Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts Asia Times | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explosions on Friday. The city of 18 million people houses the main stock exchange, central bank and offi...
PNB profit doubles to P2.2B last year The Daily Tribune | 02/09/2010 | Philippine National Bank (PNB) closed last year with an unaudited net income of P2.2 billion, doubling its previous year’s record of P1.1 billion, the bank said in a statement. | Strong gains in its core businesses, improvement in asset quality and higher operating efficiencies drove ...
Questioning Crime Data, and Other Data Behind Bloomberg Policy The New York Times | Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, an engineering major in college, has never been shy about proclaiming an unerring faith in statistics. | He created 311 as a way to collate data, and improve the lives of New Yorkers. He has whipped out education data to...
Buoyant TD eyes E.G. civic bodies Deccan Chronicle Buoyant TD eyes E.G. civic bodies | Feb. 8: The two-day visit of Telugu Desam (TD) president N. Chandrababu Naidu on February 3 and 4 injected new life into the party in East Godavari. | With municipal polls slated for the last quarter of the year, t...
E-stamping will be a reality soon Deccan Chronicle E-stamping will be a reality soon | Feb. 8: Karnataka which took a major knock from the multi-crore stamp paper scam a few years ago, is all set to introduce e-stamping which will do away with voluminous stamp papers and the latest franking system. |...
'Volunteerism can be taught in schools' DNA India | Mumbai: If you’ve ever asked yourself ‘what am I doing to help the world?’ then this one’s for you. Patrick Triano, director of training and member support AmeriCorps at the Corporation for National and Community Service, wa...
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Bad malaria drugs litter Africa, raising fears of resistance Breitbart High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fear...
Globe plans P3B loan from local banks Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines--GLOBE TELECOM INC. MAY borrow another P3 billion from local banks to supplement the company's budget requirements for the year. | But the company said it was...
European stocks stabilize but debt fears linger Breitbart | People stand in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm... | LONDON (AP) - Markets stabilized in Europe on Monday, but fell in Asia and the U.S., as investors we...
No change in plans to launch Prius in India Deccan Chronicle No change in plans to launch Prius in India | Feb. 8: Japanese auto major Toyota will launch its hybrid car Prius in Indian as scheduled on April this year, a company official said on Monday. This despite reports that it plans a global recall of the ...
Pay Rs 25 extra, get LPG in 3hrs Deccan Chronicle Pay Rs 25 extra, get LPG in 3hrs | Feb. 8: Now you can pay Rs 25 extra and receive delivery of your LPG cylinder in three hours! If not delivered on time, avail a discount of Rs 50. | To improve the delivery time of LPG cylinders, the petroleum minis...
Ugly scenes at GHMC meet as TD, Congress men spar Deccan Chronicle Ugly scenes at GHMC meet as TD, Congress men spar | Feb. 8: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s special general body meeting witnessed unruly scenes after the Telugu Desam corporators demanded Rs 5 lakh compensation each for families of t...
PNB profit doubles to P2.2B last year The Daily Tribune | 02/09/2010 | Philippine National Bank (PNB) closed last year with an unaudited net income of P2.2 billion, doubling its previous year’s record of P1.1 billion, the bank said in a statement. | Strong gains in its core businesses, improvement in asset quality and higher operating efficiencies drove the banner financial performance last year, it sai...
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again Asia Times | By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Vanke, Agile Property and Poly, are believed to be in...
