Newly elected Maldives President Abdulla Yameen is attempting to put his country's finances in order by reducing the salaries of State run organizations as the Indian Ocean group of islands attempts to cope with high levels of debt.
The reform package sanctioned recently by the Communist Party of China will stimulate the economy and help the country sustain annual growth of around 8 percent.
People who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause than those who didn't consume nuts, a U.S. study said Wednesday.
The Singapore government raised its growth forecast for the economy to between 3.5 percent and 4 percent on Thursday.
Construction firms in Laos are preparing for a downturn in state investment projects as the Lao government tightens spending to avoid destabilizing debt, state- run daily Vientiane Times reported on Thursday.
As the quarterly earning-season of Singapore-listed companies came to close this week with most of the reported results seen to be weak and uninspiring, analysts here said that escalating labor cost and operating expense at home could force local companies to step up their overseas expansion.
The municipal government of Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Monday spelled out new rules to cool down the property market following moves by three other mega cities.
American superhero film "Thor: The Dark World" remained atop the North American box office for the second weekend after its release across the United States on Nov.8, followed by "The Best Man Holiday," a comedy that debuted this weekend.
Due to the vast devastation and huge loss of lives wrought by super-typhoon Haiyan (locally named Yolanda) that slammed the Central Philippines a week ago, the country' economic growth could slow down and the incidence of poverty could rise.
Opposition candidate Michelle Bachelet finished far ahead in the first round of Chile's presidential election on Sunday, but failed to win 50 percent of the votes needed to win an outright first-round victory.
Americans' views of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul have taken a nosedive in recent weeks amid controversy over its poorly-functioning website, finds a Gallup poll released Thursday.
The Hong Kong economy expanded moderately further in the third quarter of 2013, by 2.9 percent in real terms over a year earlier, slightly slower than the 3.2 percent growth in the second quarter, the local government announced Friday.
The Chinese economy, which saw a notable slowdown early this year, has recovered solidly based on latest data, and analysts expect the recovery momentum to be stable.
Record numbers of overseas visitors failed to prevent a fall in guest nights spent in New Zealand commercial accommodation in September, figures from the government statistics agency showed Tuesday.
South Korea's import prices fell for two straight months due to strong local currency and lower commodity prices, including crude oil, central bank data showed on Tuesday.
The Spanish government has to continue with reforms in order to consolidate the country's economic recovery, the Secretary of State for Economy Fernando Jimenez Latorre said on Monday.
New Zealand had a "two-speed economy" last month with exports struggling and domestic sales rising, the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association ( NZMEA) said Friday.
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