TAIPEI, Jan 15 - Planes are flying with many empty seats a month after daily direct flights began between political rivals Taiwan and China, and travel officials are urging that some of the restrictions in...
BEIJING/GUANGZHOU, Jan 15 - It's supposed to be a period of happy reunions, fireworks, feasting with family and gifts of cash stuffed into auspicious red envelopes. But the chill winds blowing through the global economy...
LONDON/LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 - It's a trend pre-dating the global slowdown: big hotel chains are moving into the quirky boutique sector to tap into a niche of profitable growth. What's not clear now is...
NEW DELHI, Jan 13 - When the MBA students at India's top business schools began their studies their future was full of promise as companies tripped over each other to lure graduates. But 24 months...
BEIJING, Jan 12 - China has shut down 91 websites for pornographic and other "vulgar" content, as well as a political blog portal, since announcing its latest bid to ensure Internet morality, state media said...
LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 - The Golden Globe Awards, dubbed Hollywood's biggest party, get rolling on Sunday with a who's who of the celebrity world turning out for the annual film and television honors that...
KATHMANDU, Jan 11 - Less than three years after a long and bloody civil war ended, tourists are returning to Nepal and its spectacular mountain scenery in record numbers despite a global economic slowdown. The...
* Waits for calmer markets before launching IPO * To spend about $35 million to add cinemas, staff (For IPO news, data and diary, click <TH/IPOMENU>) (Adds details, quotes) BANGKOK, Jan 9 - SF Cinema...
NEW YORK, Jan 8 - The global economic crisis has made fears of unemployment the No. 1 concern, surpassing worries about poverty, social inequality, crime and violence, a 22-nation survey showed on Thursday. Some 41...
NEW YORK, Jan 8 - It took war, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and the collapse of some of New York's famed investment banks, but Manhattan apartment prices are finally falling. After...