China fund managers ramp up stock connect marketing as regulations ease
SHANGHAI: Chinese investment managers, taking advantage of a significant step to open up investment flows in and out of China, are...
Samsung Electronics says to sell third Tizen OS smartphone in India
Wooing India: The Z2 phone, equipped with a 4in screen and India-specific features such as a safety mode for motorcyclists, will be the...
Singapore PM falls ill during National Day rally
SINGAPORE - The National Day Rally on Sunday has been suspended after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took ill. The medical team attending...
Suicide car bomber attacks local government office in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed on Sunday when suicide bombers from the militant al Shabaab group detonated two car...
The billionaire who ignores investors to get them rich
TOKYO: South of the famous temples of Kyoto, where factories and subsidised homes dot the landscape, a single skyscraper stands out....
India appoints insider Urjit Patel as new central bank governor
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India’s government promoted Urjit Patel, a deputy governor in charge of monetary policy at the Reserve Bank of India,...
Double whammy for oil palm planters in Indonesia
SPOOKED by heavy penalties imposed on plantation companies linked to forest fires in Indonesia, oil palm planters are bracing for another...
Putin says hopes Ukraine sees common sense in diplomatic crisis
BELBEK AIR BASE, Crimea/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin flew into annexed Crimea on Friday a day after staging war games there, and...
IS pulls families out of towns in Syrian north
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters have evacuated their families from a Syrian town at the Turkish border near a city that they...
South African capital joins ranks of metros run by opposition
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's main opposition party on Friday took control of the local government in the nation's capital,...
