December 21, 2011
A BlackBerry handset is displayed in Washington, December 15, 2011. Research In Motion Ltd has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review [...]
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November 24, 2011
Former Olympus president Michael Woodford, who exposed the company’s loss coverup scandal, met with Japanese investigators on Thursday over a cover-up of the company’s massive investment losses dating back to the 1990s The ousted chief of scandal-hit Olympus, Michael Woodford, on Thursday began meeting Japanese investigators over a cover-up of huge investment losses dating back [...]
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September 20, 2011
Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers take stereotypical symbols at face value in presenting Vietnam to the world A scene in Ao lua Ha Dong (the white silk dress), a Viet kieu’s box office hit in 2007 Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers tend to make two kinds of movies to show here. The first are commercial movies that target [...]
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September 9, 2011
The dong’s chronic weakness has repelled foreign investors and hampered attempts by Vietnam’s policymakers to reverse the faltering fortunes of an economy that only five years ago was one of Asia’s most promising. Until Vietnam rebuilds trust by decisively taming the region’s worst inflation and narrowing sizable trade and budget deficits, the risks of [...]
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May 16, 2011
The current maximum value allowed for state office cars to is VND800 million. The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance has rejected recent news reports that it wanted to break a rule by allowing government officials to switch to more expensive cars. Local news website VnExpress on Sunday cited the ministry as saying that it planned to [...]
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May 3, 2011
Pakistani army soldiers leave the area near the hideout of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after a ground operation by US Special Forces in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. It took years of painstaking intelligence analysis to find Osama bin Laden in Pakistan — but only three words “It’s a go” uttered by President Barack [...]
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May 3, 2011
Local companies and investors may not be patient enough to stick with the market to overcome its current difficulties, a government advisor says Telecommunications firm SaigonTel plans to terminate its listing on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange in what it says is a move to restructure its business in a gloomy market. “The stock [...]
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April 1, 2011
Construction on the Tan Son Nhat – Binh Loi – Outer Ring Road project in Ho Chi Minh City. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for strict punishment of any misconduct relating to the roadway’s construction. The central government has ordered officials in Ho Chi Minh City to quickly resolve the irregularities discovered during [...]
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February 20, 2011
Construction site of the Tan Son Nhat – Binh Loi beltway in Ho Chi Minh City Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have denied the government inspectorate’s recent findings that their violations in approving and monitoring a road project had caused losses of over US$44.3 million to the state budget.  In a letter sent to Thanh Nien Friday, the city’s [...]
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February 18, 2011
Construction site of the Tan Son Nhat – Binh Loi beltway in Ho Chi Minh City Violations by Ho Chi Minh City authorities in building a major beltway has caused losses of over US$44.3 million to the state budget, according to the latest report by the government inspectorate. Â The report says that in 2007, [...]
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Amazon weighed buying RIM, interest cooled
A BlackBerry handset is displayed in Washington, December 15, 2011. Research In Motion Ltd has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc and other potential buyers because the BlackBerry maker prefers to fix its problems on its own, according to people with knowledge of the situation. Amazon hired an investment bank this summer to review [...]
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