
Asia stocks bounce back after Cyprus scare
Asian stock markets rose Tuesday, shaking off jitters sparked by a plan to give bank deposits in Cyprus a haircut to help fund the European country's ...

Airbus gets biggest order ever from Indonesia
Airbus signed its biggest deal ever on Monday, an order from Indonesian's Lion Air worth €18.4 billion ($24 billion) that President Francois Hollande ...
Oil falls as Cyprus bailout details rattle markets
The price of oil slid to near $92 a barrel Monday as investors grew worried about possible fallout from a plan to pay for a bailout for cash-strapped ...

Myanmar holds off on press law following criticism
Myanmar journalists just getting used to their new era of freedom howled when the government announced plans for a media law that could lock many old ...

Myanmar president welcomes closer Australia ties
Myanmar President Thein Sein welcomed closer ties with Australia on Monday as he asked for continued support through his country's transition to ...

US data run fails to energize subdued markets
A raft of U.S. economic figures failed to give markets any momentum Friday at the end of a week that's seen many of the world's major stock indexes ...
Oil rises ahead of US industrial production data
The price of oil rose to near $94 on Friday ahead of the release of U.S. industrial production and manufacturing figures that analysts expect to show ...

Death coming before justice for Khmer Rouge regime
Decades after Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge movement oversaw the deaths of 1.7 million people by starvation, overwork and execution, the regime's ...

Malaysia's Tan Twan Eng wins Man Asia book prize
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng's novel "The Garden of Evening Mists" has won the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. Tan's novel is set in the traumatic ...

Khmer Rouge's Ieng Sary dies amid genocide trial
Ieng Sary, who co-founded the communist Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s, and who ...

Suu Kyi meets more anger over Myanmar mine
With rare hostility, villagers sharply criticized opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday as she traveled in northwestern Myanmar to explain ...

Khmer Rouge's Ieng Sary dies during genocide trial
Ieng Sary, who co-founded the brutal Khmer Rouge movement in 1970s, was its public face abroad and decades later became one of its few leaders to be ...
Asia stocks cautious despite strong US retail data
Asian stock markets mostly retreated Thursday as caution prevailed despite a ninth day of gains on Wall Street and a bump up in U.S. retail sales.

Myanmar villagers unhappy that Suu Kyi backs mine
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with rare public scorn while trying to justify an official report endorsing continued operation of a copper ...
Oil up for 5th day as traders await US supply data
Oil prices rose slightly for a fifth straight session Wednesday despite a forecast for weaker global demand growth and expectations of rising U.S.

ADB: In Asia, wealth buys access to clean water
Ninety-one percent of people living in Asia have improved access to clean water, a remarkable achievement over the last two decades in the world's ...

Asia stocks down on bleak UK factory production
Asian stock markets ran out of steam Wednesday after a sharp drop in Britain's industrial production and a warning from the head of Germany's central ...

Myanmar mine protesters reject official report
Opponents of a nearly $1 billion copper mine in northwestern Myanmar expressed outrage Tuesday over a government-ordered report that said the project ...
Oil rises above $93 a barrel on stock market rally
The price of oil rose to above $93 a barrel Tuesday, encouraged by recent gains on equity markets which overshadowed another expected rise in U.S.

Asia markets edge higher on back of Dow gain
Asian stock markets edged up Tuesday, ignoring Europe's doldrums and taking cues from another sizzling day on Wall Street. Japan's Nikkei spurted ...
Oil price down on Fed policy concerns
The price of oil fell slightly Monday after strong jobs growth in the U.S. sparked speculation of an earlier end to the Federal Reserve's loose ...
Asia stocks rise after strong US jobs report
A strong U.S. jobs report helped propel Asian stock markets higher on Monday. The U.S. government reported that the unemployment rate fell to 7.

Suu Kyi selected to remain Myanmar opposition head
Aung San Suu Kyi was selected Sunday to continue as head of Myanmar's main opposition party, keeping her leadership post even as the party undergoes ...