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International Business News
India names new board for fraud-hit Satyam
AFP, New Delhi
Indian authorities on Sunday installed three prominent business leaders to run scandal -hit software giant Satyam Computers in an effort to salvage the country's damaged international business image.
The government appointees replaced the company s own interim board of directors who took charge after Satyam founder and chairman B. Ramalinga Raju admit ted last week that his company's accounts and assets had been falsified.
The new board would "provide necessary vision and accountable leadership in this hour of crisis to restore credibility, customer confidence and employee morale," company affairs minister P.C. Gupta told reporters.
Raju was arrested late on Friday and is now in jail pend ing trial after his dramatic confession that profits at the software giant had been falsely inflated by more than one billion dollars.
Gupta described Satyam as "a company of national and international fame" as he announced what the first three new board members.
"It has many professionals on its roll who are amongst the best and the brightest in the world," he said. "It is therefore important to ensure continuity’ of the company.”
The new board members include Deepak Parekh, head of one of India's largest private banks and Kiran Karnik, former chief of the National Association of Software and Service Companies.
China forecasts 188m rail travellers over Lunar New Year
AFP, Beijing
Chinese authorities are expecting 188 million people to travel by train over the Lunar New Year holiday, an important annual family get-together, a railways spokesman said Saturday.
"We predict that across the nation the railway network will receive 188 million passengers, a rise of eight per cent on the same period last year, with a daily average of 4.7 million people," Wang Yongping of the Rail Ministry told a press conference.
The Lunar New Year falls this year on January 26, but for the Chinese rail network the period between departures and returns lasts 40 days, with passenger numbers expected to peak between January 21 and 24.
Many Chinese have decided to combine their annual holidays with the festival because it falls this year in January, a month that includes three of the annual 14 national holidays.
In recent weeks official state media have frequently reported on mass movements of migrant workers from the south of China as factories close early because of a drop in demand for the good they produce.
ECB under pressure to cut lending rates this week
AFP, Frankfurt
The European Central Bank is under pressure to lower its main lending rate this week owing to stark evidence of a worsening recession and sinking inflation, analysts say.
"We expect the ECB to cut rates by 50 basis points (0.50 percent) to 2.0 percent, after the Bank of England cut rates by 50 bp" to 1.50 percent on Thursday, UBS economist Stephane Deo said last week.
Other analysts note the cautious ECB, which has already reduced its rate by 1.75 percentage points in three moves since October, might opt for a cut of 0.25 points to leave itself room for manoeuvre.
The Frankfurt-based bank has lowered the cost of borrowing much more slowly than its major counterparts, especially the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan, which have now effectively set their benchmark rates at zero.
The Bank of England's cut last week brought British rates to their lowest level since the bank was created in 1694, a sign of how seriously the economic crisis is being taken in London.
Dutch finance minister cashes in on world economic crisis
AFP, The Hague
Six months ago, his political fortunes were failing. But Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos has emerged from the global economic crisis as the country's favourite and most trusted politician.
"He rescued the economy, and himself, from the brink of an abyss," Dutch economist Arnold Heertje told AFP, mirroring the popular opinion of Bos' bold and speedy rescue of ailing Dutch banks and wide-ranging support for the general economy.
"This was his opportunity to show what he is capable of doing. He has shown himself to be a leader in times of crisis."
Until recently, questions had been asked about the decisiveness and vision of the 45-year old minister, who has a passion for cooking and unfulfilled dreams of a professional football career.
Opinion polls showed his left wing Labour Party (PvdA) bleeding support.