The latest headlines from the Asia-Pacific zone:
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- Orange Business Services positioned as a Leader among Asia Pacific Network Service Providers
PARIS–(BUSINESSWIRE)– Orange Business Services is positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Asia/Pacific Network Service Providers. 1 Yee-May Leong, senior vice president, … - Fundtech and Dataline Form Distribution Partnership for E-invoicing in Asia Pacific
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Fundtech, a market leader in global transaction banking solutions, today announced a partnership with Dataline, a leading Australian payment solution and services company, to offer … - Asia-Pacific credit outlook moderated by sluggish exports and European slowdown
Ian Thompson, chief credit officer at Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, discusses the issues to watch for in Asia-Pacific in 2012. - ILFC focuses on Asia expansion
With an eye toward the Asia/Pacific region's growing importance for the commercial aircraft leasing business, International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) said it will establish offices in Beijing and Singapore this year. It also named head of transactions David Nixon to the newly created post of senior VP and head of Asia/Pacific. - Europe woes won’t stall trade finance in Asia
Lessons from the global financial crisis and relatively stronger U.S. banks will likely protect Asian businesses from a repeat of the 2008 horror show, even as European debt troubles make trade loans more expensive and difficult to access. - Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Naoyuki Shinohara at the conclusion of the High Level Tax Conference in …
The IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department and Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific hosted a High Level Tax Conference for Asian and Pacific Countries with Japan’s Ministry of Finance from January 31 to February 3, 2012, in Tokyo, Japan. - Markets hold ranges before US jobs data
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares and the euro fell on Friday as caution set in ahead of key U.S. jobs data, which will offer more clues over the state of the world's largest economy, while Greek debt restructuring talks dragged on and undermined sentiment. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.3 percent, off a five-month high hit on Thursday, but looked set to record a … - M&A: Keep your eye on China and Japan
We ask Samuel S Kim, Morgan Stanley’s head of Asia-Pacific M&A, for his outlook for the year. China will play a key role in fuelling the sector's strength, as will Japan's need to diversify beyond its borders. - Korea Life Considers Bid for ING’s Asia Insurance Business
Korea Life Insurance Co. Ltd said on Thursday that it is reviewing the feasibility of bidding for ING Groep NV’s Asia-Pacific insurance operations. The potential $6 billion deal is also expected to attract the interest of major overseas and local … - US ups military presence in Philippines, Asia-Pacific
THE military and defense leadership have confirmed that there are moves to increase US military presence in the Philippines and in other parts of the Asia-Pacific to ensure peace and stability in the region in view of China’s stepped-up military build-up, particularly in the West Philippine Sea or South China Sea.