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Asian stock markets fell Friday, with Japan's benchmark losing more than 3 percent, as grim news about major companies like Microsoft and Sony underscored the depth of the worst global slowdown in decades. Ever major market in the region retreated, giving...
Tags: european markets, Sony Corp., China Ltd, China Petroleum, Hong Kong, Japan, amid growing, Asia Pacific, billion yuan, Microsoft
ANZ Banking Group has acquired a further 8.4% of Indonesia's PT Panin Bank, increasing its interest in Panin to 38.3%. ANZ said it had paid $166 million for the extra stake, "as it continues to invest for growth in the key market of Indonesia''. ANZ chief...
Tags: ANZ Banking Group, anz bank, Indonesian, PT Panin Bank, Asian, Asia Pacific
Comeback girl Sania Mirza made a strong statement in the World Team Challenge tennis tournament in Hong Kong on Friday when she dismissed world No.25 Agnes Szavay of Hungary to give the Asia Pacific team a 2-0 win over a Europe side led by world No.1...
Tags: tennis, Sania Mirza, Main Page, Asia Pacific
China's Lenovo Group ( 0992.HK ), the world's No.4 personal computer maker , is considering a restructuring because of tough economic conditions , China Business News reported on Wednesday. The influential business newspaper quoted unnamed sources as...
Tags: China Business News, Lenovo Group, greater china, Asia Pacific
Aristocrat said on Monday that the appointment is effective from February 1, 2009. Mr Odell was formerly the managing director of Foster's Australia, Asia and Pacific division and was responsible for Foster's beer, wine, spirit and soft drink businesses...
In its annual Worldwide Indec of Consumer of confidence survey, MasterCard has indicated that consumer confidence across the Asia Pacific region has dropped seven points from six months ago following global economic slump. Releasing the details, it stated...
Tags: consumer confidence, Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific should ensure that cash continues to flow in their financial systems to minimize the possible impact of the global financial turmoil on the region, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. In its Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Asia...
Tags: Asia Pacific
Global economic conditions have dampened MNCs' expansion plans and we saw rentals drop 7 percent in Pudong over the last quarter," said Anthony Couse, managing director for Jones Lang LaSalle Shanghai. Rents for Beijing's office market remain comparatively...
Based in Mumbai, Robinson succeeds Sanjay Nayar, who will be joining Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co as its CEO and Country Head in the country. "We are fortunate to have Mark Robinson joining the team in Asia-Pacific and our South Asia franchise will benefit...
Tags: Citi South Asia, Mark Robinson, Sanjay Nayar, Asia Pacific, India, kohlberg kravis, kravis roberts
Nearly 80 percent of Internet users in Asia Pacific shopped online and spent an average of over 3,000 U.S. dollars each in the past 12 months, according to a Visa e-commerce tracking survey released here on Wednesday. The survey was conducted by Visa...
Tags: Asia Pacific, internet users, Visa