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By Property Reporters, The Nation The Phloenchit-Wireless intersection is set to become a new landmark for Bangkok, as three property developers, including the Central Group, Tan Passakornnatee and Charoen Siriwattanapakdi, get set to develop projects worth about Bt20billion at the location. The Central Group helped the Phloenchit-Wireless Road area gain popularity in March 2006 when it won [...]

BIOTECHNOLOGY start-ups could soon be listing alongside exotic investment funds in what would be one of the biggest shake-ups undertaken by the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The revamp unveiled... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The term executive search firm is used for those who do research frameworks through some employees in the council. Search May be three main types, as in the Board of Directors by the leaders of the organization, or by a search for executives outside the organization. Executive-Search-Firms.com offers all job seekers a platform to launch career, [...]

The credit crunch has changed the buyout dynamic for private equity firms. Once able to secure flexible lending terms from investment banks to finance leveraged buyouts, private equity firms have shifted to employing lower leverage and targeting smaller conservative investments. The shift is largely a function of investment banks desire not to syndicate leveraged loans because [...]

It has been found that over 500 companies around the world has been led by Indian origin executives. It is known that the Indians are intelligent people and maybe this might be reason why so many Indians are so successful in business.Indians work in business oriented companies and they reach very high position because of their talent. Indians were in business from the very beginning in the history

How dishonest brokerage firms can cause trouble to you? And if that right, what investors should do in order to avoid any trouble may occur? There are many questions we want to ask about those devious brokerage firms. In fact, penny stock investing is the most profitable investment we had ever seen. But [...]

After reading a recent Chicago Tribune article regarding Avvo’s (www.Avvo.com) online lawyer rating system, I decided to check out the site for myself. At first glance, the site looks interesting, useful and credible.  The same as many other online consumer, ratings, networking and other business related sites.  I enjoy these sites, use them and believe that [...]

I have a very good relationship with several PR firms. We contact each other when something comes up that may be of interest to the other and we both offer something to each other. That offering usually goes something like...

Vietnam’s central bank has told businesses to stop complaining about high interest rates because the sky-high rates were a side-effect of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Last week, I joined Chris Cardell’s Entrepreneur Summit 2008. Possible on final day, in morning session he talked about search engines, landing pages, conversion rates etc. I was really amazed to found that he talked about Google Adwords and buying Keywords but he didn’t talk anything about how to search keywords or how anyone can [...]

The IPO market has crimped the most, with no venture-backed firms making the leap to going public during the second quarter of 2008, according to a report from Dow Jones VentureSource and a similar study from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters.Combined with only five venture-backed offerings in the first quarter, the market for venture-backed IPO deals has plummeted from

Today, companies highly utilized technology. Technology makes business more convenient and much profitable. However, the use of technology arise problems, thus it should be addressed right away to keep business operating. IT companies sprout like mushrooms, the challenge lies in choosing the right firm that will give the best IT service possible. Many IT service company declare that they are the b

A softer economy means that non-partners at law firms end up with targets on their heads as partners try to cut costs and build revenue in a difficult time. South Florida is just one of many areas hit by economic troubles, but the layoffs look troubling. For example, after four out of five partners announced their defectin to Carlton Fields, litigation boutique Zuckerman Spaeder closed its

A softer economy means that non-partners at law firms end up with targets on their heads as partners try to cut costs and build revenue in a difficult time. South Florida is just one of many areas hit by economic troubles, but the layoffs look troubling.For example, after four out of five partners announced their defectin to Carlton Fields, litigation boutique Zuckerman Spaeder closed its Miami o

At the concluding session of Nasscom's BPO Strategy Summit in Bangalore recently, 24/7 Customer's co-founder S Nagarajan made an unusual and passionate plea. He asked the large audience to write letters to newspapers whenever they found articles that portrayed the BPO industry in a negative light. "If you have different experiences from that stated in the articles, you should all write to the ed

Source: The Nation Cash-strapped developers put funds from sales into projectssmall- and medium-sized developers have suspended condominium projects in the face of high construction costs and stricter scrutiny from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for EIA and construction licences. With the cost of raw materials rising and construction licences getting tougher to obtain, small- and medium-s

HCM CITY — Viet Nam’s real estate market is suffering a severe lack of capital as banks shut off credit flows to the industry.The credit crunch is not only having a negative affect on property investors though. Banks are also refusing to lend to private individuals who wish to borrow money to buy their own home.Put in a difficult position, many construction companies have this year deliberatel

Small to mid-size Japanese companies require specialized assistance that is not readily available, accessible or affordable when seeking to do business internationally. The same is also true for smaller U.S. firms seeking to do business in Japan as well. In...

Several U.S. companies signed deals to invest in Viet Nam during a visit by the Vietnamese prime minister to Washington on Tuesday, that aims to further expand business between the two countries. "These are important investments that will improve Vietnamese productivity and add to the growing economic partnership between our countries," Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said in a stat

US and Vietnamese firms signed several businesses deals Tuesday as the two countries pledged to boost trade ties during a state visit by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Dung presided over the signing of contracts and other agreements that the Commerce Department said represented "expanded access for US companies to Vietnam's growing marke

At the concluding session of Nasscom's BPO Strategy Summit in Bangalore recently, 24/7 Customer's co-founder S Nagarajan made an unusual and passionate plea. He asked the large audience to write letters to newspapers whenever they found articles that portrayed the BPO industry in a negative light. "If you have different experiences from that stated in the articles, you should all write to the edit

US Governement designated the polar bear as an endangered species, last month.Now the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) stands accused of giving oil companies a "blank cheque to harass polar bears". Theseven oil companies that paid $2.6 billion in February for the rights to look for oil in the Chukchi Sea, off the coast of Alaska. Some 2000 polar bears live in the region - a significant ch

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has announced that it will keep a careful eye on the cooking-gas market. It says that it will now fine companies and retailers who raise prices illegally. MoIT held a meeting last week with cooking gas companies on recent domestic price hikes. Last week gas prices reached a record high of VND280,000-295,000 (US$17.50-18.40) per 12 kg canister when

SAN FRANCISCO - Jeff Weiner, a top Yahoo (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) executive, has left the company to join Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, the venture firms said on Monday. Weiner will hold the title of “executive in residence” at both firms. The appointment takes effect in early September. Weiner is the latest in a [...]

The State Securities Commission (SSC) recently approved seven more firms to issue extra shares including four listed firms namely Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE)-listed Hoang Gia (Royal) International Joint Stock Co (coded RIC), STC-lised Construction Joint Stock Co No 5 (coded SC5), Hanoi Securities Trading... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conte

S’pore law firms boost tax practices Move in tandem with demand driven by growing private banking clients, litigation By CHEN HUIFEN   DRIVEN by the growth of the wealth management business, and transactions requiring more complex tax advisory, Singapore law firms are expanding their tax practices.   Rajah & Tann tax team: (From left) Yeoh Lian Chuan, Stacy Choong, Ronald Choo, [...]

A delegation of Spanish businesses will arrive in Viet Nam late this month to explore business opportunities and seek local partners, said the Spanish Embassy in Hanoi Friday. Senior leaders from 25 businesses will join the two-day mission led by the Spanish Council of Chambers of Commerce with the support of the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Ho Chi Minh City. The council brought

IBM announced on June 11 the latest additions and upgrades to its mid-market solutions, including Express Advantage offerings, designed to help mid-sized businesses to minimise business risks and maximise business efficiency. The revamped IBM Express Advantage combines a comprehensive portfolio of technology offerings, business solutions and financing options with a network of local IBM business

“It was so complex it could easily qualify as a question on a GMAT exam,” says the company’s logistics director Gaurav Kalra, who was part of a team deputed to automate Convergys’ transportation programme and bring it under control. Since many employees had a new schedule every five days, he says, someone was spending half the week just converting timetables into routes.Transportation ca

Reader Q&A is back with a vengeance this week. With many Mergers & Inquisitions readers having just started their summer internships or preparing to start soon, everyone is focused on getting the most out of their experiences and getting ready for full-time recruiting in the fall (I wish I was half this prepared when [...]

High inflation is posing problems for advertising and public relations (PR) companies, resulting in the cancellation of over half of open ad contracts. With competition already fierce in the advertising industry, the surging inflation rate that Viet Nam has seen in recent months has taken a particular toll. This rapid increase in commodity prices has been attributed to the decreased purchasing

A lot of investors are looking to buy securities firms, while a lot of securities firms are looking for buyers. However, it seems that sellers and buyers can’t find a common voice. Analysts have warned that small securities firms will not survive the current difficult period of the stock market, which is forecast to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other c

Book Description ISBN-981277906X This book is essential reading for any manager who has to make competitive decisions — decisions which affect the competitive success of a corporation or business unit. The book is unique in that it is based on detailed research spanning a decade of dramatic competitive change. Thanks to the internet, globalization, technological and demographic [...]

The country is undergoing an unfortunate trend where listed enterprises have started buying back shares for the wrong reasons and without enough money. After seeing the benefit of buybacks in helping to stabilise stock prices when the market falls, listed firms are using different sources of capital to undergo the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conten

IBM Corp held a conference to introduce advisory solutions in information technology to domestic and foreign insurance companies operating in Viet Nam on Thursday. The IBM Center for Business Optimization has developed consulting solutions to address some of the industry’s most pressing problems, such as discovering, reducing and preventing fraudulent activities and unnecessary expenditures

Coconut candy firms in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre and 100 other small manufacturing units have had to suspend their operation or halve their number of working days because of high materials prices, according to Ngo Van Cai, chairman of the Ben Tre Coconut Candy Association. Coconut candy firms make up 30 percent of the 12 private enterprises in the province. Firms including the Dong A

Foreign-Owned Firms: Are They Different?Author:Rolf JungnickelFormat:PDF 1.0MBPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 2002-11-15 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0333966260 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780333966266 Foreign-owned firms (FoFs) can have significant implications in terms of employment, income and technology for the national economies involved. This book compares the efficien

Taiwanese companies have applauded Viet Nam for hosting the annual International Industrial Machinery and Equipment Expo, saying it is a valuable chance for them to expand their export markets and improve business efficiency. The 5th International Industrial Machinery and Equipment Expo is taking place in Hanoi from June 5-8, attracting 128 domestic and international businesses, with 40 percent

The prolonged falls of the stock market have been afflicting securities firms. Cutting jobs proves to be the only thing the firms can do now to cut expenditures. Revenue decreases, trying to cut expenditures In the golden age of the stock market, brokerage services could bring VND400mil on average every day to a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conten

Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd. is planning to acquire three overseas companies through deals worth $30 million. Hanung will buy two US-based home furnishings companies and a toymaker in Nanjing (China) in the next two to three months.The Nanjing Company has a capacity to manufacture 10 million toy pieces per annum. The company currently manufactures about 20 million toy pieces at its Noida facility

Foreign firms’ M&As in Singapore hit US$13.9b Acquisitions for first five months beat US$13.8b for whole of last year By EMILYN YAP   (SINGAPORE) Barely half the year is over, but foreign companies are already targeting firms in Singapore with mergers and acquisitions (M&As) worth US$13.9 billion, beating the US$13.8 billion recorded for the whole of 2007.   S’pore-based comp

Japanese firms operating in Viet Nam considered the country as the best production base in Asia for the next five to 10 years, according to a survey by the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) released on Monday in Ha Noi. "Viet Nam is the production base for mid-low end export products and is the preferred choice for new investment by Japanese investors over expanding or transferring t

Oil companies have assured there is no petroleum shortage in the wake of a sudden closure this week of some filling stations in HCM City and the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. Last Monday some stations in Tan Binh, Hoc Mon and Binh Tan districts in the city closed down without warning, inconveniencing many customers. The situation was repeated in Tien Giang, with the filling stations

An anticipated oversupply in information technology or IT office market is, expected to push down rentals of these buildings in the National Capital Region (NCR), which includes Delhi and its environs, according to real estate consultant Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj. Rentals of such office space are presently hovering at around Rs 35-70 per sq. ft [...]

If you have an online business site, the best way for you to become popular on the web is to undertake search engine marketing optimization for your site. Search engine marketing is one of the most important components of search engine optimization for online sites on the web.There are several search engine optimization firms operating in the market these days. You just have to find out a good sea

Shanghai plans to merge two major taxi operators and create a new industry leader in a government-backed consolidation ahead of the World Expo to be hosted by the city in 2010, sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. (...)

Singapore Rental firms ‘leasing’ cars from cash-strapped owners  They pay owners’ loan instalments and use cars as rentals - but this is illegal By Christopher Tan, Senior Correspondent  AGAINST THE LAW: On the surface, it looks like a good deal. But it is illegal to rent your car out in this way. Also, if something happens to the [...]

It is always good to see new companies join the mobile handset market because this gives many more countries the choice, especially when it comes to low-cost mobile phones. The latest news in shows that two new Indian companies entering the mobile phone market, the two companies from India have just announced plans to enter the [...]

The sales of PCs and servers, especially in the US and Europe, is slowing due to market saturation. The same holds true for cellular phones. Chip companies now... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange announced on its website that Citigroup Global Market Ltd. and Citigroup Global Market Financial Product Ltd. had bought 27,030 shares in Seafood Joint-Stock Company No. 4 (TS4) to raise their stake to 14.29% from 13.97%. The US bank’s subsidiaries had also cut their holdings in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other con

Vu Thi Kim Lien, Deputy Chairwoman of the State Securities Commission (SSC), said that many securities companies have led themselves to the edge of bankruptcy by lending several thousands of billion VND to clients under repo contracts. In the last three months, the average trading volume of the stock market was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content,

Firms not doing enough to keep talent: recruiter-Singapore They don’t expect top staff to just up and go but reality dictates otherwise By LEE U-WEN   THE drawback of a buoyant economy is that companies today are too focused on hiring talent and not doing enough to keep it, says a senior recruitment executive.   Ms Greybe: Many Asian companies do [...]

Hanoi Securities Trading Center (HaSTC) recently announced that it received enough documents from two companies to list shares on the northern bourse. Particularly, VNECO.SSM Steel Structure Manufacturing Joint Stock Co with a chartered capital of over 27.5 billion dong would list 2,751,664 shares. The company... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content,

A legal consortium of law firms has just filed suit on behalf of certain shareholders of TASER International Inc. (NASDAQ: TASR). Two Houston-based firms, The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Most of the time people have doubt on the subject. They might have two account and keen to know the legal possibilities on the same. This article providing the available best answer to this doubt.Having two trading accounts with different brokerage firm is not illegal. Decision on opening multiple account is entirely to you. Nothing can prevent you on that. The only problem after opening multiple

The country’s main seaports in HCM City in the south and Hai Phong City in the north are struggling to cope with demand, leading to a build-up of goods and losses to firms for late delivery, said port managers. At the Chua Ve – the north’s biggest container port – authorities were unable to cope with the sheer volume of goods needing to be handled, said port director Vu Nam Thang. In Apr

4 firms snap up land at Singapore Seletar aerospace hub    PLANS for an aerospace hub at the former Seletar airbase are shaping up well, with land that was available under the first phase of development fully taken up by four companies. The front runners are Singapore Technologies Aerospace and Jet Aviation, both existing tenants with plans to [...]

By Goran Mijuk Investor Warren Buffett on Tuesday said his field trip to Europe to seek potential acquisitions wasn’t due to the weakness of the U.S. economy, saying he still loves to invest at home. The U.S. billionaire, whose investment vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has a war chest of about $35 billion, said he was on the [...]

By Yvonne Cheong SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets were dragged down by surging oil prices on Thursday, weighing on heavyweights such as Singapore's City Developments ,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

U.S. investors are flooding into India’s entertainment industry even as Indian moguls send money over to Hollywood. While the credit crunch has stalled private investment in Hollywood films, U.S. financial firms are looking to tap into the 17 percent annual growth enjoyed by the Indian media industry. India’s Economic Times reported investors including Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and Leh

The Thi truong Viet (TTV) online store has signed an agreement to collaborate with an US company, VN Ventures, to open a representative office in California to jointly operate the TTV website. Under the agreement, VN Ventures will help develop an English version of the TTV website, which provides US and international customers with access to high quality Vietnamese products. The online store,

A poorly run Pentagon program for providing workman's compensation for civilian employees in Iraq and Afghanistan has allowed defense contractors and insurance companies to gouge American taxpayers, a House committee said Thursday. According to the committee, the Pentagon allows its contractors to negotiate their own insurance contracts. By contrast, the State Department, U.S. Agency for In

More enterprises should try to list shares overseas as a more effective channel for raising capital, says Nguyen Ngoc Canh, head of International co-operation under the State Securities Commission (SSC). Speaking at a conference yesterday in Ha Noi entitled A Step into Globilisation Through IPOs and Listing, Canh... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conten

A delegation of 174 business players from China met Indonesian counterparts Thursday to discuss Indonesia's potential for investment and business cooperation.The delegation, the biggest in number from China so far, included representatives from five sectors: Mining and energy; small to medium scale enterprises; agricultural and chemicals; infrastructure and automotive and electronics."Indonesia ha

Most small and medium enterprises in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are getting only limited benefits from the latest information technology (IT), a conference heard Wednesday. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) “do not invest much in IT,” said Le Manh Ha, Director of HCMC Department of Post and Telematics, the co-organizer of the two-day conference. According to a 2006 report by the Vietnam

Investors betting on firms that could win rebuilding contracts  By Goh Eng Yeow  INVESTORS have started buying up stocks that are likely to win extra business in the massive reconstruction effort that is expected to follow the deadly Sichuan earthquake. Shares of steel, aluminium and building-materials firms listed in Shanghai and Hong Kong shot up sharply yesterday on [...]

More big firms could join Singapore MOE’s computer project IBM, SCS consider participation in 2nd Standard Operating Environment project By ONG BOON KIAT   ELEVEN companies, comprising local and multinational heavyweights, have thrown their hats into the ring for a mega IT project from the Ministry of Education (MOE), but more goliaths are set to wade into the fray [...]

Source: The Nation Construction companies have expressed an intention to increase their prices between 8 per cent and 10 per cent by the second quarter of this year consequent to the rise in prices of raw materials. Prices have risen between 10 per cent and 20 per cent since last year. According to a survey conducted by [...]

The projects being designed by various Dubai-based companies as part of their investment plans in India are tailor-made for Indian requirements, according to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.The minister said this after going through a presentation on 'Dubai's growth and plans for the future and planned investments by leading Dubai companies in India' organized by the Dubai Executive Cou

Israel's top 50 real estate firms increased their investment by 94% to an aggregate NIS 203 billion, reveals Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Israel's Dun's 100 Real Estate company rankings.The five largest real estate firms in Israel in 2007, by investment in assets and lands, are Gazit-Globe (TASE: GLOB), Delek Real Estate Ltd. (TASE: DLKR), Jerusalem Economic Corp. (TASE:ECJM), (JEC), Electra Real Estate

The projects being designed by various Dubai-based companies as part of their investment plans in India are tailor-made for Indian requirements, according to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The minister said this after going through a presentation on ‘Dubai’s growth and plans for the future and planned investments by leading Dubai companies in India’ organized by [...

Hanoi Securities Trading Centre (HaSTC) reported that it received the listing applications from VNECO 1 Power Construction Joint Stock Co and Mangan Natural Mineral Joint Stock Co Accordingly, Da Nang based VNECO 1 has a chartered capital of 30 billion dong, of which the state holds 28.08%, operating in fields of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content

Top audit firms set to march on the LLP route - Singapore Three of the Big Four look to restructure, taking a cue from US outfits By ANNA TEO (SINGAPORE) After mulling over the pros and cons in recent years, three of the Big Four audit firms in Singapore have decided to convert to limited liability partnerships (LLPs), [...]

Illegal mining companies have descended on Tam Bo and Gia Hiep communes in Lam Dong Province’s Di Linh District to extract valuable bentonite clay. Bentonite, which contains the mineral montmorillonite, is used in drilling oil fields and for cement stakes, cosmetics and in the aqua-culture industry. For some, it’s considered golden clay. Only bentonite clay in Tam Bo and Gia Hiep communes co

NEW YORK, May 11: Twenty-one Indian companies, including Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro, are among the top 100 BPO firms in the world, according to a new study.Five of the Indian firms figuring among the 10 best outsourcing service providers are: Infosys (3), TCS (6), Wipro (7), Genpact (9) and Tech Mahindra (10), according to the study ~ '2008 Global Outsourcing 100' ~ compiled by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).Accenture and IBM head the list published as an advertising feature by IAOP in the current Fortune 500 issue of Fortune magazine.The other 16 Indian companies in the list are HCL Technology (11), Mastek (16), WNS Global Services (19), Hexaware (22), ExlService (26), 24/7 Customer (28), Cambridge (36), ITC Infotech

By RUTH SIMON and NICK TIMIRAOSMay 9, 2008; Page A3A major provision of the housing-market legislation passed by the House Thursday is getting a lukewarm reception from the mortgage industry.The measure, which is aimed at reducing foreclosures, would encourage mortgage companies to reduce the principal on troubled loans. In exchange, the Federal Housing Administration would pay off the current loan and issue the borrower a new FHA-backed mortgage. Struggling homeowners would get lower monthly payments to increase chances they could avoid foreclosure.

In attempt to compete with more equal footing in the biotech market, Malaysian banks are offering finance loans to companies in this sector. It is hoped that a greater availability of finance loans will help new companies get started and help bring more money into Malaysia and more jobs. Although the biotech market is very [...]

Today’s US Dollar Trading• USD firms, sideways after Housing Data• Pending Home Sales as expected• Speculation BOE might cut rates ThursdayOvernight Preview• Look for book-squaring ahead of BOE meetingLooking Ahead to ThursdayAll times EASTERN (-5 GMT)• 8:30am USD Unemployment Claims forecast 370K• 10:00am USD Wholesale Inventories m/m forecast 0.5%• BOE MPC Rate Announcement no change forecastedSummaryThe USD has had a strong day today after another slow start in Asia overnight. Equities softened which kept some pressure on the USD/JPY pair but the Greenback was able to stay on the offensive against most of the pairs throughout the day. Cable broke hard on poor UK data and speculation that a rate cut is coming from the BOE MPC tomorrow; highs at 1.9740 in Asia were never c

Financial results of listed companies in the first quarter were eagerly awaited by investors particularly when the market was seeing weak turnover. However, figures from websites of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) and Hanoi Securities Trading Center (HaSTC) on May 4 showed that there was only a handful, of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

A consortium of Russian and Vietnamese state oil firms, ZarubezhNeft and PetroVietnam, has won a tender to develop four oil blocks in West Siberia, sources in the Russian firm and regional government said on Wednesday. The blocks, which consist of 13 fields with total recoverable reserves of around 80 million tonnes of oil, are a part of the Central Khoreiversky deposit in the Nenets region.

Rank Firm Partner Profits 1. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz $4.95 million 2. Cravath Swaine & Moore $3.30 million 3. Sullivan & Cromwell $3.06 million 4. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges $3.01 million 5. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett $2.88 million 6. Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft $2.73 million 7. = Cahill Gordon & Reindel $2.60 million 7. = Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison $2.60 million 9. Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy $2.53 million 10. Kirkland & Ellis $2.48 million   Rank Firm Revenue 1. Skadden $2.17 billion 2. Latham & Watkins $2.01 billion 3. Baker & McKenzie $1.83 [...]

Jakarta: PT Pertamina, Indonesia’s state oil company, and National Iranian Oil Refinery & Distribution Co will halve the capacity of a planned refinery in western Java because of limited crude supply. The refinery in Banten province will be able to process 150,000 barrels of crude a day compared with an earlier plan of 300,000 barrels a [...]

Reuters - Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday.

Current power shortages during the dry season have had serious effects on the business and production activities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta. In Ca Mau City, power has been cut every other day for the past two weeks. "When there is power, I only pay about VND10,000 (US$0.62) a day for electricity cost to run my business," said Dang Thanh Dat, the owner of a copy shop in Ca Mau City. However,

SHANGHAI (AFP) - - A Chinese government watchdog has warned major state-owned enterprises to brace for tough times given the likelihood of a worsening global economic slowdown, state media reported... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Around 30% of privately-owned companies in Viet Nam expect their business to be up for public listing in the next three years, according to a report produced by Grant Thornton. Only China, India and Malaysia have a higher rate, according to the recent annual International Business Report. The survey was conducted on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

May 5, 2008 Small firms bought bulk of en bloc sale sites Some may be forced to call off deals because of financing woes, says BNP report By Joyce Teo A REPORT by a major bank has flagged potential financing concerns for small property developers that swooped in on the collective sale boom in the second half of last year. BNP Paribas said that given the current turmoil in the financial market, some of these small operators might face financing problems as they move to finalise deals struck in the property market heyday last year. In fact, some may be forced to cancel the deals and walk away, it warned. The report by the French bank said that most of the collective sales done in the second half of last year were by small private developers, contractor- cum-developers and non-core developer

Based on Gross Revenues in Texas in 2007-2008: Jones Day $161.8 million Weil, Gotshal, & Manges $140.4 million Hunton & Williams $90 million King and Spalding 82.2 million Mayer Brown $64.2 million Notably, Hunton & Williams is a newcomer to this exclusive club. Up $60 million from last year’s gross of $30 million, the increase in Hunton & Williams’ revenue [...]

(WASHINGTON) The last-minute rescue of Bear Stearns Cos by the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury may prompt Congress to let regulators move earlier to restructure or shut failing securities firms... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Viet Nam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI) has called for more efforts from listed companies to buy back shares to help stabilise the stock market. The association explained that buyback schemes implemented on a large scale should help calm down investors because buybacks show the responsibility company... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Many companies have announced plans to increase their chartered capital by hitting the market again or making rights and bonus issues, a move that is causing concern about its effect on the stock market. Unlisted Saigon Hanoi Commercial Joint-Stock Bank, or SHB Bank, received shareholders’ approval last month for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

SYDNEY, April 30 (Reuters) - Asian shares are set for an uninspiring start on Wednesday, following another flat performance on Wall Street, while a fall in oil and metals prices could pressure... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

As per the latest 2008 US-India Business Council (USIBC) survey, India is, and will continue to be, a premier destination for investment by US firms, with a large number of respondents rating future economic growth in India as highly sustainable. USIBC, formed in 1975 at the request of the Government of India and the US Government to advance US-India commercial ties, is hosted under the aegis of the US Chamber of Commerce. The US Chamber of Commerce is the world`s largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.

SYDNEY, April 28 (Reuters) - Asian energy firms such as Japan's Inpex Holdings Inc may rise on Monday after oil prices struck a fresh record, while a largely positive finish to Wall Street last... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]