http://www.ft.com/home/asia Financial Times - Asia homepage en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:28:03 GMT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:46:55 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/home/asia http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/home/asia http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a73e1da-d795-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia The Spanish banking group is set to invest a further €1.1bn to lift its strategic stake in China Citic Bank and cement its position as one of the leading European investors in mainland Chinese banking Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:08:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a73e1da-d795-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a1e0d34-d80a-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia A dissident who tried to help victims of last year’s Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:39:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a1e0d34-d80a-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/29d6cec8-d805-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia The financial services group hires one of Asia’s leading corporate lawyers to head its China business and lead its ambitious plans in the country Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:16:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29d6cec8-d805-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4a4bcb8-d7c7-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia British Airways’ planned merger with Spain’s Iberia opens the way for BA to reconsider a tie-up with Qantas, according to Willie Walsh, the British carrier’s chief executive Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:42:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4a4bcb8-d7c7-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c22d244-d81e-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia The ratings agency warns that deteriorating credit conditions in the banking system have raised concerns about an increase in problem loans and weakening profitability Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:28:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c22d244-d81e-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a243c8b2-d79b-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia The software maker discusses a plan that would involve the media company being paid to ‘de-index’ its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a243c8b2-d79b-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e5e3446-d814-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia The Philippines could import as much as 3m tonnes of rice next year as the world’s largest buyer of the grain moves quickly to secure supplies Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:41:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e5e3446-d814-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c500770-d7dc-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia Haitong has become the first mainland brokerage to acquire an overseas rival after announcing it would launch a takeover of Hong Kong’s Taifook Securities Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:24:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c500770-d7dc-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9b351e6-d7ff-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia A consortium led by an Abu Dhabi investment fund and a group led by a US builder were selected as preferred bidders for a controlling stake in South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering and Construction that is estimated to be worth about $2.8bn Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:47:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d9b351e6-d7ff-11de-8b04-00144feabdc0.html http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/57ab84d0-d79a-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Fhome%2Fasia The UK chocolate maker is expecting a friendly bid from Hershey if the US confectioner can arrange the financing for a takeover offer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:12:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57ab84d0-d79a-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html