Polo club gets royal warrant

The patron of the Selangor Polo And Riding Club, the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, unveiling the new logo of the club, for which he granted a royal warrant for it to be renamed the I>Royal Selangor Polo and Riding Club/Iin Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

War not expected to hamper growth

ECONOMISTS said on Thursday the war in Iraq would have some negative impact on China's economy, but would not dampen the growing economic momentum of the country.

Two more banks in stock market

MORGAN Stanley Co International Ltd and Citigroup Global Transaction Services of the United States became the first foreign investors to be granted the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) status on the Chinese stock market, authorities said on Sunday.

Move to weaken currency too late, says top US bank

LAST week's move by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to weaken the Singapore dollar to spur economic growth came too late, says leading US investment bank Citigroup.

SIA to raise S$1bil via debt issue

SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has awarded DBS Group Holdings Ltd and Citigroup Inc a mandate for a S$1bil medium-term note programme, market sources said.

China Life now eyes US$3bil IPO

China Life Insurance Co, the country's biggest life insurer, will seek as much as US$3bil in an initial share sale, 50% more than earlier planned, as it competes to be the first Chinese insurer to go public overseas.

China feared overheating

China's economy roared ahead in the year ending September, stoking concerns that the world's sixth largest economy and an increasingly important buyer of Asian exports is in danger of overheating.

IT aid for the visually-impaired

SM Pendidikan Khas in Setapak, Selangor, was given a facelift recently as its computer lab and equipment were upgraded with the latest technology available to help visually-impaired students.

Campus briefs

Firms: Mainland vital for growth

Over 60% of business executives attending a I>Business Week/Iforum in Hong Kong on Tuesday said the Chinese mainland's economy contributed greatly to their companies' growth.