Intesa and Sanpaolo agree to merge

2006-08-28 10:31:46

A tour of Inida, where 'whisky' can be rum

2006-08-28 09:38:26

Stage set for Italy banks to consolidate

2006-08-25 11:14:38

The long-awaited marriages involving Italy's big banks may finally be at hand.

In Vietnam, trader's losses are a capital case

2006-08-24 15:42:46

In most countries, executing a foreign-exchange trade won't get you executed.

India's cellphone boom may lose charge

2006-08-23 10:15:16

For Asia-based staff, a 24-hour workday

2006-08-22 10:36:01

Hong Kong-based executive Travis Darrow had to abandon his amateur basketball team's playoff game at halftime a few years ago. The reason: a 9:30 p.m. conference call with colleagues in the U.S.

China looks beyond US farmers for soybean

2006-08-21 10:37:10

China's imports of soybeans, a boon for U.S. farmers in recent years, are expanding to include South American farmers, raising the prospect that U.S. exports of the protein-rich beans to China may have peaked.

Efforts stepped up to curb growth

2006-08-18 12:05:14

China, in what the government said was an unprecedented move, has punished three provincial officials for ignoring the central government's call to slow down investment.

Cash incentives aren't enough to lift fertility

2006-08-17 12:57:49

A growing number of nations, seeking to replace aging work forces and retain their national identities, are paying people to become parents. But the cash incentives to spawn new citizens may already be too late.

Mine unions call strikes for profits

2006-08-16 14:14:13

Chinese firm drafts NBA's Shaq

2006-08-15 13:10:57

Shaquille O'Neal has a new shoe deal -- in mainland China, where basketball's growing popularity has turned the country into the next battleground in the global sneaker wars.

South Korea experiences growing pains

2006-08-15 13:07:29

Summertime in South Korea is time for striking workers to take to the streets.