The latest headlines from the Asia-Pacific zone:
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- Sourcefire Continues International Expansion with Addition of Asia Pacific Managing Director (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
COLUMBIA, Md.—-Open source innovator and Snort® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. , a leader in Cyber Security, today announced that Ammar Hindi has joined the company as the Managing Director of Asia Pacific operations. - News Asia-Pacific (Aljazeera)
The United States is considering putting North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism. Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, said in an interview on Sunday: “If we do not take significant and effective action against the North Koreans now, we’ll spark an arms race in northeast Asia. - Barclays Capital Restructures Asia-Pacific Capital Markets Unit (Bloomberg)
June 3 (Bloomberg) — Barclays Capital appointed Andrew Jones and Patrick Kwan to head a finance and risk solutions group in Asia-Pacific as part of a plan to restructure its regional capital markets businesses. - Defaults in Asia-Pacific to reach record in ‘09-S&P (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
HONG KONG, June 4 (Reuters) - Defaults in the Asia-Pacific will hit a record this year, surpassing the levels set during the financial crisis a decade ago, as the global recession pounds the export-driven region, Standard & Poor’s said on Thursday. - (AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-04 11:03 Defaults in Asia-Pacific to reach record in ‘09-S&P (Interactive Investor)
HONG KONG, June 4 (Reuters) - Defaults in the Asia-Pacific will hit a record this year, surpassing the levels set during the financial crisis a decade ago, as the global recession pounds the export-driven region, Standard & Poor’s said on Thursday. The forecast reinforces expectations that the worst of the pain from the global economy has yet to filter through Asian corporate debt issuers, … - Research and Markets: Asia Pacific Banking IT Priorities in Response to the Global Recession (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Asia Pacific Banking IT Priorities in Response to the Global Recession” report to their offering. - Roach Says India May Outperform Others in Asia-Pacific Region (Bloomberg)
June 3 (Bloomberg) — Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, is more optimistic about economic growth prospects in India than China, saying the country may outperform others in the Asia-Pacific region. - Asian markets end mixed on concerns about pace of economic recovery (INO News)
(RTTNews) - Mixed trading was witnessed among the major markets across the Asia-Pacific region, taking cues from the Wall Street, where the major indices ended mixed on Friday on concerns about the pace of recovery in the economy. - BASIS POINT-SocGen AsiaPac unit picks 2 co-heads -sources (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
HONG KONG, June 5 (Reuters Basis Point) - Societe Generale’s Asia-Pacific leveraged and acquisition finance team will have two new co-heads, as several senior figures leave or move to new roles, sources familiar with the matter said. - (AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-05 13:04 BASIS POINT-SocGen AsiaPac unit picks 2 co-heads -sources (Interactive Investor)
HONG KONG, June 5 (Reuters Basis Point) - Societe Generale’s Asia-Pacific leveraged and acquisition finance team will have two new co-heads, as several senior figures leave or move to new roles, sources familiar with the matter said. Both of the bank’s regional co-heads of acquisition and non-investment grade (ANI) finance — Thierry Magnan and Pierre-Louis Auzel — are relocating to Paris to …