Thu Jul 29, 2010

TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese electronics giant Sony on Thursday said it returned to the black in the fiscal first quarter thanks to strong sales in televisions, its PlayStation 3 console and computers.

  Thu Jul 29, 2010

PHOENIX (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law hours before it was to take effect, handing a victory to the Obama administration as it tries to take control of the issue.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Franchise Association (MFA) expects Franchise International Malaysia (FIM 2010) to generate a 10 per cent increase or RM30 million in sales to RM370 million this year.

(Thursday, July 29, 2010)  Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - State electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has set itself a target of achieving an international standard of power cuts by November 30, 2011.

  29 July 2010

SINGAPORE (CNA): The Monetary Authority of Singapore or MAS has posted a record net profit of S$10.12 billion for its fiscal year ended 31 March 2010.

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- The Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco), the country's top producer of the metal, signed a binding agreement with the world's mining giant Rio Tinto Thursday to set up a joint venture (JV) for the development of the Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea.

(Wednesday, July 28, 2010)  The Bank of Korea (BOK) Wednesday announced that the current account registered a surplus of $5.04 billion last month, up from a revised $3.82 billion from the previous month.

(Thursday, July 29, 2010)  Bloomberg  -  Nippon Steel Corp. returned to a first-quarter profit after boosting output to tap demand in Asia.