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Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... and that, "September saw manufacturing production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia" (mainly, China, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan). Just ask the Wall Street Journal. It printed that Spain would miss its budget targets - yes, target with an ...

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... sites and replicates them in other countries. Lazada is an online department store with operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand. Considered to be a replica of Amazon, Lazada caters for everything from consumer electronics ...

IAG urges Asia focus

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... already market laggards. IAG is currently targeting six priority markets in Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, India, China, Vietnam and Indonesia. Wilkins said that IAG currently has $460 million investment in five of those six countries but are yet ...

PE firms Myanmar bound

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... allocations to the country include Leopard Capital, Cube Capital, the Indochina Opportunities Fund (a joint venture between Vietnam's Dragon Capital and private equity firm Frontier Investment & Development Partners) and Link Road Capital Management ...

Indonesia readies for bond rating upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... prices. Yet, the impact on inflation will remain manageable, as the government reported seeking for alternative sources from Vietnam, Cambodia and India," noted Mandiri Investasi. The Sukuk issue is being handled by Citi, HSBC and Standard Chartered ...

AIA Australia creates Asia role, new CEO

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... branches across Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand and Macau. It has total assets of US$115,782 million as of May 31, it says on its website. Green will promote ...

New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
S&P Indices has launched a new index covering second-tier emerging markets Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. The CIVETS 60 index comprises of ten stocks from each country. Each company must have a market capitalisation of ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... What is it good for? Absolutely nothing..." Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote this song in 1969 in protest of the Vietnam War. Its lyrics talk about the lost of lives and "tears to a thousand mothers' eyes". "War! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker. ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... while Bahrain rose 30.5 to 225, CMA prices show. Debt swaps linked to Abu Dhabi government bonds increased 18.5 to 155, Vietnam rose 39 to 252, Indonesia climbed 27 to 229 and Russia added 13 to 205." Wall Street is closed giving thanks so we still have ...

ANZ buys RBS businesses for $687 million

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... businesses in Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong - along with institutional businesses in Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam. The portfolio of businesses represents 54 branches, $4 billion in loans and $8.9 billion in deposits serving a client ...