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Star Publications deputy chairman resigns

KUALA LUMPUR: The deputy chairman of Star Publications, Datuk Steven Tan, announced his resignation yesterday. Tan, 59, who is also the company's senior adviser, tendered a six-month notice beginning Jan 1, according to an...

Leading tobacco company accused of undermining China's anti-smoking efforts

By Xinhua writer Wang Cong BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A group of anti-smoking researchers found in formerly secret corporate documents that a leading tobacco company had attempted to divert public attention from the dangers of...

Chesapeake Corp. files for bankruptcy protection

RICHMOND, Va. — Specialty packaging company Chesapeake Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to sell itself to a group of investors for about $485-million (U.S.). The company's stock, which is traded...

From greed to green: investing in the planet

Environmental business practices are becoming increasingly attractive to investors Sixty percent of the world's ecosystems are degraded or in decline Proponents of carbon capture say it could offer a good long-term return Some...

Leading Analyst Firm Profiles Brainware in Worldwide Capture and Image Management Software...

ASHBURN, Va., Dec 30, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Brainware, Inc., an innovative provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions, announced today that IDC, the leading technology research firm, has...

Tobacco Company Downplayed Risks in China, Report Says

An international tobacco company discouraged public smoking bans in China and tried to divert attention away from the health risks associated with smoking as they made forays into the country’s cigarette market. From the New...

JSE flat, attempts to consolidate gains

PALESA MOTLOUNG | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Dec 30 2008 13:01 Ignoring fairly stable European markets, the JSE was flat by noon on Tuesday in what a trader said was a directionless session with the market trying to...

Unauthorized cigarettes burn Bristol

By VERNON CLEMENT JONES,Guardian Business Editor,vernon@nasguard.comA flood of unauthorized cigarettes bought up by retail vendors over the last three months has undercut the selling price of the lega...

Prospect Medical Holdings Reports Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results

Prospect Medical Holdings Reports Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial ResultsLOS ANGELESCA-PROSPECT-MEDICAL LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. Sie versenden diesen Artikel: Prospect...

Major mergers, privatizations in 2008

Koç Holding announced the sale of its retail chain, Migros, which has the largest share of Turkey's retail market, for a record price. Following a long process since the company was put up for sale in June 2007, the news of the...