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All work and not much pay for India's manufacturers
In the office of the small paint factory he helps run, Pramod Patel is clear on the problem holding back India's manufacturing growth: cash, or a lack of it.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Chinese president warns of rival free trade pact 'fragmentation'
CHINA'S President Xi Jinping Wednesday urged Asian economies to sign up to its free trade agreement, warning that rival pacts risked causing "fragmentation" among regional nations.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Potato to web: Internet outsourcing in Pakistan's mountainous north
WHEN a landslide created a huge, turquoise lake that cut them off from the world, the farmers of Gulmit were left destitute and unable to sell their potatoes. Their solution: to drag their Himalayan valley in Pakistan's far north into the Internet age.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Monsanto weighing another Syngenta takeover offer
Monsanto is weighing whether to launch another attempt to take over Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta, after the Swiss company
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
In Myanmar on cusp of change, former junta sees business as usual
Aung San Suu Kyi's landslide election win might be bad news for Myanmar businessmen like construction magnate Khin Shwe, who lost his parliament seat and remains barred from doing business with US nationals due to his ties to the former junta. Or maybe not.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
China tightens offshore yuan market to slow outflows, rates rise
China has moved to restrict trade at offshore yuan clearing banks, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, stepping up capital controls even as Beijing positions its currency for inclusion in the International Monetary Fund's reserve basket.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
MasterCard sees double- digit growth in China
Global payment operator MasterCard Inc sees double-digit annual growth in credit card transaction volumes in China, lifted by the booming e-commerce industry in the world's second-largest economy, a senior executive told Reuters on Monday.
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Japan dips into recession in stumble for 'Abenomics'
Japan's economy slipped into recession for the second time since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power nearly three years ago, data showed Monday, dealing a fresh blow to his drive to kickstart weak growth and end years of deflation.
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Apple to power Singapore operations with renewable energy
APPLE announced on Sunday that it has struck a deal to power all of its Singapore operations with renewable energy, the latest in a series of steps from the company to turn its operations worldwide green.
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM
As Boeing booms, robots rise and job growth lags
FOR most of its 100-year history, when Boeing turned out more planes, employment soared and the Seattle-area economy prospered. When the rate of production fell, layoffs followed and the local economy crashed.
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Paris attacks weigh on airline, travel stocks but impact seen short-lived
AIRLINE and travel-related stocks tumbled in Asia Monday following the deadly terror attacks in Paris, but analysts and industry players said they expect the impact to be short-lived.
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Apec wary US-led trade pact could become 'rich-economy club'
APEC does not want to see a United States-led free-trade agreement become a "rich-economy club", a senior forum official said Monday.
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Marriott buys Starwood Hotels for $12.2b
US-based Marriott International said Monday that it has purchased Starwood for $12.2 billion, creating the world's largest hotel chain
16 November 2015, 18:00 PM
France's fragile economy under siege after Paris attacks
France's fragile economic recovery is under threat after the Paris attacks, economists say, with tourism and consumer spending likely to come under siege.
16 November 2015, 05:27 AM
Greece says it is close to deal with lenders over bad bank loans
Greece said on Wednesday it was close to a deal with international lenders on regulating non-performing loans, a thorny issue which has delayed a disbursement of aid under its latest multi-billion euro bailout.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
UN urges more investment in cutting-edge technologies
Japan, the United States but also increasingly China, are among the few nations driving global innovations like 3D-printing, the UN said Wednesday, urging more investments in fields expected to carry future economic growth.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
China splurges on world's biggest online shopping spree
Chinese internet users spent billions of dollars in the planet's biggest online shopping splurge Wednesday, as "Singles Day" hit new heights, despite slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Pakistan to sign economic zone deal with China
PAKISTAN'S poorest province is set to sign a deal with China Wednesday allotting thousands of acres of land for Beijing to develop a massive special economic zone in the deep sea port of Gwadar, officials told AFP.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
'Sharing economy' firms urge safety net for workers
A coalition of "sharing economy" startups joined labor activists and others Tuesday to endorse efforts for a "flexible safety net" for workers without traditional job protection.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Apple Music aims for beat on Android phones
Apple's freshly launched music service became available Tuesday on rival mobile devices powered by Google-backed Android software.
11 November 2015, 18:00 PM