Ireka positive Aseana Properties will start to contribute in next two to three years
KUALA LUMPUR: Ireka Corp Bhd is confident its 23%-owned associate company, Aseana Properties Ltd, which has been weighing down on the companys financial performance with its losses, will be able to contribute positively to the group in the next two …..
Notion VTEC trailed by external pressures
KUALA LUMPUR: While technical difficulties at its plant have been settled, Notion VTec Bhd continues to face some external pressures including the depreciating US dollar……
JAPANESE shares are likely to stay rangebound this week
TOKYO: JAPANESE shares are likely to stay rangebound and may test the upside this week if investors focus shifts from political turmoil in Libya to the global economic recovery, brokers said……
London stocks face uncertain time this week
LONDON: STOCKS this week face an uncertain time as investors try to focus on the basics of the economy and earnings while keeping a wary eye on developments in Libya and the Middle East……
Libyan revolt impacts US market
NEW YORK: WORRIES about the Libyan revolts impact on oil prices took the froth off US stocks last week, in what traders said was a long-awaited correction after a muscular climb from November……
MSWG AGM/EGM weekly watch Feb 28March 4
KUALA LUMPUR: For this week, Perak Corp Bhds EGM is in the Minority Shareholder Watchdog Groups (MSWG) list. The summarised points of interest are highlighted here, while the details of the questions to the company can be obtained on MSWGs website…..
Short-term plan could avert US Govt shutdown
WASHINGTON: The United States is less than a week away from a possible shutdown of the federal government the first since 1996……
Japan’s industrial production rises in January
TOKYO: Japanese industrial production rose for a third straight month in January, as the country’s companies gained confidence in the global recovery, the government said Monday……
Thousands awaiting homes pose challenge for Chavez
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) In a warehouse converted into a disaster shelter, hundreds of people are living out of backpacks and duffel bags while they wait for President Hugo Chavez to come through on his promises of new homes……
Past medical testing on humans in US revealed
ATLANTA: Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatit…..
Libyan chaos stirs global panic over oil supplies
MADRID: Libya’s oil industry is in chaos and there’s no telling when that will end……
Britain freezes UK assets of Gadhafi and family
LONDON (AP) Britain on Sunday froze the U.K.-based assets of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, members of his family and their representatives in accordance with U.N. sanctions imposed on Libya……
Saudi intellectuals call for sweeping reforms
CAIRO: More than 100 leading Saudi academics and activists urged King Abdullah to enact sweeping reforms, including setting up a constitutional monarchy, and he ordered Sunday that government sector workers with temporary contracts be given permanent…..
Egypt’s stock exchange to reopen Tuesday
CAIRO: Egypt’s stock market will reopen Tuesday after being closed more than a month during unrest that toppled the country’s president, officials said Sunday……
China used less energy per unit of GDP in 2010
SHANGHAI: China’s National Bureau of Statistics says the country’s energy consumption per unit of economic output fell 4 percent in 2010 from a year earlier……
Court orders Mazda to pay damage in worker suicide
TOKYO (AP) A Japanese court has ordered automaker Mazda to pay 63 million yen (US$770,000) in damages to the parents of an employee who it says committed suicide over depression from overwork……
Survey: US Economy will grow moderately through 2012
NEW YORK (AP) Industry economists say the U.S. economy will continue to expand at a moderate pace through next year, boosted by a rise in consumer and, especially, business spending but joblessness is expected to remain high and the pace of the h…..
Europe in debt deadline race
BRUSSELS: European leaders get back to the pressing business of trying to fix the eurozone debt crisis with a hectic series of summits counting down to a March 25 deadline……
Containing inflation Chinas priority
BEIJING: Fighting inflation is a priority for the government in China where rapid price rises and pressure to sharply raise the value of the yuan are a threat to social stability, Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday……
Mideast unrest hits oil-thirsty Asia hard
BANGKOK: The tremors from political upheaval in the Middle East are rippling through energy-thirsty Asia, which has long struggled to kick its addiction to oil from the volatile region……
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