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India's prized $108 billion IT services sector is on a "knife edge" in the face of a looming vote on the U.S. immigration reform bill that threatens the very business model the industry thrives on, says Nomura.
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India's economic reform program faces a key parliamentary test this week on whether to let foreign retailers set up shop, in a vote that could pave the way for further measures to revive the economy.
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Apple's iPhone 5 will be available for sale in China on Dec. 14.
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North Korea said it would carry out its second rocket launch of 2012 as its youthful leader Kim Jong-un flexes his muscles a year after his father's death, in a move that South Korea and the United States swiftly condemned as a provocation.
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London-based Prudential PLC is riding the wave of demographic change occurring in emerging Asia, says CEO Tidjane Thiam.
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There is a yawning gap between what’s currently in state pension coffers in Asia and what’s needed to cover the elderly in retirement.
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The Indian economy extended its long slump in the quarter ending in September, with lower-than-expected growth keeping it on track for its worst year in a decade.
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Yum Brands said on Thursday that it expects a decline in fourth-quarter sales at established restaurants in China as the economy cools.
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Chinese insurer PICC priced its Hong Kong IPO near the bottom of the range, the latest sign of tepid appetite for new listings in the city.
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The worsening outlook for the BRIC nations – Brazil, Russia, India and China – has put into question whether these leading emerging economies can continue to power global growth.
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Regulators in Japan recently counseled regional banks that hold massive amounts of Japanese government bonds to shorten the maturity of their holdings to reduce their interest rate risk. The FT reports.
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Newly middle-class Chinese are replacing the toddlers' traditional split pants with disposable diapers.
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EU trade ministers agreed to start negotiations to create a free-trade area with Japan, overcoming resistance from European carmakers.
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Sri Lanka's government is putting the island nation's Buddhist monks on a diet.
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The pacifist nation of Japan is trying to raise its profile in a new way, offering military aid for the first time in decades and displaying its own armed forces in an effort to build regional alliances. The NYT reports.
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Japan's industrial output unexpectedly rose in October, in a sign the world's third-largest economy may have seen the worst.
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There are some countries where you can be 100 percent certain that you don’t have to pay income tax. Find out where.
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One of China’s richest men is challenging Obama's refusal to let him build a wind farm in the US.
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India's efforts to clamp down on illegal mining have handed a $15 billion lifeline to global iron ore giants.
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As more wealthy mainland China tourists flood Hong Kong looking to shop, its way of life is being challenged. The Christian Science Monitor reports.
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New home sales across major cities in China jumped by 30 percent in November, according Centaline Group Research Center, a Shanghai-based real estate consultancy. Caixin reports.
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng stock index may be one of Asia's laggards, but Morgan Stanley reckons the market is poised to more than double to 50,000 by the end of 2015.
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