The America's Intelligence Wire articles from October 2003

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from October 2003

UPDATE 4-Tokyo stocks up on business optimism but yen weighs.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Tokyo stocks gained ground by Wednesday afternoon as the release of a key survey showing rising optimism about business conditions in Japan boosted banks and consumer cyclicals but the...

UPDATE 5-Tokyo stocks up on business optimism but yen weighs.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Tokyo stocks gained ground by Wednesday afternoon as the release of a key survey showing rising optimism about business conditions in Japan boosted banks and consumer cyclicals but the...

Goldman Sachs says Japan's tankan meets expectations.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Goldman Sachs' economists said that the results of Japan's tankan survey of corporate sentiment met their expectations withe key big manufacturers index coming in at plus 1. They said the...

UPDATE 6-Tokyo stocks up on business optimism but yen weighs.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Tokyo stocks gained ground by Wednesday afternoon as the release of a key survey showing rising optimism about business conditions in Japan boosted banks and consumer cyclicals but the...

Military Prison Worker Arrested.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: John Mintz and Jonathan Finer A civilian interpreter for prisoners at the U.S. military jail at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was charged yesterday with making false statements to federal agents after he was...

Review Of Quarterly Fund Raising Efforts By Presidential Candidates.
October 1, 2003... (From Fox News Channel) Byline: Brian Wilson, Carl Cameron, Major Garrett WILSON: Apart from the polls, there is one critical measure of a candidate, how much cash they have on hand. For a look at who's where in the Democratic...

Goldman Sachs says Japan's tankan meets expectations.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Goldman Sachs' economists said that the results of Japan's tankan survey of corporate sentiment met their expectations with the key big manufacturers index coming in at plus 1. They said...

A Big Fortune, a Bigger Crisis.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Justin Gillis GABORONE, Botswana -- Bill and Melinda Gates smiled and nodded as the prostitutes stood up to dance. Sha-boom! Sha-boom! Hips jiggling, arms swinging wide, the women moved in lock step,...

Mmo2, KPN, others to form European mobile alliance.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: Justin Gillis LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Mobile phone operators Mmo2 , KPN and Bouygues are among several smaller European companies that will form an alliance for purchasing power for handsets and...

A Hot-Water Leak.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Howard Kurtz The Indiana man who fired off an e-mail yesterday to CNN, where columnist Robert Novak works as the co-host of "Crossfire," didn't pull any punches: "Robert Novak is guilty of publicly...

Ailing Hong Kong turns to Stones: Mimics Toronto's bid to save economy.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief HONG KONG - Hong Kong has followed Toronto's lead and hired the Rolling Stones to boost the city's sagging fortunes in the wake of severe acute respiratory syndrome. But the "Harbour...

New insider trading rules proposed: Problem acknowledged.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief A special task force has tabled recommendations and new guidelines to combat Canada's unremarkable record of prosecuting illegal insider trading cases. Sources say that although a...

PGM Ventures to acquire Venezuelan gold properties.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief TORONTO - PGM Venture Corp. says it will pay US$3.5-million in cash and stock for 85% of a Venezuelan company with rights to two mining properties in Bolivar State. In an agreement with...

France encourages comapnies to pay taxes online.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief PARIS - The French finance ministry is encouraging companies to pay taxes and bid for public offers on the Internet as part of efforts to boost technology investment. Beginning with fiscal...

Ireland's Ryanair issues warning over KLM/Air France deal.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief DUBLIN - Ryanair Holdings Plc said yesterday that the deal between Air France Group and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will result in lower capacity, higher fares and reduced competition. Big...

PGM Ventures to acquire Venezuelan gold properties.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief TORONTO - PGM Venture Corp. says it will pay US$3.5-million in cash and stock for 85% of a Venezuelan company with rights to two mining properties in Bolivar State. In an agreement with...

Traffic delays cost US$8B in wasted fuel: study.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief WASHINGTON - U.S. traffic delays cost motorists an estimated US$8-billion in wasted fuel, researchers said yesterday. A study of 75 metropolitan areas by the Texas Transportation Institute...

Burger King appoints new international president.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief MIAMI - Burger King Corp. has appointed Nish Kankiwala as president of its international division as the company tries to improve sales outside the United States. Mr. Kankiwala, 45, was most...

Penthouse creditors want assets to be liquidated.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief NEW YORK - Creditors of General Media Inc., the bankrupt publisher of Penthouse magazine, asked a federal judge to order the company to liquidate its assets. General Media, a unit of...

Technology would let power firms avert failures.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief OTTAWA - A group of Canadian researchers has completed a two-year project to develop technology to help electricity systems avert power failures. The group -- composed of scientists from...

Cinram's secured term loan gets B+ rating from S&P.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief TORONTO - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its B+ rating to Cinram International Inc.'s proposed US$100-million senior secured second lien tranche C term loan due 2010 of...

Wal-Mart plans to open as many as 305 new stores.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, plans to open as many as 195 new stores and replace or expand 160 in the United States next year. In addition,...

U.S. glum over job prospects: 'Borderline disasters': Consumers more gloomy as factory index slides.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief WASHINGTON - The gloom from the "job-loss" recovery is weighing heavily on U.S. consumers as their confidence falls to the lowest level since the end of the Iraq war. At the same time,...

Rogers cuts Web link over bandwidth use: User shut down as 'reasonable-use' policy applied.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief When John Epstein had his high-speed Internet connection temporarily suspended this week, he realized promises of all-you-can-eat service are not entirely accurate, and that downloading...

Continental, Northwest want in on alliance.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief NEW YORK - Air France Group's merger with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is prompting two major U.S. airlines to apply for membership in the SkyTeam alliance, which could shift market share and...

RPF takes time to build investment house: Goal is to hire up to 150 advisors and open offices across Canada.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief Greg Bieber must be the most heavily managed but best-supported investment advisor in Canada these days. As the first and only advisor hired so far by Winnipeg-based Richardson Partners...

NYSE will hold on to regulatory role: Reed: 'Part of sales tool'.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief NEW YORK - John Reed, the New York Stock Exchange's interim chairman, said the exchange probably won't relinquish its regulatory authority over securities firms and listed companies as part...

Companies take steps to improve governance: More needs to be done.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief Canadian public companies are taking steps to improve corporate governance, but more needs to be done to split the roles of chief executive and chairman, better evaluate directors and create...

Bombardier's $60M train deal draws criticism: Politicians, union ask why Alstom failed to win bid.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief MONTREAL - A group of politicians and union leaders yesterday cast doubts over the fairness of a $60-million train contract recently awarded to Bombardier Inc., demanding a complete review...

Leave U.S. to handle pipeline alone: Yukon Premier speaks.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief CALGARY - Dennis Fentie, the Yukon Premier, said Canada should butt out of debate in the United States over whether that country should subsidize a US$20-billion natural gas pipeline from...

Value cut in Solectron supply deal with Nortel.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief MILPITAS, Calif. - Nortel Networks Corp. and Solectron Corp. have renegotiated and extended a supply deal that reflects the telecom industry's big decline. California-based Solectron,...

Counsel's debentures deal may fail: Private investment fund files affidavit seeking full value for holdings.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief The carefully laid plans of Counsel Corp. to offer either partial cash payment or stock at a higher than market price to holders of US$40.9-million of its maturing debentures may be about to...

Richelieu reports 15% profit rise in third quarter: Revenue shows 9% jump.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief MONTREAL - Richelieu Hardware's profit grew by 15% to $5.9-million in the company's third quarter, as sales increased to $71.3-million through a combination of internal growth and...

Exfo aims to stem tide of red ink: Restructuring underway.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief QUEBEC - Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. said yesterday its fourth-quarter loss more than tripled as the high-tech testing firm's restructuring proceeded, while its full-year loss was...

Manulife-Hancock deal 'an eight-week sprint': Torys, Stikemans assisted in-house teams in acquisition.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief We are reliably informed that Manulife Financial Corp.'s $14.8-billion acquisition of John Hancock Financial Services, the largest takeover in Canadian history, is going to cost a couple of...

Japan spends yen 9B propping up dollar: Criticism growing: Greenback tumbles to 33-month low; BoJ intervenes again.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief TOKYO - The U.S. dollar fell to a 33-month low of yen 110.26 against the Japanese yen yesterday, triggering a flurry of comments from senior officials saying that the Japanese currency had...

Richard Secord facing insider trading probe: Sold shares before 63% fall.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief NEW YORK - Computerized Thermal Imaging Inc.'s chief executive Richard Secord, a former U.S. Air Force General and Iran-Contra defendant, is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and...

Ahold misses audit deadline - again: Granted one-day reprieve to release financial statements.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief AMSTERDAM - Royal Ahold NV, the scandal-hit Dutch grocery group, yesterday said that it would publish its 2002 financial statements today after a frantic late-night rush to secure the...

Employees want more flexibility in health plans: Cheaper generics OK: Survey shows employers' limited ability to deliver.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief Nearly three-quarters of Canadian employees are willing to accept generic drugs instead of brand name medications to help control the costs of their health plans, a new survey suggests. ...

No Logo, no logic.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief It must be wonderful to be a high-profile professional anti-corporate activist. Like a lily of the field, you are required neither to sow nor reap. Nor do you have to invest or meet a...

Bank mergers v. 'social good'.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief Canada has been distinguished from other G8 countries by its murky bank merger process. But no more, if we are to believe David Bond in his C.D. Howe policy backgrounder, Bank Mergers: Why...

Indexers do nothing for Manulife: U.S. funds are selling as Canadians are forced to buy.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief One of the reasons trumpeted to load up on Manulife Financial Corp. following its big proposed merger with John Hancock Financial Inc. is that index funds are going to have to buy about 29...

All they need is gold at US$700: Analysts rate gold stocks.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief The United States is headed for record budget deficits, Washington's strong dollar policy is crumbling and the economic prospects for much of the world seem to be hanging by a thread. ...

TSX index ends September down: 'Quite a bit of profit-taking'.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief A double whammy of weak economic news and an earnings warning from a technology giant pushed Toronto stocks to a lower finish yesterday. The Standard & Poor's/TSX composite index fell...

Canadian dollar rises after strong GDP report.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief TORONTO - Canada's dollar rose for the fourth day in five yesterday after a government report showed the economy expanded in July at the fastest rate in 15 months, as factory production and...

Cloudy outlook obscures Sun Microsystems: US$1B accounting charge.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief A cloudy outlook cast a shadow across Sun Microsystems Inc. yesterday. Investors sent its stock down 14% after the server-computer maker revised fourth-quarter results to record...

Islamic bond market expands with record sale by Qatar: Didn't exist 15 months ago.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief Qatar has sold a record US$700-million of bonds conforming to Islamic law, expanding a market that has sent banks such as Citigroup Inc. and HSBC Holdings PLC scrambling to win new business....

Dividends.
October 1, 2003... (From Financial Post) Byline: Daniel Dunaief Dividend Pay Record Details amount date date Dividends declared Regular Bombardier A .0225 Oct 31 Oct 17 Bombardier B .022891 Oct 31 Oct 17 Bombardier pf 3 .34225...

Bill Gates's Hands-On Charity.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Justin Gillis GABORONE, Botswana -- Bill and Melinda Gates smiled and nodded as the prostitutes stood up to dance. Sha-boom! Sha-boom! Hips jiggling, arms swinging wide, the women moved in lock step,...

UPDATE 7-Tokyo stocks up on business optimism but yen weighs.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) Byline: Justin Gillis TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Tokyo stocks started weak but ended strong Wednesday as Mitsubishi Tokyo's upward earnings revision propelled banks, while cyclicals got a boost from a survey...

London firms behind banks, mobile operators.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) Byline: Karen Brune Mathis LONDON (CBS.MW) - London stocks began to claw back gains on Wednesday, lifted by banks and mobile phone groups. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.4 percent to 4,109, and most...

Telecoms help European markets to slight gains.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- European markets on Wednesday were mostly higher, as telecoms helped markets recover from the prior session's sell-off. The German DAX Xetra 30 index eased 0.3 percent to 3,246 and...

UPDATE 1-Telecoms help European markets to slight gains.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- European markets on Wednesday were mostly higher, as telecoms helped markets recover from the prior session's sell-off. The German DAX Xetra 30 index eased 0.3 percent to 3,246 and...

Ford to cut 3,000 jobs at Belgian plant,.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Ford Motor Co is planning to cut 3,000 jobs, or a third of its workforce, at its plant in Belgian plant at Genk, AFX is reporting from Belgium. "The automotive market in Europe has...

Ford to cut 3,000 jobs at Belgian plant.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Ford Motor Co is planning to cut 3,000 jobs, or a third of its workforce, at its plant in Belgian plant at Genk, AFX is reporting from Belgium. "The automotive market in Europe has...

Deutsche cuts Q3 forecasts for SAP.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Deutsche Bank cut its software license revenue and operating earnings estimate for the third quarter for German software maker SAP , adding it expects "consensus forecasts for top-line...

UPDATE 1-London firms behind banks, mobile operators.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- London stocks began to claw back gains on Wednesday, lifted by banks and mobile phone groups. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.8 percent to 4,125, and most European markets also firmed in...

UPDATE 2-Telecoms help European markets to slight gains.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- European markets on Wednesday were mostly higher, as telecoms helped markets recover from the prior session's sell-off but the equipment makers who supply them saw losses The German...

Futures set hopes for floor, little underlying trade.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (CBS.MW) - U.S. stock futures were edging higher on Wednesday as European stocks worked to put a floor on recent market declines, but few underlying stocks were seeing much activity. The...

Symantec shares will be 'strong' in near term: USB.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Analyst Gene Munster at USB Piper Jaffray believes the shares of Symantec will be "strong" in the near term, as consensus earnings estimates are expected to rise in the second half of...

UPDATE 2-London firms behind banks, mobile operators.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- London stocks began to claw back gains on Wednesday, lifted by banks and mobile phone groups. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.8 percent to 4,125, and most European markets also firmed in...

UPDATE 3-Telecoms help European markets to slight gains.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Stories)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- European markets on Wednesday were mostly higher, as telecoms helped markets recover from the prior session's sell-off but the equipment makers who supply them saw losses The German...

Prudential downgrades, cuts estimates on Smurfit-Stone.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Prudential analyst John Tumazos downgraded Smurfit-Stone to "neutral weight" from "overweight" due to a delay in the expected recovery in the containerboard market. He added that the...

U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage 5.67% vs. 5.85%, survey.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- The Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) said Wednesday that the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 5.67 percent from 5.85 percent one...

Cross-Pollination in Pursuit of Cures.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Rick Weiss With the deepest secrets of life's workings seemingly within reach for the first time, the National Institutes of Health is initiating a major transformation in the way it funds efforts to conquer...

Music Industry Will Talk Before Suing.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Frank Ahrens The music industry, criticized for its recent wave of lawsuits aimed at stopping song swapping on the Internet, agreed yesterday to contact future defendants before they are sued and give them a...

Speeding Up the Wireless Internet.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Yuki Noguchi Verizon Wireless today launched a super-fast version of wireless Internet access in two cities -- Washington and San Diego -- in a closely watched test of whether people crave mobile Internet...

Wolverine's Q3 earns rise, match expectations.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: Yuki Noguchi NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Wolverine World Wide reported third-quarter net earnings of $16.4 million, or 40 cents a share, up from 37 cents a share in the year-earlier period, and in line...

U.S. Trial Of Banker Quattrone Begins.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Brooke A. Masters NEW YORK, Sept. 30 -- Frank Quattrone was "a powerful and successful Wall Street banker who tried to interfere with federal investigations that . . . threatened his business, threatened his...

FCC Promises to Try to Enforce Phone List.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Caroline E. Mayer Federal regulators said yesterday that they will investigate complaints from consumers who receive unwanted telemarketing calls beginning today -- even though the government's ability and...

Telecommunications Case Moves to D.C. Circuit.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Christopher Stern The nation's largest telephone companies won an important legal battle yesterday when their challenge to a key set of telecommunications regulations was moved to the U.S. Court of Appeals...

BearingPoint Shares Fall 7 Percent On Report of Accounting Problems.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Anitha Reddy Shares of BearingPoint Inc. of McLean dropped more than 7 percent yesterday after the consulting company said its auditors had found "material weaknesses" in its accounting controls. ...

Laura Bush in Moscow.
October 1, 2003... (From CNN News) Byline: Carol Costello, Jill Dougherty CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now to Moscow, where "Hop on Pop" was introduced to Russian children, or as you would say in Russian, "Prigmi na Pupa (ph)." I probably pronounced that...

Cirrus sees Q2 rev at top of range, cash higher.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: Carol Costello, Jill Dougherty LONDON (CbS.MW) -- Cirrus Logic , a signal processing solutions provider, said it now sees fiscal second quarter revenue at the top end of its original expectations...

Anna's overseas aroma, NATION.
October 1, 2003... (From Worldsources (English)) Byline: Carol Costello, Jill Dougherty Anna's Cafe is targeting 150 overseas franchisees in three years with the first two likely to open in Singapore early next year. The local restaurant chain last...

Pisit quits with TT&T `on track', NATION.
October 1, 2003... (From Worldsources (English)) Byline: Carol Costello, Jill Dougherty Pisit Lee-ahtam, the president of fixed-line operator TT&T, yesterday bid farewell to his staff after almost three years of service, saying he had fulfilled his...

United Therapeutics Will Expand in Md.
October 1, 2003... (From Technews.com) Byline: Michael Barbaro United Therapeutics Corp. said yesterday that it will build a 37,000-square-foot laboratory in downtown Silver Spring under a development package put together by Montgomery County to keep the...

Deckers sees Q3 results at or better than Wall St. view.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: Michael Barbaro NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Deckers Outdoor said it expects third-quarter results to meet or beat the current Wall Street consensus estimate for a loss of 5 cents per share. The Goleta,...

LaBranche warns of Q3 earns shortfall.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: Michael Barbaro NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- LaBranche warned that third-quarter earnings would be 3 to 5 cents a share, below the average analyst estimate compiled by Thomson First Call of 17 cents a...

LaBranche issues Q3 warning, comments on NYSE probe.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: Michael Barbaro NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- LaBranche warned that third-quarter earnings would be 3 to 5 cents a share, below the average analyst estimate compiled by Thomson First Call of 17 cents a...

Christopher & Banks Sept. same-store sales up 3%.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: Michael Barbaro NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Christopher & Banks said September same-store sales rose 3 percent. Total sales for the four weeks ended Sept. 27 jumped 21 percent to $30.2 million from...

Immucor posts in-line earnings for Q1.
October 1, 2003... (From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: Michael Barbaro NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Immucor reported first-quarter earnings of $3.7 million, or 27 cents per share, up from its year-ago profit of $3 million, or 23 cents per share, and in line...

Sample Spey Royal, NATION.
October 1, 2003... (From Worldsources (English)) Byline: Michael Barbaro Spey Royal scotch whisky yesterday announced the launch of a product- sampling campaign to work around the government ban on prime time advertisements for alcoholic beverages, which...

AMWAY (THAILAND): Price of goods to rise 5%, NATION.
October 1, 2003... (From Worldsources (English)) Byline: Michael Barbaro Amway (Thailand) will this month raise the prices of its consumer products by an average of 5 per cent as it moves to consolidate its position in the Thai market. "We have...