China's manufacturing engine contracted in the first quarter of 2014, a private survey showed Tuesday, adding to market expectations of government stimulus to arrest a loss of momentum in the world's second-largest economy this year.
As temperatures continue to rise, it's the poor who stand to lose the most, a U.N. report warns. And not just in the Third World.
Although it's a start, Myanmar's new export ban alone won't be enough to stop unaccountable forest resource cutting, hoarding and exporting.
On Tuesday, Japan’s sales tax is slated to rise from 5 percent to 8 percent.
The growth is mainly attributed to increasing demand for both smartphones and telecommunications networking equipment in China.
China-based Sina Corp.'s microblogging service has dropped the parent company name from its title. Here's why they did it.
China's troubled medical system inadvertently subjects its doctors to violence in hospitals.
Ben Richardson, who resigned from Bloomberg News this week, spoke with IBTimes about the future of investigative journalism in China.
The Malaysian Airlines travel boycott now extends to China's popular online booking websites.
Increasing demand for gold in China comes as demand from India, the world’s second-largest consumer, has declined in recent years.
Search and rescue teams shifted their hunt after several floating objects were spotted in a previously ignored section of the southern Indian Ocean.
Last year, 80 percent of the United States' EB-5 permits were issued to Chinese nationals.
One prominent analyst cites the effects of high-volume computerized trading.
A new study maps "mega-regions" in the U.S. and compares their economic output to countries around the world.
In Asia, only Japan has signed intergovernmental deals to be FATCA-compliant while banks say compliance would be a costly exercise.
Users will have to pay $99.99 a year for an Office 365 subscription if they want to use the apps to edit documents.
Free speech activists in the U.S. lost a case against the Internet powerhouse over its censorship of media in and outside of China.
Between Gmail, Android phones, Docs and other Google services, a lot more people are providing Google with information today than five years ago.
Alibaba has debuted another investment product, Yu Le Bao. Here's what we know so far.
The WTO ruled that Chinese exports of environmentally damaging rare earth elements shouldn’t be artificially manipulated by the government.
Gold prices have risen over tensions in Ukraine. Are the recent gains sustainable? Or Pyrrhic?
Rahul Gandhi has declared that Congress will confound polls and return to power for a third straight term.