15th APEC SME Ministerial Meeting and Related Meetings, Chiclayo, Peru, Aug 24-. APEC Goes Carbon Neutral Chiclayo, Peru, 25 August 2008 -- For the first ...
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Young leaders from various fields in Asia and the Pacific met in Tokyo earlier this month to discuss how to tackle global issues at the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit. About 160 people aged 40 or under participated in the conference, including company ...
LIMA (Reuters) - Business executives from Asia and the Americas called Friday for economic stimulus packages to offset the global financial crisis. Backing promises by leaders of the world&os;s biggest economies to try to stave off recession by boosting ...
SINGAPORE, November 21: SPORTFIVE Asia has been appointed to handle the broadcasting rights for the Bundesliga German football matches in Japan and Korea for the 2009/10 and 2011/12 seasons . SPORTFIVE Asia will also be distributing the rights in ...
AFP - Determined batting and heavy rain stopped South Africa's push for victory on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh at Springbok Park on Friday.
AFP - A senior US diplomat will travel to South Korea and Japan next week to discuss negotiations aimed at disarming North Korea's weapons-grade nuclear programs, the State Department said Friday.
Many folks in our region shop at the Asia Market, presided over by Kang Tae K. and his wife, Lee Kazuko. Others are regular patrons of their Nara restaurant next door, headed by daughter Chieun Oh. The market is a pan-Asian enterprise but the ...
HONG KONG : Property markets in Asia are about to be hit by the global economic downturn, with apartment prices and office rents in Hong Kong and Singapore expected to fall more than 20 percent by the end of 2009, a according to Reuters poll released ...
Meeting the estimated Rmb3,000bn cost of rebuilding China after May's earthquake in Sichuan province will largely be down to businesses and state-owned banks
AP - Out of the hundreds of Tibetan leaders who have flocked here for a pivotal summit on Tibet's future, few understand the hardships there better than a recently arrived barley farmer.
Tokyo -- Major Asia-Pacific markets pared off opening losses Friday and closed in positive territory, giving a hopeful sign for next week&os;s sessions. The Friday opening once again fell in line with the overnight Wall Street collapse but the tide ...