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From ghost city to boomtown, Phnom Penh soars high
From glitzy malls and high-rise flats to five-star hotels, a luxury building boom in Phnom Penh is transforming a capital once reduced to a ghost town into one of Asia's fastest growing cities.
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Malaysia's first Islamic-compliant airline takes off
Malaysia's first Islamic-compliant airline Rayani Air began operations Sunday with its maiden flight taking off from the capital to the resort island of Langkawi, local media reported.
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Volkswagen chairman eyes job rotation for key roles
Volkswagen plans to limit the time staff can remain in certain roles, its supervisory board chairman told a German weekly, in a step to improve oversight at the German carmaker.
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM
CEO Martin Shkreli says securities fraud charges are "baseless"
Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceuticals entrepreneur vilified for jacking up the price of a life-saving AIDS drug, said on Saturday that unrelated securities fraud allegations that resulted in his arrest this week were "baseless and without merit."
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM
New dawn or Wild West? 'Sharing economy' goes global
It's a new dawn for transport, lodging -- and pretty much every service under the sun -- and it's all about "sharing."
20 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Brazil's finance minister replaced amid economic upheaval
President Dilma Rousseff on Friday replaced Finance Minister Joaquim Levy, a fiscal conservative appointed just over a year ago, with a close ally, Planning Minister Nelson Barbosa, the Brazilian leader's office says in a statement.
19 December 2015, 06:19 AM
China to keep 2016 economic growth in reasonable range
Chinese leaders, meeting ahead of an agenda-setting conference, pledged on Monday to keep the country's economic growth in a "reasonable range" in 2016 by expanding domestic demand and making supply-side improvements.
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
US calls for overhaul of deadlocked world trade talks
The United States called Monday for a fresh start to break a 14-year deadlock in negotiations to free up world trade in good and services worth some $23 trillion (21 trillion euros).
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Shell says to cut 2,800 jobs following BG takeover
Royal Dutch Shell on Monday said it planned to cut 2,800 jobs following its mega takeover of smaller rival BG Group.
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
'Made in Ghana' cars go on sale
Japanese Toyotas, German Mercedes and BMWs, GM cars and trucks from the USA are driven in countries around the world. But in Ghana
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Gold trades at discount in India as jewellers delay purchases
GOLD prices in India swung to a discount for the first time in a month on Monday as jewellers and dealers in the world's second biggest consumer postponed purchases ahead of an expected hike in U.S. interest rates later this week.
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Alibaba to pay $266m for Hong Kong's SCMP newspaper
Chinese Internet giant Alibaba will pay $266 million for Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, the newspaper said Monday, far higher
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Japan business confidence flat despite signs of recovery: BoJ
Japan's biggest manufacturers were in a cautious mood during the last quarter of the year, a central bank survey showed Monday, despite a modest pick-up in the world's number three economy.
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Wholesale prices in India fall again in Nov
India's wholesale prices fell for a 13th straight month in November, but a sharp pickup in food prices and a pending wage hike for millions of government employees are likely to keep policymakers worried about potential inflationary risks.
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Fed rate hike wrong move for emerging economies
An expected first interest rate in almost a decade by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday could squeeze emerging economies' room for manoeuvre as they try to stave off recession, analysts warn.
14 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Open but not trading: Myanmar launches fledgling bourse
Myanmar officially launched its first modern stock exchange Wednesday, but without a single stock to trade until next year, as the nation's latest drive for economic revitalisation struggles to take flight.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM
OnePlus to narrowly miss India smartphone sales target
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus will miss its target of selling 1 million handsets in India in 2015 - its first year in the country - but not by much, a company executive said.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM
As Rajan tightens screws, Indian banks can still disguise bad debts
A tool provided by India's central bank to help lenders tackle bad debts is instead helping to camouflage the scale of the problem, evidence of how the country's banks will struggle to meet an ambitious clean-up target in 16 months' time.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Economists trim Singapore 2015, 2016 growth forecasts
Economists have revised their economic growth forecasts for Singapore for 2015 and 2016 down from their projections three months ago, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Change takes root in India's remote northeast
THE ancient root bridges spanning the rivers of the remote northeast are some of India's most iconic images, symbolising a slower pace of life unimaginable in its bustling megacities.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM