Tsunami & tectonics

DAVOS: The global economic slowdown will affect Asia this year but the region will remain the economic powerhouse of the world, led by China, India and Indonesia, the head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

Last year produced mixed results for airlines in the Asia-Pacific, with relatively strong growth in international passenger traffic but a downturn in transnational air cargo shipments.

DAVOS — The global economic slowdown will affect Asia this year but the region will remain the economic powerhouse of the world, led by China, India and Indonesia, the head of the Asian Development Bank said.

Trade figures reveal collapse in sales to Europe, as cost of oil gas and yen rise Japan's pride in its export sector has suffered a dent after trade figures for 2011 revealed that a collapse in sales to Europe coupled with the after-effects of the tsunami on the east coast created the country's first deficit in 32 years. The ministry of finance blamed the rising cost of oil and gas and soaring ...

The global economic slowdown will affect Asia this year but the region will remain the economic powerhouse of the world, led by China, India and Indonesia, the head of the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday.

The devastating earthquakes that struck in a number of locations in 2010 and 2011 revealed what reinsurer Swiss Re calls “blind spots” in catastrophe modeling and underwriting, according to an article in the current edition of BestWeek Asia-Pacific.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Wednesday, underpinned by strong earnings from U.S. technology giant Apple, stabilising European money markets and falling euro zone debt yields, with investors shifting their focus from Europe to the U.S. Federal Reserve. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.8 percent and hit an 11-week high, led by the financial sector and ...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) may not be a body responsive towards facing global economic [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 (Bernama) -- The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) may not be a body responsive towards facing global economic crisis but it has been reacting actively to critical issues affecting member economies' trade and investments in the region, a senior official said Wednesday.

Alluding to what was happening in Japan after the tsunami and earthquakelast year, he said, APEC, via the Emergency Preparedness Working Group, hasbeen looking at ways on how natural disasters could be tackled, especiallyhandling issues that could disrupt trade and investment flow.Among work done by the working group was building a library of APEC-Wideprinciples and information resources to ...

During a year that saw protests, a tsunami and the death of a dictator, I tried to photograph the small moments in Asia that often go undocumented.

Prologis has recently signed four new lease agreements spanning 624,250 square feet of its development portfolio in Asia.

7.3 quake struck Indonesia early Wednesday morning, six years and one month after a devastating earthquake rocked Banda Aceh and South East Asia, causing tsunami warnings, but residents had escape routes planned.

Six years and one month after a devastating earthquake rocked Banda Aceh and South East Asia, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck, causing tsunami warnings, but this time residents had escape routes planned.

The roller-coaster ride for Asian currencies, which saw only the yen and yuan post significant gains for the year against the U.S. dollar, is set to continue in 2012.

The roller-coaster ride for Asian currencies, which saw only the yen and yuan post significant gains for the year against the U.S. dollar, is set to continue in 2012. While Japan actively sought to stem ...

Asian stocks were poised to end their first losing year in three on Friday, having shed nearly a fifth of their value as Europe's debt crisis and financial turmoil took a toll on investors' risk appetite, ...

GEORGE TOWN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - 'Tsunami miracle baby' S. Thulasi goes out swimming in the sea a few times a week - since her father taught her swimming early this year.

[MANILA] Coastal vegetation offered little protection against the 2004 tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia, according to a "seminal" contribution to the debate about mangroves and tidal waves.