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Ex-director of Goldman Sachs charged with insider trading

The trial is likely to be long-drawn. Investigations into charges of insider against Rajat K. Gupta, a former director at Goldman Sachs and Proctor & Gamble, are likely to extend beyond Wall Street, according to industry analysts. And many big corporations are likely to come into focus. Gupta, 62, has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and five counts of securities fraud. The New York Times says he is accused of sharing corporate secrets about Goldman and Procter & Gamble with Raj Rajaratnam, co-founder of the Galleon Group, who was jailed 11 years early this month for insider trading.

Posted on 27-10-2011, 4:21 pm

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Competition

Solar trade war intensifies

Western makers of solar energy products are waging a trade war against Chinese solar companies which could lose some of their biggest foreign markets. They are stepping up a campaign to stop price dumping by their Chinese competitors in Europe. American solar firms have already called on the U.S. government to slap anti-dumping duties on made-in-China solar energy products. They grieve over aggressive undercutting by heavily subsidized Chinese firms which they blame for the loss of thousands of American jobs.

Posted on 21-10-2011, 4:02 pm

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Business

China’s Wal-Mart boss quits

Allegations that Wal-Mart China has sold regular pork as organic over the past two years have continued to take a toll on the world's largest retail store. More than a dozen stores were closed and two Walmart China employees were arrested and 37 detained in Chongqing. Now Ed Chan, Walmart China's chief executive officer, has resigned, citing personal reasons. Clara Wong, his senior vice president of human resources, has also quit. The American retailer has been in business in China for 15 years.

Posted on 18-10-2011, 5:00 pm

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Airline

Qantas boss threatened in job row

Australian police are investigating a report that Alan Joyce, Qantas chief executive, received a threatening letter amid a row with unions on the airline's restructuring and outsourcing plan that could lead to job losses.

Posted on 05-10-2011, 4:13 pm

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Investment

The lure of high dividend yields

Investors are in a dilemma as shares fall around the world But shares in Asia remain attractive because companies are paying them record dividends to hold on to them. Bloomberg says that a drop in equity, including last week's 11% fall in the MSCI China Index , has pushed dividend yields up to as much as 37% on Australia's S&P/ASX 200 and 86% for the Chinese guage. That helped send the MSCI Asia Pacific Index's payout to 3.2%, exceeding the MSCI All-Country World Index by the most since at least 1995, according to Bloomberg.

Posted on 26-09-2011, 1:55 pm

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Mobile internet

Google’s $12.5-billion smartphone deal raises concern

Google's $12.5-billion (37.5-billion ringgit) foray into the smartphone hardware business seems to be more of a defensive move against Apple's iPhone. And this has raised questions among investors over why the biggest maker of smartphone software is paying 63% premium for Motorola's Mobility which has been struggling to return to profitability.

Posted on 16-08-2011, 9:53 am

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Finance

S&P warns U.S. finance firms of downgrade

Standard & Poor's has joined Barack Obama, the American president, in forcing Republican lawmakers to agree to raise the debt ceiling and cut deficit. Or else, S&P will downgrade finance firms such as insurers, securities clearing houses and mortgage agencies.

Posted on 16-07-2011, 11:09 am

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Media

BSkyB deal hangs in the balance

Rupert Murdoch hopes of buying BSkyB look grim. British lawmakers are ganging up to vote against him today. Although their vote is not legally binding, it is an extraordinary attack on him which he cannot ignore. The vote will call on him to give up his bid to take over BSkyB as the phone hacking scandal escalates even with the closure of the News of the World, the 168-year-old tabloid at the heart of it.

Posted on 13-07-2011, 3:57 pm

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Airlines

MAS bans babies from first class cabins

Tengku Azmil, the chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines, says it's a tough decision. But MAS has become the first to ban babies from first class cabins and the ban will extend to its A380 super jumbo flights next year.

Posted on 30-06-2011, 5:08 pm

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Kretam to grow twice as big

Kretam Holdings Berhad, a diversified oil palm group, is expected to double its size with a proposed purchase of three palm oil companies for 511.5m ringgit ($170.5m), according to The Edge. Abedon Sendirian Berhad owns an oil palm estate, Green Edible Oil Sendirian Berhad makes bio-diesel and Palm Products International Alliance Sendirian Berhad sells palm oil products.

Posted on 06-06-2011, 2:20 pm

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