MUMBAI, Nov 17 - A global credit crisis that has felled large investment banks and prompted multi-billion dollar bailout packages is also hurting unlikely victims half a world away: small south Asian businesses dependent on microfinance.
NEW DELHI, June 2 - The number of hungry people in South Asia has jumped by 100 million in the past two years, aggravated by high food and fuel prices and the global economic slowdown,...
'Entrepreneurs have always analysed the world through a different looking glass' goes an old adage. Starting up a business from ground zero is not an easy task, especially not in the cutthroat world of the plastics machinery industry...
SINGAPORE --U.S. wheat sales to major buyers in South and Southeast Asia are down 600,000-700,000 metric tons on year, in line with an overall projection of lower U.S. wheat exports globally in the 2008-09 marketing...
GUANGZHOU, China, Nov 19 - Colgate Palmolive expects sales volume to grow between 4 and 7 percent next year, driven largely by surging demand in emerging markets including Brazil, China, India and Russia, its chief...
While there have been mixed reactions to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's desire to create an Asia Pacific Community, creating regional blocs, it seems, is the way of the future.
November 24 MetalBiz--In the past two weeks, the export price of billet in South Asia further dropped by U.S. $5 per ton. Export price (FOB) of Malaysia's billet delivered in December decreased to U.S....
* Obama arrives in South Korea as part of 9-day Asia trip * He says some details "need to be worked out" * Obama sees "potential good deal" for U.S. exporters (Adds quotes, background) WASHINGTON,...
Reuters is issuing a series of stories ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Asia from Nov. 12-19, his first to the region since taking office. Obama will visit Japan, Singapore, China and South...
* Won leads Asia rebound but capped by suspected intervention * High-yielding rupiah jumps but seen vulnerable * Peso firms, investors offer NDFs across the curve SINGAPORE, Oct 30 - The South Korean won and...