Asian Stocks Rise, Heading to Fourth Weekly Advance, After U.S. Jobs Data Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI
Asia Pacific Index toward a fourth weekly advance, after U.S.
jobs and manufacturing reports boosted confidence in a global
economic recovery.
Dai-ichi Priced at Premium to T&D, Discount to Sony in 2010's Biggest IPO Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance
Co.’s initial public offering, the biggest in Japan since 1998,
will value the company’s shares right between its two largest
competitors.
Roach Says `Take Out the Baseball Bat' on Krugman Over His Stance on Yuan Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman
Stephen Roach said that Paul Krugman’s call to push China to
allow a stronger yuan is "very bad" advice and that increased
Chinese spending is a better way of reducing trade balances.
Google China Pullout Would Be Permanent, `Burn Bridges,' Ex-Executive Says Google Inc. would probably be
unable to return to China should it withdraw from the market
instead of abiding by the country’s censorship laws, a former
executive at the company said.
Alcoa Gets Energy Chill From Australia's $130 Billion Natural Gas Boom Australia is attracting more than
$130 billion of investment in some of the world’s richest
natural gas fields to supply buyers in Japan and China. Domestic
customers, including Alcoa Inc., will have to wait.
Hyundai Hysco Jumps to Highest in Decade as Earnings Beat Its Estimates Hyundai Hysco, the steelmaking unit
of South Korea’s largest carmaker, rose to the highest in a
decade in Seoul trading after the company said first-quarter
earnings are beating expectations on demand from automakers.