As it was widely expected, China's manufacturing activity improved in March adding to signs of the much-anticipated economic recovery in the Asian dragon. Even though China witnessed an expansion in its factory output, analysts expected a bigger increase.
Western Australia's population is almost 2.5 million people as Aussies flock in significant numbers to this state. In the past 12 months to the end of September, almost 82,000 people were added to the headcount in WA, equivalent to a 3.4 per cent population growth rate.
As it was widely anticipated, South Korea revised down its growth forecast for 2013 as the country's exports suffered from decreasing global demand and the weakening yen. Moreover, the government of South Korea plans further stimulus to revive the economy.
Less than a month, he was installed as the head of world's Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis is set to visit Brazil in July. He is also to visit his native Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in December, according to reports by the Argentinean press.
The World Bank on Tuesday said that it was ready to support the new development bank being established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), in a statement just hours after the groups of emerging nations reached a deal to challenge nearly seven decades of World Bank dominance.
Ecuador could auction off more than three million hectares of Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies as part of a global road-show to develop its oil industry.
The state government of Victoria has appealed to its Victorian teachers to accept its latest and final counteroffer of 2.5 per cent a year pay rise over three years plus extra for productivity gains if only to put an end to their long-running industrial dispute as well as to avert the planned mass work stoppage by the teachers on April 30.
The state government of ACT on Tuesday unveiled plans to extend Canberra's central business district, which will include a set of new swimming facilities, residential apartments, commercial spaces, a convention centre and a sports stadium.
The inclusion of pieces of plastic in Nestle's top-selling brand Kit Kat has forced the Swiss food and nutrition products manufacturer to voluntarily recall at least four of its variants in eight countries.
Crews of Queensland Rail are working overtime to clean up some 147 tonnes of zinc concentrate that toppled on the rail over the weekend before it causes further damage to the rail and to the immediate environment.
A New Zealander mum has escaped facing potential charges after leaving her newborn baby in her locked car in a car park outside a New Zealand supermarket so she can do some shopping.
I am often asked, 'How can anyone not see the problems of growing debt in the US? Why can't we get a consensus to change?'
Swedish fashion retailer H&M is set to expand in Australia, with its first store probably located in Melbourne, sometime in 2014.
McDonald's China has launched for its Chinese patrons the Sausage Double Beef Burger. Innovative? Perhaps. But is it healthy? Health experts surely think otherwise.
Massive population numbers could perhaps come quite handy at times as the world's most poplous country, China, overtook Japan in 2012 to get ranked as the world's second-largest movie market, next to the United States.
Newest preliminary data showed that China's manufacturing rebounded moderately in March after the world's second economy saw its factory activity slump in February due to the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday. The findings were welcomed with a relief as an increase in a key gauge might mean that the China's economy is after all on the road of recovery. Certainly, all this will help new Premier Li Keqiang to make the China's economy stand on its feet.
Back in the bad old days of 2009 it was like Stalingrad every day. Trapped capital was encircled by wealth-destroying news events. Money that could still walk fled to the core of the global financial system.
It's going to be an incredibly interesting week in Australia. The same 'periphery to the core' dynamic could apply here, internally. That is, you could see even more money move into high-yielding bank stocks and out of the riskier corners of the market. This would confirm recent trends.
On the 20th of March, the grief-stricken Cyprus' finance minister asked for help from Russia.
After a lackluster performance in the past four years, the South African housing market is now gaining momentum.
Not surprisingly, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to cut interest rates for the second time since the beginning of 2013. The cut in interest rates is aimed at boosting growth and reviving investment in the former "Jewel in the Crown." However, the Reserve Bank of India underlined that other easing monetary measures would be difficult to introduce.
A study released by the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) on Wednesday has urged Australians, particularly those from West Australia, to take extra precautionary measures when travelling overseas, especially if it is to Bali, Indonesia.
In just within five years, China's outbound shipments of arms weapons zoomed 162 per cent, outstripping Britain to become the world's fifth top exporter of weapons and ammunition.
Seven Situations to Watch in the Pacific Currency War
When you get too much credit growth, you usually get goods and services inflation as a result. That's especially the case in developing economies that don't have sophisticated financial markets to soak up all the credit growth and translate it into 'beneficial' asset price inflation.
On the 7th of March, the Bank of Japan informed that it decided to keep monetary policy intact, yet the central bank upgraded assessments of the country's economy.
Official data showed that China enjoyed strong exports in February, highlighting signs that the economy was deliberately rebounding. Yet, China's imports were weak, missing analysts' expectations.
Is this the end of recession? At least, latest data indicated that. According to the revised survey, Japan saw its economy expand in the final quarter of 2012. Certainly, the news is a good sign for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is focused on getting Japan out of two long decades of deflationary stagnation.
As Canberra turns 100 on Monday, Australia's capital turns 100 on Monday, there are some interesting facts that one ought to know about this city girded with parliament halls.
Australia's competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has postponed to release a decision on Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd's planned takeover of Tiger Airways Australia, stating it wants more time to review the alliance.
