(SINGAPORE) Bangkok is bracing itself for its second 'Judgment Day' in as many weeks after the Cabinet approved a proposal to invoke the Internal Security Act (ISA) to give authorities greater powers ahead of a mass protest rally this weekend.
(TOKYO) Sony Corp will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry.
(WASHINGTON) Boeing was poised on Monday to win a US$35 billion US Air Force aerial refuelling tanker plane contract after rivals Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS, which makes Airbus planes, bowed out.
(PARIS) Airbus parent EADS fell to a heavy 2009 loss and axed its dividend as production niggles on its A380 superjumbo swelled provisions and dampened the outlook for this year, despite signs of an aviation recovery.
(HONG KONG) Shareholders cheered China Southern Airlines' US$1.58 billion fund raising plan, lifting the airline's shares to a 21-month high in Hong Kong on expectations that the move could speed up the airline's debt repayments, cutting its gearing by half.
(TAIPEI) Taiwan's central bank may follow China and order domestic lenders to set aside more deposits as reserves to curb loan growth and cool surging property and stock prices, according to Citigroup Inc and Standard Chartered plc.
(BEIJING) JPMorgan expects to see more deals and new business in China this year, particularly as new energy and natural resource companies aim to go public to finance rapid expansion, the bank's China boss said yesterday.
(SHANGHAI) China's plan to introduce exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track overseas stock indexes signals a push to create more opportunities for investors as the market matures, according to West China Securities Co.
(BEIJING) Capital-hungry Chinese developers are turning to real estate private equity funds this year as big domestic banks tighten lending to help Beijing curb property prices, a top concern for most Chinese.
(BEIJING) China's top lawmaker said yesterday that legislative priorities this year would focus on improving social security and fostering more equitable economic development, but he rejected calls to open up the political system.
(BEIJING) Bank lending to special purpose finance vehicles set up by Chinese local governments may pose a future risk, deputy central bank governor Su Ning said on Monday.
(HONG KONG) British lender Royal Bank of Scotland Plc has identified a partner for its planned Chinese securities joint venture, a source with knowledge of the matter said yesterday.
(BEIJING) China said yesterday that it was still considering whether to pump more money into China Investment Corp (CIC), the country's US$300 billion sovereign wealth fund.
(TORONTO) Quadra Mining said on Monday it has agreed to form a joint venture with China's largest utility company to help expand its Chilean operations and fund its huge Sierra Gorda copper project, which is expected to cost over US$2 billion.
THE sudden death of Yong Xin International Holdings' executive chairman and chief executive officer Pu Dexing, described as a brilliant entrepreneur, sent the shares of the company reeling yesterday.
JURONG Technologies Industrial Corp (JurTech) has managed to stave off an impending delisting from the stock exchange - scoring an extension of time for it to prove that its shares can resume trading.
STOCK prices used to dance to the tune of ex-remisier king Peter Lim's moves in the past, but his latest corporate move received a muted response in the market.
(HONG KONG) The ex-Asia head of Deutsche Bank AG's Saba proprietary trading desk is planning a hedge fund seeking to profit from mispricing of securities in Asia's equity and credit markets, said two people with knowledge of the matter.
PINEAPPLE plantation group Del Monte Pacific Limited (DMPL) has embarked on a major move to streamline and update its operations.
THE subordinate court said yesterday that it is satisfied that the prosecution's evidence has established grounds for charges against three former directors of Airocean and has ordered the trio to present their side of the story.
SINGAPORE Land group general manager Vito Koh Leong Huat will leave his post from end-May to pursue his personal interests.
LIAN Beng Group has bagged a $144 million building contract for a condominium development at Dakota Crescent.
OSIM International Ltd, Asia's biggest maker of massage chairs outside Japan, will add as many as 80 stores annually in China over the next three to five years to tap growing demand in the world's most populous country.
SHORT-SELLING, or the selling of stock not owned with a view to buying back later after prices have fallen, has suddenly sprung into regulatory focus in many countries in the past few weeks.
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her backing on Monday for a European Monetary Fund (EMF) proposal to enhance inter-euro zone economic cooperation.