Munjals to buy Honda stake in JV The Times Of India NEW DELHI: A series of offmarket transactions will see Japanese auto major Honda exit its 25-year-old joint venture with the Munjals in Hero Honda with the entire deal likely to be wrapped up in the next six months. The deal, which will be executed in two phases, will see the Munjal family - led by ...
It's Nishikori's day at New York; Clijsters through The Hindu | Gasquet thrashes Davydenko in straight sets; Sania's campaign ends in doubles too | NEW YORK: Kim Clijsters erased an early first-set deficit and put her hopes of defending her U.S. Open title back on track with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Petra Kvitova on Friday that secured the Belgian a spot in the fou...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 00:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Sep 04, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 04-Sep-10 00:00 ET | 17:02 | Reminder: Equity and bond markets are closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day | 16:51 | OC Owens Corning increasing production of continuous fi...
11 nations seek new world biodiversity policy Zeenews New Delhi: Expressing concern that the world's biodiversity target for 2010 has not been met fully, ministers and senior representatives from 11 nations on Saturday sought a new policy to protect the fragile ecosystem. | The appeal, which is directed...
The Pacific Campaign, Dam Division The New York Times | ON Sept. 1, 1945 — 65 years ago this week — I arrived in Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, aboard a Navy transport ship. Along with other newly commissioned ensigns in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps, I was prepared to join one of the Seabee b...
Halford To Release Fourth Album Undercover | Halford, fronted by the metal god himself Rob Halford, have announced the release of a new album. | ‘Halford IV: Made Of Metal’ is a fourteen track album due to his stores on September 27 (or if you’re in Japan, October 13). | The leading sin...
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Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data Herald Tribune | TOKYO - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the pace of the global e...
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom The New York Times | FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial r...
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain The New York Times | TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | With the ye...
Dolphins caught, not killed in Japan cove Gulf News | Tokyo: Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea Shepherd said on Friday. A town official said none were...
World alerted as town's dolphin hunt gets under way NZ Herald By Yuri Kageyama 5:30 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print | Dolphins were herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea She...
Golf: Ex-lover likens Smail to adulterous Woods NZ Herald 5:30 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print | A jilted Japanese lover of No 1 Kiwi golfer David Smail has compared him to serial adulterer Tiger Woods. | But unlike Elin Nordegren, who is in line to receive a US$100 million ($140 million) divorce ...
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Akira Kurosawa Samurai film festival 2010 in San Francisco The Examiner | Celebrate Kurosawa's nearly half a century of big screen samurai action and drama. New People Related articles Free English language classes in the San Francisco Bay Area Ethnic communities 101: Where can I find an Asian grocery store in San Francisco? "Hepatitis B Hero Mobile" hits the road to promote hepatitis B awareness among...
Nikkei edges up after 16-mth low, China PMI a boost The Guardian * China PMI data gives Nikkei a lift * Next target for Nikkei 8,697, 61.8 pct retracement * But investors eye U.S. data, worry about more dlr selling By Elaine Lies TOKYO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.5 percent on Wednesday, getting a bit of a boost from a rise in China's purchasing managers index, while technology shares cr...
