Go Symbol Lookup
Loading...

G4S CEO Nick Buckles to Step Down on May 31, to Be Replaced by Ashley Almanza

CNBC Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific

Top News

  Highlights

This is Sony's latest attempt to keep the buzz going on its Playstation 4 ahead of Microsoft's XBox launch.

Several book shops in Hong Kong specialize in selling scandal-packed exposés that are banned by China.

Here are the world’s most pirate-infested waters, and stories of individual attacks from each area.

Google's YouTube could be a $20 billion business within seven years, according to Morgan Stanley.

Political satires like 'The Daily Show' are gaining fans in a country where such criticism is a rarity.

china tibet--2011150842_v2.jpg

If there's one lingering sore point between Hollywood and China, it's Tibet. The Global Post reports.

Coming Up On CNBC

Entrepreneur Asia

  • We look at Asia's 10 richest first-generation businessmen. Find out who these self-made billionaires are and how they made their money.

  • Asia’s economic development and a growing consumer class means the temptation to return home for those Asian entrepreneurs with a Western education is strong, experts say.

China: Time of Transition

  • As Apple's sales outlook slows down, what happens to the tech giant's suppliers? CNBC's Eunice Yoon has more.

  • Li's course has taken him from the grassroots to the center, from the head of the agricultural province of Henan, to the industrial province of Liaoning, and eventually to the very top of Chinese leadership. CaiXin Online reports.

  • Is China's Role as 'World's Factory' Ending?

    In China, with wages rising rapidly and shifts towards moving up the factory food chain, CNBC's Eunice Yoon takes a look at one garment factory's efforts to stay competitive.

  • Inside China: The Cyberspace Revolution

    In this segment of Inside China, Eunice Yoon explores how Chinese residents are voicing their protests on the World Wide Web.

Managing Asia

  • ASEAN, China Present New Opportunities: Ando

    Famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando talks to CNBC's Christine Tan about his creative vision. He discusses how the global economy is affecting his business.

  • Growing an Agri-Fund

    James Yau, Founder and MD at Grocorp talks to CNBC's Christine Tan about his plans to build a sustainable agriculture business.

  • Ford: Thailand Is Still a Key Production Base

    Despite losses caused by the Thailand floods in 2011, Joe Hinrichs, president, Asia, Pacific and Africa of Ford says the automaker remains committed to the country as a production hub.

  • Price War Unnecessary for Scoot

    Campbell Wilson, CEO of Scoot, tells Managing Asia the budget carrier does not need to launch a price war to compete as it is already doing well.

Technology

  • The board of Yahoo agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry makes a headlong rush into social media, the NYT reports.

  • Dell Inc. tells suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself.

  • ZenoRadio takes advantage of a loophole in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to provide a radio service to mostly immigrant customers.

  • Tim Cook says he'll propose tax changes to encourage firms to bring home more of their offshore funds when he faces congressional queries over Apple's overseas cash holdings.

Finance

NetNet With John Carney

By the Numbers

Opinion

  • Larry Kudlow

    Larry Kudlow says there's only one possible solution to clean up the IRS mess — a special counsel.

  • Abe will have a tough job trying to convince his G-8 colleagues next month that his "three arrows" stimulus program is not just a subterfuge to boost exports, says this economist.

  • Red State Path to Prosperity

    Gov. Pence, (R-IN), says Congress needs to hold the Obama administration accountable on the IRS scandal.

  • Santelli: Keep It Simple, Keep It Honest, Keep It Non-partisan

    CNBC's Rick Santelli explains the need for balance when deciphering budget deficits; natural gas supplies; and IRS snooping on conservative groups.

  • Tea Party Resurgence in 2014?

    Will the IRS scandal and continued huge deficits embolden the Tea Party in 2014? CNBC Contributor Jared Bernstein and Jennifer Stefano, Americans For Prosperity discuss.

  • IRS Scandal: Tip of the Iceberg?

    Sen. Mitch McConnell, (R-KY), says targeting of conservative groups is not exclusive to the IRS.