(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-01 02:01 New Zealand’s ASB launches NZ$50 mln 6-year notes (Interactive Investor)
SYDNEY, Sept 1 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s ASB Bank Ltd has launched an issue of NZ$50 million ($35.06 million) of six-year fixed rate notes at 130 basis points over swap, it said on Monday.
Taiwan Drops Missile Plan That Can Hit China (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) – In an ongoing effort to seek peace with China, Taiwan dropped plans to develop missiles that can cruise to China, media reports said. An unnamed military official said that Taipei has dropped plans to develop missiles that could travel up to 1000 km.
Japan: China launches contaminated dumplings probe (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TOKYO – Chinese authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into Chinese-made dumplings that sickened 10 people in Japan and touched off a food-safety scare, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
Terrorists hijack God, says RM awardee (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines—A man with an easy laugh, Ahmad Syafii Maarif does not look like the stereotypical intellectual and Islamic scholar with the beard and intense stare. Maarif is very much himself in his batik shirt, an Asian man at home in a world so diverse and so complex.
Magnitude 5.8 quake hits central New Zealand (KATC 3 Lafayette)
Associated Press – August 31, 2008 11:13 PM ET WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – A moderate magnitude-5.8 earthquake has struck deep underground in New Zealand’s central North Island, but there…
China Investment Fund to Buy Japanese Stocks, Mainichi Reports (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — China Investment Corp. , which manages that nation’s $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, will start investing in Japanese stocks as early as the current fiscal year, the Mainichi newspaper said.
Taiwan, Japan Fail To Reach Compensation Deal For Boat Sinking (Nasdaq)
TAIPEI (AFP)–Taiwan and Japan on Sunday failed to reach an agreement on the amount Tokyo should compensate a Taiwanese captain after his ship collided with a Japanese coast guard vessel and sank, the government said.
Taiwan dlr falls, tracking S. Korea, local stocks (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
TAIPEI, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The Taiwan dollar weakened on Monday, tracking local stocks and a slump in the South Korean won as foreign banks on the island snatched up increasingly attractive greenbacks, dealers said.
Indonesian former MPR chairman says to run for president (People’s Daily)
Amien Rais, founder of Indonesia’ s National Mandate Party (PAN) founder and former People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) chairman, said Sunday he was ready to run again in the presidential race next year if he enjoyed enough popular support. “Well…if there is not enough popular support, I will return to campus to teach students. And I will also be active in Muhammadiyah,” Antara news agency on …
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-01 01:37 China Investment Corp to start investing in Japan stocks – report (Interactive Investor)
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) – Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp (CIC) will begin to invest in the Japanese stock market, the Mainichi Shimbun reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Report: Taiwan drops plan to develop missile that can hit China (EARTHtimes.org)
Taipei – Taiwan has dropped plans to develop cruise missiles that can reach China, seen as the country’s ongoing efforts to seek peace with China, a newspaper reported Monday. The United Daily News quoted an unnamed military official as saying that T…
New Zealand market trades slightly lower (INO News)
(RTTNews) – The New Zealand stock market was trading slightly lower on Monday, recovering after a gap down opening. Wall Street’s decline on Friday dented investor sentiment.
