In the final part of our look back at 2011, we summarise some of the news stories which caught our eye. China This year the region’s biggest economy continued flexing its muscles: it conducted the first test flight of its new stealth fighter, announced that it had deployed stealth missile speedboats in the East China … [Read More]
Company or Organisation: HSBC
HSBC to sell 11 Korean retail branches
HSBC to sell 11 Korean retail branches, says MoneyToday – hardly a surprise given similar US and Russian sales. http://t.co/dxyNVzvp [Read More]
HSBC boss cooks doenjang jjiage
HSBC Korea boss Matthew Deakin makes a mean doenjang jjigae, says the JoongAng Daily http://bit.ly/boNfCn # “I play golf most weekends, and before tee off, I usually prefer having a Korean breakfast – rice with soup. It is very filling,” he said. “And among the various types of soup here, doenjang jjigae is my favorite. … [Read More]