Munich, Germany, Aug 9, 2006 - Shares in Qimonda, the memory chips unit of German semi-conductors giant Infineon, are to be priced at 13 dollars (10.16 euros) apiece when they are floated on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Infineon announced.
Hyderabad, India, Aug 9, 2006 - The flood situation in four Indian states remained grim Wednesday with almost 860,000 people displaced, officials said, as the death toll from the latest lashing monsoon rains rose to 197.
Shanghai, Aug 9, 2006 - A senior official at China's Shanghai Electric Group is under criminal investigation for corruption, city authorities said Wednesday.
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, Aug 9, 2006 - Rescue workers recovered at least 11 bodies in their search for hundreds of people missing from killer weekend flash floods that devastated an eastern Ethiopian town, increasing the toll, officials said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Aug 9, 2006 - Indias flood-prone northeast Assam state is suffering an unusual dry spell this summer that has hit farmers who depend on seasonal monsoon rains to sow rice and other crops, officials said Wednesday.
Bangkok, Aug 9, 2006 - Thailand should develop closer economic links with booming Asian economies like China and India to emerge as a competitive regional player, the central bank chief said Wednesday.
Manila, Aug 9, 2006 - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said Wednesday 40,000 people had been successfully evacuated from the rumbling Mayon volcano and warned them not to go back to the danger zone.
Shanghai, Aug 9, 2006 - The economies in three quarters of China's provinces expanded at 12 percent or more in the first six months, above the national figure of 10.9 percent, the country's key economic planner said.
Beijing, Aug 9, 2006 - Several provinces in China will for the first time hold an auction for foreigners to allow them to hunt wild animals such as yak and deer, an official and state press said Wednesday.
Beijing, Aug 9, 2006 - China's health ministry warned local officials Wednesday they risked punishment if slack performance were to cause more problems involving a flawed antibiotic that may have cost at least six lives.
Thiruvanthapuram, India, Aug 9, 2006 - Two more Indian states Wednesday banned soft drinks after an environmental group last week said tests of products made by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo showed high pesticide levels.
Kallar, Sri Lanka, Aug 9, 2006 - Disputed water began flowing to parched rice fields in this northeast Sri Lankan village Wednesday, but local farmers say a just-lifted rebel canal blockade has already impoverished them.
Beijing, Aug 9, 2006 - Wal-Mart said Wednesday it would allow unions to be set up at all its outlets in China, although the nation's government-run labor organization maintained a hard line against the US retail giant.
Beijing, Aug 9, 2006 - Natural disasters killed nearly 1,000 people and left another 310 missing in China in July, state media said Wednesday, as two more potentially deadly storms approach the southeast of the country.
Beijing, Aug 9, 2006 - China's former president Jiang Zemin will publish his selected works Thursday, state media reported, in a development which analysts said was fraught with political significance.
Taipei, Aug 9, 2006 - Taiwan warned residents to prepare for a typhoon packing heavy winds and airlines cancelled flights Wednesday just hours after a separate storm dumped torrential downpours on the island.
