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... 

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,... 

SYDNEY -(MarketWatch)- Newmont Mining Corp. NEM -0.03% is in final talks with two overseas parties on the sale of Australian assets containing more than 1.2 billion metric tons of thermal coal, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. Newmont hopes to conclude the sale of the undeveloped Felton East/West and Lochbar/Bringalily South tenements in Queensland state’s Clarence-Moreton Basin... 

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... 

Alliant Energy Corp. LNT -0.21% said Chairman and Chief Executive William D. Harvey would retire at the end of March and named its operating chief as his successor. Harvey had been chairman and chief for the last six years, having worked at the utility company and its predecessor for 25 years. Alliant named Chief Operating Officer Patricia L. Kampling to become chief executive and chairman after he... 

Gap Inc. GPS -0.31% said the leader of its Old Navy discount brand is departing to work at a privately held early-childhood education company. His decision to leave the casual-apparel retailer comes after Gap shook up management last year, including ousting its top designer, as part of a turn-around plan. After Tom Wyatt departs, effective Feb. 3, to become the chief executive of Knowledge Universe... 

TOKYO (MarketWatch) — Elpida Memory Inc. has asked about 10 of its client companies for $500 million in financial assistance to boost its cash on hand as it struggles with the yen’s strength and a fall in memory chip prices, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported in its Thursday morning edition. The report said the world’s third-largest maker of DRAM chip memory has asked information technology... 

NEW DELHI -(MarketWatch)- Tata Motors Ltd. TTM +0.34% is replacing starter motors of all of its Nano minicar’s older variant that were sold between July 2009 and October this year, a spokesman for India’s largest auto maker by revenue said Monday. “We are replacing the starter motors of the previous Nano variant with those of the our new 2012 edition,” Debasis Ray said, adding... 

Intel Corp. INTC +0.21% recorded a year-to-year increase in its third-quarter share of global microprocessor revenue, as it continued to expand its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD +7.28% , according to technology researcher IHS Inc. IHS +0.07% . Though Intel has warned its fourth-quarter revenue will fall short of expectations, the company is still expected to expand its lead in the... 

Emerson Electric Co.’s EMR +0.12% orders for the three months to the end of November were flat with a year ago, prompting the diversified industrial company to lower its fiscal first-quarter sales forecast. Emerson said Wednesday it expects sales for the quarter ending Dec. 30 to fall by 3% to 5% from the prior year. The company, however, reiterated its full-year 2012 guidance calling for an...