AsiaPulse News back issues from March 2009:
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS LOWER - MARCH 2, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar has opened lower after woeful US economic data pointed to a deepening US recession and prompted safe-haven US dollar buying. At 0700 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6365 71, down from Friday's close of ...
AUSTRALIAN BOND MARKET OPENS WEAKER - MARCH 2, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, Mar 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian bond market has opened weaker, moving in line with longer-dated US Treasuries during weekend trading and on increasing speculation the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will leave interest rates on hold in March. At 0830 AEDT, the yield on ...
AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY FALLS IN FEBRUARY.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - Manufacturing activity deteriorated further in February as the impact of the global economic crisis continues to grow, a survey says. The Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) fell by 4.9 ...
TELSTRA CORP TO SELL INFO TECH UNIT KAZ GROUP.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - Australia's biggest telecommunications company, Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX:TEL), will sell its information technology services unit, KAZ Group, to Fujitsu for $A200 million ($US127.3 million). The purchase of KAZ would make the Tokyo-based Fujitsu ...
SIR RICHARD BRANSON LAUNCHES V AUSTRALIA.
Mar 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES, March 2 Asia Pulse - A string of parties stretching from Sydney to Los Angeles has marked the launch and first commercial flight of Sir Richard Branson's V Australia. On board the inaugural flight was Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson, who has a 25 per cent ...
PANORAMIC RESOURCES MOVES TO CONSOLIDATE OWNERSHIP OF WA MINE.
Mar 02, 2009 ... MELBOURNE, March 2 Asia Pulse - Nickel producer Panoramic Resources Ltd will consolidate ownership of the Lanfranchi mine in Western Australia, after buying its Canadian partner's stake in the project. Panoramic, formerly Sally Malay Mining, (ASX:SMY) has agreed to purchase ...
US-BASED DRUGS GROUP LAUNCHES TAKEOVER OF AUSTRALIAN BIOTECH.
Mar 02, 2009 ... MELBOURNE, March 2 Asia Pulse - US-based biopharmaceutical group Cephalon Inc has launched a $A256 million ($US162.94 million) takeover of biotechnology company Arana Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:AAH) to build on its inflammatory disease and oncology pipeline. The ...
AUSTRALIA'S CENTRAL BANK TIPPED TO CUT RATES AGAIN IN MARCH.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, Mar 2 Asia Pulse - The central bank is tipped to cut interest rates to a record low level in March, as the effects of the global downturn threaten to really hit the domestic economy. Thirteen of 16 economists surveyed by AAP expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to ...
INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LOOKS TO ASIA FOR GROWTH.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, Mar 2 Asia Pulse - The Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX:IAG) is hoping the Asian market will provide the faster growth that is no longer available in Australia's more mature and consolidated insurance industry. However, Australia's biggest general insurer will be ...
IOOF HOLDINGS TO BUY AUSTRALIAN UNITS OF UK-BASED OM GROUP.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - Wealth manager IOOF Holdings Ltd (ASX:IFL) will buy the Australian subsidiaries of the UK-based OM Group for $A34 million ($US21.64 million) to strengthen its position in the local financial services market. IOOF will buy Skandia, a platform ...
AUSTRALIANS MOVE TO SLASH DEBT.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - A slowing economy and a fear of losing their jobs is motivating many Australians to slash their debt, economists say. In recent months, personal credit growth has slowed to rates last seen in the 1991-92 recession. Personal borrowing ...
S. KOREAN BROADCASTERS ESCALATE PROTEST AGAINST MEDIA REFORMS.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - Hundreds of journalists and producers at four large television networks in South Korea will go on a 2-day strike this week to protest President Lee Myung-bak's sweeping media reforms, the media workers' union said Sunday. Since he took office a year ...
INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA SIGN NEW TRADE AGREEMENT.
Mar 02, 2009 ... JAKARTA, March 2 Asia Pulse - Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer welcomed the signing on Friday of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA), an embassy media release has said. "The Agreement opens up markets for Indonesia and Australia - a ...
KOREAN WATCHDOG OKS LOTTE'S TAKEOVER OF DISTILLED LIQUOR MAKER.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea's anti-trust watchdog said Sunday it gave the greenlight for a subsidiary of retail giant Lotte Group to acquire the nation's second-largest maker of "soju," a popular distilled liquor. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) gave the regulatory ...
SOUTH KOREAN THINK-TANK WARNS AGAINST PANIC ON EASTERN EUROPE.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - Participants in the South Korean financial market should refrain from being oversensitive to Eastern European banking turmoil though it may affect the local economy, a think-tank said Sunday. "There is no need to react to concerns over the Eastern ...
S. KOREA'S TUMBLING EXPORTS FEARED TO SPARK HUGE JOB LOSSES.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - South Korea's plunging exports are likely to lead to massive job losses, a private think tank said Sunday, calling for measures to retain payrolls at export industries. In a report on the impact of falling exports on employment, Hyundai Research ...
HYUNDAI KIA AUTOMOTIVE GROUP TO INVEST US$5.9 BLN THIS YEAR.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, South Korea's top automaking conglomerate, said Sunday it will invest a total of 9 trillion won (US$5.9 billion) in facility expansion and research and development this year. This year's investment is similar to that of ...
KOREA'S PRESIDENT LEE TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, INDONESIA.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will embark on a three-nation trip this week that will take him to New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia for talks largely aimed at drafting joint measures to overcome the ongoing global economic downturn, an official at the ...
SEOUL SHARES EXPECTED TO SLIP FURTHER ON FINANCIAL WOES.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - South Korean stocks are likely to fall further in the coming week on deepening financial jitters and the weakening local currency, analysts said Saturday. "Local shares will face increased downside risks that stem from increased financial woes and a ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 2, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE AUSTRALIAN: - Dozens of freighters carrying Australian iron ore are stalled outside Chinese ports amid a collapse in demand for steel. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's weekend birthday party cost ...
INDIA'S YATRA.COM TIES UP WITH IRCTC FOR ONLINE RAIL BOOKINGS.
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEW DELHI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Online travel company Yatra.com on Friday announced its tie-up with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for train bookings through its website. "For this service, Yatra.com has tied-up with IRCTC, which has provided the ...
HSBC GLOBAL HIKES STAKE IN INDIA'S UNITED SPIRITS.
Mar 02, 2009 ... MUMBAI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Vijay Mallya-promoted United Spirits (BSE:532432) on Friday said foreign fund house HSBC Global Investment Funds has hiked its stake in the company to over five per cent. In a disclosure to the Bombay Stock Exchange, United Spirits said HSBC Global ...
NET PROFIT FOR SOUTH KOREAN CARD FIRMS DIPS 36.5PCT.(Financial report)
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - Total earnings by South Korea's credit card companies declined 36.5 per cent in 2008 from a year earlier as business costs rose and one-off gains were absent, the financial watchdog said Sunday. The Samsung Card Co. (KSE:029780) and the country's four ...
PEPSICO TO SPONSOR MUMBAI INDIANS IN INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE.
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEW DELHI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Soft drink major PepsiCo on Friday said it has bagged the sponsorship rights for Mumbai Indians for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. "Under the partnership, PepsiCo would have the exclusive pouring rights at home matches, besides ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN WEAKER - MARCH 2, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market opened weaker on Monday led by the resources sector and after losses on Wall Street. By 1015 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 73.3 points, or 2.19 per cent, at 3,271.2, while the broader All ...
ALCATEL-LUCENT UNDER SCANNER IN INDIA FOR ALLEGED TAX EVASION.
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEW DELHI, March 2 Asia Pulse - India's Income Tax department on Friday conducted a survey of the Gurgaon offices of global telecom company Alcatel-Lucent over suspected evasion of tax on their income in India. The tax officials want to ascertain the income of the company, ...
S. KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 2, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: KOREAN-LANGUAGE DAILIES -- National Assembly speaker proposes delaying passage of media law (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Job-sharing loses direction due to worker, employer self-interests and policy flaw (Kookmin Daily) ...
ASIA'S LARGEST SPORTING GOODS SHOW TO KICK OFF IN TAIPEI.
Mar 02, 2009 ... TAIPEI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Asia's largest sporting goods show will kick off in Taipei this month, with an expanded cross-Taiwan Strait section that will enable buyers to source through China from Taiwan, according to the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Saturday. ...
TAIWAN TO PURSUE CLOSER TRADE TIES WITH ASEAN STATES: MOFA.
Mar 02, 2009 ... TAIPEI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Taiwan will take advantage of improved relations with China to pursue closer trade ties with individual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) states, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokesman Henry Chen said Sunday. Chen said that ...
TAIWANESE DROUGHT RESPONSE CENTRE SET TO OPEN.
Mar 02, 2009 ... TAIPEI, March 2 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will open a drought response center Monday in anticipation of a possible water shortage this summer due to lower-than-usual rainfall in the past two months, an official said Saturday. Chen Shen-hsien, ...
CAMBODIA'S FIRST AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY PLANT TO OPEN IN 2010.
Mar 02, 2009 ... PHNOM PENH, March 2 Asia Pulse - Cambodia's first automobile assembly plant is scheduled to be put into operation by the middle of 2010 to meet local demand and export to Southeast Asian markets. An agreement on the US$60-million factory, a joint venture between Camco Motor ...
VIETNAMESE IT BUSINESSES EYE FRENCH MARKET.
Mar 02, 2009 ... PARIS, March 2 Asia Pulse - The Vietnamese software sector has been offered an opportunity to expand its market to France as it was introduced to the European country during a visit by a delegation of IT businesses from February 26 to March 1. The delegation met with French ...
SRI LANKA'S RICHARD PIERIS CO. MAKES LOSS IN DECEMBER QUARTER.(Financial report)
Mar 02, 2009 ... COLOMBO, March 2 Asia Pulse - Sri Lanka's Richard Pieris and Company (RPC) said its December quarter loss rose 47 per cent or 87 million rupees to 271 million (US$2.4 million) from a year ago, with the collapse of global commodity prices. RPC's turnover in the quarter had ...
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND RECOGNISE VIETNAM'S MARKET ECONOMY.
Mar 02, 2009 ... BANGKOK, March 2 Asia Pulse - Australia and New Zealand signed documents officially recognising Vietnam's market economy in Phetchaburi province, Thailand on February 27. The documents were signed and handed over by Australia's Minister for Trade, Simon Crean and New Zealand's ...
SINGAPORE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 28, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SINGAPORE, Feb 28 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: BUSINESS TIMES: - For all the pervasive doom and gloom, Asia is not in crisis and Singapore is not in dire straits, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, invoking a 'sense of balance' about the state of ...
VIETNAM'S INTER-BANKING E-PAYMENT SYSTEM ENTERS SECOND PHASE.
Mar 02, 2009 ... HANOI, March 2 Asia Pulse - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on Feb. 28 launched the second phase of its inter-banking e-payment system in an effort to make the banking system meet requirements for international integration. Part of the project to modernise banks and payment ...
VIETNAM'S KIEN GIANG URGED TO FULLY TAP AQUACULTURE POTENTIAL.
Mar 02, 2009 ... KIEN GIANG, March 2 Asia Pulse - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet visited the southern province of Kien Giang on February 26 and 27, where he urged the locality to maximise its aquaculture potential. Boasting 200km of coastline, Kien Giang, as well as developing a master ...
STOCKS - TOKYO SHARES OPEN LOWER - MARCH 2, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... TOKYO, March 2 Asia Pulse - Tokyo share prices opened lower Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei-225 index ...
TAIWAN TO INVITE FOREIGN EXPERTS TO HELP BLUEPRINT AEROTROPOLIS.
Mar 02, 2009 ... TAIPEI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Taiwan is inviting international experts to take part in planning a proposed Taoyuan aerotropolis to ensure that it meets world-class standards, Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Director-General Lee Long-wen said Saturday. A bidders conference ...
HONG KONG NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 2, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... HONG KONG, March 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: - Hutchison Telecommunications International (SEHK: 2332) Ltd is planning to spin off its Hong Kong fixed-line and mobile telephone businesses, valued at as much as HK$12 ...
VIETNAMESE TOURISM SECTOR WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL STORM.
Mar 02, 2009 ... HANOI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Approximately 690,000 visitors arrived in Vietnam during the first two months of 2009, a drop of 10.3 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year, the General Statistic Office (GSO) reported. Although the number of tourists and business ...
ASEAN SUMMIT ENDS IN BANGKOK WITH NUMEROUS AGREEMENTS.
Mar 02, 2009 ... BANGKOK, March 2 Asia Pulse - The 14th ASEAN summit, themed ASEAN Charter for ASEAN Peoples, wrapped up on March 1 with the Joint Cha-am Hua Hin Declaration on the Roadmap for an ASEAN community (2009- 2015), and a series of agreements, including those on comprehensive investment, trade in ...
VIETNAM'S RICE EXPORTS ROBUST AT START OF YEAR.
Mar 02, 2009 ... HANOI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Vietnam exported 1.05 million tonnes of rice, earning almost US$480 million, during the first two months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Both the amount and value of the rice were more than double the ...
COOK ISLANDS TOURISM WANTS US$500,000 TO RAISE INDUSTRY GROWTH.
Mar 02, 2009 ... RAROTONGA, March 2 Asia Pulse - The Cook Islands Tourism Corporation is asking for an extra NZ$1 million (US$497,700) to be added to its next annual budget, reports Cook Islands News. Chief executive officer John Dean said without an increase to marketing spending, CI Tourism is ...
GLOBAL RECESSION WILL AFFECT AUSTRALIA'S ECONOMIC GRWTH: SWAN.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SYDNEY, March 2 Asia Pulse - Australia's economic growth will be affected as the nation's major trading partners struggle with recession, Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says. About seven of Australia's top 10 trading partners are now in recession, Mr Swan says. "This ...
PAKISTAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - FEB 27, 2009.
Mar 02, 2009 ... KARACHI, Feb 27 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: DAWN: - Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) feels the heat as turmoil over Supreme Court ruling mounts. - PPP decides to form government in Punjab. - Punjab Assembly speaker bolds session ...
US FIRM TO OFFER RISK MANAGEMENT COURSES IN VIETNAM.
Mar 02, 2009 ... WASHINGTON, March 2 Asia Pulse - HRciti Corporation, a California-based human capital consulting firm with focus in Vietnam, has partnered with KESDEE, Inc. to offer over 700 accredited online courses in the banking, finance and accounting sector. US newspapers quote Debbie ...
TONGAN ENVOY CALLS FOR COMMUNICATION ON AUST GUEST WORKER SCHEME.
Mar 02, 2009 ... CANBERRA, March 2 Asia Pulse - Misunderstandings in Australia's Pacific Island guest worker scheme has led Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia to call for closer communication between groups responsible for Pacific Island guest workers, reports Radio Australia. Fifty Tongans ...
VIETNAMESE, THAI PRIME MINISTERS HOLD TALKS.
Mar 02, 2009 ... BANGKOK, March 01 Asia Pulse - Vietnamese and Thai Prime Ministers were unanimous in the need to expand and intensify bilateral relations, and pledged to raise the effectiveness of current cooperation mechanisms, while promoting bilateral investment and trade. PM Nguyen Tan Dung ...
TAIWAN SWINE ASSOC, EXPERT REQUEST HALT TO PIG VACCINE PLAN.
Mar 02, 2009 ... TAIPEI, March 2 Asia Pulse - The Taipei-based Swine Association strongly urged the government Saturday not to vaccinate the country's pigs against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) , despite outbreaks of the disease in central Taiwan earlier this month. The practice of vaccinating ...
AUSTRALIA COMMITTED TO TRAINING SKILLED PACIFIC IS WORKERS:ENVOY.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SUVA, March 2 Asia Pulse - Australia says it is committed to the training of skilled workers in the Pacific. It has set up the Australia Pacific Technical Colleges (APTC) in three Pacific Island Countries to assist in training Pacific Islanders in targeted sectors hospitality ...
SRI LANKA AT RISK OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE FROM AIDS: WORLD BANK.
Mar 02, 2009 ... COLOMBO, March 2 Asia Pulse - A new World Bank report says Sri Lanka must improve HIV/AIDS prevention programmes to prevent the disease causing economic damage. Conditions contributing to high vulnerability include the war, high mobility of soldiers and refugees, and separation ...
AMOUNT OF LOADED AND UNLOADED CARGO RISES AT OMAN PORTS.
Mar 02, 2009 ... MUSCAT, March 2 Asia Pulse - The quantity of cargo unloaded and loaded at Mina Sultan Qaboos and Salalah ports in Oman stood at 9748,4 tonnes as at the end of December 2008 against 7523,9 tonnes during the same period in 2007, constituting a 29.56 per cent rise. A bulletin ...
VIETNAM AIRLINES LAUNCHES ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICE.
Mar 02, 2009 ... HANOI, March 2 Asia Pulse - The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will officially accept online payment for domestic flights as from March 1 at its website http:/ www.vietnamairlines.com. Customers making e-payment for their tickets will receive a 5 per cent discount on all ...
VIETNAM SEEKS INCREASE IN GERMAN INVESTMENT.
Mar 02, 2009 ... HANOI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Vietnam expects German investors to increase their interest in the southeast Asian country, capitalising on the attractive investment environment offered by one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Whilst receiving Karin Kortman, Parliamentary ...
COOK ISLANDS GOVT TO BOOST FINANCIAL SECTOR WITH US$381,000.
Mar 02, 2009 ... RAROTONGA, March 2 Asia Pulse - Cook Islands Government is to inject NZ$750,000 (US$381,000) to stimulate growth in the offshore financial services industry, reports Cook Islands News. There are just six trust companies in the country and the industry is still very small in the ...
MIZUHO BANK GIVES PETROVIETNAM FERTILIZER US$20 MLN LIFELINE.
Mar 02, 2009 ... HCM CITY, March 2 Asia Pulse - Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd (Mizuho) has extended PetroVietnam Fertiliser and Chemicals Corp (DPM) a US$20 million line of credit to import fertilizer and raw materials for the Phu My fertilizer plant. The deal will help the DPM expand its fertilizer ...
INDIA'S ADITYA BIRLA ACQUIRES 76% STAKE IN APOLLO SINDHOORI.
Mar 02, 2009 ... MUMBAI, March 2 Asia Pulse - Diversified Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Nuvo on Friday said it has acquired an additional 20 per cent in retail broking firm Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investments (BSE:590049) for over Rs 710 million (US$13.9 million), hiking its total stake to 76 per cent ....
VIETNAM, JAPAN BOOST TOURISM COOPERATION.
Mar 02, 2009 ... KHANH HOA, March 2 Asia Pulse - A seminar on Vietnam-Japan tourism cooperation was held in Nha Trang city of southern Khanh Hoa province on February 27. The seminar, co-organised by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the Vietnam Airlines (VA) and the Japan ...
INDONESIA'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES TOTAL US$51 BLN.
Mar 02, 2009 ... JAKARTA, March 2 Asia Pulse - Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves as per February 18 stood at US$51.06 billion or equal to the value of 4.7 months of imports and foreign debt repayments. "Our foreign exchange reserve are in a quite strong position," Made Sukada, head of Bank ...
HARD FOR INDIA TO ACHIEVE 7.1% GROWTH.
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEW DELHI, March 2 Asia Pulse - With India's economic growth rate slipping to 5.3 per cent for the third quarter, global financial institutions believe that it will be difficult to achieve 7.1 per cent growth in 2008-09, as projected by the government. "India's December quarter ...
BHUSHAN STEEL ALLEGED TO HAVE VIOLATED INDIAN REGULATORY NORMS.
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEW DELHI, March 2 Asia Pulse - A day before its open offer for buying additional 20 per cent stake in Orissa Sponge (BSE:504864), Bhushan Steel (BSE:500055) on Friday alleged that its rivals were "floating frivolous complaints" of violations of Securities and Exchange Board of India ...
SMALLER KOREAN FIRMS' FACTORY OPERATING RATE HITS RECORD LOW.
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 1 Asia Pulse - The factory operating rate of South Korean small and medium enterprises tumbled to an all-time low in January as they took the brunt of a sagging economy, a business organization said Sunday. Local small and mid-size companies operated at an average ...
KIA MOTORS POSTS SHARP SALES INCREASE IN AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST.(Financial report)
Mar 02, 2009 ... SEOUL, March 2 Asia Pulse - Kia Motors Corp. (KSE:000270), South Korea's No.2 automaker, said Saturday it saw its sales in Africa and the Middle East jump this year despite the worsening economic slowdown. The affiliate of the country's leading automaker Hyundai Motor Co ....
PEPSI TIES UP WITH MUMBAI INDIANS, CSK FOR INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE.
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEW DELHI, Feb 28 Asia Pulse - Global beverages major PepsiCo has scored a double whammy for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket season after bagging the sponsorship deal for Mumbai Indians and securing the status of official hydration partner of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ...