TAIPEI -(MarketWatch)- Chunghwa Telecom Co. , Taiwan’s largest telecommunications operator by subscribers, plans to expand its workforce by around 8% this year to tap into new business opportunities brought on by the closer economic ties between Taiwan and China, the company’s Chief Executive Shyue-ching Lu said Saturday. Lu said the company plans to add 2,000 staff this year to boost its... 

Fiserv Inc.’s FISV -1.16% fourth-quarter earnings rose 23% due to higher revenue in its main business segments. For the new year, the company forecast earnings of $5.04 to $5.20 a share on revenue growth of 4% to 6%, bracketing the $5.11 and 5% estimates from analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. The company, which provide information technology to the financial and insurance industries, has... 

TOKYO (MarketWatch) — Panasonic Corp. is expecting a record Y700 billion net loss for the current fiscal year ending in March well in excess of its existing forecast for a Y420 billion loss, the Mainichi Shimbun reported in its Friday morning edition. The electronics and domestic appliance giant will revise its forecast to reflect a large one-off booking of goodwill for its acquisition of Sanyo... 

SEOUL -(MarketWatch)- SK Telecom Co. , South Korea’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net profit fell 61% from a year earlier, as higher spending on next-generation network technology and falling phone fees dragged on the bottom line. Net profit in the three months ended Dec. 31 fell to KRW196 billion (US$175.2 million) from KRW502.5 billion a year earlier,... 

Walt Disney Co. DIS -0.21% said it would buy a controlling interest in Indian entertainment company UTV Software Communications Ltd. , which it said would make Disney the country’s leading film studio. Last month, India’s cabinet approved the proposal by Disney–which currently owns 50.28% of UTV Software–to buy out other shareholders. Walt Disney reiterated Tuesday it will delist... 

Fortinet Inc.’s FTNT +8.72% fourth-quarter earnings climbed 2.2% as the network-security company again reported double-digit billings growth. Shares jumped 8.7% after hours Tuesday to $24.79 on the stronger-than-expected results. The company posted a profit of $16.5 million, or 10 cents a share, up from $16.1 million, also 10 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding stock-based compensation costs... 

Mr. Borges will Drive Efforts to Advance Brazilian Properties Exploration Programs NEW YORK, Jan 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ardent Mines Ltd. (OTCQB: ADNT) (the “Company” or “Ardent Mines”), a precious resources exploration, development, and mining company focused on advancing its two gold properties in Brazil, announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Luciano... 

TOKYO (MarketWatch) — Scandal-hit Olympus Corp. said Friday it will release its earnings results for the April to December period on Feb. 13, a day before a legal deadline for listed firms to submit their accounts. President Shuichi Takayama will hold a news conference the same day to explain the results, a company spokeswoman said. The Japanese maker of cameras and medical imaging equipment... 

Citrix Systems Inc.’s CTXS -0.90% fourth-quarter profit rose 15% as the virtualization-and-infrastructure company posted revenue gains across its segments. However, shares slipped 1.3% to $66.73 in after-hours trading as the company issued a downbeat full-year and first-quarter earnings forecast. For 2012, Citrix sees per-share adjusted earnings of $2.70 to $2.74, below Wall Street’s view... 

Agent155 Media Corp., a development stage company, engages in the distribution and marketing of drinking water treatment products and water activation products primarily in South America and Central America. The company’s drinking water treatment products include Sterilight branded ultra violet products, which produce ultraviolet light energy that eradicates harmful microbiological contaminants in...