Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/business-news-asia.html en-en Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:53:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/business-news-asia.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080906/tbs-india-economy-auto-politics-unrest-t-558302b.html /afp/20080906/r_t_afp_bs_in/tbs-india-economy-auto-politics-unrest-t-558302b_2 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:53:00 +0800 Talks to end violent protests over a factory in eastern India to manufacture the world's cheapest car ended Saturday with no breakthrough. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080906/tbs-japan-nomura-lehman-83b1f84.html /ap/20080906/r_t_ap_bs_jp/tbs-japan-nomura-lehman-83b1f84 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:34:00 +0800 Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage group, is considering buying a stake in U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080906/tbs-as-japan-nomura-lehman-83b1f84.html /ap/20080906/r_t_ap_bs_jp/tbs-as-japan-nomura-lehman-83b1f84_1 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:34:00 +0800 Japan's largest brokerage group, Nomura Holdings Inc., is considering buying a stake in U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080906/tbs-skorea-crisis-fears-4d7793e.html /ap/20080906/r_t_ap_bs_kr/tbs-skorea-crisis-fears-4d7793e Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:26:00 +0800 Headlines warn of a "September crisis." The currency falls to a four-year low and the stock market tumbles. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080906/tbs-pakistan-election-b8dd11d.html /rtrs/20080906/r_t_rtrs_bs_as/tbs-pakistan-election-b8dd11d_1 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:40:39 +0800 (Updates with vote begins) Reuters http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080906/tbs-us-japan-banking-takeover-company-le-e5c2383.html /afp/20080906/r_t_afp_bs_jp/tbs-us-japan-banking-takeover-company-le-e5c2383_1 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:32:00 +0800 The president of Japan's biggest brokerage house Nomura Holdings said the company was considering buying a stake in troubled US investment bank Lehman Brothers, a report said Saturday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080906/tbs-taiwan-stocks-b8dd11d.html /rtrs/20080906/r_t_rtrs_bs_as/tbs-taiwan-stocks-b8dd11d_1 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:43:20 +0800 TAIPEI, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Taiwan plans to unveil as soon as next week a series of stock-boosting measures, such as letting pension funds invest, to prop up the island's shares languishing at a more than two-year low, local newspapers said on Saturday. Reuters http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080906/tbs-skorea-samsung-sandisk-4d7793e.html /ap/20080906/r_t_ap_bs_kr/tbs-skorea-samsung-sandisk-4d7793e Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:39:00 +0800 Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080905/tbs-india-economy-bank-governor-inflatio-558302b.html /afp/20080905/r_t_afp_bs_in/tbs-india-economy-bank-governor-inflatio-558302b_1 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:50:00 +0800 India's new head of the Reserve Bank of India took office on Friday, pledging to wrestle down inflation riding at 13-year highs. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080905/tbs-as-india-inflation-e285837.html /ap/20080905/r_t_ap_bs_as/tbs-as-india-inflation-e285837_1 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:57:00 +0800 India's economy will grow 9 percent a year, but the fight against inflation, which is hovering near 13-year highs, will require increased production in agriculture, services, and manufacturing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. AP