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• Galaxy's Profit More Than Doubles to a Record Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 3:02 AM ET

  

  Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group more than doubled its net profit in 2012 to a record high, lifted by spending from mainland Chinese visitors to its flagship property in Macau.

• South Korea Revises Down Fourth Quarter Growth Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 9:40 PM ET

  

  South Korea's economy grew a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in the October-December period from the previous quarter and by 1.5 percent from a year before, revised data showed on Tuesday.

• Hanlong Faces Deadline for $1.4 Billion Sundance Bid Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 10:42 PM ET

  

  Australia's Sundance Resources said its suitor Hanlong would fail to meet a deadline on Tuesday to supply credit approval for its long-delayed $1.4 billion takeover offer.

• Scenes From the Cyprus Crisis Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 2:53 PM ET

  

  For Cyprus—and for Europe—the clock is ticking, with the prospect of the eastern Mediterranean island exiting the euro zone or defaulting on its debt looming ever larger. Click ahead to see how the crisis has unfolded.

• US Shale No Panacea for Japan's Crippling Energy Bills Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 11:21 PM ET

  

  U.S. shale gas may not be the panacea being touted by Japan's politicians and companies to sharply reduce the country's crippling energy bills.

• Dreamliner Takes To Sky in First Flight Check Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 5:19 PM ET

  

  A Boeing 787 Dreamliner took to the sky on Monday in the first of two flights aimed at showing that the plane's new lithium-ion battery system meets regulatory safety standards.

• China's New President Offers Africa 'No Strings' Aid Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 4:39 PM ET

  

  Only 11 days since taking over as Chinese president, Xi Jinping is already in Africa offering goodies with "no political strings." GlobalPost reports.

• Asia's Top Investor in Africa? Not China Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 7:34 PM ET

  

  A smaller Asian country is ahead of China in terms of the size of its direct foreign investment into Africa and the gap is widening, according to United Nations data published Monday.

• World Benefits From Fed's Cheap Money Policy: Bernanke Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 11:13 AM ET

  

  Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday defended the central bank's aggressive easing of monetary policy, saying while it was aimed at bolstering the U.S. economic recovery, it was helping other countries as well.

• China's 'Internationalization' Won't Be Painless: WTO Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | 10:48 PM ET

  

  The full globalization of the Chinese economy will not be painless Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organization, tells CNBC.

• Singapore Inflation Spikes on Surge in Transport Costs Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 1:49 AM ET

  

  Singapore's consumer price index rose by a stronger-than-expected 4.9 percent in February from a year earlier, mainly because of a spike in private road transport costs.

• Former Woodside Adviser Joins Australia's Cabinet Monday, 25 Mar 2013 | 1:16 AM ET

  

  Australia's prime minister appointed Gary Gray, a former adviser to the country's largest oil and gas firm Woodside Petroleum, as resources minister on Monday.

• The End of Indian IT Staffing as We Know It Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | 7:56 PM ET

  

  India's IT outsourcers are promoting "mini CEOs" capable of running businesses on their own, while trimming down on the entry-level computer coders they normally hire.

• Inside China Friday, 15 Mar 2013 | 9:34 AM ET

  

  Get a front row seat to the historic changes shaping the world's second-largest economy with the new CNBC show Inside China.

• Hurting at Home, China's Li Ning Courts US Glitz Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | 9:02 AM ET

  

  Li Ning, which is expected to report a net loss of close to $177 million on Monday, is hoping to turn its fortunes around by taking on endorsement deals with U.S. NBA stars.

• In Moscow, Chinese Leader Warns Against Meddling Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | 12:05 AM ET

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against foreign interference in other nations' affairs during a speech in Moscow, sending a signal to the West and echoing a message often repeated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

• Top China College Linked to Cyber-Spying Unit Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | 2:04 AM ET

  

  Faculty members at a top Chinese university have collaborated for years on technical research papers with a People's Liberation Army (PLA) unit accused of being at the heart of China's alleged cyber-war against Western commercial targets.

• Ford Apologizes for Ads Showing Women in Bondage Friday, 22 Mar 2013 | 11:22 PM ET

  

  Ford and its Indian advertising agency have apologized for ads showing women in bondage.

• China's Glamorous First Lady an Instant Internet Hit Saturday, 23 Mar 2013 | 3:00 AM ET

  

  Stepping off the aircraft in Moscow with her husband, China's new first lady, Peng Liyuan, stepped into the international limelight and became an instant internet sensation back home.

• Where’s the Long Awaited Market Correction? Friday, 22 Mar 2013 | 4:37 PM ET

  

  With US economic optimism rising and the Fed money spigot wide open, turmoil in Cyprus didn't spark a major correction in stocks. Could lackluster earnings do the trick?