Financial Times: Toyota to halt car production for 11 days Toyota on Tuesday said it would halt production at most of its domestic plants over an additional 11 days in February and March, highlighting the impact of the relentless decline in global demand Financial Times: China central bank researchers see GDP up 8% China's economy will probably grow by about 8% this year, the central bank's research bureau forecast on Tuesday, the latest in a string of relatively optimistic estimates Financial Times: Hedge funds face more pain Hedge funds are suffering a New Year hangover of record proportions after an end-of-year rush to suspend or restrict withdrawals of money and the first of what is expected to be a wave of closures Xinhua: New York gold futures fall with strong dollar Gold futures for February delivery forged an aggressive early washout and then fought its way out from under the selling tide. Xinhua: EU says no immediate danger to gas supplies There is no immediate danger to gas supplies to the European Union (EU) after a pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine resulted in minor disruptions, the European Commission said on Monday.• Ukraine gas row complicates as Russia toughens position Xinhua: China's state companies expect 30% drop in 2008 profits Profits at China's centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are expected to fall 30 percent in 2008 from a year earlier, the first annual decline since 2002, figures from the state assets watchdog showed Monday. Xinhua: Chinese share prices up more than 3% Chinese shares soared more than 3 percent in the first trading day of 2009, upon rises on peripheral markets and expectations of a positive effect of the government's macroeconomic control efforts. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 59.84 points, or 3.29 percent, to 1,880.72.• Hong Kong stocks end sharply higher Xinhua: China's 2008 fiscal revenue expected to exceed 6 trillion yuan China's 2008 fiscal revenue is expected to exceed 6 trillion yuan (about 857 billion U.S. dollars), Finance Minister Xie Xuren told a national conference Monday. Financial Times: Apple chief reveals hormone imbalance Steve Jobs has revealed that his recent weight loss was due to a hormone imbalance and that he was currently undergoing treatment to correct the condition, but would remain Apple chief executive Financial Times: Israel rejects EU calls for ceasefire Israel rebuffed a call from visiting European foreign ministers for an immediate ceasefire, vowing to continue its ground assault on the Gaza Strip even amid reports of mounting civilian casualties U.S. stocks slip on corporate earnings 301 Moved Permanently Farmers continue plantation of Boro seedlings in N-region : Hasina's commitments create enthusiasm a One dead as powerful quakes hit Indonesia Sharing oil and gas resources Falling oil prices 'benefit UK' Saudi hikes Feb light crude prices to US, Asia Eyes on cartel as oil supply overruns Ukraine: Serious natural gas shortages possible As oil and economy tank, Russians become fearful

Financial Times - Asia World business, finance and political news from the Financial Times – FT.com Asia. View source archive --> Search this source --> ·Israel rejects EU calls for ceasefire Israel rebuffed a call from visiting European foreign ministers for an immediate ceasefire, vowing to continue its ground assault on the Gaza Strip even amid reports of mounting civilian casualties ·Toyota to halt car production for 11 days Toyota on Tuesday said it would halt production at most of its domestic plants over an additional 11 days in February and March, highlighting the impact of the relentless decline in global demand ·China central bank researchers see GDP up 8% China's economy will probably grow by about 8% this year, the central bank's research bureau forecast on Tuesday, the latest in a string of relatively optimistic estimates ·Apple chief reveals hormone imbalance Steve Jobs has revealed that his recent weight loss was due to a hormone imbalance and that he was currently undergoing treatment to correct the condition, but would remain Apple chief executive ·Auto sales hit fresh lows in December General Motors, Toyota, Ford and Honda all reported declines of more than 30 per cent in the US while car sales in Japan dropped 22 per cent to the lowest December level on record ·Daiichi to book $3.9bn loss on Ranbaxy Daiichi Sankyo said its full-year profits will be lower than initially expected due to a Y360bn loss arising from its acquisition of the Indian generic drugmaker ·Germany prepares new stimulus boost The German government's second fiscal stimulus could total €50bn, making it far more ambitious than expected just a week ago, senior officials suggested ifleaders of chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition can hammer out agreement on the package ·Obama seeks Congress backing for plan Barack Obama started pushing his economic stimulus plan on Capitol Hill, including about $300bn of tax cuts that could soften Republican resistance ·Taiwan moves closer to bailout for chip makers Taiwan's government is moving closer to devising a bailout package for the country's struggling memory chip makers, many of which face impending loan repayments amid mounting losses ·Hedge funds face more pain Hedge funds are suffering a New Year hangover of record proportions after an end-of-year rush to suspend or restrict withdrawals of money and the first of what is expected to be a wave of closures

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