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Debt specialists surround Billabong to seek board spill
Coastal Capital joined debt specialists to seek board spill in Billabong International Ltd. Coastal Capital, a hedge fund based in the US, on Monday joined other debt specialists in surrounding Billabong International Ltd, looking for a board spill.
HTC Employees lands in jail over HTC trade secrets breach
Reuters reported that five of HTC's employees were jailed over the weekend over trade secrets breach claimed by the Taiwanese mobile phone maker.
BYD makes comeback thanks to gasoline-fueled cars
BYD Co Ltd is in the midst of a comeback thanks to a jump in sales of its gasoline-fueled cars. BYD Co Ltd, the company best known for electric cars, is in the process of a comeback with the help of traditional gasoline-fueled vehicles.
Top Japan Equity Strategist hired by Barclays for research
Ex-Morgan Stanley Hajime Kitano was hired as an equity strategist at Barclays Securities Japan Ltd. Barclays Securities Japan Ltd. Kazutoshi Ohkubo told Reuters in a phone interview that former Morgan Stanley Japan equity strategist Hajime Kitano would join the UK bank in Tokyo today.