Imagine making yourself at home in a stranger's bedroom and kitchen. You can chat, shop and dine with them as if they were friends, and they will show you around the attractions in their town. It's called home swapping, which means that two parties agree to exchange their homes for a set period of time with no money changing hands.
For people who have big travel dreams but no money, crowdfunding among friends and strangers is one way to pay for a trip - as long as you can provide value for money.
Domestic consumption surpassed investment to become the strongest driving force of the Chinese economy in 2014, indicating a new growth model has already started forming as the country enters a "new normal" development era, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
China's economy looks headed for a soft landing. At least that is what BHP Billiton Ltd and Australia's central bank chief Glenn Stevens are signaling more than 5,600 kilometers away.
Currency volatility is poised for its biggest weekly drop since 2010 after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated on Wednesday that the central bank's timetable for raising interest rates is flexible.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of bullet trains and jam-free roads connecting gleaming cities lit by reliable power faces an obstacle: the difficulty of achieving infrastructure spending goals.
Morgan Stanley said on Wednesday that it has agreed to pay $2.6 billion to settle with the US federal government over its role in the mortgage bubble and subsequent financial crisis.
Oil demand is growing and the market has turned "calm", according to Saudi Arabia's oil minister.
Standard Chartered Plc named Bill Winters to replace Peter Sands as chief executive officer in one of the bank's biggest-ever management reshuffles to help reverse faltering earnings growth and a slump in shares.
Manufacturing activity in China is likely to have rebounded this month, HSBC Holdings Plc said on Wednesday as it released the flash estimate of the Purchasing Managers Index.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the country's companies to embrace their homeland as a manufacturing base. It's a hard sell for businesspeople like Himanshu Baid.
One phrase echoed from Brussels to Frankfurt and Washington as Greece's creditors examined and then waved through the country's new economic policies: "starting point".
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