Asia & Pacific

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The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 David Lee Smith	Cemex's Next Round With nary a private equity firm in sight, Mexican cement manufacturing behemoth Cemex won approval from its shareholders late last week to persist in its hostile offer for Australian building materials producer Rinker Group.
InternetNews December 8, 2006 Ed Sutherland	ICANN Gives Asia Its Dot In a move reflecting the growing Asian flavor of the Internet, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers yesterday approved the first top-level domain registry based in the Asia-Pacific region.
BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 Bruce Einhorn	How Yahoo China Missed Out On The Mainland In China, tough rivals and serious blunders have left Yahoo in turmoil.
InternetNews December 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Palm Pays $44M For Perpetual OS License Palm said today it will pay $44 million to Japan's Access Systems for a perpetual license of the operating system used by Treo smartphones and PDAs. The agreement ensures current and future Palm devices remain compatible with Palm's Garnet operating system.
HBS Working Knowledge December 6, 2006 Tarun Khanna	India Needs to Encourage Trade with China Although India and China have increased bilateral trade over the last five years, the amount is far less than what would be expected. India has primarily itself to blame.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Baidu Keeps Taking Names Baidu is in talks for a search-distribution agreement with Microsoft in China. The search engine is also brokering similar deals with blue-chip Internet service providers China Telecom and China Netcom. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Matthew Crews	Gap's Brave New World The retailer is looking to grow through franchising abroad. First stops: Singapore and Malaysia.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Brian Lawler	Cubist Finds an Asian Partner The smaller drug developer teams up with AstraZeneca to bring its antibiotic to worldwide markets. The best part of the deal is that Cubist retains the rights to Cubicin in Japan, which is by far the biggest market in all of Asia. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 David Lee Smith	Hard Bargaining for Cemex While the mating dance is probably not finished for Mexico's Cemex and Australia's Rinker, Cemex, with its size, geographic diversity, and strong management, is as solid a company as wise investors are apt to find in the international sector.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Baidu Goes Big in Japan The Chinese search leader eyes Japan as its next growth market. Investors, take note.
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