April 29 (Bloomberg) -- HSBC Holdings Plc , Europe's largest bank, will be forced to delay the biggest foreign acquisition in South Korea, undermining President Lee Myung Bak 's pledge to reverse a three-year slump in overseas investment.

Although Tata's deal to take over Jaguar won't close until June, Ravi Kant, chairman of Tat's motor division, already has issued a clear directive: Keep these vehicle lines separate and distinct. "Each is going to chart its own future and own course,\

For the two consecutive years, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce has signed an agreement to partner with Oxford Business Group (OBG), the highly acclaimed global publishing, research and consultancy firm, for the production of The Report: Dubai 2008.

Auckland-based corporate and public affairs consultancy, Exceltium Ltd, has announced the appointment of a new senior consultant, Emilie Isaacs, who has joined the company from US government relations firm Williams & Associates, based in Phoenix, Arizona.

TOKYO, JAPAN: Since embarking a decade ago on what it described as a "lean journey", the US Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) has halved the time taken to overhaul the massive C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft from 339 days to just 171 days.