TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Japan is in final talks with
Washington on an agreement on cuts in Iranian crude oil imports
that could amount to a higher-than-expected 20 percent or more a
year, a newspaper reported on Thursday, as Tokyo seeks to win
waiver…
MELBOURNE, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Australia’s Fairfax
Media Ltd said it is delighted billionaire Gina
Rinehart has joined its share registry and has no concerns over
the change.
* Nikkei down 0.2 pct, eases from 6-month high
* Mazda shed 8 pct on 162 bln yen share offering plans
* Banks drop in line with decline in U.S. financials
* Euro zone economic contraction worries market
By Mari Saito
TOKYO, Feb 23…
HONG KONG, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Chinese property
developer Shui On Land Ltd plans to seek a separate
listing of its commercial property asset on the Hong Kong stock
exchange, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported on Thursday,
citing a senior executive….
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s oldest
Islamic lender Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd may assume the listing
status of its parent company BIMB Holdings Bhd, the
Business Times said on Thursday, citing unidentified sources.
* More than 600 hurt, most still being treated in hospital
SINGAPORE, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Singapore Exchange Ltd
(SGX) has said it will consider withdrawing its public
reprimand of a former director of under-fire China Sky Chemical
Fibre Co Ltd after he sued the bourse in the
city-state’s High Court.
SYDNEY, February 22 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has today affirmed
one class of bonds issued through Maxis Loan Securitisation Fund
2009-1 (Maxis 2009-1), as detailed below. The transaction is a
securitisation of Australian conforming residential mortgages
o…
* President seeks 28 pct corporate rate, down from 35 pct
* Proposal is Obama’s first tax overhaul package
* Analysts see remote chance of election-year action
* Romney proposes 25 pct corporate rate
By Kim Dixon and Rachelle Younglai…
HONG KONG, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Hong Kong shares were
set to open lower on Thursday, dragged by weakness in financial
stocks on renewed fears about slowing global growth after data
from the euro zone and China and oil prices hit a 9-month high.
* One woman collapses in tears at mortgage-mending session
MELBOURNE (Standard & Poor’s) Feb. 23, 2012–Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services said today that its ‘A+/Stable/–’
issuer credit and financial strength ratings on the core
operating companies of Suncorp Group Ltd. (Suncorp, A/Stable/–)
are unchanged f…
HONG KONG, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Hong Kong shares were
set to start lower on Thursday, with sectors most sensitive to
global growth expected to face pressure from data from the euro
zone and China and oil prices hitting a 9-month high.
On Wednesd…
TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) – HSBC on Thursday
started withdrawing from its private banking service in Japan
for clients who hold more than 10 million yen ($124,500) in
financial assets.
* SEC’s Schapiro endorses insider-trading curb for lawmakers
NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co
plans to start testing a mobile payments service in
April using an application from GoPago Inc, a start-up in which
the bank is making a cash investment.
* MSCI Asia ex-Japan down 0.2 pct, Nikkei opens down 0.04
pct
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Britain’s Serious Fraud
Office has admitted to “very regrettable errors” in its handling
of the investigation of property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz, the
Financial Times reported on Wednesday, clearing Tchenguiz of any
potentia…
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister
David Cameron will leap to the defence of big business on
Thursday in the government’s latest attempt to calm a public and
political backlash against bankers and highly-paid executives at
large companie…
Feb 22 (Reuters) – Oil and gas producers including
Concho Resources and Whiting Petroleum Corp
forecast higher production in 2012, but others such as Penn
Virginia Corp expect lower output as they cut natural
gas production amid low prices.