In particular, two vast military holding companies, the Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (UMEHL) and the Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC), have tentacles everywhere, from hotels to airlines, from chicken farms to jade mines.

Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. tumbled to the lowest in three weeks, led by Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (MPEL) and China Unicom (CHU) Hong Kong Ltd., as a report showed manufacturing in the world's second-largest economy contracted for the first ...

Simon Martin, head of Global Corporate Sustainability at HSBC Holdings, issued a statement saying: �In light of concerns raised by Global Witness, we will a) Engage Proforest, an independent international organisation that advises on sustainable ...

While directors of UGL, Worley Parsons and Coffey International have all waded into the market to take advantage of the sell-off in their own companies, over at Transfield and Boart Longyear, there seems to be little appetite for their stock, right now ...

John, Larry and I serve on multiple boards in baseball -- I serve on enterprises and on the MLB Network board, John is on the executive council and the BAM board, Larry is on the international committee. ... That said, in the aftermath of the Sox ...

Herbert Smith Freehills Sydney partners Martin Shakinovsky and Andrew Rich are advising Metcash, along with an in-house legal team led by general counsel Greg Watson. Melbourne firm Clarendon Lawyers advised Australian ... Ropes & Gray is acting for ...

It was sold en bloc two years ago in a $171m mega-deal to a consortium led by Oxley Holdings, and Unique Consortium, comprising Heeton Holdings, KSH Holdings, TEE International Limited and Zap Piling. Developer: Oxley Viva Pte Ltd District: 5. Tenure: ...

Rinehart, heiress to an iron ore prospecting empire built in Australia's resources-rich west, led the respected BRW Rich 200 list for a third year in a row with a personal fortune of Aus$22.02 billion.

�International prices for cotton have fallen, pushing some farmers to food crops,� Mwalo said. �Farmers also received less inputs this ... Resistance by lenders and agents to contract farming led to the program's suspension in order for the industry to ...

The International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board last week proposed rule changes in an effort to improve transparency for a company's leverage, assets and risks to which it is exposed from entering into leasing ...