Asia & Pacific

Magazine articles on conducting business in Asia and Pacific countries.

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BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Dexter Roberts	China's Credit Crunch No interest rate increase. That looks like one of China's big accomplishments in its quest to cool off the economy, but Beijing's go-slow policy is strangling private business.
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Oracle Throws Muscle Into Asianux Oracle announced that it will speed adoption of Linux in the Asian market by bumping Asianux to its world-class Linux support program. Oracle also announced that it is now fully certified on the Asian Linux platform.
InternetNews July 19, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Nokia Ventures Out to New Delhi The mobile phone giant's venture capital arm, Nokia Venture Partners, has opened an office in New Delhi, India, to scout for new early-stage investments.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Manjeet Kripalani	Ratan Tata: No One's Doubting Now The Tata group has interests from autos and steel to software and telecom and is prospering as India's economy booms. Ratan Tata has transformed Tata group from an overgrown conglomerate into an agile global force.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Moon Ihlwan	North Korea: Open For Business -- A Bit North Korea remains poor, but Kim Jong Il's reforms are bringing growth.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Assif Shameen	Singapore's Venture Shows The Big Guys Another Way The backup-drive manufacturer Venture Corp. from Singapore has margins that fill its huge rivals with envy.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Ian Rowley	Fast Retailing: Back To The Fast Track When Fast Retailing Co.'s brash CEO, Tadashi Yanai, predicted back in 2001 that the clothing company would be "bigger than Gap," it seemed a bold claim.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Brian Bremner	A Winning Team Of Japanese Banks Combining giants Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.and UFJ Holdings Inc. would amplify their strengths -- and lure investors.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2004 Bill Mann	Cheap Tech Stock? Do Tell! UTStarcom is painted with three brushes: telecom, China, and wireless, which are all bad. The company has used the negative sentiment to launch a $5 million share buyback, yet the stock continues to drop.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2004 Richard Gibbons	Mitsubishi Tokyo's Massive Merger The potential merger of two of the "big four" Japanese banks would result in a massive conglomerate with assets of $1.74 trillion. But there are good reasons why small investors should be cautious.
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