Asian Passion: Parley on saving animals embarrasses Japanese
KYOTO, Japan -- The Japanese liked the idea of playing host to this year's meeting of people concerned about protecting endangered species. Trouble is, they also adore things made of ivory. They share the peculiar Asian passion for particular parts of bears. And the rest of the world's anxiety about the waning bluefin tuna population is overwhelmed by the Japanese craving for sushi -- which is what that fish becomes when it's attached to a blob of vinegared...
Asian Passion: Business This Week 1 (Net Results - Communications): Booming m-commerce facing major challenges - Despite the hype and positive predictions, lack of standards and regional differences threaten the development of mobile commerce
Users of mobiles and handheld devices such as the Palm are growing exponentially and are expected to outnumber PC users by 2003. Merrill Lynch is predicting m-commerce will grow to a dollars 208 billion (E 238 billion) industry by the middle of the decade. By 2004, more than 150 million people are expected to use mobiles or personal digital assistants (PDAs) for online banking and other financial transactions. And according to an industry expert, the Asian passion for mobiles is so intense that...
Asian Passion: Logitech at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecoms Conference - Final
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: I'd like to introduce and welcome Mr. Guerrino De Luca, CEO of Logitech this morning. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank him for his time and coming all the way from Fremont. The format is very similar to the other presentations that have heard so far, which is one. Se we will have a brief presentation and we will allow 15 or 20 minutes for questions. So I will hand over to Guerrino De Luca.GUERRINO DE LUCA, PRES CEO, LOGITECH...
Asian Passion: Philippine Daily Inquirer:
Sandy Romualdez, 5 other Pinoys in Asia Inc.'s 'Who's Hot' listing
THEY'RE all "hot"-Inquirer president Sandy Prieto-Romualdez, columnist and mathematics professor Queena Lee-Chua, rescued hostage Angelo de la Cruz, Gawad Kalinga international volunteer Dylan Wilk, Web pioneer Ken Ilio and magazine publisher Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng.That is according to the Singapore-based business magazine Asia Inc. The six also best represent the Philippines in the publication's annual listing of the continent's...