Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data Philadelphia Daily News | JOE McDONALD | The Associated Press | BEIJING - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery. | Gains were modest across the region as investors waited for ...
Asian Shares Higher; Nikkei Rises 0.6% The Street Gains were modest across the region as investors waited for U.S. employment figures due out later Friday. August's jobless rate is expected to rise to 9.6% from 9.5% in July, according to a survey of analysts by Thomson Reuters. | Global markets have tumbled the past month as doubts surfaced about t...
Axe falls on Asia's oldest co-op bank Indian Express | The axe finally fell on the Asia's first cooperative bank, Anyonya Cooperative Bank Limited, on Friday when the Reserve Bank India cancelled the bank's licence and asked it not to continue any banking-related transactions until further directions. ...
U.S. talks polarising West Asia The Hindu | Atul Aneja | DUBAI: Direct talks in Washington between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are beginning to polarise West Asia, with Egypt on Friday declaring that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who has been critical of the talks, wa...
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RP emerging as Asia's franchising hub Malaya BY IRMA ISIP --> | Sales of homegrown franchises are seen growing by 20 percent every year from P60.5 billion in 2009 such that sales are likely to hit P100 billion sales in two ye...
Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles Malaya BY ALBERT CASTRO--> | SINGAPORE/TOKYO - Global drinks firms, thirsty for acquisitions to expand their offerings and reach, are eyeing assets in Southeast Asia, as tough regulatory ...
John Woo wants to deepen West's knowledge of Asia in his next career phase KDVR VENICE, Italy (AP) — John Woo built his reputation with stylish Hong Kong action thrillers, then moved to Hollywood where he directed such big-budget blockbusters as "Mission Impossible II." | The director is now preparing for a third phase of ...
Asian clams, target of $1.4 million Lake Tahoe battle, show up in NY's Lake George Orlando Sentinel BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. (AP) — A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters. | The invasive Asia...
Asian Development Bank to help keep Philippine kids in school m&c | Manila - The Asian Development Bank on Thursday approved a 400-million-dollar loan to expand a Philippine government programme to help keep children of poor families in school. | The Manila-based bank said the loan would support the government's conditional cash transfer programme, which pays families to keep t...
Asian stocks fall as global recovery stumbles Herald Tribune | BEIJING - Asian stock markets slid Wednesday as a shock drop in U.S. housing sales and slowing growth in Japanese exports added to evidence of a waning global recovery. AC = 1234 | --> | Global markets have spent most of August in the red as economic indicators from the U.S., Japan, China and elsewhere suggested global growth will slow in the sec...
