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SKorea's Hyundai lowers sales target on weak demand
AFP - 1 hour 52 minutes agoSEOUL (AFP) - - South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor on Sunday lowered its domestic sales target for 2008 due to weakening demand amid rising prices of oil and raw materials, company officials said. More »
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SKorea cuts back on driving to save energy
AFP - 1 hour 54 minutes agoSEOUL (AFP) - - South Korea said Sunday it would drastically reduce the use of government vehicles from next week as part of its first major contingency plan aimed at saving energy amid soaring oil prices. More »
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Bush defends decisions on NKorea, Olympics as leaders focus on climate change, gas prices
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China premier: Continue inflation fight
AP - 2 hours 47 minutes agoBEIJING - China's premier called for continued vigilance against inflation that has reached 12-year highs, saying the government should ensure that price increases are "acceptable," a state-run news agency reported Sunday. More »
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S.Korea to assure continued FX intervention-report
Reuters - Monday, July 7SEOUL, July 6 (Reuters) - South Korea's finance ministry and central bank will issue a joint statement on Monday assuring their commitment to supporting the won to cushion imported inflation, domestic Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. More »
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Malaysia Petronas Gas gas plant resumes operation
Reuters - Sunday, July 6KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Reuters) - Malaysia's Petronas Gas Bhd <PGAS.KL> said it has ended a temporary supply cut at one of its gas processing plants in Terengganu following an unplanned shutdown. More »
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Taiwan tour operators sceptical about China boom
AFP - Sunday, July 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - The launch of regular direct flights between China and Taiwan has been hailed as a symbol of progress and a boon to tourism, but industry workers here are not all convinced. More »
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Airline price-fixing case sheds light on industry: analysts
AFP - Sunday, July 6SINGAPORE (AFP) - - Last month's agreement by Cathay Pacific and three other airlines to plead guilty and pay more than half a billion dollars in criminal fines has shed light on industry price-fixing, analysts say. More »
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South Korea announces first oil contingency measures
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Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack
AFP - Sunday, July 6HONG KONG (AFP) - - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere. More »
- German firms pull out as Chinese fluff teddy productionAFP -Sunday, July 6
- Airlines shed weight as fuel costs soarAFP -Sunday, July 6
- Singapore's property boom cooling: analystsAFP -Sunday, July 6
- New mass protest against govt, US beef in SKoreaAFP -Sunday, July 6
- China offers soothing words to weary exportersReuters -Sunday, July 6
- Japan firms may quit Indonesia over power crisis -assocReuters -Sunday, July 6
- Japan's Magara files for rehabilitation - KyodoReuters -Sunday, July 6
- India party says not demanding FinMin's resignationReuters -Sunday, July 6
- China CITIC bank estimates H1 net up 150 pctReuters -Saturday, July 5
- Pakistani cenbank sells 84-day T-billsReuters -Saturday, July 5