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...“Korea lacks auto software engineers and Hyundai is weak in that field, so it is expanding co-operation with foreign tech companies....
...anniversary of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi Japan, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg travels from South Korea, where he has been meeting foreign minister Park Jin and minister of national defence Lee Jong-Sup...
...“Hello folks, I am on Koo now, in case Twitter is shut in India for flouting our laws,” read a tweet on Tuesday from Smita Barooah, who helped co-ordinate the BJP’s social media campaigns in previous general...
...The yield on the 10-year US Treasury, which moves inversely to its price, rose 0.039 percentage points to 0.685 per cent....
...“Mr Chung seems fully in charge now but it won’t be easy for him to turn around Hyundai’s fortunes as global auto demand is likely to contract for the first time in 10 years” this year, said Lee Hang-koo...
...“Realistically, Hyundai couldn’t proceed as the odds of winning were against the company,” said Chung Sun-sup, head of Chaebol.com, a corporate watchdog....
...“GM is using brinkmanship as a negotiation tactic but it is unlikely to file for bankruptcy protection immediately when it is still in talks with Seoul over possible funding,” said Lee Hang-koo, researcher...
...It is just a matter of when,” said Lee Hang-koo, researcher at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade....
...Job Moves Tripp Smith, one of the co-founders of Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners — and whose initial provides the S in the firm’s name — will leave Blackstone in June to "pursue other opportunities",...
...“They are belatedly trying to catch up with overseas rivals but the new car is unlikely to become a game-changer unless it is really price competitive,” said Lee Hang-koo, a researcher at the Korea Institute...
...They are allowed to run big companies just because they are the largest shareholders, even if they have no management expertise,” said Chung Sun-sup, head of corporate analysis group Chaebul.com....
...Leadership, says Chung Sun-sup, head of corporate analysis group Chaebul.com, has unravelled since chairman Lee Kun-hee was hospitalised in May 2014....
...“Hyundai always says that the company was set up so the group could better handle logistical activities,” says Chung Sun-sup, head of a research group focused on the chaebol....
...“The slowdown in the Chinese economy, low fuel prices and uncertainties in emerging markets due to a hike in US interest rates suggest that growth will continue to be slow,” Chung Mong-koo, Hyundai’s chairman...
...The S&P 500 slid 0.6 per cent to 2,067.64, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.7 per cent to 17,440.59. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1 per cent to 5,039.78....
...In 2014, the top earner was Chung Mong-koo, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, who took home Won21.5bn ($19.4m) from the three companies where he is registered as a director....
...Instead, copper was up 0.7 per cent at $6,039 a tonne in a generally positive base metals sector, while Brent crude added 0.2 per cent to $57.99 a barrel....
...(FT) US-Japan defence pact The duo signed new defence agreements allowing for greater military co-operation in the event of a conflict in the East China Sea or North Korea....
...Chung Mong-koo, Hyundai’s chairman, was reported as having told directors that “money is no problem”, and directors were not aware of the bid sum before it was submitted, according to two people familiar...
...The S&P 500 ended the session flat at 2,039.82, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1 per cent to 17,634.74 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 4,688.54....
...The S&P 500 gained 0.1 per cent to 2,039.33, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.2 per cent to 17,652.79. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.1 per cent to 4,680.14....
...Hyundai Motor’s patriarchal chairman Chung Mong-koo, for example, shares the chief executive position with two other men....
...Market Index down -0.53% at 1,010 Europe FTSE down -0.51% at 6,528 RTS down -2.34% at 1,176 Warsaw Wig down -1.37% at 51,671 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.43% at 1,307 Americas DJIA down -0.89% at 16,027 S&...
...Without further technology innovation, it will be difficult to join the top five,” said Lee Hang-koo at Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade....
...He was particularly heartened by a statement pledging joint co-operation between the two countries. http://on.ft.com/13JYiU5 S Africa attacks UK decision to end development programme South Africa has criticised...
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