PENANG (Malaysia), Jan 3 (Bernama) -- St Jude Medical, a medical device company plans to invest US$30 million (RM108 million) in northern state of Penang.

Kiev, January 02, SPA -- Ukraine's government today upped the ante in
its natural gas conflict with Russia, informing the Kremlin's ongoing

Islamabad, Jan 2 (PTI) Pakistan and Iran will hold
another round of talks here within a month on a proposed gas
pipeline project involving the two countries and India,

TOKYO, Jan. 2 Kyodo -
Major department stores kicked off their business for 2009 on Friday, cutting

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean unit of troubled U.S. auto giant
General Motors Corp. said Friday it will extend a shutdown of some of its

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- Kumho Tire Co., South Korea's second-largest tiremaker,
said Friday it hasn't been able to pay bonuses last year to its approximate 3,000

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's house prices gained just 3.1 percent
on-year in 2008 as the economic slump and tough anti-speculation measures hurt

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean carmakers' sales rose slightly in 2008
from a year earlier, but their shipments tumbled in December amid a deepening

Palembang, S Sumatra, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Cement maker PT Semen Baturaja said on Friday its cement production in 2008 rose 6 percent to 1.067 million tons from a year earlier.

Australian retailers, already hit by the economic downturn, are finding ways to cut
costs during the seasonally quiet February and March period.