Malaysia’s Commerce to buy Southern Bank for $1.8 bln
Reuters India – KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s second-largest lender, Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings, agreed on Wednesday to buy smaller rival Southern Bank for a sweetened $1.81 billion, setting the stage for more bank mergers. The deal, billed as Malaysia’s

Washington events for March 6 – 10
Investors Business Daily – All day: National Association of Counties holds annual legislative conference. Speakers include Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, through March 9. All day: Federation of American Hospitals holds

Lakefield woman sees ag up close in China
Worthington Daily Globe – LAKEFIELD When Kelli Daberkow of Lakefield was accepted into the Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Leadership (MARL) program 18 months ago, she had no idea the experience would take her to China. Daberkow, one of 31 participants in MARL III

What the neocons failed to foresee about Iraq
Seattle Post Intelligencer – What an amazing article. A complex, intelligent observation on the miasma that is American politics. Absolutely amazing read. Might I also comment that Neocons may reject the label, but still bear the bloody hands. Sadly we must remember that the

India Opens Sectors of the Economy to Foreign Investment
Axcess News – (EUNN) London – Last month the Indian cabinet approved the opening of sectors of the economy to foreign investment, but not without objections. There are approximately 40 million people and 11 million outlets in India’s retail sector. Many of these

Wal-Mart and the Shanghai Pirates:
Slate – The video pirates of Shanghai, China, have developed an amazingly successful business model for exploiting the home market. In the back rooms of video stores, shoppers fill their baskets while choosing from an almost endless inventory of DVDs that

Stock pick: Manager salutes Symantec and BHP Billiton
MSN MoneyCentral – Michael Cuggino’s asset allocation strategy leads to investments in bonds, precious metals and growth stocks. Diversity provides protection in an uncertain economic climate, said Michael Cuggino, whose all-cap Permanent Portfolio ( PRPFX ) fund