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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Taiwan Sun.com http://www.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/5e8a9e9456185a7e/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:02 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:36:02 -0400 30 +65 6388 3838 Operating hours in Singapore time (+8 hours GMT) Mon-Fri: 8.45am - 5.15pm & Sat: 8.45am - 12.15pm After office hours, leave a voicemail. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294132/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:58 -0400 Business Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294132/ +65 6388 3838 Operating hours in Singapore time (+8 hours GMT) Mon-Fri: 8.45am - 5.15pm & Sat: 8.45am - 12.15pm After office hours, leave a voicemail. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294131/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:31 -0400 Business Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294131/ Oxmoor Auto Group, 8111 Shelbyville Road, will hold a meeting for neighbors at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday about zoning changes for its automotive campus. It will be held in the Hospitality Room at St. Margar... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294149/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:48 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294149/ JAPAN: August 29, 2008 TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp cut its 2009 vehicle sales forecast by nearly 7 percent as high fuel prices hammer demand for large cars and pickup trucks, and said it will speed up... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294145/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:19 -0400 Planet Ark http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294145/ TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp on Thursday revised downward its global sales forecast for 2009, pushing back its target of becoming the world’s first automaker to sell more than 10 million veh... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294080/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:04:57 -0400 Japan Today http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294080/ The race between General Motors Corp. and Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp. to produce a rechargeable car is meaningless because the companies' vehicle designs are so different, GM's top product execu... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294143/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:04:11 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294143/ NEW DELHI: India on Thursday concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Asean bloc, which will ensure lowering of duties and free flow of trade in goods. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294137/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:46 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294137/ MUMBAI: Drug maker Marksans Pharma on Thursady said it has acquired UK-based generic pharmaceutical company Relonchem for an undisclosed amount. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294139/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:44 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294139/ +65 6388 3838 Operating hours in Singapore time (+8 hours GMT) Mon-Fri: 8.45am - 5.15pm & Sat: 8.45am - 12.15pm After office hours, leave a voicemail. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294130/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:46:30 -0400 Business Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294130/ +65 6388 3838 Operating hours in Singapore time (+8 hours GMT) Mon-Fri: 8.45am - 5.15pm & Sat: 8.45am - 12.15pm After office hours, leave a voicemail. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294133/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:11 -0400 Business Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294133/ MUMBAI: While a host of brokerages in India are shrinking to tide over the current rough patch, Reliance Money, the largest broking house in the country in terms of customers, expanded its operatio... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294140/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:43 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294140/ MUMBAI: Gold is enjoying a modern-day renaissance in the country. From retail sales of 300-400 kgs of gold bar per day at the start of 2008, demand has surged to 3,000 to 4,000 kgs per day. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294138/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:45 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294138/ NEW DELHI: General Motors will invest $200 million in India for an engine plant as the US carmaker looks to boost sales through the launch of new models. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294141/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:42 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294141/ took the lead among its domestic peers in venturing overseas, and it is now paying for it as global exposure becomes a liability in the global credit fallout. With heavy holdings of U.S. housing debt,... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294142/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:47:15 -0400 Forbes http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294142/ Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will start mass-producing next-generation electric vehicles in the early 2010s, demonstrating a renewed commitment to develop fuel-efficient cars. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294144/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:24:11 -0400 Japan Times http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294144/ More BERLIN: Airbus SAS, the world's largest plane maker, is considering an extended 1,000-passenger version of the A380 aircraft, Louis Gallois, chief executive of the European Aeronautic Defe... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294136/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:41 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17294136/ The 1992 Clinton campaign understood advertising via cable television. Clinton's advisers realized that instead of expensive commercials on the networks, they could target a cable ad buy right down... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17293977/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:41 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17293977/ is continuing to expand its footprint, but this time it's looking right in its own backyard rather than across the sea. One of Japan's largest banks, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (other-otc: http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17289964/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:51:41 -0400 Forbes http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17289964/ Fran O'Sullivan: Toll debate turning surreal It's getting tougher at the top at Air New Zealand where profits plunged in the second half of the past financial year.The airline's chief executive Rob Fy... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17289966/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:40 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17289966/ New Apple iPhone 3G NEW YORK: A security flaw in Apple Inc's iPhone allows unauthorized users to gain easy access to private contacts and e-mails even when the device is locked, but the company... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17289851/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:02:30 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17289851/ profile ) were up 43% to $6.17 billion and almost 50% above analyst forecasts. Net-interest income rose 15% and net-interest margins rose 2.66%. And all of this comes from the bank with the biggest e... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285012/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:33:03 -0400 Market Watch http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285012/ By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- The 2009 Budget to be presented by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in the Parliament tomorrow is expected t... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285006/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:03:32 -0400 Bernama http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285006/ vehicles in 2009, down from a previous target of 10.4 million. That would mark a 2.1 percent rise compared with the current year.It plans to ramp up production of its fuel-sipping hybrids and introduc... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285009/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:26:53 -0400 Yahoo!7 News http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285009/ NEW DELHI: A little known telecom aspirant, Swan, has been awarded start-up GSM spectrum in the coveted Delhi circle that had room for only one extra player. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17284998/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:45 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17284998/ MUMBAI: The rupee weakened on Thursday as a rise in oil prices sparked dollar buying from refiners, and then steadied as exporters thought the currency was good value and on worries the central bank... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17284999/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:44 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17284999/ BEIJING – Another major Chinese bank reported double-digit profit growth Thursday as it avoided the credit crisis that has battered Western lenders but warned it might face tougher conditions in... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17284862/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:19:49 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17284862/ NEW DELHI: Giving a little respite to the hapless consumers, inflation slipped marginally to 12.40 per cent for the week ended August 16 from 12.63 per cent a week before. ( http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285000/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:42 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285000/ HONG KONG, Aug. 28 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Bank of China, one of China's big four banks, said Thursday that accusations its U.S. branch transferred funds to terrorists in the Middle East are unsubstan... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285014/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:03:50 -0400 Breitbart http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285014/ Fitch Ratings has today commented that on the basis of present economic growth trends and the fiscal situations of Indian states, the likely impact of the Sixth Pay Commission (SPC) recommendations ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285001/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:40 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285001/ NEW DELHI : Gold prices on Thursday rose by Rs 50 to close at Rs 12,080 per 10 gram on the bullion market on sustained buying influenced by firming global trend. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285003/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:39 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285003/ MUMBAI: Heavy selling towards end of trade, on concerns of high inflation and rising crude oil prices, saw Indian stock market benchmarks end sharply lower on Thursday. Market opened on subdued ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285002/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:41 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285002/ KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Just after being sworn in as the MP for Permatang Pauh, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim showed his "fangs" in the Dewan Rakyat by interjecting the debate on the Deoxyribonuc... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285008/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:03:28 -0400 Bernama http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285008/ Pakistani stock exchange authorities set a floor of 9,144 points for the Karachi Stock Exchange index on Thursday following heavy losses in recent days, the exchange said. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285013/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:49:35 -0400 CNBC http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285013/ Reuters Everyone enjoys a touch of paradise, whether it's a white-sand beach or untouched rural setting, but it seems to get harder to find a spot that is not already teeming with tourists. Here's a ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285004/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:01:38 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17285004/ (3988.HK), the smallest of China's Big Four state-run banks by assets, reported Thursday a better-than-expected 43% rise in first-half net profit from a year earlier on strong growth in interest an... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17284997/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:59:11 -0400 Morning Star http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17284997/ "Auction of the 3G spectrum will begin by the end of October, and I plan to roll out services by the end of this year," Communications and Information Technology Minister A. Raja said at a function. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279875/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:47:10 -0400 NDTV http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279875/ NEW DELHI: Just how fast things move in the internet world. Sample this: earlier today Zenith Computers and Microsoft announced a laptop at a price point of 15K that they claimed was the lowest pri... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279660/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:35 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279660/ KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Low cost carrier, AirAsia Bhd's financial result for the first half year ended June 30,2008 was dampened by a RM77 million translation loss amid the weakening ringgit... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279882/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:50:22 -0400 Bernama http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279882/ Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd will release six models of write-once Blu-ray disc media with 6x writing speed in order from Sept 10, 2008, in Japan. The 50-Gbyte model, which has the large... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279878/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:26 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279878/ -(Dow Jones)- Philippine Airlines is taking steps to cut its annual fuel bill substantially in the face of soaring oil prices, the carrier's chief financial officer said Thursday. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279860/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:26 -0400 Morning Star http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279860/ India and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday concluded their talks for a far-reaching pact that will open up trade at reduced tariffs in a collective market compr... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279874/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:47:12 -0400 NDTV http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279874/ LG Display Co Ltd began to gradually replace LED digital bulletin boards for train information with LCD panels on the platforms of Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Lines 1, 3 and 4. The company said i... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279879/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:22 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279879/ Gainer ," a toolkit that makes it easy to handle hardware. With Gainer, even those who know little about hardware can easily try "physical computing," which means receiving light, sound... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279880/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:20 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279880/ MUMBAI: Profit booking in heavy-weights Reliance Industries and capital goods stocks saw benchmarks close sharply lower on August series F&O expiry day. Rising crude oil prices in internatio... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279866/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:39 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279866/ KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- UEM World Bhd's pre-tax profit for the first half year ended June 30, 2008 slipped to RM214.593 million from RM598.195 million for the same period in 2007 amid a redu... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279883/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:50:18 -0400 Bernama http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279883/ MUMBAI: To cut down mounting fuel costs, Air India has adopted a slew of measures including shedding weight on its flights by carrying less food, newspapers and a half-filled water tank. “The a... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279868/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:36 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279868/ MUMBAI : Gold prices inched up on Thursday tracking foreign markets where the metal took support from higher crude oil and weaker dollar and dealers said demand was a touch down from the heavy sale... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279661/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:34 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279661/ NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India is phasing out old currency notes in the denomination of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 of the 1996 series and replacing them with new ones with added security features. ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279867/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:38 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17279867/ Though both are technology companies, Unisteel, a disc drive component maker, operates more of a niche business than Amtek. Amtek is one of the largest metal stamping companies in Singapore. Its metal... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275836/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:58:45 -0400 CNBC http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275836/ Tokyo, Aug 28, 2008 (Jiji Press) - The key Nikkei average eked out marginal gains on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, as investors scoured for bargains in the recently battered technology and auto s... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275822/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:10 -0400 JCN Network http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275822/ KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- The Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS), an independent public policy institute, expects the 2009 Budget to be more people-oriented and not pro-business. Chair... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275831/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:17:32 -0400 Bernama http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275831/ SAFETY investigators will tomorrow release an initial report into the mid-air explosion that left a Qantas jet with a hole in its fuselage and forced it to make an emergency landing in Manila. http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275817/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:42:21 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275817/ By Nor Baizura Basri KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- The government needs to look at the implementation of medium and long term plans in the country's budget to ensure the sustainability and pros... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275832/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:17:28 -0400 Bernama http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275832/ By Muin Abdul Majid DUBAI, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved US$178.2 million for several development projects and technical assistance in member countries, includ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275833/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:17:27 -0400 Bernama http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275833/ Microsoft Corp and Nikon Corp have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement to further the development of each company's current and future product lines. The agreement covers digital cameras made by... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275826/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:15:30 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275826/ Tokyo, Aug 28, 2008 (Jiji Press) - The key Nikkei average eked out slim gains on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday morning as investors searched for bargains in the recently battered financial and aut... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275823/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:09 -0400 JCN Network http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275823/ Toyota lowered its global sales target for 2009 to 9.7 million vehicles on Thursday, down from an earlier 10.4 million vehicles, blaming "tough times," caused by rising material costs, a slowing U.S. ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275814/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:40 -0400 Fox 12 http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275814/ The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola Inc has deployed a campus-wide wireless LAN (WLAN) for Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, one of the top universities in China. The camp... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275828/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:15:27 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275828/ Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has begun sampling low-density, higher-performance solid state drives (SSD) that are only 30% the size of 2.5-inch SSDs and highly cost-efficient to manufacture. With the in... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275829/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:15:26 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275829/ Alps Electric has completed development of the SCGC1B Series SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card connector, an IC card that has an identification number recorded on to it in order to identify user p... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275827/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:15:28 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275827/ TDK Corp has announced that it will construct a large-scale, high-performance anechoic chamber at its Technical Center in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. The new chamber, which is scheduled for compl... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275825/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:15:24 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275825/ Tokyo stocks closed mixed Thursday with Nikkei index up 0.12 percent. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average went up 15.29 points to 12,768.25 from Wednesday. The Topix index of all First Section issues o... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275830/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:11:03 -0400 People's Daily http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17275830/ The Associated Press August 28, 2008 - 2:59 a.m. TOKYO - Toyota lowered its global sales target for 2009 to 9.7 million vehicles on Thursday, down from an earlier 10.4 million vehicles, blaming "toug... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272190/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:07:21 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272190/ Close this TOKYO, Japan -- The United States, Europe and Japan planned to intervene to rescue the dollar when it was plunging in March at the time US investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed, the Nikkei... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272200/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:03:40 -0400 Inquirer http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272200/ The Hang Seng has plunged 252 points to 21,214. The Nikkei is up seven points at 12,760. The Taiwan Weighted index has slipped 11 points to 7,070. The Straits Times index is up four points at 2,709, ... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272199/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:50:03 -0400 Business Standard http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272199/ MUMBAI: Rupee weakened on Thursday as oil refiners stepped up dollar buying to meet end-of-month commitments. With oil rising to more than $118 a barrel, import payments will rise. India imports... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272196/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:23:25 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272196/ )/gi, ''); } $("#searchString").autocomplete('/search/suggest2.cfm', { width: 320, delay: 200, limit: 20, resultsClass: "sm_ac_results", loadingClass: "sm_ac_loading", multiple: true, selectFirst: f... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272203/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:41:17 -0400 Smart Money http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272203/ By Sanjeev Sinha, ECONOMICTIMES.COM We are here to do business, not serve you Most of your neighbourhood banks today claim to have evolved from being a mere caretaker of funds to serving a wide spec... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272195/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:23:24 -0400 Times Of India http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17272195/ Ricoh Americas Corp agreed on the acquisition of IKON Office Solutions Inc with IKON's board of directors. IKON is the world's largest independent distributor of office equipment including copy m... http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17269320/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:39:23 -0400 NE Asia http://story.taiwansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/5e8a9e9456185a7e/id/17269320/