Japan imposes additional sanctions on Iran The Siasat Daily | Tokyo, Sep 3 (Reuters) Japan slapped additional sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme today, following the United | States in pressuring Tehran despite Tokyo's reliance on oil imports from the country. | The measures that go beyond requirements in a UN Security Council resolution i...
Malaysian Muslims Go for Gold, But It's Hard to Make Change Wall Street Journal By JAMES HOOKWAY | KOTA BHARU, Malaysia—Umar Vadillo bounds into a hotel room here in northern Malaysia with several stacks of gold and silver coins in his hands and slaps them down on a coffee table. "This," Mr. Vadillo says, "is what it means to be free." | A quarter century ago, this Spanis...
The man who fooled everyone NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print | Loizos Michaels liked to call himself "The Phantom". | It was part of his arrogance but also true. He only ever introduced himself as "Michael". No one knew his surname for a long time and even now ...
Govt whipping boy over $1 6b payout NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print | Hubbard's whining soon had the Prime Minister and Finance Minister using blunter language. | An announcement from the Vatican is surely due any day now, such is Timaru's relentless beatification of ...
US lauds Japan for new Iran sanctions The Himalayan | Added At: 2010-09-03 8:39 PM | Last Updated At: 2010-09-03 8:39 PM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) | To View your saved article(s)please | Close --> | AFP | US Secretary of State Hil...
Walker to be ministry deputy secretary NZ Herald 8:42 PM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | Trade negotiator David Walker is to be a deputy secretary at the Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry. | Dr Walker would have responsibility for the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Africa starting next...
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Rowing Between Two Reefs The New York Times | JAKARTA — It was 62 years ago this week — on Sept. 2, 1948 — when the principles underlying Indonesia’s foreign policy were first articulated. In a Cold W...
HUL's India operations become talent hub for overseas business The Times Of India MUMBAI: Managers of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) are on the move, literally and figuratively. There’s a spike in the number of HUL managers who have moved out of India to join its pa...
History against China in race to overtake US Hong Kong Standard Much ink is being spilled over the meaning of China's economy surpassing Japan's. | //--> William Pesek | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | Much ink is being spilled over the meaning of C...
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom The New York Times | FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common site on auto assembly lines around the world. | Kuk...
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain The New York Times | TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | With the yen at 15-year highs against the dollar, a 9-year peak versus the euro a...
Delta Upbeat on Japan Business Amid Strong Yen The New York Times | Filed at 2:18 a.m. ET | TOKYO (AP) -- Delta is upbeat about its business in Japan as new routes and the surging yen boost travel and help along the recovery in the industry, a top executive said Thursday. | Delta, the world's biggest airline, is in...
P8B more for poorest of poor Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The poorest of poor Filipinos will enjoy an additional P8 billion in cash subsidies from the government, but this will only be made possible at the expense of the country's rice farmers whose livelihood depends on selling what they produce to the National Food Authority. | Malacañang has scrapped P8 billion for the NFA in the ...
Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index The Star | PETALING JAYA: With four months to go before 2010 ends, a number of brokerages have unveiled their 2011 year-end targets for FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM KLCI). | Quite a few predicted the benchmark index will reach a new high in 2011. | "Theoretically, the FBM KLCI could reach 1,578 to 1,691 by the end of 2011 purely based on our ...
