AsiaPulse News back issues from June 2008:
FOREX - INDONESIAN RUPIAH CLOSES HIGHER - MAY 30, 2008.
Jun 02, 2008 ... JAKARTA, May 30 Asia Pulse - The rupiah rose 10 points to Rp9,300/9,310 per dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Friday evening following Bank Indonesia (the central bank BI)'s intervention in the money market, a money market observer said. "BI released funds from its ...
AUSTRALIAN GOLD PRODUCTION DROPS TO 19 YEAR LOW.
Jun 02, 2008 ... PERTH, June 2 Asia Pulse - Australian gold production is losing its shine, having dropped sharply in the first three months of calendar 2008 to its lowest level in 19 years, a report finds. While wet weather and mine closures caused some of the fall, the high gold price was also ...
ANALYSTS PREDICT VOLATILITY ON SEOUL BOURSE THIS WEEK.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - The South Korean stock market is likely to be volatile this week without clear upward momentum as concerns over oil prices and the health of the United States economy will likely weigh on the market, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea ...
SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMY GROWS 0.8 PCT IN Q1.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - The South Korean economy expanded a revised 0.8 per cent in the first quarter from three months earlier, the slowest quarterly growth since the fourth quarter of 2006, as facility investment dipped amid slowing domestic demand, the central bank said Monday. ...
AMAZON.COM TOPS BUSINESSWEEK'S 10TH ANNUAL INFOTECH 100.
Jun 02, 2008 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below. MEDIA RELEASE PR30474 Amazon.com Tops BusinessWeek's 10th Annual InfoTech 100 NEW YORK, June 2/ PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - Number of U.S. Companies on the List Falls to 33, From 75 a Decade ago For ...
US PREDICTS BIG INCREASE IN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO S KOREA.
Jun 02, 2008 ... WASHINGTON, June 1 Asia Pulse - United States agricultural exports to South Korea are expected to reach US$4.4 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2008, up 38.5 per cent from the previous year, according to the latest estimate released on Sunday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS SLIGHTLY LOWER - JUNE 2, 2008.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar has opened slightly weaker after an up-and-down weekend session. At 0700 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.9543 48, down from Friday's close of 0.9556/59. During the weekend offshore session, the unit ...
AUSTRALIAN BOND MARKET OPENS WEAKER - JUNE 2, 2008.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian bond market has opened weaker, underperforming US Treasuries, ahead of a busy week for local data and economic events. At 0830 AEST, the yield on the Commonwealth Government February 2017 bond was at 6.545 per cent, up from Friday's ...
AUSTRALIA'S ORIGIN ALWAYS FOR SALE BUT AT RIGHT PRICE SAYS MD.
Jun 02, 2008 ... MELBOURNE, June 2 Asia Pulse - Power generator and retailer Origin Energy Ltd (ASX:ORG) says the Australian company is always for sale at the right price, but the price will have to be a lot more than A$15.50 (US$14.79) per share. Origin managing director Grant King said its ...
AUSTRALIA'S MACMAHON PLANS AFRICA FORAY WITH OR WITHOUT AUSDRILL.
Jun 02, 2008 ... MELBOURNE, June 2 Asia Pulse - Australian mining and construction contractor Macmahon Holdings Ltd (ASX:MAH) says it will move into the market in Africa whether or not it takes over Ausdrill Ltd (ASX:ASL). Macmahon last week launched a A$442 million (US$421.8 million) scrip ...
MIXED RESPONSE TO OIL DRILLING PLANS OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - A plan to drill for oil and gas off the New South Wales coast has been praised as a possible solution to escalating petrol prices, but also slammed for putting Australia's environment at risk. In a statement Sunday, the office of Mineral Resources ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 2, 2008.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW: - The federal government's review of the tax system is to rethink the entire fuel tax regime. - NSW Treasurer Michael Costa will boost infrastructure spending to ...
SOUTH KOREA'S CRUDE IMPORTS TO RISE 3.1 PCT THIS YEAR: REPORT.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea's imports of crude oil are expected to increase slightly over 3 per cent this year amid soaring prices, becoming a big burden to the non-oil producing economy, a report showed Sunday. The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) said in ...
S KOREAN COMPETITIVENESS SLIPS TO 31ST PLACE: INT'L REPORT.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea's global competitiveness ranking slipped two notches to 31st due to poor labor-management relations and high living expenses, an international report revealed Sunday. The latest ranking published in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook ...
US BEEF SET TO HIT S KOREAN MARKET NEXT WEEK.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - Beef imported from the United States is likely to hit the South Korean market as early as next week as the government is determined to resume quarantine inspections of the product, officials said Sunday. Defying public protests over an agreement with ...
HIGH OIL PRICES PROMPT SEOUL PLAN FOR MORE NUCLEAR REACTORS.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea is weighing a plan to construct more than nine new nuclear power reactors to generate electricity as part of efforts to cope with skyrocketing oil prices, the government said Sunday. By doing so, the government aims to raise the ratio of ...
ANTI-US BEEF PROTESTS CONTINUE IN SEOUL DESPITE CRACKDOWN.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - Thousands of South Koreans again took to the streets Sunday to protest the impending resumption of United States beef imports, a day after police fired water cannons and used other forceful means to crack down on protesters. On Saturday alone, 228 ...
ENGLISH ABILITY A CONCERN FOR MOST TAIWAN OFFICE WORKERS: POLL.
Jun 02, 2008 ... TAIPEI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Seventy-five per cent of local office workers in Taiwan believe their English ability is poor and nearly half of them have failed to improve it, according to the results of a poll released by a local online human resources agency Sunday. Another 32 ...
TAIWAN'S CPC TO BID ON POTENTIAL OIL FIELDS IN NORTHERN PERU.
Jun 02, 2008 ... PANAMA CITY, June 2 Asia Pulse - The state-owned oil refiner CPC Corp., Taiwan is planning to bid on 17 blocks of land in northern Peru thought to have extensive oil reserves, according to Taiwan's representative to Peru Huang Lien-sheng. Peru's state oil company Petroperu has ...
CROSS-STRAIT AIR LINKS SEEN RESHAPING HUMAN RESOURCE MAPS.
Jun 02, 2008 ... TAIPEI, June 2 Asia Pulse - The opening of direct air links across the Taiwan Strait may reshape human resource maps in Taiwan and China, an online employment service provider predicted Sunday. If direct cross-strait air links are launched, beginning with weekend charter ...
RESTRAINT ON PETROL SALES MAY PUSH UP COSTS FOR AUSTRALIAN STATE.
Jun 02, 2008 ... BRISBANE, June 2 Asia Pulse - A new scheme to ensure only Queenslanders benefit from the Australian state government's fuel subsidy could push up the price of food and other goods, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) says. Under the proposal announced by Premier Anna Bligh ...
TAIWAN PORK PRICES WILL REMAIN HIGH OVER COMING MONTHS: OFFICIAL.
Jun 02, 2008 ... TAIPEI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Domestic pork prices will remain high until year's end because a large number of hog farmers have abandoned their business due to ever rising corn feed prices, a Council of Agriculture (COA) official said Sunday. "The continued upward spiral of ...
AUSTRALIAN GOVT SCHEME TO FIX MAJOR RIVER TOO SMALL, TOO CHEAP.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian federal government's A$12.9 billion (US$12.3 billion) rescue plan for the Murray-Darling Basin could take 47 years to complete without destroying the existing water market, an independent report says. Last month the government completed ...
KOREA'S H2 DOMESTIC CAR SALES EXPECTED TO RISE 6.8 PCT.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - Domestic sales by South Korean carmakers are expected to increase nearly 7 per cent in the second half despite unfavorable conditions such as sky-high oil prices, a private think tank said Sunday. Total sales by industry leader Hyundai Motor Co ....
KOSCOM ROUTING NETWORK AVAILABLE VIA TRADEWEB ROUTING NETWORK.
Jun 02, 2008 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR30497 Koscom Routing Network Now Available via the Tradeweb Routing Network JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, June 2 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - Institutions on the Tradeweb Routing Network for equity ...
UNITED INDIA INSURANCE INKS PACT WITH HONDA MOTORCYLE INDIA.
Jun 02, 2008 ... CHENNAI, June 2 Asia Pulse - The United India Insurance Company has signed a pact with Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Company for the provision of insurance for new vehicles. The MoU would provide insurance for new vehicles at competitive rates and also provide "cashless ...
INDIAN OIL FIRMS RAISE JET FUEL PRICES BY 18.5 PCT.
Jun 02, 2008 ... NEW DELHI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Indian state-run oil firms on Saturday hiked jet fuel (aviation turbine fuel) prices by 18.5 per cent in step with rising international oil prices. The ATF price charged from airplanes has been raised to Rs 69,227.08 (US$1,642) per kilolitre (kl) ...
INDIA'S STERLITE TO ACQUIRE US-BASED ASARCO FOR US$2.6 BLN.
Jun 02, 2008 ... MUMBAI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Metal major Sterlite Industries (India) (BSE:500900) on Saturday inked a definitive agreement to acquire US-based Asarco LLC for US$2.6 billion in cash, which would be the largest buyout abroad by an Indian company this year. Asarco, formerly known ...
S KOREAN CONGLOMERATES VYING TO TAP BROKERAGE SECTOR.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - South Korean conglomerates that don't own brokerage houses are rushing to tap the securities sector in a bid to raise funds more easily, find new revenue sources, and manage their affiliates' assets more effectively, analysts say. The moves by Hyundai ...
INDIA CUTS ITS CENTRAL SALES TAX TO 2%.
Jun 02, 2008 ... NEW DELHI, May 31 Asia Pulse - India's Central Sales Tax (CST), a levy on inter-state sale of goods, will be reduced to 2 per cent from 3 per cent from midnight on Saturday. Department of Revenue has issued a notification to bring into effect from June 1, 2008, the new reduced ...
INDIA'S SATYAM LEASES 400,000 SQ FT OF OFFICE SPACE IN CHENNAI.
Jun 02, 2008 ... CHENNAI, June 2 Asia Pulse - As part of expanding its services, Information Technology service provider Satyam Computer Services Ltd (BSE:500376) on Saturday said it has leased 400,000 sq ft of office space in Shriram- The Gateway, the special economic zone, being developed by Shriram ...
S KOREAN CONGLOMERATES EXPAND BUSINESS LINES THROUGH M&AS.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - South Korean business groups, which have spun off or sold off non-core businesses in the wake of the financial meltdown that hit the nation in late 1997, have increased their assets through mergers and acquisitions, a report showed Sunday. The ...
NANDAN BIOMATRIX LAUNCHES NATURAL PRODUCT BIO-RHYTHM.
Jun 02, 2008 ... HYDERABAD, May 31 Asia Pulse - Nandan Biomatrix, an integrated company in the field of Nutraceuticals and biofuels, on Saturday launched 'Bio-Rhythm' a natural product that fills the gap in the management of male sexual dysfunctions. Addressing media persons at the launch of ...
INDIA DEFERS OIL PRICE HIKE AGAIN.
Jun 02, 2008 ... NEW DELHI, May 31 Asia Pulse - A decision on raising prices of petrol, diesel and domestic LPG has been put off at least until next week after the UPA government leadership failed to give a clear signal on the issue. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia ...
INDIA, AFGHANISTAN DISCUSS FIRMING UP BILATERAL TIES.
Jun 02, 2008 ... NEW DELHI, May 31 Asia Pulse - India and Afghanistan on Saturday held discussions on firming up bilateral cooperation and the situation in the war-torn country and its neighbourhood. Chairman of the Upper House of Afghan Parliament Hazarat Sibghatullah Mojadidi met Vice ...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 2, 2008.
Jun 02, 2008 ... HONG KONG, June 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: - Shanxi-based private steelmaker Haixin Iron and Steel Group, which plans to invest 15 billion yuan (HK$16.89 billion) over the next three years to more than double its ...
SEOUL SHARES INCH UP ON RETAIL BUYING.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse -- South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Monday as retail and foreign investors picked up steelmakers and shipbuilders, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) edged up 0.29 point, or 0.02 per cent, to 1,850.74 in the ...
INDIAN GOVT TO LOOK INTO BANNING IRON ORE EXPORTS.
Jun 02, 2008 ... JAMSHEDPUR, June 2 Asia Pulse - The Indian government is "looking into" the issue of banning iron ore exports as demanded by the steel makers, Steel Secretary R S Pandey said on Saturday. "The issue was being looked into by the government," Pandey told reporters on the ...
FOREX - RINGGIT CLOSES FIRMER AGAINST US DOLLAR - MAY 30, 2008.
Jun 02, 2008 ... KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 Asia Pulse - The ringgit ended at 3.2370/2410 against the U.S. dollar on ...
INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO HELP FARMERS REDUCE FERTILIZER USE.
Jun 02, 2008 ... TAIPEI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Amid rampant complaints among farmers about inadequate fertilizer supplies, the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture (COA) has set up an ad hoc unit to help farmers reduce their heavy use of fertilizers. The ad hoc group is slated to sponsor 183 ...
SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMY GROWS 0.8 PCT IN Q1.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - The South Korean economy expanded a revised 0.8 per cent in the first quarter from three months earlier, the slowest quarterly growth since the fourth quarter of 2006, as facility investment dipped amid slowing domestic demand, the central bank said Monday. ...
TAIWAN'S WRA TO REVIEW ISLE'S REQUEST TO BUY WATER FROM CHINA.
Jun 02, 2008 ... KINMEN, June 2 Asia Pulse - The Water Resources Agency (WRA) will form a special task force to study the feasibility of allowing the outlying island of Kinmen to purchase water from China, an official said Sunday. Chen Shen-hsien, head of the WRA under the Ministry of Economic ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN FIRMER - JUNE 2, 2008.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian share market has opened the week slightly firmer, supported by the energy and mining sectors as oil prices recovered and industrial metals strengthened. At 1020 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up eight points, or 0.14 per cent, ...
SEOUL, TOKYO AGREE TO BOOST THREE-WAY MILITARY TIES WITH U.S.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SINGAPORE, June 2 Asia Pulse - The defense chiefs of South Korea and Japan agreed Saturday to work together to revive a suspended three-way military dialogue with the United States as soon as possible, South Korean officials said. South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee and ...
STOCKS - TOKYO SHARES OPEN FLAT - JUNE 2, 2008.
Jun 02, 2008 ... TOKYO, June 2 Asia Pulse - Tokyo stocks opened flat Monday, climbing just 0.03 per cent as the ...
S KOREAN MINISTER CALLS FOR INT'L EFFORTS ON TERRORISM, N KOREA.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SINGAPORE, June 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea's defense minister on Saturday called on the international community to join efforts to fight what he called non-traditional security threats in Northeast Asia, such as terrorism and North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons, saying efforts by his ...
PHILIPPINE SHIPBUILDERS NEED FOREIGN INVESTORS: AUTHORITY.
Jun 02, 2008 ... CEBU CITY, June 2 Asia Pulse - The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is trying to attract foreign investors who would collaborate with Filipino shipyard owners in building new ships to address the lack of vessels in the country. Marina Administrator Vicente Suazo Jr. said one ...
AUSTRALIA'S LION NATHAN BUYS US WINE IMPORTER CUMULUS.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - Lion Nathan Ltd (ASX:LNN) has bought US wine importer Cumulus Wine Inc (CWI), setting up a channel to sell premium Australian and New Zealand wines into the United States. Lion Nathan will establish a new wine import company called Lion Nathan USA Inc ...
AUSTRALIAN INFLATION RISING AT RECORD RATE, SURVEY FINDS.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - Inflation is rising at its swiftest pace on record, a private sector survey released on the eve of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) next interest rate meeting shows. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute monthly inflation gauge showed headline ...
SHIP EXPORTS HELP S. KOREA POST US$1 BLN TRADE SURPLUS IN MAY.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - A record surge in exports of ships in May helped South Korea post its first monthly trade surplus in six months, a government report showed Monday. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy said exports rose 27.2 per cent on-year to $39.49 billion last month, ...
AUSTRALIA'S CENTRO PROPERTIES WINS FINANCING EXTENSION.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - Troubled property group Centro Properties Group (Centro) (ASX:CNP) has been granted an extension of its financing arrangements from its lenders to December 15. Centro said obligations of $A2.3 billion ($US2.19 billion) owed to its Australian lending ...
AUSTRALIAN RETAILER JUST GROUP REJECTS LEW TAKEOVER BID.
Jun 02, 2008 ... MELBOURNE, June 2 Asia Pulse - Fashion retailer Just Group Ltd (ASX:JST) today issued an emphatic rejection of retail mogul Solomon Lew's $837 million takeover bid, describing it as unfair and unreasonable. Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:PMV), which is headed by Mr Lew, has ...
SUPERMICRO LAUNCHES DESKTOP PLATFORMS BASED ON INTEL G45 AND G43.
Jun 02, 2008 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) MEDIA RELEASE PR30509 Supermicro Launches Desktop Platforms based on Intel G45 and G43 (Eaglelake) Express Chipsets TAIPEI, June 2 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - Workstation Performance on Your Desktop with DDR3 1333 MHz ...
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL MAKES A TIE WITH AUSTRALIAN ENERGY CO ARROW.
Jun 02, 2008 ... MELBOURNE, June 2 Asia Pulse - Royal Dutch Shell plc, Europe's largest oil company, has formed a $A776 million ($US740.46 million) alliance with coal seam gas producer and liquefied natural gas (LNG) hopeful, Arrow Energy Ltd (ASX:AOE) The oil giant will acquire a 30 per cent ...
VIETNAM'S FOOTWEAR EXPORTS RAKE IN US$1.74 BLN THIS YEAR.
Jun 02, 2008 ... HANOI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Vietnam has so far this year earned US$1.74 billion from footwear exports, a year-on-year increase of 12.9 per cent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. In May alone, the hard currency earner brought US$380 million to the country, up 2.4 ...
AUSTRALIAN CO MACQUARIE GROUP TO FORM SECURITIES OPERATION.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) says it will create a new securities operation from the merger its wholesale capital securities and equity markets divisions. The combined group - to be called Macquarie Securities - will have 1,700 employees, with 1,200 ...
VIETNAM'S HAU GIANG PHARMA SETS UP TWO MORE SUBSIDIARIES.
Jun 02, 2008 ... HANOI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Hau Giang Pharmaceuticals (DHG) has announced the establishment of two more subsidiaries in which DHG holds a 100 per cent stake. The two companies are DHG-PP and ST Pharma. The first is a single-member printing and packaging company with a charter ...
S. KOREA, ADB SEEK JOINT FINANCING ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea plans to seek US$3.5 billion worth of joint financing with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) over the next three years to provide loans aimed at boosting development in the Asian region, the government said Monday. The Ministry of Strategy ...
VIETNAM ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY HOPES TO EARN US$6 BLN BY 2010.
Jun 02, 2008 ... HANOI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has endorsed the master plan for the development of the electronics industry, targeting revenues of US$4-6 billion by 2010, with US$3-5 billion of that from exports. The industry, which projects an annual growth rate of ...
PHILIPPINES TAWI-TAWI COASTAL DWELLERS GET MARICULTURE PROJECT.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SIBUTU, Tawi-Tawi, June 2 - There's light at the end of the tunnel for the hardy residents of the impoverished Philippines island province of Tawi-Tawi, with the economic development expected to come from the Tawi-Tawi Modified Mariculture Development Project. The Tawi-Tawi leg ...
CHARTER HALL FUND BUYS QLD COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR US$70 MLN.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - A fund managed by Charter Hall Group Ltd has bought a commercial property in Brisbane's central business district for $A74.25 million ($US70.85 million) from a fund managed by Lend Lease Corporation Ltd. Charter Hall said the property at 40 Creek St ...
AUSTRALIAN COMPANY GROSS OPERATING PROFITS ROSE 2.2 PCT Q1.(Financial report)
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - Company gross operating profits, in current prices, rose 2.2 per cent in the March quarter, seasonally adjusted, to be up 7.0 per cent over the year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. Economists were expecting gross operating profits to rise ...
ANTI-GOVT COALITION WON'T MOVE RALLY SITE AS DEMANDED BY THAI PM.
Jun 02, 2008 ... BANGKOK, June 2 Asia Pulse - Anti-government activists of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) continued their protest in central Bangkok for an eighth day Sunday and stood firm on their decision not to move to another location as demanded by Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. ...
AIR PACIFIC EXPANDS WINGS TO TUVALU, REPORTS $U25 MILLION PROFIT.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SUVA June 2 Asia Pulse - Fiji's flag carrier Air Pacific is expanding its wings by introducing a new flight to Funafuti (Tuvalu) in the 2008/09 financial year, reports Fiji Live . The airline is examining further international destinations for early introduction, Air Pacific ...
AUSTRALIA'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE.
Jun 02, 2008 ... SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - Australia's manufacturing sector continues to struggle with high interest rates and an uncertain global outlook, a survey says. The Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) fell 1.5 index ...