Archive for July 14th, 2008
Company, bank, stock market briefs July 14
* State Securities Commission’s chair recently issued Decision No 140/UBCK-GP modifying the business license of PetroVietnam Securities Co (PVSC) with the new chartered [...]
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VN Index crawls to 500-point mark
The Vietnamese stock market today July 14 opened a new week with advantages when over 90% of listed shares increased and almost share codes reached the ceiling prices. The Ho [...]
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PetroVietnam Drilling profit doubles on rig operation
PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services Joint-Stock Co., which supplies drilling services to ConocoPhillips and Petroliam Nasional Bhd., said net profit more than doubled as [...]
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Malaysia urged to review windfall tax
The head of Malaysia’s second largest banking group Friday urged the government to review a new windfall tax on independent power producers, warning it may hurt the [...]
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Oil sets new trading record above $147 a barrel
It’s only July, but it might be time to start loading up on blankets and sweaters. Oil spiked to a new trading record as hostilities rise between the West and Iran [...]
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Project set up to make biofuel in Philippines: officials
Japanese, South Korean and Philippine investors have set up a pilot project to develop biofuels in the southern Philippines, officials said Friday. The joint venture, [...]
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Aussie school lauds mining firm for environmental plan
AN Australian Government-backed training on environmental management for officials of the Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB) featured the initiatives of Taiheiyo Cement [...]
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Philippines mining firm secures approval to explore area in Cebu
A Philippine mining company whose subsidiaries produce nickel and copper said it recently secured government approval to explore an area in Toledo City, Cebu. In its [...]
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Indonesia may set domestic coal supply obligations (update1)
Indonesia, the world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal, may enact a rule later this year requiring mining companies to set aside part of their output for domestic [...]
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WB to lend US$60m to support Vietnam healthcare project
The State Bank of Vietnam said Friday that it has signed an agreement to receive a US$60 million loan from the World Bank to finance a local healthcare project. The loan will [...]
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Arsenic risk high in Sumatra, Myanmar, Cambodia
Eastern Sumatra, the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar and Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake are among areas in Southeast Asia facing a high risk of arsenic contamination in the [...]
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China says 82 people detained in Olympic plots
China has detained 82 suspected terrorists in the first half of the year on allegations that they were plotting attacks against next month’s Olympics, according to [...]
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First-ever Sino-Thai war games kick off
The first-ever Thai-Chinese joint military exercise in Thailand aimed at suppressing international terrorism kicked off in Chiang Mai yesterday. The exercise, which involves [...]
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China jails 12 more Tibetans over March riots
Chinese courts jailed 12 more rioters for their roles in unrest in Tibet, state media said, weeks before the Beijing Olympics and after Beijing deported a Tibetan British [...]
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Cambodia journalist shot dead – police
A Cambodian journalist working for an opposition newspaper was shot dead on Friday by unknown gunmen who fired on the victim and his son, police said. Khim Sam Bo, 47, was [...]
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