1 - 10 of 68 results newspaper section "Asia focus"

  1. 1. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Black and white and beyond

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » Putting all your eggs in one basket is rarely a wise thing to do, but for the Forbes family the decision to buy Faberge eggs turned out to be an inspired one.

  2. 2. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Wealth report shows East-West contrast in how money is made

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » Growing economies lead to growing wealth, or at least it should be that way. To ensure this, generated wealth needs to be managed properly, which is getting more and more difficult due to increasing complexity in the wor...

  3. 3. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Cool innovator

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » Whenever his in-laws passed by on the road, Manshuk Lal Prajapati would crouch behind his tea stall to hide. Pashupati, 48, was a defeated man. He had failed tenth grade at school, worked as a labourer and was now trying...

  4. 4. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Prescription for reform

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » Southeast Asian countries need to spend more to improve healthcare services, increase accessibility and reform the industry to approach global standards, say experts in healthcare finance.

  5. 5. business | 17 Jun 2013

    China casts a cold eye on hot money

    Commentary

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » With China feeling the pressure from large-scale inflows of short-term capital, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) issued a notice in early May outlining a set of measures aimed at controlling “hot money...

  6. 6. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Thai rice businesses urged to invest in Myanmar

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » Thai rice businesses may see an opportunity for investment in Myanmar as its government looks to make the emerging country a major world rice exporter.

  7. 7. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Battle of the broadcasters

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » Up until last year, Malaysia’s only pay-TV company was certain no one could ever break its monopoly. Some players with big ambitions had come and gone in the past, but none could shake Astro from its pole position.

  8. 8. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Banking on Myanmar

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » A half century of isolation from the global economy has left Myanmar facing many challenges, not least the need to modernise a financial system where cash is still king. It’s not unusual to see people carrying large bric...

  9. 9. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Time to tame unruly markets a little

    Commentary: Umesh Pandey

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » The past week was nothing but a bloodbath on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, as investors lost millions and got burnt in ways not seen in more than a decade locally.

  10. 10. business | 17 Jun 2013

    Cautious optimism in Jakarta

    Newspaper section: Asia focus

    » Indonesia continues to attract investment at a healthy pace despite rising uncertainty ahead of the 2014 presidential election, and concern about the impact of a planned 44% rise in fuel prices as the government winds do...

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