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<title>Report: Nomura considering stake in Lehman</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186858102</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 01:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  been rife in recent weeks that subprime mortgage-hit Lehman could try and reach a deal  ...  for infusion of capital. Earlier this week, South Korean media reported the state-controlled Korea Development Bank  ...
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<title>Spectacular Paralympic Games Opening</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186855528</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 01:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  representatives. They included Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, South Korea&apos;s Prime Minister Han Seung-so and Spain&apos;s Princess  ...  Stadium. At the Paralympic Games, Malaysia is banking on 11 athletes who will compete in  ...
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<title>Hong Kong: Oil near $111 as Gustav Relents, Dollar Firm</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186855196</link>
<pubDate>7 Sep 2008 01:01 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  a broad sell off of commodities. The South Korean won recovered after a steep decline on  ...  and what sort of policies they adopt.&quot; South Korea&apos;s KOSPI was down 0.1 per cent after  ...  a market analyst at Samsung Securities in Seoul. The MSCI index of Asia-Pacific equities outside  ...
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<title>Dodge Japan&apos;s Economic Bullet by Investing in South Korea</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186751571</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 23:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  appalling quantity of rubbish loans that Japanese banks had put on their books during the  ...  exchange-traded index fund (ETF), the iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund ( EWY ), which tracks  ...
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<title>Samsung Working to Acquire SanDisk</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186746371</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 22:36 GMT</pubDate>
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... (SEOUL, South Korea) - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an  ...  computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday. Why should  ...  it did not identify. J.P. Morgan in Seoul declined to comment. Chung said that Samsung  ...
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<title>Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186746030</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 22:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  effort to better inform doctors and patients. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing  ...  computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday. HELSINKI, Finland  ...
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<title>Is the financial crisis over? Not so fast</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186746029</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 22:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  effort to better inform doctors and patients. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing  ...  computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday. HELSINKI, Finland  ...
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<title>Stocks fluctuate as investors snap up financials</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186746027</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 22:35 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  effort to better inform doctors and patients. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing  ...  computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday. HELSINKI, Finland  ...
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<title>Kamco in talks to buy non-performing loans</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186745772</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 22:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  buy non-performing loans By Song Jung-a in Seoul and Greg Farrell in New York Published:  ...  in non-performing loans of other global investment banks and that could include banks such as  ...  in the US due to the subprime mortgage crisis, which presents an opportunity for us,  ...
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<title>Blackstone, KKR Eye Lehman Assets</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186739574</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 21:36 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  still bears more than $60 billion of mortgage and commercial real estate exposure. It has  ...  amid financial market turmoil this week in South Korea. KDB has not given any details on  ...
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<title>Blackstone, KKR eye Lehman assets: source</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186732794</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:58 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  still bears more than $60 billion of mortgage and commercial real estate exposure. It has  ...  amid financial market turmoil this week in South Korea. KDB has not given any details on  ...
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<title>Kookmin gets the nod for financial holding firm</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186730744</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  proceed with its plan. Opponents of Kookmin Banks plan to set up a holding firm  ...  in a bid to beef up its non-banking business and seek more mergers and acquisitions.  ...
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<title>Dollar and yen surge higher</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186728746</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:48 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the US, he said. Several Asian central banks were believed to have stepped in to  ...  stepped in to support their currencies, including South Korea, where the won dropped 1.9 per cent  ...  cent after its meeting, revealed that UK mortgage approvals hit a record low in July.  ...
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<title>Blackstone, KKR eye Lehman assets: sources</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186728139</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 20:47 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  still bears more than $60 billion of mortgage and commercial real estate exposure. It has  ...  amid financial market turmoil this week in South Korea. KDB has not given any details on  ...
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<title>Samsung Securities&apos; Global Strategy</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186716538</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 19:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to more effectively compete with global investment banks in the fast-growing Asian emerging markets. Samsung  ...  more important part of the worldwide investment banking business, and that the momentum is unlikely  ...  for capital markets and investment banking in Seoul, will have responsibility for the Hong Kong  ...
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