Panasonic plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo, Panasonic Electric under $9.4B green initiative Star Tribune | TOKYO - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels. | Panasonic Corp., Japan's biggest consumer electronics maker, sai...
Greece orders striking lorry drivers back to work BBC News The Greek government has used a rare emergency order to force lorry drivers back to work after a three-day strike. | The drivers have until later on Thursday to return to the roads or face arrest and the loss of their licenses. | Most petrol stations in Athens are out of fuel and shops and factories...
China dairy investor's links revealed NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Friday Jul 30, 2010 Email Print | A Chinese businessman alleged to be behind ambitious plans to invest up to $1.5 billion in New Zealand's dairy industry has only recently severed his business links with former National Prime Minister Jenn...
Rate rise 'nail in the coffin' for house building sector NZ Herald By Anne Gibson 4:00 AM Friday Jul 30, 2010 Email Print | The Reserve Bank's interest rate rises are damaging the country's house building sector, according to Jennian Homes. | Richard Carver, director of the national building business, said consumers...
Defiant Carter writes off boss NZ Herald By 4:00 AM Friday Jul 30, 2010 Email Print | Suspended Labour MP Chris Carter says his view that Labour leader Phil Goff can't win the next election and should be replaced is shared by many other MPs and party activists. | "I wouldn't have acted unle...
Citigroup Said to Pay $75 Million in Subprime Case The New York Times | Citigroup has agreed to pay $75 million to settle federal claims that it failed to disclose vast holdings of subprime mortgage investments that crippled the bank during the financial crisis, according to two people briefed on the settlement. Add to...
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HDFC Bank first to up deposit rates The Telegraph India Mumbai, July 28: A day after the Reserve Bank tightened its monetary policy, HDFC Bank today hiked deposit rates by 25-75 basis points across various maturities, while the State Ba...
Kodak has 2Q loss, ending consecutive up quarters The Press Democrat | Kodak's adjusted earnings fell short of Wall Street expectations Wednesday as profit from traditional film-based products plunged 43 percent, driven by an 18 percent drop in moti...
Panasonic moves to buy out two units Gulf News | Tokyo: Panasonic, the world's largest maker of rechargeable batteries, offered to buy out Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works for 818.4 billion yen (Dh34.2 billion) to help expand its renewable energy business. | Panasonic, which may s...
Online vendors in the taxman's sights The Daily Telegraph Australia | ONLINE vendors using eBay and the Trading Post are the latest targets of the Australian Taxation Office. | They are cracking down on traders who under-report income or fail to report it at all. | Tax Commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo said the crackdow...
SuperShorts: Sick note NZ Herald 3:59 AM Friday Jul 30, 2010 Email Print | Aberdeen goalkeeper Jamie Langfield is out for up to three weeks after dropping boiling water on his foot while making coffee. He joins a prestigious list of soccer players with daft sick notes: | * Glasgow R...
Oil steady near $77 after sharp U.S. petroleum stocks gain The Guardian * U.S. crude stockpiles jump most since October 2008 * Coming Up: U.S. weekly jobless claims; 1230 GMT By Alejandro Barbajosa SINGAPORE, July 29 (Reuters) - Oil was steady around $77 on Thursday after falling in the past two sessions on weak durable good data and the biggest weekly increase in crude inventories for nearly two years in the United St...
Villages with population of over 2,000 to get banking facility by 2012 The Hindu | Special Correspondent | 3,490 villages in State with population of over 2,000 do not have banking facility | Banks disbursed loans to the tune of Rs. 31,020 crore under priority sector in 2009-10 | BANGALORE: All the villages in the State with a population of more than 2,000 will get banking facility by March 2012. | This was disclosed by State L...