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International Business News
Car sales plunge in Britain as sector crashes globally
AIT,London
Sales of new cars in Britain fell almost a third last month, official figures showed Monday, in the latest sign of how the economic crisis is hammering the auto sector world wide.
Industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and leaders (SMMT) said 313,912 now cars were registered in March, down 30.5 percent from last year. It was the 11th consecutive month of falls.
March is a key month for Britain's auto industry as that is when vehicles carrying the new year's registration plates first go on sale. Showrooms were hoping for a surge of buyers snapping up cars carrying an ”09" plate in March.
"March new car registrations are a barometer of confidence in the economy, from businesses and consumers alike," SMMT chief Paul Everitt said in a statement.
The fall in the market shows that the government needs to do more to boost confidence."
The news is t he latest reminder of the problems facing the car industry' worldwide.
In the US, General Motors - - which is living off government loans -- has acknowledged it may go bankrupt, while another historic marque, Chrysler, has also taken emergency state aid amid plunging sales.
Car sales in Japan hit a 38-year low' in 2008, the industry said last week.
There have been job cuts in Britain -- Nissan axed 1,200 at its main British site in January - while other firms like Jaguar Land Rover have introduced shorter hours and pay freezes.
Citigroup makes new executive changes
AFP, Washington
Citigroup, the government-rescued US banking giant, said Monday it had confirmed Mike Corbat as chief executive of Citi Holdings, a new' unit holding relatively risky assets, as part of fresh executive changes.
It also said that Eric Aboaf, most recently chief financial officer of Citigroup's institutional clients group, had been appointed Citigroup treasurer.
Corbat, with the New York-based bank for more than 25 years, has served as interim chief executive since Citigroup announced a realignment into Citicorp and Citi Holdings in January.
He will work with newly appointed Citi Holdings chairman Gary' Crittenden to "evaluate and set the strategic course” for businesses of the new unit, while "tightly managing risks and losses and maximizing the value of these assets," a company statement said.
Aboaf will "manage Citi's balance sheet and will be responsible for ensuring strong liquidity, asset and liability management and optimization of our capital structure," the company said in a separate statement.
HSBC to finance Shanghai Electric's overseas expansion
AFP, Shanghai
Banking giant HSBC said Monday it had signed a 250-million-dollar financial service agreement with Shanghai Electric Group to support the Chinese power equipment maker's global expansion.
Under the agreement, HSBC will provide Shanghai Electric and its units with a global facility limit of 250 million dollars to meet their financial needs, HSBC said in a statement.
The funds could be used for spot and forward foreign exchange deals, working capital, and import and export services, it said.
"The ongoing financial crisis poses challenges for corporates but also brings about opportunities. We are confident that we will sustain our growth amid the crisis," Xu Jianguo, chairman of Shanghai Electric Group said.
The agreement will "help enhance our risk management in our overseas expansion," he said in the statement.
Singapore vows to change tax laws to remove havens
AFP, Singapore
Singapore has vowed to amend its tax laws within the year after being named in a list of countries that have not yet fully implemented global standards aimed at eliminating tax havens.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) last week said Singapore was one of the countries that had not yet carried out their commitments to respecting global standards on exchanging tax information.
Singapore "intends to implement the standard by effecting legislative amendments later this year," a finance ministry spokesperson said in reply to a query from AFP at the weekend.
The OECD, which groups the world's leading developed nations, listed 38 countries and territories that have committed to the internationally agreed tax standard, but have not yet substantially implemented" the measures.