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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...