Apple hit by China Foxconn factory report
An independent investigation has found “significant issues” among working practices at Chinese plants making Apple iPhones and iPads. The US Fair Labor Association (FLA) was asked by Apple More...
Should Indonesia raise fuel prices?
Nationwide demonstrations. Clashes between police and protesters. Women in front of parliament banging pots and pans demanding that More...
China looks to rebalance growth as it faces slowdown
Drip by drip, the financial data coming out of China is leading some to ask serious questions about which way this economy is heading. Purchasing More...
DBS to pay $7.2 Billion for Indonesia’s Bank Danamon
DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, has agreed to pay $7.24 billion for Indonesia’s Bank Danamon, offering a hefty 52 percent premium and raising questions More...
Asia ends higher after robust China PMI
Asian stocks ended mostly higher on Monday, as stronger-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data eased worries of a slowdown in the world’s second largest economy. China’s More...
SE Asia Stocks-end higher, Malaysia at record
Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Monday, with Malaysia’s benchmark index hitting an all-time high, as investors added positions in riskier assets after surprisingly More...
Nikkei ends 3-day losing streak with China data help
Japan’s Nikkei average snapped a three-day losing streak on Monday after stronger-than-expected data from China eased worries of an abrupt economic slowdown, while buying More...
S&P 500 beating gold most since 1999 on positive earnings
The best first-quarter gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since 1998 sent U.S. stocks above gold by the most More...
Oil rises a second day as China economy boosts outlook
Oil advanced for a second day in New York on signs that the economy is improving in China, the world’s second-biggest More...
Hong Kong’s property bust
The real estate market hasn’t crashed. But the tycoons are shaking in their boots after last...
The downfall of the Hong Kong tycoon
It’s notable that the arrest on bribery charges of Thomas and Raymond Kwok, billionaire tycoons who...
Can a free-floating currency boost Burma?
The decision of Burma’s new government to float the country’s currency is a welcome one. Injecting...
China looks to rebalance growth as it faces slowdown
Drip by drip, the financial data coming out of China is leading More...
Hong Kong’s property bust
The real estate market hasn’t crashed. But the tycoons are shaking in their boots after last Thursday’s More...
China March housing prices slide for 7th straight month
Housing prices in 100 major cities in China were lower for the seventh consecutive month in March, China Real Estate Index..Singapore home prices suffer first quarterly drop in 3 years
Singapore’s private home prices suffered their first quarterly drop in nearly three years as government measures to cool the property market..Sino-Forest files for bankruptcy protection
Chinese timberland company Sino-Forest Corp., which is being investigated for fraud, said Friday it is filing More...
Hutchison 2011 profit doubles, gains from spin-off
Hutchison Whampoa, billionaire Li Ka-shing’s ports-to-telecoms flagship company, beat expectations by doubling its 2011 earnings, driven by extraordinary gains from a..PetroChina profit drops, sees slower output growth
PetroChina reported a 26 percent drop in quarterly earnings, lagging forecasts, due largely to hefty refining losses, and the oil major forecast..Petronas plans canadian acquisition topping $5 billion
Petroliam Nasional Bhd (PET)., the Malaysian state-owned oil company, is studying a Canadian acquisition exceeding $5 billion as part of the company’s..Samsung to invest $7bn in China memory chip factory
Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest memory-chip maker, has unveiled plans to invest $7bn (£4.4bn) towards building a chip factory in China...
Hong Kong’s property bust
The real estate market hasn’t crashed. But the tycoons are shaking in their boots after last Thursday’s arrest of Raymond and..
China says manufacturing expands
China watchers got a mixed view this weekend of the country’s all-important manufacturing sector. China’s government reported that manufacturing expanded in..
