News For Category: international | 09.04.2010 |
- Toyota keen on Japan production despite yen rise
- [at Reuters] - Toyota Motor Corp wants to keep building cars in Japan for domestic sales even though the yen s recent rise is tough for business, the company president was quoted by a Japanese newspaper as saying on Saturday.
- Outside the Box: Germany: Europe s new superstar
- [at MarketWatch] - Mention Old Europe and you ll probably think of small, cobblestone streets, old buildings, wonderful museums -- and stagnant economies, writes Howard Gold.
- Japan Noda warns on yen, suggests joint steps difficult
- [Reuters] - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Saturday Tokyo would take decisive steps to stem the yen s rise when needed, while suggesting that coordinated currency market intervention was a difficult option.
- Mrs Murdoch loves MySpace
- [at Financial Times] - Wendi Murdoch, née Deng, reveals quite a lot of herself, her family and friends on her Chinese MySpace page, displaying photos of travels from the Greek islands to bikini-clad days on the Galápagos, her 40th birthday, plus other big occasions - the Ivanka Trump wedding and get-togethers in China with Tony and Cherie Blair.
- CBI French style
- [at Financial Times] - Making the summer last a little longer, the French employers body, the Medef in Paris drew a seriously tanned crowd at its summer school, including Axa Private Equity chief Dominique Senequier.
- [$$] European and Asian Stocks Start Month on Good Note
- [at The Wall Street Journal] - Stocks Start Month on Good Note European stocks rallied in the wake of better-than-expected U.S. employment data, bringing a strong start to September, while Japanese shares ended the week with three straight winning sessions.
- Latin American Markets: Petrobras climbs as share offering launches
- [at MarketWatch] - Shares of Petroleo Brasileiro SA are among the top advancers in the Brazilian equity market Friday after the oil giant launches what s poised to be the largest offering of stock on record.
- Hizbollah leader denies rift with Syria
- [at Financial Times] - Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the radical Lebanese Shia group Hizbollah, denied that a rift was opening up between the Iranian-backed organisation and its Syrian allies during a speech given to mark a day of international solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
- Kia recalls tied to electrical issue
- [Investor s Business Daily] - The South Korean automaker is recalling 56,000 cars, the Soul and Sorento, sold in the U.S. and South Korea, because of defective wiring harnesses that could cause fires. Kia Motors said some harnesses made by Johnson Controls for lighting in 10 model-year Soul cars and 2011 model-year Sorento
- UPDATE - Mazda to cut costs to counter yen s rise - Nikkei
- [at Reuters] - Mazda Motor Corp is taking emergency cost cutting steps to soften the impact of the rising yen on its fiscal 2010 profit target, the Nikkei business daily reported.
- Germany: Europe s new superstar
- [at MarketWatch] - Mention Old Europe and you’ll probably think of small, cobblestone streets, old buildings, wonderful museums -- and stagnant economies, writes Howard Gold.
- Investors await German data, airline traffic
- [at MarketWatch] - As earnings season draws to a close, the focus of European investors will turn next week to the latest economic data from Germany for confirmation of its spectacular recovery as well as to traffic reports from several airlines for a sense of consumer confidence.
- China Maneuvers To Snatch POT From BHP
- [at Forbes] - The stakes just got higher in the 3-D chess game China s playing for natural resources. This is not another thread to the China buys the world story line. This is a defensive move.
- Renovation inflames Macedonian identity row
- [at Financial Times] - In the main square of Skopje s city centre, Goce Delcev and Dame Gruev sit astride their horses, gazing down at pedestrians 5 metres below. The 19th-century freedom fighters, cast in bronze in Italy arrived four months ago in the first wave of an expensive renewal project for the Macedonian capital.
- China Sky One Medical cuts 2010 outlooks
- [AP] - China Sky One Medical Inc., a Chinese over-the-counter drug maker, said Friday several major distributors have stopped doing business with the company, and it cut its 2010 profit and sales expectations.
- Canadian Markets: Financials, industrials drive Toronto index gain
- [at MarketWatch] - Toronto Stock Exchange holds onto slight gains to close up 2.2% for the week on the strength of the financial and industrial sectors on a day that both oil and gold prices decline.
- Disquiet over ENRC s purchase of Congo assets
- [at Financial Times] - Anger is growing among London s investor community over the decision by a FTSE 100 miner to buy a disputed copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Europe cannot have it both ways on immigration
- [at Financial Times] - Which European politician said in July that his country was suffering from 50 years of lax immigration rules that have led to a failure of integration ? Was it Geert Wilders, the Dutch anti-Islamic populist?
- Latin American Markets: Petrobras shares rise as share offering launched
- [at MarketWatch] - Shares of Petroleo Brasileiro SA top advancers in the Brazilian equity market after the oil giant launches what s poised to be the largest offering of stock on record.
- Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots
- [AP] - Mozambique s economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.
- [$$] Europe s Online Fashion Evolution
- [at The Wall Street Journal] - Europe s Online Fashion Evolution Is online fashion retailing starting to come of age in Europe?
- Wilders pulls out as Dutch talks fail
- [at Financial Times] - Geert Wilders, the anti-Islamic Dutch politician, ruled himself out of a government role on Friday as the latest attempt to form a ruling coalition in the Netherlands collapsed.
- Canadian Markets: Canada market buoyed by financials, industrials
- [at MarketWatch] - Toronto Stock Exchange holds onto slight gains on the strength of the financial and industrial sectors as both oil and gold prices decline.
- ADR Report-U.S. jobs data boosts foreign shares
- [at Reuters] - Overseas shares traded in the United States rose on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy shed far fewer jobs than expected last month.
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