Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from February 2004

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire archives from February 2004

"The Perception That We Were A Dinosaur Forced Us To Change".
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Vidya Viswanathan With revenues of $1.3 billion (Rs 5,957 crore) in 2003, and a market value of $10 billion (Rs 46,000 crore), Adobe Systems Inc. is one of the biggest developers of desktop...

India Gets Truckin'.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Brian Carvalho, Venkatesha Babu & Nitya Varadarajan Last fortnight Hans Michael Huber, Managing Director and CEO, DaimlerChrysler India, was preparing the ground to open bookings for the Maybach,...

The Customer As Collaborator.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) The Future of Competition By C.K. Prahalad and Venkat Ramaswamy HBS Press Price: Rs 1,500 PP: 371 Once in a long while, a book comes along that changes the way corporations think. C.K....

Once There Were Giants.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Arnab Mitra They lived like kings. Their charming corrugated tin-roof bungalows were the castles, from which they ruled over the vast estates that surrounded them. Their subjects were thousands...

Of Brand Difference.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Steve Jobs A brand is not a brand unless it commands a premium. To Steve Jobs, Apple Computer's original visionary, a brand is not a brand unless it defies categorisation, the box into which the...

With-It, Health Notes, FAQs About Slimming Pills.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Brian Carvalho, Muscle Mani, Ananya Roy WITH-IT This Minstrel's Still on Rock Island For decades now, Ian Anderson has been paying the price for rather whimsically naming two of his...

India's Fastest Growing Companies.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Narendra Nathan, Kushan Mitra, Ashish Gupta, Abir Pal, Nitya Varadarajan, Dipayan Baishya, Roshni Jayakar, Vandana Gobmar, E. Kumar Sharma, Brian Carvalho India Inc., take a bow. For, however...

Hardware's Rs 75,000 Crore Opportunity.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Vidya Viswanathan additional reporting by Venkatesha Babu and Vandana Gombar Sarish Verma wants to build PC monitors in India. No, the 38-year-old who has worked with HCL and American Express in...

"We Need A Global Middle Class".
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Priya Srinivasan A key feature of NASSCOM 2004, India Leadership Forum, in Mumbai last week was the presence of eminent policy makers and economists from leading American "think tanks". In an...

The Populist Reformer.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Ashish Gupta If the finance minister Jaswant Singh's Interim Budget for fiscal 2004-05 failed to buoy the Sensex, which closed 75 points down on February 3, do not fault the man. It was but a set...

Defining A Leader.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: R. Mohan Good leaders are great simplifiers. They can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer solutions everybody can understand, appreciate, and follow. Good leaders are also educators...

Free Spirit: All Above Board.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Priya Srinivasan (box by E. Kumar Sharma) It works in a myriad ways. The hand of the independent director on the board of the company, that is. There's this strictly-in-the-realm-of-grapevine...

EVAngelist, Esq.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: R. Sridharan, Roshni Jayakar, Venkatesha Babu and Dipayan Baishya EVAngelist, Esq. Every time Tejpavan Gandhok sits down to watch an India-Australia match, it just wrenches him. As an...

Towards Safe Success.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Narendra Nathan Since having scaled the old record of 6,150, the Sensex has entered a phase of extreme volatility-with swings of some 200 points within a single trading day. In fact, after a...

Start Up Sweepstakes.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Moinak Mitra A management trainee is a management trainee is a management trainee, right? Well, not quite. No doubt the management trainee (MT) comes at the very bottom of the corporate food...

Herring Hunt.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Shilpa Nayak We agree. John Grisham is more engrossing. But with so many public offers of stock coming your way, do pick up the issue prospectuses, and do them the justice of a proper read (a...

Army Inductees, Help, Tarun!, That Rural Stint, Recruitment @113kbps.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Moinak Mitra, Tarun Sheth, Ananya Roy, Payal Sethi ARMY INDUCTEES Corporate Rumble What are military men doing in the corporate world? Anything strategic? By Moinak Mitra What...

Trends.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Ashshi Gupta, Roshni Jayakar, Kushan Mitra, Ganpathi Subramaniam, Brian Carvalho, Venkatesha Babu, Vandana Gombar, Nitya Varadarajan, Abir Pal, Dipayan Baishya, E. Kumar Sharma LEADER IPO...

People's Management.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) All projects undertaken in the name of the 'people' deserve the attention of all those who care. At the current instance, the project in business focus is the HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi's drive to make...

On The Road With $10 Billion.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Byline: Sahad P.V. I am not a big schmoozer. I would rather do a quiet one-on-one with as many people as required, than clink glasses in a noisy do, making small talk. But this is one assignment I am...

India's Young Super Performers.
February 29, 2004... (From Business Today (India)) Everybody loves a winner. That's just as things should be, because a winner epitomises all qualities that humans aspire for. She is smarter, more dogged, and not infrequently has a lucky wind blowing behind...

Gov't acts to avert RP-wide transport strike tomorrow.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Juliet Labog-Javellana MALACANANG officials yesterday said the government was moving to avert tomorrow's planned nationwide transport strike without having to agree to a demand to increase...

Australia fights efforts to free Tan assets.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Philip C. Tubeza AUSTRALIA is helping the Philippines fight fugitive businessman Dante Tan's efforts to unfreeze his bank accounts in that country, Acting Justice Secretary Ma. Merceditas...

Bribery not public works exec's 'sin'.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Armand N. Nocum DISMISSED Public Works Undersecretary Salvador Pleyto has denied reports he was fired for bribing two officials in the Office of the Ombudsman into clearing him of graft...

Bata gains as Django bows out.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LEGENDARY poolmaster Efren "Bata" Reyes and Filipino compatriot Warren "Smiling Face" Kiamco swept past their respective rivals to barge into the quarterfinals of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball tour...

Business agenda draws bets' praise.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) MEETING on common ground, presidential candidates yesterday praised the business agenda proposed by business heavyweights for the next tenant of Malacanang, but qualified their support about one of its...

Clean, quiet pocket in Manila.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Celina Ribeiro (Editor's Note: The author is a graduating journalism student at Australia's Sydney University.) MANILA residents-like most others in cities around the world-do not fully...

Roco gets taste of dying coffee industry in Lipa; vows to bring it to life.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LIPA CITY-On his campaign sortie in the province, presidential candidate Raul Roco visited the public market, went up the second floor where the carinderias are located, had lunch there, and drank brewed...

Doctor-topnotcher leaving as nurse.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Volt Contreras AS A boy, he read and studied by the light of a kerosene lamp and went to classes that would occasionally be disrupted by the sound of gunfire. Later, he would work in the...

Presidential debate.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Raul J. Palabrica BY REFUSING to participate in a presidential debate, opposition candidate Fernando Poe Jr. has started a precedent. No candidate for the highest office in the land has, to my...

World-class experience in Singapore.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Edwin Villanueva DRUMBEATERS of the San Lazaro Leisure Park has repeatedly boasted that the Carmona, Cavite racetrack is world-class. The bayang karerista agreed. Yes it is, according...

Carrot and stick.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THIS much we can say about US Charge d'Affaires Joseph Mussomeli. He belongs to the Theodore Roosevelt school of plain, even blunt diplomacy. He talks softly but carries a big carrot and an even bigger...

Comelec to review Gil candidacy.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Martin P. Marfil IT LOOKS like the campaign of Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa presidential candidate Eddie Gil is in more trouble. Commission on Elections Chair Benjamin Abalos said the...

Who's afraid of Gen. Fortunato Abat?
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ramon J. Farolan IT had become almost an annual pilgrimage to Manaoag, Pangasinan for Gen. Fortunato Abat. Not to the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin but to a training facility for Army...

Court junks raps vs 4 bombing suspects.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) GENERAL SANTOS CITY-A local court here decided to dismiss charges of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder against four suspects in the June 24, 2000 bomb attacks in the city. Judge Laureano...

Girl, 5, dies; thousands go homeless in 3 fires.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Edson Tandoc Jr., Leila Salaverria, Margaux Ortiz and Joyce Abano A 5-YEAR-OLD girl was killed and more than 1,000 families were left homeless when three fires hit Manila, Quezon City and...

Soldiers, MILF rebels take fight to basketball court.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Volt Contreras GOVERNMENT troops and rebel sympathizers are being pitted against each other in war-torn Mindanao-but only in friendly basketball games. That mortal enemies on the...

Debate in the slums.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Isagani A. Cruz IT wasn't even a clever dodge, and nobody believed him. Nobody except, of course, his mindless followers who accept everything he says as gospel truth. The idea behind the...

Education Revolution: Reviving dying spirit of Edsa.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Eugenia D. Apostol DID YOU hear and read the flurry of words celebrating the 18th anniversary of Edsa 1? Did you note the nostalgia, the regret and the discord almost drowning out the...

Leftist solon doubts US motive in poll observers.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LUCENA CITY-Party-list Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo has expressed skepticism on the agenda of at least 50 US representatives who would be sent to observe the coming national elections in the country. ...

Letran spikers clip Adamson, surge to quarterfinals.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marc Anthony Reyes LETRAN downed Adamson, 21-16, for its third straight victory yesterday and paced two other teams into the women's quarterfinals of the Nestea Beach Volley 2004 Luzon...

Mandanawi, land of peace, comes to life in stage play.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marrio R. R. Mapanao, Midsayap, North Cotabato THE PEOPLE'S theatre presentation, "Mandanawi: Land of Peace," highlighted the opening of the "Options for Peace in Mindanao" conference, hosted...

In Marikina, traders learn to segregate.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tarra Quismundo DOING business in Marikina means knowing how to segregate garbage. Around 7,000 business owners in the city are required to attend a session on waste management. If they...

Military, human rights groups cross ideological lines to help wounded reb.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ma. Diosa Labiste, PDI Visayas Bureau ILOILO CITY-Not many wounded rebels are as lucky as Arlan Tarino, 35, who has friends and enemies to worry about his health and rising cost of medical...

Isla Suerte: The island of the lucky.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Anthony S. Allada, Davao City THE AREA is only about five kilometers from the city's downtown area, and is populated by some 3,000 households or 11,000 urban poor individuals who settled...

GMA, Palace exec say Mindoro slayings solved.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Juliet Labog-Javellana and Delfin Mallari, PDI Southern Luzon Bureau PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday said a prime suspect in the killing of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro Vice Mayor Juvy...

Jenny falls behind by 5 as Sorenstam sizzles.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) AS ANNIKA Sorenstam came out scorching to seize control, Jenny Rosales failed to sustain the momentum of a fiery 65 the previous round and needed a big finish to salvage an even par 72 yesterday in the...

Temptation tips.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Fr. Jerry M. Orbos, SVD DID you hear the story about a man who had a track record of living a lustful life? One day he went to his confessor and boasted that he is already a changed man. He...

Poe won't debate but will present plans 'a la MTV'.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christine O. Avendano LUCENA CITY-A debate may not be his cup of tea, but what about MTV? In a bid to deflect criticism that he was reluctant to face his rivals in a public debate,...

Pagunsan set to rewrite Open script.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jong Arcano SILANG, Cavite-After being deserted by its highest seed and losing so many other local frontliners to the halfway cut, the 88th Philippine Open seemed to have found the best guy to...

Resubmit list of SC nominees-solon.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) SENATE Majority Floor Leader Francis "Kiko'' Pangilinan yesterday urged the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to re-submit its list of nominees for the lone vacancy in the Supreme Court to President...

Int'l observers 'great leveler,' says Alvarez.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Cynthia D. Balana and Jerome Aning THE DEPLOYMENT of at least 50 observers from the United States and the European Union to monitor the presidential elections in May would give independent...

'Da Rock' says he was in the movies, too.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: TJ Burgonio AT least one presidential candidate is ready to match movie-making prowess with triple-threat actor-director-producer Fernando Poe Jr. in the cinema department. Responding to...

The 'masa' vote.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Randy David MY colleague Raul Pertierra of Ateneo de Manila's department of sociology takes issue with my column on the emergence of the "masa" vote (Public Lives, 2/8/04). He writes that my...

She saved 3 students, but not her own daughter.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Luige del Puerto SHE WAS able to shepherd three of her students away from the burning SuperFerry 14, but not her daughter. And Neneth Talasan, adviser of the school paper Small Voices and...

Where they stand.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Rina Jimenez-David THERE'S a growing movement drawing groups as diverse as women's organizations, women's health advocates, family planning service providers, businesspeople, economists,...

Vic's 'victims'.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Al S. Mendoza A MOST interesting aspect of every major golf tournament is the list of players who make the cut. Or how some made it to the weekend. Stories about how the flunkies failed to...

Tomacruz, Manuel shine.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Trina Ibarle NASUGBU, Batangas-Luck was on the side of the two Hobie winners in the Long Beach-Fortune Island-Terrazas Regatta yesterday at the Club Punta Fuego here. Enjoying a strong...

Tunacao gets Ring mag ranking like Pacquiao.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Rey Danseco, Contributor MANNY Pacquiao is not the only acclaimed topnotch Filipino prizefighter today. The Ring Magazine, considered the bible of boxing, released its new rankings Friday...

Women's group blows whistle vs violence.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Edson Tandoc Jr. and Tarra Quismundo POLICEMEN blow whistles to call the attention of violators. Sports referees blow whistles to call attention to a foul. Next week, a women's rights...

Roco pushes for agenda of hope.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) RESULTS of a survey a private group conducted 10 days into the election campaign show that one out of every three voters is either undecided or will still change his/her first choice for president. ...

Young sparks Aces' victory.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: June Navarro WITH an import as good as Galen Young, Alaska hardly felt the absence of John Arigo. Young came up with an all-around game and sparked the Aces to a resounding 88-80 win over...

Mr & Ms ride roller coaster of ups, downs.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Myrna Rodriguez-Co, Contributor, UP ISSI SO many married couples dream of being in business together. While there are no clear statistics to show how many couples succeed in putting up their...

Veep threatens suit vs Comelec.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jerome Aning VICE PRESIDENT Teofisto Guingona said he would personally file contempt charges against the Commission on Elections if it goes ahead with a plan to lease automated counting...

Strive for excellence and go where the wind takes you.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tina Arceo-Dumlao ELIZABETH Garcia-Rabuy was just in high school when she got her first taste of leadership. She was chosen as one of a handful of high school students from public and...

RP to help Vietnam check bird flu.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE PHILIPPINES will be sending a team of epidemiologists to Vietnam next week as part of the country's effort to halt the regional spread of the dreaded bird flu virus. Foreign Affairs Secretary...

Eloquence, more than skill, must come from the heart.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Dante M. Velasco, Contributor "The Dream" By Drew D. Hansen Harper Collins Publishers, 2003 IS this the autumn of discontent in our political life as a nation? Or, is there a...

Quitting medicine for farming.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jeffrey M. Tupas, PDI Mindanao Bureau KIDAPAWAN CITY-She traded a profession that saves lives for one which creates life from the earth. Dr. Fe Rizalie Etulle, 40, worked in a hospital in...

Assunta, Jules on March 14 nuptials: Heck! It could be love.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nini Valera THE BRIDE'S gown is by Vera Wang. Her veil is by hip designer Rhett Eala. The look will mimic the Ramon Valera gown worn by the groom's mother more than four decades ago. The...

The 'StarStruck' idols: Ages 15-19.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jo-Ann Q. Maglipon YES! is out this week with its Yes! Extra-an issue separate from the magazine's regular monthly run, with a maiden release devoted entirely to the GMA-7 "StarStruck"...

Gene Hackman brings out the sizzle in smarmy.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ruben M. Cruz Jr. WHAT'S with John Grisham and Gene Hackman? Is there an unwritten rule that the cinematic adaptations of the lawyer-turned-author's books must always include the Oscar Best...

Life as a box-office hit.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jocelyn Valle, Contributor "MY father's life was a box-office hit." This is how the eldest child of Nestor de Villa described the life of the late actor, who died last Feb. 21 of cardiac...

Go to a mall to put ideas on paper (or canvas).
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Irene Andrea C. Perez SAY, you have a business and a limited budget to market it, along with an idea for a logo, brochure and the materials to satisfy the visual appetite of your market. The...

More than just a giddy teen flick.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Nestor U. Torre AT FIRST glance, Dominic Zapata's "Kuya" comes off as "only" a giddy teen flick for ga-ga fans of TV youth drama stars like Richard Gutierrez and Chynna Hortaleza. Soon...

And the winner is...
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Carmina Sanchez, Contributor WE MAY play the endless game of who wins what on Oscars night, but the true winner-with all due respect to the great actors, directors and storytellers of our...

My so-called life as ballerina and equestrienne.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tessa Prieto Valdes AS A CHILD, I never took ballet lessons because my body, which unfortunately has not changed much, was not the ballerina type with long, lean and lithe limbs. My...

Rose petals have religious icons.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Josephine Darang WHEN the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a young man in the Philippines on Aug. 15, 1991, 3 a.m., it would be the start of a series of miracles leading to the healing of the...

Star of Asia spreads spirit of entreprenuership.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Margie Quimpo-Espino ON THE left palm of Nelia Cruz is the outline of a star. Last Feb. 7 (Feb. 8 in Manila) Sarcol was awarded the "Star of Asia" by the 600 members of the Texas Asian...

A truism-heavy era ends with 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Oliver M. Pulumbarit, Contributor IT'S the end of an era once again for quality television. One of the most intelligent and endearing shows on TV, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", aired its...

History is alive in this town.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Rowena C. Burgos THE OLD Mestizo District of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, is a "living museum" of Filipino-Spanish-Chinese architectural heritage. Eighteenth- and 19th-century edifices and houses, most...

Visual drama.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Eduardo M. Enriquez, Contributor WHEN I was invited to join a day trip to Mt. Pinatubo, I didn't think twice. I was informed that there wouldn't be much shade, so I should wear a light...

Abel by any other name...
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Cheche V. Moral THE INDIGENOUS fabric formerly known as abel Iloko is taking a new name. Well, the one from Ilocos Sur, at least. Along with the province's efforts to upgrade the quality...

'Call to Duty'.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Pennie Azarcon dela Cruz IN Philippine politics, where a mediagenic personality, mass appeal and unlimited resources are prerequisites for elective office, Bro. Eddie Villanueva of the Bangon...

Poses before the plunge.
February 29, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Alex Y. Vergara A GROWING number of engaged couples have been "going out on dates with a photographer." And these dates can last between three to five hours in the most scenic locales in...