LONDON - US FAST-FOOD chain Kentucky Fried Chicken said on Monday it would create 9,000 jobs across Britain and Ireland by 2014, a boost for two nations deep in recession.
MOSCOW - RUSSIA'S super-rich are also super-losers in the financial crisis, according to the business magazine Finans, which said on Monday the top 10 wealthiest Russians lost about two-thirds of their fortunes over the past year.
HONG KONG - HOTEL group Marriott International said Monday it was planning to open 57 new hotels in Asia over the next four years, mainly targeting the Chinese and Indian markets.
BARCELONA - THE maker of Blackberry phone handsets, Canada's Research In Motion (RIM), said on Monday it was recruiting 3,000 new workers to keep pace with demand despite the global economic crisis.
'We have grown our employee base by 50 per cent in 2008. And we're still hiring and we plan to keep hiring. We have growth in our business,' co-chief executive Jim Balsillie told AFP on the sidelines of an industry event.
