British oil giant BP said Monday it has uncovered new allegations of fraud in the settlement program that has given billions of U.S. dollars to Gulf Coast businesses and residents after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, U.S. media reported.
South Korea's foreign reserves hit a record high last month due to an increase in the conversion value of non-dollar assets and a continued rise in investment returns, central bank data showed Monday.
The World Bank said Tuesday that it has committed 52.6 billion U.S. dollars in loans, grants, equity investments, and guarantees to support developing countries in fiscal year 2013 which ended on June 30.
The International Energy Agency ( IEA) and others have found that Australia has a very poor record on investing in energy efficiency and trails competitors in rates of improvement, according to a new research released on Monday.
Industrial parks (IPs) and economic zones (EZs) in Vietnam have attracted more than 110 billion U.S. dollars from foreign investors by the end of June this year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) reported on its website on Wednesday.
Singapore shares closed 2.51 percent lower on Thursday, tracking overnight drop in U.S. equities after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed market fears that it may begin reducing its stimulus later this year as the economy improved.
The world is bracing for a population explosion but few have any solutions. The global population, currently 7.2 billion, barreling past 8.1 billion by 2025, to 9.6 billion people by the year 2050, and then almost 11 billion by 2100.
Myanmar's Budget Department and the Japan International Cooperation Agency have reached a loan agreement on the latter's provision of over 51 billion yens' Official Development Assistance to Myanmar, official media reported Tuesday.
The Bangladeshi government Wednesday signed a deal with a Bangladesh-Malaysia joint venture to construct 11 km approach road linked up with the country's proposed longest Padma bridge.
South Korean shares fell sharply on Wednesday amid concerns over the earlier-than-expected end of quantitative easing in the United States.
Alibaba Group, parent company of China's largest consumer-to-consumer portal, Taobao, joined hands with several partners to kick off a logistics network program on Tuesday in Shenzhen of south China's Guangdong Province.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have vowed to lay a new foundation to further enhance bilateral ties and economic and trade cooperation.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is due to arrive here later on Friday for a three-day state visit to Myanmar.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) on Wednesday opted to continue its bold monetary easing policy to combat the nation's crippling deflation and hit the government-set 2 percent inflation target in two years.
South Korea's foreign debts declined in the first quarter due to a reduction in short-term debts, offsetting a rise in long-term liabilities.
The Cypriot economy is expected to return to growth in 2015 after a two-year recession, the International Monetary Fund said Friday.
China's new yuan-denominated lending dropped to 792.9 billion yuan (127.85 billion U.S. dollars) in April, down from 1.06 trillion yuan in March, the central bank said Friday.
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