The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly 1999 |
Title | Subject | Authors |
Accountant's murder in Asia puts expatriates on the alert; victim had been in Thailand working on various corporate restructuring assignments. | Business, international | Nick Cumming-Bruce, Sara Webb, S. Kareme Witcher |
A day in the life of Japan Inc.(Japan's economic troubles are due to the corporate culture of its companies) | Business, international | Nicholas Benes |
Aetna to buy Heiwa stake; U.S. firm warms up to Japan insurance market. | Business, international | |
Airlines in India wage price war on major domestic routes.(Asian Travel) | Business, international | Rasul Bailey |
Analysts split over outlook.(Japanese economic forecasts) | Business, international | |
Analysts wary of JAL despite possible bid; airline faces difficulties in its core business and increasing competition.(Japan Airlines) | Business, international | James Paradise |
... And Tokyo has lowered its sights.(lowering of economic growth expectation to 2%) | Business, international | Richard Katz |
...And U.S. policy needs no illusions.(Sino-American relations)(Brief Article) | Business, international | Richard Baum |
A nuclear shadow is growing in Asia.(Commentary)(Column) | Business, international | Robyn Lim |
Anwar lawyers, judge clash as trial ends; defense team declines final arguments in bid to remove justice Paul.(Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim; Augustine Paul) | Business, international | Chen May Yee |
ANZ debt issue proves point.(comparable strengths of the Eurobond and Australian bond markets based on the experience of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.) | Business, international | Marion Williams |
APEC forum concludes with proposals for WTO talks.(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; World Trade Organization) | Business, international | Bob Davis, Jon E. Hilsenrath |
Asia fund mangers seem duly prepared for Y2K fallout. | Business, international | Laurel Lande |
Asia may get glimpse of TV future.(China and India to test Intel's next- generation digital devices)(Statistical Data Included) | Business, international | Dean Takahashi, Michelle Levander |
Asian corporate real-estate markets remain sluggish: Hong Kong, Singapore show positive signs, while high vacancy rates haunt other cities. | Business, international | |
Asian investors aren't as conservative as you think. | Business, international | Milt Gillespie, Mike (American football coach) Sherman |
Asian marketing; FreshDirect Web site uses handbills to make its business more fruitful. | Business, international | |
Asian travel: tourists to Macau take a back seat in program for December handover. | Business, international | |
Asia's banks must gird for challenges ahead. | Business, international | John T. Olds |
Asia's corporate governance revolution. | Business, international | David Chiang |
... as is a serious debt cleanup.(China should work for membership in the World Trade Organization and clean up its bad debts) | Business, international | Carsten Holz |
Astra Agro may get a boost; export-tax cut could help palm-oil company. | Business, international | Grainne McCarthy |
A strong yen is good for Asia.... | Business, international | Richard Katz |
At 50, the Tokyo Stock Exchange is hurting.(declining number of foreign company listings) | Business, international | Jun Yokoyama |
A tale of two islands: Singapore and Japan.(economic policies) | Business, international | Jean-Michael Paul |
Australia hopes to be finance center. | Business, international | Joe Hockey |
Backwardness in Singapore.(a comparison of the conduct of elections with that of Indonesia) | Business, international | Chee Soon Juan |
Bali's tiny Mimpi chain offers resort luxury at affordable prices.(Asian Travel) | Business, international | Yu Wong |
Bancock finally gets much-needed Skytrain on track. | Business, international | |
Bank Lippo shake-up may enhance industry in Indonesia.(PT Bank Lippo) | Business, international | Noel Fung |
Bank merger means layoffs: Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank to shed jobs. | Business, international | Joseph Rajendran |
Banks await public funding.(Japan) | Business, international | |
Beijing makes waves across Asia by stifling smugglers. | Business, international | Henry Sender |
Bets favor Gentin, Resorts.(Gaming stocks seen to be on the rebound)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) | Business, international | |
Better conditions expected for Japan inc.(forecasted better corporate performance for the fiscal year starting April 1, 1999) | Business, international | Chang-Ran Kim |
Bond issue raises $1 billion.(Philippines' emerging-market bond) | Business, international | |
Brokerage firms could be beating problems amid losses; they may be putting older issues behind them to deal with challenges to come. | Business, international | |
Building boom faces challenges in Japan: new hotels are popping up, posturing for eventual economic recovery. | Business, international | James Paradise |
Businesses show optimism in survey, but remain wary.(Japanese business survey) | Business, international | Peter Landers, Takeshi Takeuchi |
Businesses split on support for candidates; ethnic-Chinese, indigenous traders, multinationals back various parties.(Indonesia) | Business, international | Jay Solomon, Robert (Swiss photographer) Frank |
Business is taking charge as the new 'China lobby.'.(Chinese firms exert pressure on government ministries and agencies with regulatory authority over business) | Business, international | Scott Kennedy |
... But state capitalism is emerging.(Japan's banking system getting highly centralized due to government intervention) | Business, international | George Friedman |
Cambodian shoreline returns to life.(Business Traveler's Guide to Asia) | Business, international | Robert Turnbull |
Can China make devaluation work? | Business, international | Jean-Michel Paul, Robert Edelstein |
Can the U.S. still lead on trade?(Australia and New Zealand appeal US sheep tariff) | Business, international | Tim Fischer |
Cantonese cooking in crisis.(Hong Kong restaurants) | Business, international | Robert Templer |
Cautious stance in Tokyo.(Asian stock markets) | Business, international | |
Cebu Properties joins other companies in housing project.(Cebu Properties Ventures & Development Corp.) | Business, international | |
Central Bank of Thailand moves to resolve Phatra dilemma.(Phatra Thanakit PCL) | Business, international | |
Changing the unfriendly Philippine skies.(need for the Philippine tourist industry to lobby against Philippine Airlines' request for government to limit foreign flights)(Column) | Business, international | Emmanuel Gonzalez |
China and Japan, two economic giants, are the biggest threats to Asia's fragile recovery. | Business, international | Christopher Wood |
China bursts at the seams with unsold goods.(excess inventory problem) | Business, international | Richard Tsiang |
China exposure offers advantages for Hong Kong banks; firms are in position to capitalize over rivals once WTO concessions are implemented. | Business, international | |
China mourns over its puppet journalists....(evaluating the integrity of Chinese media) | Business, international | Zhang Weiguo |
China needs supply-side reforms. | Business, international | Li Changzhen |
ChinaNow offers glimpse of Mainland's Web pioneers; ban on foreign investment pushes entrepreneur into prospective union with Chinese investors. | Business, international | |
China's boom is running out of steam. | Business, international | Thomas G. Rawski |
China's debt-driven growth loses steam.... | Business, international | Andy Xie |
China's high-tech future is in jeopardy. | Business, international | Edward Lanfranco |
China shouldn't abandon big projects.(problems with the construction of the Three Gorges Dam project) | Business, international | Vaclav Smil |
China should reflate, not devalue. | Business, international | Gilbert C. Choy |
China's insurance sector finds new policy with WTO deal; Sino-U.S. trade agreement is expected to accelerate the pace of industry reforms. | Business, international | |
China's private firms are a force to reckon with....(Column) | Business, international | Michael Cooery |
Chinese firm alters course.(Hua Du International Corp.) | Business, international | Shirley Leung |
Chip maker ends its slump; Samsung Electronics reports improved earnings.(Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.) | Business, international | Janet L. Lee |
Clinton may seek legacy in international agenda: president will have to show firmness and vision in his foreign-policy accomplishments.(US President Bill Clinton) | Business, international | Brandon Mitchener, Eduardo Lachica, Gerald F. Seib, Neil King Jr., Thomas E. Ricks, Carla Ann Robbins |
Coca-cola rolls with the global punches in it markets; soft-drink giant's chief's actions affirm commitment abroad despite economic gloom.(CEO M. Douglas Ivester) | Business, international | Matthew Rose |
Coke's Taiwan museum targets kids with blend of history, advertising.(Asian Marketing)(Coca-Cola Taiwan Ltd.) | Business, international | Yu Wong |
Concrete gains: fund manager deals cement for software.(HSBC Asset Management's India Equity Fund) | Business, international | |
Cracking the China market. | Business, international | Marc Lifsher |
Cricket World Cup has TV-set makers placing a big bet on Indian market. | Business, international | Rasul Bailey |
Crisis-hit nations to gain from Japan's experience. | Business, international | |
CSFB buys 23% of Bangkok rail project, sparking battle.(Credit Suisse First Boston Hong Kong Ltd.; Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL) | Business, international | |
CSM as a core holding?(Chip foundry shows promise, despite risks.) | Business, international | |
Cyberport can't repeat Taiwan's success.(Hong Kong's high-tech industrial park 'Cyberport')(Brief Article) | Business, international | Bretigne Shaffer |
Cyber-talent leaves Malaysia; Internet entrepreneurs look to Singapore for potential investors. | Business, international | |
Deal on WTO eludes U.S. and China.(World Trade Organization) | Business, international | Ian Johnson, Bob Davis, Helene Cooper |
Departure of Sanyo unit's chief is a loss for maquiladoras.(Sanyo E and E Corp. chief Motahuro Iue) | Business, international | Shirley Leung |
Disneyland's two kingdoms; Tokyo isn't threatened by Hong Kong's plans. | Business, international | |
Disney Park in Hong Kong? | Business, international | Bruce Orwall |
... during the country's latest false dawn.(overview of the banking crisis in Japan) | Business, international | Alicia Ogawa |
East Timor's elections are first step for democracy.(plebiscite in East Timor and nationwide elections in Indonesia) | Business, international | Ben Reilly |
Economic figures are worse than expected for quarter.(Japan's economic performance for the last quarter of 1998) | Business, international | Mia Nielsen |
Economic recovery in Japan? Not so fast.... | Business, international | Robert Madsen |
Economics will reform guanxi culture.(relation-based culture) | Business, international | Shuhe Li, Shaomin Li |
Economy flush with cash; liquidity fuels growth as foreign funds wane. | Business, international | |
Emerging firms to trade.(Tokyo Stock Exchange to launch new market for emerging industries) | Business, international | |
Emerging markets are making use of antidumping rules; explosion of cases in Asian region shows U.S. and EU that such actions can cut both ways. | Business, international | |
Employers' worries in Hong Kong are escalating; freeze in hiring and pay more evident as companies wrestle with recession, survey shows. | Business, international | Lora Western |
Expand money supply, slay the deflationary dragon. | Business, international | Ajay Kapur |
Fallacies underlie yuan devaluation debate.(Commentary) | Business, international | Yonghao Pu |
Falling into North Korea's trap.(US provision of food aid) | Business, international | Nicholas Eberstadt |
Fee issue clouds stock outlook of Keppel Land: investors eye lease premium on marina property, but analysts are sanguine on shares.(Statistical Data Included) | Business, international | Ramoncito de la Cruz |
Financial capitalism will replace crony capitalism.(Commentary)(Asia) | Business, international | Tim Condon |
Financial evolution reshapes the region.(East Asia) | Business, international | Bernhard Eschweiler |
Financing incentives spur Malaysians to buy homes. | Business, international | Tara Patel |
Firms cool to new market; after earlier failure, Thai companies are leery.(Thailand's stock exchanges) | Business, international | Pichayaporn. Utumporn |
Firms mine the Internet: resource concerns remake themselves.(Australian resource prospecting firms venture into the telecommunications industry) | Business, international | Mark Todd |
Firms must speak up for human rights.(multinational firms should support human rights movements for workers) | Business, international | Paul Fireman |
Focus in Singapore shifts to real-estate stocks: provisions may squeeze 1998 earnings of DBS Land and City Developments. | Business, international | Anita Jain |
Focus on China's rural growth engine.(Column) | Business, international | Dong Tao |
Follow that cab!(Asian Travel)(tips for taxi cab selection in Asian cities) | Business, international | Miho Inada, Pichayaporn Utumporn, Rin Hindryati, Lily Shen, Hiroko Fujita, Josephine Cuneta |
Ford interested in Daewoo; U.S. concern hasn't voiced a Korea strategy. | Business, international | Robert L. Simison, Michael Schuman |
Foreign investment ebbs; government notes interest in nation remains.(Malaysia) | Business, international | Chen May Yee |
Futures exchange to expand range of investment products.(Hong Kong Futures Exchange) | Business, international | Kirsti Hastings |
Gap between rich and poor countries begs for attention: donors must ensure aid is utilized effectively with accountability, economist says.(interview with economist Richard Carey)(Interview) | Business, international | Amy Barrett |
Gene-splicing hysteria is brewing.(Japanese brewers eschew use of genetically engineered corn) | Business, international | Henry I. Miller |
GM outlines purchase offer; firm proposes to buy portions of Daewoo Motor.(South Korea) | Business, international | |
Goldlion returns to apparel roots to restore its health.(Goldlion Holdings Ltd.)(Company Profile) | Business, international | Sarah McBride |
Government plans fund to boost technology businesses.(Singapore's Technopreneurship Investment Fund) | Business, international | Richard Borsuk, Roger Malone |
Half measures hobble Japan's recovery.(Column) | Business, international | Richard Jerram |
Happy anniversary, Asian Journal Weekly.(20th anniversary) | Business, international | Peter R. Kann |
Hayami offers rare insight into his economic plans; central-bank chief emphasizes need for structural reform, not fiscal policy or easy credit.(Gov. Masaru Hayami) | Business, international | Kenneth McCallum |
Haze worries re-emerge; Malaysia strives to keep tourists well informed.(seasonal forest fires in Indonesia threaten Malaysia's travel industry) | Business, international | Chen May Yee |
Headache for Goldman Sachs? Gitic failure may hurt bank's stake in insurer.(bankruptcy of Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corp.) | Business, international | Henry Sender |
Hong Kong revives its arbitration business. | Business, international | Michael J. Moser |
Hong Kong's laissez-faire legacy fades.(Commentary) | Business, international | Miron Mushkat |
How to get things done in China. | Business, international | Scott Seligman |
Hutchison trades Orange control for cash, telecom stake.(Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.) | Business, international | |
IFC reviews Indonesia plan.(International Finance Corp.) | Business, international | |
India's privatization process is half-hearted. | Business, international | Dan Lefkovitz |
Individual investors start to show interest in Japanese stocks: but some think they may not stick around long enough to give shares a long-term boost. | Business, international | Bill Spindle, Craig Karmin |
Indonesia may make same mistake as Japan. | Business, international | |
Indonesia still has a long way to go before the shape of a new government can be discerned. | Business, international | Adam Schwarz |
Innovators will split Japan into a dual economy.(Commentary) | Business, international | Brian Walker |
Internet retailers must localize to compete. | Business, international | Ronald Yu |
Internet service faces tangled Chinese Web. | Business, international | Marcus W. Brauchli |
Investors staying put in Asia. | Business, international | Margaret Boitano |
Is China ready to give up its illusions....(evaluating China's economic reform program) | Business, international | Tian Zhu, Gilbert Choy |
Is corporate restructuring in Japan to be believed? | Business, international | Kathy Matsui |
Is the Bank of Japan quietly boosting money supply? | Business, international | Kenneth McCallum, Takeshi Takeuchi |
Itochu forecasts big loss.(Japanese trading firm Itochu Corp. reels from restructuring) | Business, international | Yumiko Ono, Audrey McAvoy |
It's time to reinvent Taiwan's PC economy.(personal computer) | Business, international | Matei Mihalca |
It's time to reinvent Taiwan's PC economy.(personal computers) | Business, international | Matei Mihalca |
Japan bond rout unlikely.(Japan promotes government bonds) | Business, international | Kenneth Mccallum |
Japan builds on ruins of old system. | Business, international | Jesper Koll |
Japan can copy, but will it reform? | Business, international | Junji Hatano |
Japan can't escape market discipline. | Business, international | Mark Edmund Avolio |
Japanese bank shares appear to be losing their luster: until lenders show solid proof they've cleaned up their act, analysts advises caution.(Lehman Brothers Japan Inc. stock analyst Robert Zielinski) | Business, international | Phred Dvorak |
Japanese government policies mask what ails economy. | Business, international | Junji Hatano |
Japanese market is mixed; investors are cautious before Central Bank news.(Stock Roundup) | Business, international | |
Japan finds the night economic-policy mix. | Business, international | Kengo Inoue |
Japan's banks resist change.... | Business, international | Alicia Ogawa |
Japan sets up its own debt trap. | Business, international | David Asher |
Japan's ports keelhaul the economy.(Column) | Business, international | Alan Larson, Clyde J. Hart |
Japan's struggles continue: domestic shares take hits despite injection.(economic-stimulus package fails to boost stocks; Stock Roundup; includes other Asian stock markets) | Business, international | |
Karaoke coach helps bashful singers face the music.(Lee Byung Won's Eumchi Clinic in South Korea) | Business, international | Namju Cho |
KDD's core business needs boost, analysts caution.(Stock rally of telecom company may level off)(Brief Article) | Business, international | |
Keen eye on U.S., China: growth prospects brighten, but fears remain.(Taiwan's prospects for economic growth) | Business, international | Y.H. Sun |
Kodak hopes Indian camera rentals lift sales and spur picture-taking. | Business, international | Rasul Bailay |
Korean companies are pitching open image on foreign investment.(Asian Marketing) | Business, international | Jane Lee |
Kuroda backs yen strategy.(Haruhiko Kuroda, Japan's vice finance minister for international affairs) | Business, international | Hidenobu Kageyama, Arran Scott |
Land sales may aid economy: Hong Kong plans to offer 31 lots. | Business, international | Kate Pound Dawson, Daisy Wong, Sean Kennedy |
Legend takes PC sales lead; Chinese firm rides strong domestic growth. | Business, international | |
Let the competition begin.(Indian politics) | Business, international | Nancy Dewolf Smith |
Let the market reduce cross-shareholdings.(Japanese Liberal Democratic Party mulls proposal to reduce cross-shareholdings) | Business, international | Nicholas Benes |
Luxury sites land attention as Hong Kong sells four plots. | Business, international | Kenneth Wong, Kathy Chan |
Make way for China's 'meritocracy cadre'....(Chinese people working for Western firms are learning values that support democracy and human rights)(Column) | Business, international | Michael A. Santoro |
Malaysia projects GDP growth; Private forecasts set rate between 1% and this year. | Business, international | Chen May Yee |
Malaysia sees cool response to low office rents. | Business, international | Tara Patel |
Manila's hotels enter 2000 with good expectations; Hong Kong market may be hurt by new openings, but property developers could enjoy pickup. | Business, international | |
Markets in Taiwan slump on tensions and political moves. | Business, international | Kirby Chien |
MasterCard's Web campaign. | Business, international | |
Merger fever is heating up; activity illustrates changing corporate culture.(Japanese mergers) | Business, international | Norihiko Shirouzo |
Merger trims more fat from Taiwan's airline industry; China Airlines, which owns 90% of new entity, now can focus on major international routes.(Mandarin Airlines and Formosa Airlines' merger) | Business, international | J.R. Wu |
Microsoft seeks to gain control of Titus under Asia push. | Business, international | Robert A. Guth |
Mitsubishi mulls deeper cuts: partner sought for passenger-car operations.(Mitsubishi Motors Corp.) | Business, international | Norihiko Shirouzu, Joseph B. White |
More firms in the region link bonuses to performance; companies hope to cut costs, make wages flexible and reward their best employees. | Business, international | Chan Sze-Wei |
Morton's finds big success; Hong Kong outlet delivers chain's best sales. (Morton's Restaurant Group Inc.). | Business, international | Coleman. Zack |
Mutual-fund firm tries to shake dismal overseas returns.(US Global Investors Inc.) | Business, international | Jonathan Weil |
Neptune Orient agrees to sell train network of U.S. unit: $315 million deal will reduce shipper's debt load and help develop logistics business. | Business, international | Daniel Machalaba, Richard Borsuk |
New minis rescue car makers.(mini vehicles) | Business, international | Lisa Shuchman |
New software helps ease burden of filing travel-expense reports. | Business, international | Alexandra Lynch |
New Zealand house prices rise from year-ago figures.(July 1998-July 1999) | Business, international | |
Old Shanghai estates yield to wrecking ball; young preservationists are striving to rescue some historic sites.(includes related article on other architectural features) | Business, international | John Krich |
Online trade bartering; Matchmakers bring Asian suppliers and U.S. buyers together. | Business, international | |
Opening the financial sector benefits China.... | Business, international | Tian Zhu, Shan Li |
Opening the financial sector benefits China.... | Business, international | Shan Li, Tian Zhu |
Pay Japan's executives to perform.(changing demand for management skills in Japanese corporations) | Business, international | David S. Milstein |
Philippine Golf Club offers urban adventure: mayhem in Manila - or how I found religion on the golf course.(Business Traveler's Guide to Asia.) | Business, international | Heather Draper |
Pioneer retailer struggles to scale e-commerce mountain.(China's 8848.net) | Business, international | |
Poll finds majority want finance minister to step down.(Thailand Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda) | Business, international | Pichayaporn Utumporin |
Private-equity firms gear up to bet on Asian companies. | Business, international | S. Karene Witcher, Douglas Appell, Sarah Webb |
Prosecute the Khmer Rouge killers. | Business, international | Mike Jendrzejczyk |
Qingdao offers a little slice of Bavaria on the Yellow Sea; Germans left legacy of solid granite buildings and fine wine on China's Riviera. | Business, international | James Irwin |
Raise a glass to South Australia's winning wines: McLaren Vale's Shiraz, Chardonnay and Grenache warm hearts around the world. | Business, international | Nicoletta Bourlioufas |
Rates converge as rules ease; South Korea loosens reins on currency trading. | Business, international | Tom Holland, Louis Hau |
Ready or not, the online revolution hits Asia.(Manager's Journal)(Column) | Business, international | James Root |
Reform Japan's hidden lawmakers. | Business, international | Rod Hunter |
Region's turmoil has upside; some high-tech U.S. companies benefit from manufacturing deals.(Asia) | Business, international | Steven Jones |
Regulators applaud continuing rally in domestic stocks. | Business, international | Leggett Karby |
Religion is a positive in Indonesia vote. | Business, international | Margot Cohen |
Road Builder is expected to find buyers for new shares; infrastructure stock is a good proxy for riding Malaysia's rebounding economy, fans say. | Business, international | |
Samsung to curtail U.S. role: ex-Packard Bell CEO to take control of AST.(Samsung Electronics Co.; Beny Alagem; AST Research Inc.) | Business, international | Jim Carlton, Jane L. Lee |
Securitization will hasten Asia's recovery. | Business, international | Philip D. Sherman |
Seeking a reversal of fortune, Hong Kong port bets on China.(Freight and Transportation) | Business, international | Nigel Page |
Seizing opportunities in Japan Inc....(inflow of foreign investments in Japan) | Business, international | Vittorio Volpi |
SembCorp to exit sectors to avoid fire sales; noncore property, financial and travel services are targeted.(SembCorp Industries) | Business, international | Roger Malone, Anita Jain |
Service Hong Kong: a winner for China.(Hong Kong aims to transform itself into an information hub) | Business, international | Victor K. Fung |
Shaping China's new nuclear doctrine. | Business, international | Robert A. Manning |
Shrugging off global worries: Cheung Kong to sell flats despite Brazil woes. | Business, international | |
Siam City Cement sets deal.(Money and Investing)(Siam City Cement PCL of Thailand) | Business, international | Nick Cumming Bruce |
Signpost for Asian banks: merge ahead. | Business, international | Jean-Marc Poullet, Tim Shavers |
Singaporeans get `ethical.'(Mutual fund will seek women-friendly firms.) | Business, international | |
Singapore's lesson for India. | Business, international | Mohan Sivanand |
Singapore visitors swing over to Indonesia. | Business, international | Cullen Louise |
SingTel goes shopping.(Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. acquires 20% of Advanced Info Service PCL) | Business, international | Richard Borsuk, Tom Wright, Netty Ismail |
Slow prospects for Tokyo.(overview of Asia stock exchanges)(Industry Overview) | Business, international | |
`Sorry' won't heal Australia's wounds.(plan of Prime Minister John Howard to issue a national apology to the indigenous people on the mistakes committed by past governments) | Business, international | Ron Brunton |
South Korea's free trade executor. | Business, international | Edwin J. Feulner |
Spry VIA sets sights on Intel: Taiwan manufacturer is taking bold steps to challenge U.S. chip giant.(VIA Technologies Inc. buys two chip makers, plans aggressive expansion) | Business, international | Dean Takahashi, Russell Flannery |
Sri Lanka's beach gems: relaxed charm of Galle Face.(Galle Face Hotel and Beach Wadiya restaurant) | Business, international | Ed Lane |
Step closer to e-commerce; H-P gets Hang Seng Bank wired. (Hewlett-Packard Co.). | Business, international | Verna Yu |
Stimulus package unveiled; bank interest will be taxed to prompt spending.(China) | Business, international | |
Stock-exchange chief to take reins at Krung Thai Bank. | Business, international | Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Pichayaporn Utomporn |
Stop the presses, don't print yen; pumping more money into Japan won't solve the credit crunch. | Business, international | Frank Shostak |
Suharto denies reports; ex-president says he has no funds overseas.(former Indonesian president) | Business, international | Jay Solomon, John (American senator) Reed |
Sun Hung Kai to expand luxury residential portfolio. | Business, international | |
Suspend the consumption tax to save Japan. | Business, international | Yoshio Suzuki |
Taipei lifts stock hurdle; lifting process eased for island's Internet firms. | Business, international | |
Taiwan draws investor praise; U.S. pension-fund officers detect potential. | Business, international | J.R. Wu |
Thailand's hot zone: Isaan cuisine is spicing up Bangkok's streets. | Business, international | Robert Templer |
The best policy.(Asian Travel)(health and travel insurance caveats) | Business, international | Mike Flagg |
The dangers of draining Asia's 'pool of funding.'. | Business, international | Frank Shostak |
The illiquid Land of the Rising Sun.(ailing Japanese economy) | Business, international | John Tofflemire |
The illiquid land of the rising sun.(land valuation in Japan) | Business, international | John Tofflemire |
The illusion of Chinese power haunts Europe....(China's influence in the European Union) | Business, international | Gerald Segal |
The nationalization of the Japanese economy. | Business, international | Andrew Shipley |
The world needs deposit insurance.(the need to create a World Deposit Insurance Corp.) | Business, international | Harrison Yong |
Thrunet casts big shadow; Nasdaq success stirs hope for tech listings.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) | Business, international | |
Tingyi's bonds may appeal to strong stomached investors.(Heard in Hong Kong)(Tingyi Holdings Cayman Islands)(Company Profile) | Business, international | Joe E. Hilsenrath |
Together, U.S. and Hong Kong can find a way out of the crisis and plan a comeback. | Business, international | Richard Boucher |
Tokyo aims to lift its profile with global-policy agenda. | Business, international | Brian Fowler |
Tokyo sets tobacco agenda: information and regulation goals proposed.(Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare) | Business, international | Chang-Ran Kim |
Tough times? Go guerrilla marketing.(marketing firms in Asia should rely on ingenuity instead of big budgeted advertisements) | Business, international | Kent Wertime |
Toxic waste heads to U.S.: mercury-based materials from Asia to be disposed in Mojave Desert. | Business, international | Marc Lifsher |
Tricast brings brands to Asia; content provider tailors Web sites for locals. | Business, international | |
Understanding the disparate clashes in Indonesia. | Business, international | Jamie Mackie |
...Unless tax barriers are dropped.(improvement of Japanese economy) | Business, international | Nathan Lewis |
U.S. airports see signs of an Asian economic rebound. | Business, international | Elisa Schement |
U.S.-led group gets first shot at LTCB.(Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to be acquired by Ripplewood Holding LLC) | Business, international | Norihiko Shirouzu, Michael (British actor) Williams |
U.S.-led group is in talks to buy key stake in Astra.(Indonesian car firm PT Astra International) | Business, international | Douglas Appell, Robert (Swiss photographer) Frank, Sara Webb |
U.S. unit of Toyota Motor is designing a light plane; Japanese auto maker cautions that work is at exploratory stage for single-engine aircraft.(Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.) | Business, international | Stephen Kreider Yoder |
Utilities seek projects abroad: power producers prepare for deregulation. | Business, international | Mika Watanabe |
Vacancies prompt travel industry to lower New Year's Eve prices.(Asian Travel) | Business, international | Danielle Reed |
Wahid courts investors with talk of cleaner government; President hits positve note, but many businessmen say they will return only gradually.(new Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid gives talk in Singapore) | Business, international | |
What's scaring Indonesia investors. | Business, international | Hal Hill |
Where are Indonesia's democrats?(Indonesians must act to save the people of East Timor, and more importantly, democracy) | Business, international | Krisna Suryanata, Keith Mattson |
... While due diligence is brushed aside.(China's Debt-Driven Growth Loses Steam)(Column) | Business, international | Peter Humphrey |
Why Asia is losing the race to cyberspace. | Business, international | Ang Peng Hwa |
Will Vietnam's war on graft succeed?(Vietnamese Communist Party's self-criticism period to control corruption) | Business, international | Ken Stier |
Women lead the way to the 'New Japan.'.(increasing influence of women in the Japanese economy) | Business, international | Kathy Matsui |
Won volatility may dictate Korean stocks' direction in '99. | Business, international | Jane Lee |
World Bank warns Jakarta.(Indonesia) | Business, international | Grainne McCarthy |
Worst may be over for the region's real-estate market; after dismal '98, signs of relief emerge as interest rates fall and currencies stabilize. | Business, international | Yu Wong |
WTO entry is critical to China's stability.... | Business, international | Yasheng Huang |
Yokoi's kin relinquishes claim to Empire State Building: Trump to assume part ownership in agreement that includes cash payment and British castles.(lawsuit against Kiiko Nakahara and Jean-Paul Renoir; Donald Trump) | Business, international | Mitchell Pacelle |
Yuan devaluation would pose risks for China. | Business, international | Chi Lo |
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