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In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74
(photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)
Asia nudges ahead
Asia Times
|      Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while, although it seems to have established a support in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index chart a little underneath the 115 level. | The MS...
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(photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Samsung's 2Q net profit surges 83 percent
PhysOrg
| In this May 17, 2010 file photo, an employee of Samsung Electronics adjusts LED TV screens at its branch in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics Co.'s net profit surged 83 percent in the second quarter to a record high amid increased sales and strength in its semiconductor and flat panel busine...
Asia nudges ahead
Asia Times
|      Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while, although it seems to have established a support in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index...
Truck foodies keep their wheels as they open shops
The Press Democrat
| They were lucky. The bright orange beast on wheels doesn't come around to their spot quite so often since a new brick-and-mortar sister restaurant opened just up the street. | "I like being outside, but you've got the AC at the store - oh yeah," sa...
Samsung says quarterly profit surges 83 percent
LA Daily News
| By Kelly Olsen | Associated PressPosted: 07/30/2010 08:40:27 AM PDTUpdated: 07/30/2010 08:40:28 AM PDT | SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung's quarterly profit surged to a record high as sales of semiconductors, flat panels and TVs climbed...
Kia Motors says 2Q net profit rises 61 percent
The Boston Globe
| SEOUL, South Korea-Kia Motors announced Friday that net profit rose 61 percent in the second quarter amid an increase in sales. | Kia, which has a plant in West Point, Ga., earned 557.8 billion won ($471 million) in the three months ended June 30, ...
Samsung's 2Q net profit surges 83 percent
PhysOrg
| In this May 17, 2010 file photo, an employee of Samsung Electronics adjusts LED TV screens at its branch in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics Co.'s net profit surged 83 percent in the second quarter to a record high amid increased sales and s...
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan delivers a speech regarding his resignation during a press conference at the Government House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
AP / Lee Jin-man
South Korean prime minister offers to resign
Gulf News
| Seoul: South Korea's prime minister offered to resign Thursday after parliament shot down his efforts to scrap a plan that would relocate several government ministries out o...
Hyundai Car Interior
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Hyundai Motor 2Q net profit soars to record $1.2B
The News & Observer
| SEOUL, South Korea -- Hyundai Motor Co.'s second-quarter net profit soared 71 percent to a record high as both sales revenue and volume rose. | Hyundai, South Korea's biggest aut...
 Automotive - Cars - Hyundai
WN/Riham Hafez
Instant View: Hyundai Posts Record Q2 Profit, Beats Forecast
ABC News
| July 29, 2010 | SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co , South Korea's top automaker, said its quarterly net profit rose 71 percent to a record high, beating estimates on healthy dem...
GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks slip, dlr near lows on U.S.
The Guardian
* Asian stocks slip on U.S. worries, Fed official's warning * Dlr on defensive, eyes on GDP; hits 8-mth low vs. yen * MSCI Asia ex-Japan index up 7 percent in July * Focus on U.S. GDP due at 1230 GMT (Adds dropped word in lead) By Vikram S.Subhedar H...
Samsung Says 2Q Net Profit Surges 83 Percent
CBS News
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung's net profit surged 83 percent in the second quarter to a record high amid strength in semiconductors, flat panels and TVs, though the electronics giant cautioned such stellar results may be unsustainable amid intens...
Samsung says 2Q net profit surges 83 percent
The Himalayan
| SEOUL: Samsung's net profit surged 83 percent in the second quarter to a record high amid strength in semiconductors, flat panels and TVs, though the electronics giant cautioned such stellar results may be unsustainable amid intensifying competitio...
Money
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan delivers a speech regarding his resignation during a press conference at the Government House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
(photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
South Korean prime minister offers to resign
Gulf News
| Seoul: South Korea's prime minister offered to resign Thursday after parliament shot down his efforts to scrap a plan that would relocate several government ministries out of the capital. | Chung Un-chan, an academic who was appointed in September, has led the charge to abandon the project, thought up by the previous liberal administration. ...



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