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...
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.
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...
* Dollar edges up on short-covering, still seen vulnerable * South Korea drags down Asia stocks 0.4 pct * Trade limited due to Japan, U.S. holidays * Oil extends gains on global recovery hopes HONG...
* Korean swaps get paid as funding needs go up * Swaps in rest of Asia mimic downtrend in dollar swaps SINGAPORE, Aug 14 - South Korean won interest rate swaps extended their two-day rise...
* Asia NPL market set to grow with corporate restructuring * Returns may be lower than in Asian crisis in late-1990s * China and South Korea in focus (Repeats story that ran late Wednesday) (For...