Asia & Pacific

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BusinessWeek January 10, 2005	A Bump In The Road For Japan's Mazda The automaker revealed that a fire at one of its main plants on would cause production delays affecting 35,000 vehicles, including top-of-the-line export models such as the RX-8 sports car. It's too early to say what impact the accident will have on earnings.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2004 Rich Smith	China's Steel Binge and Purge The acceleration of Chinese demand for steel has dropped fivefold in the second half of this year, in comparison with 2002, 2003, and early 2004. Stocks of steelmakers have fallen several percent in price.
InternetNews December 21, 2004 Jim Wagner	eBay's Bajaj Allowed Bail in Tape Case eBay won a minor victory in New Delhi after a judge granted bail Tuesday for one of its executives arrested last weekend in a case involving a pornographic tape that a customer tried to sell on the auction site's subsidiary.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Seth Jayson	eBay's Indian Sex Scandal The Baazee.com sex-tape scandal appears to be dying down, but it's an important lesson for foreign investors.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Sony Should Say Sayonara Japanese electronics giant may cease selling plasma TVs, with many good reasons to do so.
InternetNews December 20, 2004 Jim Wagner	eBay Protests Exec's Arrest Over Sex Tape Listing Officials at San Jose, Calif.-based eBay expressed outrage after the head of its Indian operations was arrested over the weekend for a pornographic video file listed on its site.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	Japan: Will Tokyo Stay Focused On Reform? Already, the Japanese government is looking at proposals for lifting taxes and cutting spending. But are the politicians and the economy up to it?
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Manjeet Kripalani	Hindustan Lever Takes A Bath The Indian consumer products market changed. Its products didn't. Time to shine up the brand. Only when consumers start refilling their cabinets with Lever products will investors really start stocking up on Lever shares again.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Simon Cartledge	High Times For Hong Kong's Airport A public offering could help it fend off competition from mainland rivals.
InternetNews December 16, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Cisco to Open Japanese R&D Center The networking giant will invest $12 million to aid its routing and software efforts.
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