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.
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.
Chinese executives are going back to school partly because, unlike their Western counterparts, many did not have the chance to study properly earlier in life. The New York Times reports.
Meet Alejandro Cao de Benós, the only non-Korean employee of North Korea’s foreign ministry. The Spaniard is taking the PR message of North Korea's greatness across Europe. The Christian Science Monitor reports.
In India, women’s rights have received a lot of attention recently. Too much attention, according to one small but passionate organization, India’s Men's Rights Association, that target the issues men are facing in everyday life, and how they are being discriminated against by society and the law. The New York Times reports.
Don't let fears of a housing bubble stop you from investing in Chinese real estate, one expert tells CNBC, adding that China remains one of the world's most attractive property markets.
The Indian stock market has been one of the biggest laggards this year, but some strategists are betting on a change in fortunes for the country's stocks.
The BlackBerry Z10 hits store shelves Friday and there's a lot at stake for the company. But with the Android and iPhone -- is there even room for the new BlackBerry?
From what the world has seen so far of China's new leaders, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang have learnt a thing or two from Western spin-doctors. During his first annual press conference as premier last Sunday, Mr Li's words and demeanor were carefully crafted to present him as a peasant boy done good. The Financial Times reports.
Extreme bearish forecasts for iron ore prices to drop to as low as $70 a metric ton are an overreaction to the oversupply situation in the sector, said the CEO of the world's fourth largest iron ore producer.
David Beckham arrived in China on Tuesday as an ambassador to help develop young players as the country tries to clean up its football image after a spate of corruption scandals.
A watch phone? Sounds like something TV private eye Maxwell Smart would have. But as smartphone sales slow, both Samsung and Apple are said to be working on them.
More Chinese companies are investing in Australia's manufacturing and retail industries than its once sought-after mining sector, a new study by HSBC shows.
If you follow Chinese politics at all, you'll have heard of a word that's become synonymous with corruption and privilege — "princeling," the offspring of Chinese party officials. However, there are signs that these princelings could soon be replaced — by a new, female generation of "princesslings." The GlobalPost reports.
Women who drink, long portrayed as less than respectable by Bollywood movies and still wary of entering most watering holes, are becoming big business in socially conservative India.
Bumbling and gaffe-prone, Major General Mao Xinyu has become the laughingstock for a country with increasingly mixed attitudes towards its most celebrated leader. The Global Post reports.