SEOUL, South Korea - Kia Motors launched its luxury Cadenza on Tuesday with help from an opera singer and a heartthrob of the South Korean cinema, betting the new sedan will raise the company's game to a higher level and attract customers even as the outlook for the global economy remains cloudy.
* Recovery in employment conditions to take long time
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Malaysia's government will introduce a bill to bring in a goods and services tax in the current sitting of parliament that ends on Dec. 15, the prime minister said.
ISTANBUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Trading on the Istanbul Stock Exchange was suspended on Tuesday due to technical problems, an official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
TOKYO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average hit its lowest close in four months on Tuesday as banking shares were sold on persistent worries that more financial firms would tap the market for equity financing and as a stronger yen hurt shares of exporters.
TOKYO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average <.N225> lost 0.8 percent and the broader TOPIX <.TOPX> dipped 0.9 percent on Tuesday.
(Repeats story issued late on Monday)
(Repeats story issued late on Monday)
TOKYO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Japanese banking minister Shizuka Kamei, a critic of the Bank of Japan, said on Tuesday that the central bank was not paying attention to actual economic conditions.
(Recasts, adds analysts' comments, central bank source)