Archive for September 6th, 2009

Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Shares of South Korean chipmaker Hynix jump on media reports that the company’s creditors are inviting bids this week for a stake in the company.

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Hynix creditors to invite bids for stake sale
Tags: alert, china, exporters-rise, first-take, hxscf, hynix-semiconductor-inc, korea, latest-news, market, markets, marketsasia, online, podcasts, supreme-court, toshiba
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
AIG agrees to sell its fund-management business for up to $500 million to Pacific Century Group, a Hong Kong-based company wholly owned by 43-year-old tycoon Richard Li.

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Pacific Century pays $500 million for AIG unit
Tags: aig, american-intl-group-inc, create-alert, first-take, latest-news, latin-america, market, marketsasia, mqg, pacific-century, pccw-limited, pccw-ltd, toshiba
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama aims to put together his Cabinet lineup by next week, including a newly created position to eliminate government budgetary waste.

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Japan’s new Cabinet coming into focus
Tags: economy-amp-politics, first-take, government, investing, japan, market, party, podcasts, toshiba
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
In just over 12 months, as a result of the sharpening of the credit crisis, perceptions about sovereign-wealth fundfs have changed radically.

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Marsh on Monday: No more demonization of sovereign wealth funds
Tags: barclays-plc, bcs, china, citigroup-inc, create-alert, david-marsh, embedded, markets, marsh-on-monday, poahf, ubs-ag
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009

The days of your darkest office nemesis are numbered. Not your boss, it’s, of course, the office printer.

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Brett Arends’ ROI: An alternative to the dreaded office printer
Tags: alert, at-last, dreaded, europe, exporters-rise, latest-news, office, partner-center, podcasts, story, technology, toshiba
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Tags: aapl, alert, apple, china, exporters-rise, first-take, industriestech, iphone, latest-news, market, markets, podcasts, supreme-court, toshiba
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
A flurry of merger-and-acquisition activity takes the spotlight in Asian markets, with Toshiba, China Unicom, Rio Tinto and other major names all chalking up gains from news of fresh deals.

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Asia Markets: Toshiba, China Unicom jump on M&A news
Tags: aig, arvcf, change, china-unicom, create-alert, element, pacific-century, toshiba, volume
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
President Barack Obama reportedly plans to appoint auto task-force member Ron Bloom as senior counselor for manufacturing in a move to help revamp the sector.

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Obama to name new manufacturing adviser: reports
Tags: alert, auto, china, europe, exports-strengthening, first-take, latest-news, obama, partner-center, podcasts
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Singapore’s Chartered Semi, majority-owned by the city-state’s sovereign wealth fund, enters a deal to sell itself to Abu Dhabi’s ATIC fund for approximately $1.8 billion in cash.

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Abu Dhabi’s ATIC to buy Singapore’s Chartered Semi
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
After an array of disappointing initial public offerings, the primary markets are in desperate need of a hero to restore some confidence in new issues.

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V. Phani Kumar’s This Week in India: Oil India to test investor appetite for IPOs
Tags: david-weidner, europe, exporters-rise, first-take, government, kumar, market, markets, online, partner-center, peter-brimelow, phani-kumar, podcasts, supreme-court
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