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Visitors play the online game 'World of Warcraft' at the Games Convention, the fair for interactive entertainment in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
(photo: AP / Eckehard Schulz)
Gaming gamble for Google
Asia Times
|      Jul 31, 2010 <IT WORLD> | Gaming gamble for Google | By Martin J Young | HUA HIN, Thailand - Google is cooking up new recipes in its digital kitchen, with reports this week about a number of partnerships with online gaming companies. A social gaming platform seems to...
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74
(photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)
Asia nudges ahead
Asia Times
|      Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while, although it seems to have established a support in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index chart a little underneath the 115 level. | The MS...
Asia nudges ahead
Asia Times
|      Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while, although it seems to have established a support in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index...
Asian shares hit hard by Fed comment on slowing growth
Gulf News
| Tokyo: Most Asian stocks fell as US Federal Reserve comments that growth slowed in some areas of the economy overshadowed signs of increased corporate earnings. | Samsung Electronics Co., which gets a fifth of its revenue in America, sank 1.2 ...
Fed Member's Deflation Warning Hints at Policy Shift
The New York Times
| WASHINGTON — A subtle but significant shift appears to be occurring within the Federal Reserve over the course of monetary policy, amid increasing signs that the economic recovery is weakening. | On Thursday, James Bullard, the president of t...
Comeback Heralded for Japan Giants in Electronics
The New York Times
| TOKYO — Buoyed by a long-awaited turnaround in its television and video game businesses, Sony said Thursday it swung to a net profit of ¥25.7 billion, or $293.9 million, in the April-June quarter and raised its outlook for the full year. ...
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Panasonic buying Sanyo, other unit for $9.4 bln
The Guardian
* To make Sanyo, Panasonic Elec Works 100 percent-owned units * Move to help Panasonic boost eco-related businesses * To finance w/ treasury stock and up to $5.7 bln new shares * P...
Panasonic LCD TV - Electronics
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Panasonic plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo, Panasonic Electric under $9.4B green initiative
Star Tribune
| TOKYO - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen gre...
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JAL's talks on new financing to drag into September: Nikkei
The Times Of India
Debt-ridden Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) and the state-backed turnaround body overseeing its rehabilitation said the firm's capital plans, including negotiations for new financing, wi...
Panasonic returns to black on growing sales, raises full year forecasts
Hartford Courant
(AP) — Panasonic, biggest home appliance maker, returned to profit in its latest quarter and raised full year forecasts amid stronger sales of products from air conditioners to flat-panel TVs. | Panasonic Corp. reported Thursday that April-June...
Panasonic plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo, Panasonic Electric under $9.4B green initiative
Star Tribune
| TOKYO - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels. | Panasonic Corp...
Japan's Sharp sees profits recover in April-June on strong LCD TV, panel sales, cost cutting
Hartford Courant
(AP) — , one of the world's largest producers of LCD TVs and panels, booked a profit last quarter, rebounding from big losses a year earlier as sales recovered and deep cost cutting took effect. | The Osaka-based electronics company Thursday po...
Economy
Trader Ted Weisberg, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday
(photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Stocks sputter in jittery trade
CNN
July 28, 2010: 9:46 AM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A worse-than-expected durable goods orders report and some weaker quarterly results from Boeing and others were among the factors hanging over markets at Wednesday's open. | The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) were little changed, after having posted losses ...
Investments
Ruling Nationalist Party lawmakers holding placards that read "Passing the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) will make Taiwan prosper," as they prepare to approve the trade pact with China on the floor of the legislature, Friday, July 9, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan.
(photo: AP / Wally Santana)
Taiwan challenge to Korea, Japan
Asia Times
|      Jul 22, 2010 Taiwan challenge to Korea, Japan | By Jens Kastner | TAIPEI - The recent signing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Taipei and Beijing has put South Korea and Japan in an unfavorable position. Through tariff exceptions and reductions, Taiwanese businesses are to enjoy more advantag...



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