KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 (Bernama) -- Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Bhd is looking for a strategic partnership, possibly with Indonesian banks, its group managing director Hassan Kamil said Wednesday.

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Nusa Dua, Indonesia, Dec 10 (ANTARA) - The Australian government is committed to facilitating Indonesia with a standby loan worth 5 billion Australian dollars in order to help the government overco

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 (Bernama) -- Though still a long way to go for Proton Holdings Bhd to be considered a successful carmaker in the world, it is albeit on the right track to be on par with the wor

Assalouyeh, Bushehr prov., Dec 10, IRNA - Oil minister declared here Monday that Iran and Ecuador have agreed on building an urea production unit in Ecuador.

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SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- The local unit of French automaker Renault SA said Wednesday it will keep its sole plant in South Korea closed for two weeks amid a sharp decline in sales.

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Dubai, Dec 10, 2008 (WAM) - UAE will be able to tide over the global economic melt-down as the country is well-positioned to maintain fiscal surplus in 2008 and 2009 since it has the lowest “break-

Al Ain Dec 10, 2008 (WAM) - An Industrial Park is being developed in Al Ain, on 15-square kilometres area, where at least 40 medium to large size industrial units will be setup to manufacture const