELAIDE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Adelaide Airport posted a $A4.8 million ($US4.47 million) before tax profit in 2006/07 with a record number of passengers using it. The 6.3 million passengers who flew in or out of the airport in the 2006/07 financial year was an 8.1 per cent ...
TAIWAN CABINET SETS UP PRICE STABLISATION MECHANISMS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Premier Chang Chun-hsiung put forward five contingency measures Wednesday, including setting up a price stabilization ad hoc task force, to cope with volatile inflation situations. At a regular Executive Yuan meeting, Chang appointed Vice Premier ...
AUSTRALIA'S TELSTRA UPGRADES EARNINGS GUIDANCE.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Telstra (ASX:TLS) has upgraded its earnings guidance for this year, as its transformation strategy to expand and upgrade its networks and systems begins to deliver results. Chief executive Sol Trujillo now sees earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) ...
AUSTRALIA'S NEWCREST EYES MERGER OPPORTUNITIES.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SYDNEY, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Australian gold miner Newcrest Ltd (ASX:NCM) said it has been building up its capability to take on merger and acquisition opportunities. "In parallel to its ongoing commitment to grow through exploration, the company has been building a capability to ...
INDIA'S DABUR GETS USFDA NOD FOR GENERIC DRUG IRINOTECAN.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Oncology product manufacturer, Dabur Pharma Ltd (BSE:532545) on Wednesday said it has received the tentative approval of USFDA for the abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) to market the generic version of Pfizer's Camptosar (Irinotecan Hydrochloride) ...
GSMA ANNOUNCES ASIA AWARDS NOMINEES.
Nov 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR28126 GSMA Announces Asia Awards Nominees LONDON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- - Winners to be announced at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau The GSM Association (GSMA), the ...
EX AIRLINE BOSS WARNS CARRIERS ON FINANCIAL COMPLACENCY.
Nov 01, 2007 ... CANBERRA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Former airline chief Sir Rod Eddington has warned leading airlines not to be financially complacent. "The (aviation) industry has been cash flow negative ... since the Wright Brothers," Sir Rod told an aviation conference in Canberra Wednesday ...
IRAN, ITALY HOLD JOINT ECONOMIC SEMINAR.
Nov 01, 2007 ... ROME, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Iran and Italy held a one-day economic seminar in Rome on Tuesday with an aim of introducing opportunities for expansion of mutual economic cooperation. In the seminar, Iranian Ambassador to Italy Abolfazl Zohrehvand addressed a group of more than 70 ...
STOCKS - TOKYO SHARES OPEN HIGHER - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Tokyo shares opened higher on Thursday, with the benchmark Nikkei-225 index ...
IRAN READY TO MEET BAHRAIN'S GAS NEEDS: ACTING FM.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TEHRAN, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Acting Foreign Minister Ali-Reza Sheikh Attar said in Manama on Tuesday that Iran is ready to supply Bahrain with gas. Sheikh-Attar told Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad bin Mohammed al-Khalifa that Iran is also ready for joint ...
THAI NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... BANGKOK, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers BANGKOK POST: - Economic growth picked up in the third quarter due to robust exports and a recovery in household consumption and private investment, according to the Bank of Thailand. Amara Sriphayak, senior ...
ONE BIDDER MAY OPT OUT OF STAKE SALE BY INDIA'S IFCI.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - IFCI Ltd (BSE:500106) on Wednesday said that one of the eight prospective bidders, who are in the race for 26 per cent stake in the financial institution, may opt out. "There are indications that one may drop out of the process, IFCI CEO Atul Kumar ...
LIMITED IMPACT ON TAIWAN ECONOMY EVEN IF OIL TOPS US$100: CEPD.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TAIPEI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's economy would not be significantly impacted even if international oil prices surge to US$100 per barrel in November or December, Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Chairwoman Ho Mei-yueh predicted Wednesday. Ho made the ...
ROH TO CONSIDER CONSTRUCTING NEW INT'L AIRPORT NEAR BUSAN.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said Wednesday that his government will consider constructing a new international airport near Busan in the southeast to cope with the rapidly growing demand for air passenger and cargo transportation. Roh made the ...
SOUTH KOREA'S GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS RANKING SURGES IN 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's global competitiveness ranking jumped 12 notches from last year to land in 11th place this year, spurred by improvements in corporate innovation, market efficiency and financial industry, a report by an international organization showed on Wednesday ....
SURGING GLOBAL CRUDE PRICES LIFT INDONESIA'S FOREX RESERVES.
Nov 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The current surge in global crude prices has had a positive impact on Indonesia's trade balance and foreign exchange reserves, a central bank (BI) official said. Foreign exchange reserves rose 2.6 per cent to US$54.3 billion on Oct 29 from US52.875 ...
SK ENERGY TO MERGE WITH AFFILIATE COMPANY NEXT YEAR.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - SK Energy Co. (KSE:096770) said on Wednesday that it plans to merge with an affiliate oil company next year. The decision, reached at a board of directors meeting, is a follow-up to a September proposal to merge the parent company with SK Incheon Oil. ...
INDONESIAN GOVT SAYS IT WILL NOT RAISE SUBSIDIZED FUEL PRICES.
Nov 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro has assured that the Indonesian government will not raise the prices of subsidized fuel oils despite a surge in global crude prices. "So far, the government has not thought of raising the ...
CUPOLA PAKISTAN, DAEWOO TO OPEN KFC OUTLETS ON M-2 MOTORWAY.
Nov 01, 2007 ... LAHORE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Cupola Pakistan Limited and Daewoo Pakistan Motorway Service Limited here on Monday signed a strategic partnership to open KFC chains on the Lahore-Islamabad (M-2) Motorway. Cupola chief executive officer Rafiq Rangoonwala and his Daewoo Pakistan Motorway ...
US-EXIM BANK KEEN ON FINANCING MORE INDIAN PROJECTS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Export-Import bank of the USA, America's official export-credit agency, is keen on financing Indian companies to assist US-goods and services, a top EXIM official has said. "US-Exim can help in financing the sale of US exports by providing loan ...
20K OR NOT, STOCKS CHEAPER IN INDIA THAN CHINA.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - India has outsmarted China in getting its stock market benchmark surge past the 20,000-point milestone, but domestic stocks are still much cheaper than those in its rival emerging economy, indicating that foreign investors will continue to log into bourses ...
INDIAN APPAREL SUPPLIERS TO GAP DENY USE OF CHILD LABOUR.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Indian suppliers to Gap, a US apparel retail chain, have informed the central government that they are not using child labour and their plants have been subjected to vigorous inspections by the overseas buyers. "The biggest suppliers have informed ...
CHINSURE INC DEBUTS ON NASDAQ.
Nov 01, 2007 ... BEIJING, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Chinsure Inc (NASDAQ:CISG) will become China's first insurance broker to debut on the Nasdaq Wednesday, the China Securities Journal reported. Chinsure plans to issue 11.6 million American depositary shares (ADS), equivalent to 232.9 million common ...
NORWAY'S EDB PICKS UP 50.1% STAKE IN INDIA'S SPAN INFOTECH.
Nov 01, 2007 ... BANGALORE, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Norwegian IT major EDB has acquired a 50.1 per cent stake in Bangalore-based SPAN Infotech India Pvt Ltd for US$3.8 million, the two companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday. EDB has over 4,600 employees and has a turnover of over US$1 ...
INDIA'S TATA STEEL TO START WORK ON ORISSA PROJECT IN TWO MONTHS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Tata Steel (BSE:500470) is likely to start construction work on its greenfield steel project in Orissa within two months. "We have got necessary clearances. Work to rehabilitate more than 1,200 families have been completed and now we are going to ...
SHAREMARKET MAKES UP 30% OF CHINESE LISTED COS' JAN-SEPT PROFIT.(Financial report)
Nov 01, 2007 ... SHANGHAI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - China's still bullish stock market contributed 170 billion yuan (US$22.75 billion) of investment profit to the country's listed companies in the first three quarters of the year, making up about 30 per cent of the latter's total profit in the period. ...
CHINA'S BAOSTEEL SAYS NO CONCRETE ACQUISITION PLANS SO FAR.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SHANGHAI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Baosteel (SSX:600019) says it so far has no concrete acquisition plans though its plan of increasing capacity to 50 million ton per year by 2012 does entail mergers and acquisitions, a company official said on October 30 in Shanghai. The company, ...
INDIAN FIRM HCL PARTNERS WITH MISYS TO PROVIDE BANKING SOLUTIONS.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Software solutions provider HCL Technologies (BSE:532281) said it has entered into a partnership with global software firm Misys (FTSE: MSY) to jointly market the latter's banking products in India, Singapore and Malaysia. Under the agreement, HCL ...
SHANGHAI GOLD EXCHANGE CUTS CHARGES TO BOOST TRADING.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SHANGHAI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Shanghai Gold Exchange announced on October 30 that it will cut commission charges on Au (T+D) trading to 0.04 per cent and that on other gold ...
CHINA TO START WORK ON BEIJING-SHANGHAI HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY.
Nov 01, 2007 ... BEIJING, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The State Council, China's cabinet, has set up a working group to lead construction of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, with vice premier Zeng Peiyan as its head, the State Council administrative office announced on Tuesday. Deputy heads of ...
CHINA EXPECTS ANOTHER BUMPER HARVEST.
Nov 01, 2007 ... HARBIN, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - China is expecting grain output growth for the fourth consecutive year, an official with the State Grain Administration disclosed at a trade fair in Harbin on Tuesday. Attending the 2007 Heilongjiang Golden Autumn Grain Trade Fair, Zeng Liying, deputy ...
CHINA'S INSURANCE SECTOR GARNERS PREMIUM INCOME OF US$71 BLN.
Nov 01, 2007 ... BEIJING, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Statistics released by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission on Tuesday show that in the first three quarters of 2007, China's insurance sector raked in a total premium income of 532.792 billion yuan (US$71.3 billion), which breaks down to 155.144 billion ...
CHINA'S LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE: CENTRAL BANKER.
Nov 01, 2007 ... BEIJING, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - China's liquidity management should be flexible enough to strike a subtle balance between reacting and overacting to crises, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Tuesday at the 2007 Qinghua Global Management Forum. Zhou said that in the course ...
INDIA TO EXPORT RAW SUGAR TO KAZAKHSTAN.
Nov 01, 2007 ... NEW DELHI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - India plans to export raw sugar to Kazakhstan as sugarcane growers and mills in the world's second-biggest producer of the sweetener face declining prices in the wake of record output. "Kazakhstan has requested India to export raw sugar immediately ...
RENAULT PRESIDENT GHOSN VISITS BAJAJ'S CHAKAN AUTO-PLANT.
Nov 01, 2007 ... MUMBAI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Exuding confidence on the success of the 'low-cost car' project with Bajaj (BSE:500490), Renault president and chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn has said the project will continue to advance in a favourable direction for both entities. "I am ...
SOUTH KOREA'S HYNIX EYES CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TRADE MARKET.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (KSE:000660), the world's No. 2 computer memory-chip maker, said Thursday that it has signed a consulting deal with a local environment company to enter the burgeoning carbon dioxide emissions trade market. The contract with ...
ADVISORY - PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... MANILA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Please be advised that there will be no trading on the ...
JAPANESE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TOKYO, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: NIKKEI NET: - Merger and acquisition advisory firm GCA Holdings Corp. (TSE:2126) will purchase U.S. investment bank Savvian LLC for an estimated 90 billion yen (US$779 million) through a stock swap, The ...
PHILIPPINE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - NOV 1, 2007.
Nov 01, 2007 ... MANILA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: MANILA TIMES: - The country's money supply grew at a slower pace for a fifth month in September, giving the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) more flexibility in its interest rate ...
SOUTH KOREAN EXPORTS JUMP 24 PCT ON-YEAR IN OCTOBER.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SEOUL, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean exports climbed 24.2 percent on-year to US$34.7 billion in October fueled by strong overseas demand for general machinery, telecommunication equipment and autos, a government report showed Thursday. Imports rose 27.2 per cent to $32.5 ...
INDONESIA'S PERTAMINA RAISES PRICE OF OILS FOR INDUSTRY.
Nov 01, 2007 ... JAKARTA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - State-owned Indonesian oil company PT Pertamina will raise the price of non-subsidized oils for industry by between 2.9 and 6.4 per cent as of November 1. Under the decree of the company's director of marketing and commerce number Kpts 681/F00000/2007 ...
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS DIVIDED ON RAMPANT CHINESE STOCK INDEX.
Nov 01, 2007 ... SHANGHAI, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - As China's stock index remains at a "worryingly" high level, institutional investors' attitudes towards what positions they should maintain in the immediate future are becoming increasingly divided. As shown by Q3 financial reports of China's A-share ...
JPMORGAN, CHEMOIL SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.(Company overview)
Nov 01, 2007 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) (BW)(NY-JPMORGAN)(JPM) JPMorgan and Chemoil Sign Memorandum of Understanding Energy Editors SINGAPORE & NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Oct 31, 2007 - JPMorgan and Chemoil Energy Limited (Chemoil) announced the creation of a ...
BANK OF CHINA POSTS 40% LEAP IN PROFITS IN FIRST NINE MONTHS.(Financial report)
Nov 01, 2007 ... BEIJING, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - The Bank of China (BOC) (SEHK:3988, SSX:601988), one of the country's "Big Four" state-owned commercial banks, said its after-tax profits rose by 40 per cent to 45.5 billion yuan (US$6.1 billion) in the first nine months of the year based on international ...