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November 03, 2008 | ||
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| M&A TRENDS Japan's Soaring Yen Funds Shopping Spree On the strength of a surging yen, Japanese companies are making deals around the world FINANCE Yen Keeps Rising as Japan Stocks Hit 26-Year Low Unless the currency suddenly retreats, economists think Japan is headed for a recession. Forecasts, meanwhile, for big exporters like Sony and Toyota are bleak MONETARY POLICY Japan Central Bank May Cut Rates to Calm Markets If policymakers opt for a rate cut, it could help in weakening the yen—and would signal an about-face for the Bank of Japan CORPORATE STRATEGY How Asian Companies Can Beat the Recession At Malaysian Airlines, Toyota, and other Asian companies, managing right in the worst of times is opening doors for the future FINANCE Asia's Crisis Is Just Getting Started With the region dependent on exports to the weakened Western economies, Asian stocks are likely to continue heading south, a Standard Chartered report says ECONOMICS Losses Grow as China's Economy Weakens Premier Wen may be "full of confidence," but another rate cut, disappointing earnings, and struggling manufacturers tell a different story COMMENTARY For China and Taiwan, a 'Window of Opportunity' Beijing and Taipei may be moving toward an accord that furthers economic integration but defers the issue of Taiwan's sovereignty ECONOMICS • From FinanceAsia.com Hong Kong Battles Economic Slump Hong Kong is appointing a task force, including Morgan Stanley's Stephen Roach, to help the city through the global financial crisis FINANCE Pakistan's Stock Exchange Needs Life Support A price floor in August halted the Karachi Stock Exchange. Now all eyes are on a coming $600 million market stabilization package FINANCE • From Economic Times of India Crisis Makes for a Dark Diwali for Indian Tycoons Since Indian stocks peaked in January, companies owned by the the nation's 10 richest businessmen have lost more than $400 billion, an analysis shows REAL ESTATE • From FinanceAsia.com Malaysia's YTL Buys Control of Singapore REIT Malaysian developer YTL is dishing out $189 million for Singapore's Macquarie Prime Reit in the largest Singapore REIT M&A deal to date MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS • From FinanceAsia.com Battle for AIG's Philippine Assets Intensifies Metrobank, the Philippines' largest bank, is the latest contender for Philamlife, one of the jewels in AIG's Asian crown B-SCHOOLS UCLA B-School Sees a Surge in Applicants Going back to school is a profitable use of hard times, says dean Judy Olian. And she thinks many of the applicants may be from Asia AUTOS • From Economic Times of India Launch of Tata's Nano Diesel Postponed Slowed demand and the move from Singur have caused a postponement of the diesel Nano launch, as Tata focuses on the gasoline Nano instead TECHNOLOGY Virtual Reality Golf Takes Off in Korea Nearly 300,000 Koreans play virtual golf regularly, and Golfzon, one of the country's fastest-growing companies, is enjoying the trend PRODUCT SAFETY Nestlé Combats China Food Scandals The Swiss food giant opens a $10.2 million R&D center in Beijing, as multinationals take steps to assure Chinese consumers their products are safe PRODUCT SAFETY Wal-Mart Pulls Tainted Eggs from Shelves in China Melamine contamination has shown up in eggs from Hanwei Group, so Wal-Mart has pulled the brand SPECIAL REPORT Asia's Best Young Entrepreneur: And the Winner Is... Delhi's Vivek Pahwa. He's already on his third startup, a matchmaking site for India's small but growing cadre of divorced people TECHNOLOGY China Lags in Space Race A Chinese satellite lasts only five years in orbit, vs. 18 for a Western-built one. And there's a U.S. ban on exporting tech info CORPORATIONS Even Nintendo is Vulnerable to a Strong Yen The video-game dynamo has lowered its annual profit forecast by 3% because of the yen's sharp rise OUTSOURCING • From Economic Times of India India IT Outsourcers Deny Talk of Layoffs Nevertheless, techies are spooked by job fears as demand for IT services slows BW MALL SPONSORED LINKS
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