=UPDATE:DELL SEES ASIA-PACIFIC REVENUE GROWTH RESUMING SOON
Personal-computer maker Dell Inc. expects the Asia-Pacific region to see revenue growth again "soon" as demand for its products grows in China and India, an executive said Friday. (published 0646 GMT)
=UPDATE: TAIWAN FSC CHIDES CHINA STRATEGIC ON NAN SHAN STAKE SALE
A consortium led by Hong Kong's China Strategic Holdings Ltd. shouldn't have agreed to sell a stake in Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. before Taiwan regulators had agreed to the consortium buying the insurer, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission said Friday, adding the matter complicates the approval process. (published 0535 GMT)
AIG: TO WORK ACTIVELY AND CLOSELY WITH TAIWAN REGULATORS FOR NAN SHAN
American International Group Inc. will work actively and closely with Taiwan regulators on its divestiture of Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., AIG spokeswoman Lauren Day said Friday. (published 0527 GMT)
=2ND UPDATE: SIMS METAL RAISES A$400M VIA PLACEMENT AT SLIM DISCOUNT
Sims Metal Management Ltd. Friday raised A$400 million through a fully underwritten placement of shares at a slim discount to the company's previously traded share price, indicating investor confidence in its emergence from the global downturn. (published 0545 GMT)
=UPDATE: QBE DOWNPLAYS IAG BID TALK; SEES BETTER VALUE OFFSHORE
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. has downplayed speculation it is considering revisiting its failed 2008 bid for domestic rival Insurance Australia Group Ltd., noting that offshore underwriters, particularly in the U.S. and the U.K., continued to offer better value. (published 0413 GMT)
TABCORP MULLING BUYING STAKE IN WESFARMERS' PUB OPERATIONS-SOURCE
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. has been in talks with Wesfarmers Ltd. for a few months about a potential joint venture in which Tabcorp would acquire the conglomerate's pub operations, a person familiar with the matter deal said Friday. (published 0525 GMT)
=UPDATE: MEDIATEK, QUALCOMM REACH AGREEMENT ON CHIP PATENTS
Chip designer MediaTek Inc. and U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. said Friday they had agreed on a patent arrangement covering chips used in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access and Code Division Multiple Access networks. (published 0552 GMT)
=UPDATE: AIRBUS WON'T CUT PRICES TO KEEP ORDERS - EXECUTIVE
Airbus won't cut prices to keep orders from airlines that have been hit hard by the economic downturn, a senior executive said Friday. (published 0557 GMT)
7 DAYS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD'S 10.1M-SHARE INITIAL OFFERING PRICES AT $11/SHARE
7 Days Group Holdings Ltd.'s initial public offering of 10.1 million American depositary shares priced at $11 each Thursday, at the high end of the expected price range of $9 to $11. (published 0126 GMT)
=3RD UPDATE: PGG WRIGHTSON TO CUT DEBT AFTER NZ$180.7 MLN ISSUE
Debt-stressed rural services provider PGG Wrightson Ltd. Friday detailed its plan to raise NZ$180.7 million in a fully underwritten renounceable rights issue that it says it will cut debt by NZ$277 million. (published 0312 GMT)
WOODSIDE CEO: MAY NEED MORE DEBT FOR PLUTO COSTS
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. Chief Executive Don Voelte said Friday that the company may need to access more debt to fund the higher cost of its Pluto liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia state. (published 0443 GMT)
=UPDATE: BUMI RAISES STAKE IN MULTICAPITAL TO 99% - SPOKESMAN
Coal miner PT Bumi Resources has infused additional capital in unlisted PT Multicapital, raising its stake in the company to 99% from 5% previously, Bumi spokesman Dileep Srivastava said Friday. (published 0357 GMT)
GSIS SEEKS DELISTING OF METRO PACIFIC OVER MERALCO DEAL
State pension fund Government Service Insurance System, or GSIS, on Friday asked the Philippine Stock Exchange to suspend trading in the shares of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. and delist the company for alleged untruthful disclosures regarding an impending deal to raise its stake in power distributor Manila Electric Co. . (published 0430 GMT)
SM DEVELOPMENT MULLS OVERSEAS LISTING, FOLLOW-ON OFFER
Philippine property developer SM Development Corp. said Friday it is considering raising funds next year through an equity offering either in the local stock market or one of the major bourses in Asia. (published 0314 GMT)
=UPDATE: CHINA AIRLINES EYES RETURN TO PROFIT IN 4TH QUARTER
China Airlines Ltd., Taiwan's largest airline by revenue, expects to post a small net profit in the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, after net losses in the previous two quarters, company President H.H. Sun said Friday. (published 0401 GMT)
SINGAPORE AIR EXECUTIVE: SIGNS OF BUSINESS BOOKINGS, CARGO SECTOR RECOVERING
Singapore Airlines Ltd. has seen improvements in business bookings as well as the cargo sector, a senior official said Friday. (published 0657 GMT)
=UPDATE: ANA EAGERLY AWAITING BOEING 787 DELIVERY; MUM ON JAL
All Nippon Airways Co. is eagerly awaiting the delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, a senior company official said Friday. (published 0657 GMT)
GARUDA TO ISSUE NEW SHARES IN IPO PLANNED NEXT YEAR - CEO
Indonesian national airline PT Garuda Indonesia will issue new shares that will be offered to public investors next year, its Chief Executive Emirsyah Satar said Friday. (published 0526 GMT)
=INTERVIEW: BAJAJ AUTO TO UP THREE-WHEELER OUTPUT ON LOCAL DEMAND
Bajaj Auto Ltd. plans to raise production of its three-wheeled vehicles to 35,000 units a month by March from 30,000 now to meet rising demand in the local market, a senior company executive said. (published 0528 GMT)