China is not too pleased with America's plan to inject more capital into its economy in the form of a second round of quantitative easing.
Low voter turnout and allegations of fraud marred the polls in Myanmar. Counting is currently under way as polling booths closed in the late hours of Sunday. Though official figures are yet to be released, media reports suggest that not many people were enthusiastic about the elections. This is for the first time in 20 years that the Burmese people have been allowed to vote.
The US Federal Reserve' s quantitative easing can lead to asset bubbles as the money goes in search of equity, property and other such assets in a low-interest rate scenario, said Kaushik Basu, chief economic advisor to India's finance minister.
Less than half of the Asian companies listed on the Wall Street Journal’s Asia 200 Index have a corporate social media presence, said a new study by Burson-Marsteller, a public relations and communications firm.
China announced on Friday tax incentives for small businesses in a bid to raise employment levels in the country.
China has had a near-monopoly on the production of rare earth metals for years. Recently, however, its market dominance has taken center stage and the West is increasingly expressing concerns.
he first U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing in companies that produce rare-earth elements and other strategic metals began trading this morning on the NYSE.
A Chinese research center has unveiled the Tianhe-1A, replacing United States as the maker of the world's fastest supercomputer.
Behind the scenes, China and the U.S., two major combatants, may already have already struck an agreement, said Douglas Borthwick, head trader of Connecticut-based Faros Trading.
U.S. consumers return to luxury stores despite concerns over high unemployment and a double dip recession.
Xi Jinping will likely be China's next President. Given his background, he is likely to favor coastal regions and continue China's export-driven economic model, and therefore unlikely to pursue structural reforms like distributing income to inner regions or taking dramatic steps to cultivate domestic consumption.
Hans-Werner Sinn, a professor at the University of Munich and the president of the Ifo Institute, has a controversial theory of why the U.S. is all of sudden crying for yuan appreciation.
Media reports about a Chinese clampdown on rare earths shipments to Japan and the EU will, in all likelihood, permanently alter the global rare earths logistics scenario.
In the current economic malaise of high pervasive unemployment and growing uneasiness over immigration, the H-1B visa program (among others) has come under tremendous criticism.
China's Commerce Ministry denied the New York Times report stating the government has extended block on shipments of rare earth to include the United States and Europe, other than Japan, a Bloomberg report said, citing a faxed response from the Ministry.
China's monopoly on rare earth metals gives it an important diplomatic advantage over other countries.
One of the predominant economic issues of our day has to do with the “offshoring” or “outsourcing” of American jobs overseas, particularly to developing economies like India and China where costs of labor are significantly less, thereby undermining efforts to reduce the stubbornly high U.S. jobless rate (currently at 9.6 percent)
Europe's luxury carmakers fear no double-dip thanks to a fresh supply of wealthy customers in emerging markets who have just earned enough money to buy their first Mercedes-Benz or Ferrari.
Top carmakers let cautious optimism creep into their outlooks at the Paris Auto Show on Thursday, pinning hopes on emerging markets to dispel dark clouds over major western economies.
Ford Motor Co could take its Lincoln brand to international markets within five years once it has re-established the long-neglected luxury label in the United States, Chief Executive Alan Mulally said.
Scientists in China and Hong Kong are designing a gel containing an experimental drug which they hope can reduce HIV infections in women.
Carmakers gathering in Paris this week will show off the cars they hope will win them access to booming emerging markets like China, while industry watchers seek clues on how the recovery is progressing closer to home.
