Asia Pulse Copyright (c) 2004 Yahoo!AUNZ Inc. All rights reserved. http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/financenews/asiapulse_index.html Asia Pulse en-us Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:47:03 GMT SOUTH KOREAN IMPORTS OF JAPANESE RICE WINE SOAR 46PCT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080720/17/1ua28.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:16:06 GMT Statistics South Korea's imports ofJapanese rice wine jumped nearly 46 per cent in the first halfof this year amid the high popularity of Japanese-stylerestaurants among young Koreans, government data showedSunday. OPEN - ASIA PULSE INTERNATIONAL - JULY 21, 2008 http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080716/17/1u3nj.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:16:06 GMT COMMONWEALTH BANK SITES CREDIT TARGET AT US & #36;380 MLN http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6p7.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:56:42 GMT Banking / finance Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA)said it is set to increase its credit disbursement to Rp3.5trillion (US & #36;380 million) by the end of this year. GM DAEWOO HALTS PRODUCTION AS'S KOREAN TIREMAKERS FREEZE SUPPLY http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6p6.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:56:42 GMT Packaging/plastics/paper/glass GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co.,the South Korean unit of General Motors Corp., said Friday ithas been forced to halt production at its main factory as twolocal tiremakers stopped supplying tires to demand a pricehike. THAI SHARES CLOSE LOWER - JULY 18, 2008 http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/28/1u6mw.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:25:39 GMT Financial Markets Thai shares slid 0.81 per centFriday, with energy stocks leading losses following sharp fallsin world oil prices this week, dealers said. FOREX - US DOLLAR UP AGAINST NEW TAIWAN DOLLAR - JULY 18, 2008 http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6mv.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:25:39 GMT Transport The US dollar gained againstthe new Taiwan dollar on the Taipei Foreign Exchange Friday,increasing NT & #36;0.001 to close at NT & #36;30.360 AERCAP HOLDINGS TO RELEASE Q2 2008 FINANCIAL RESULTS ON AUGUST 7 http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6ig.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:52:50 GMT Transport INDONESIA'S BANK DANAMON SEEKS TO RAISE STAKE IN ADIRA FINANCE http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6h7.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:23:17 GMT Banking / finance Bank Danamon (JSX:BDNM) isseeking to increase its control of the country's largestfinancing firm Adira Finance. TAJIKISTAN TENDER - LANDFILL PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, ENGINEERING http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6h5.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:23:17 GMT Environment / water pollution SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT,ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES, AND CONTRACT SUPERVISION. SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS TO RELEASE Q2 FINANCIAL RESULTS ON JULY 31 http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6h3.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:23:17 GMT Transport MICREL GIVES ETHERNET CUSTOMERS HIGHER THAN EVER THROUGHPUT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6h1.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:23:17 GMT Computers/IT PERTAMINA SEEKS KUWAIT PETROLEUM CORP'S HELP TO BUILD OIL REFINERY http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6fw.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:59:27 GMT Infrastructure State-owned oil and gascompany PT Pertamina is studying cooperation with KuwaitPetroleum Corporation (KPC) to build an oil refinery with aprocessing capacity of 450,000 barrels of crude oil per day. GM DAEWOO HALTS PRODUCTION AS TIREMAKERS FREEZE SUPPLY http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6fv.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:59:27 GMT Transport GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co.,the South Korean unit of General Motors Corp., said Friday ithas been forced to halt production at its main factory as twolocal tiremakers stopped supplying tires to demand a pricehike. PAKISTAN'S EXPORTS OF TEXTILES, CLOTHING REGISTER LOW RETURNS http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6c8.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:29:10 GMT Textiles / clothing Pakistan's textile andclothing sector export price has nosedived to the lowest levelamong the leading exporting countries, preventing freshinvestment in the sector necessary to improve competitivenessand productivity. BANGLADESH'S BEST AIR TO START DHAKA-COLOMBO ROUTE http://au.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/asiapulse/*http://au.biz.yahoo.com/080718/17/1u6c7.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:29:10 GMT Transport Best Air, the country's thirdprivate airliner, would start its direct Dhaka-Colombo routefrom July 28 ahead of the SAARC summit.