Emerging Markets: China

Roundup   By Thomas Clouse   Going east: GM’s Hummer brand heads to China China celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic on October 1 with a morning parade through the main avenues of Beijing, an ...

Emerging Markets: India

Roundup   By Aaron Chaze   In a sign of returning confidence, corporate India is rushing to market with a rash of IPOs and share offerings. During the last week of September alone, 20 Indian companies filed draft prospectuses with ...

Features: Asia Goes Abroad

Regional Report / Asia Investment   Investment into—and out of—Asia bucked the global trend over the past year as China and India continue to power the region’s economic progress.   By Thomas Clouse   The past year has been a ...

Features: Country Report: China

THE NEXT GREAT LEAP FORWARD   Ample liquidity and a bold government stimulus package have catapulted China past stumbling rival economies.   By Thomas Clouse   China is showing few symptoms of an economic crisis. While many of the world’s ...

Emerging Markets: India

Roundup   By Aaron Chaze   India faces water shortages as summer rains fail India’s farmers face another tough year as it becomes clear that the southwest monsoon, which usually provides 70%-80% of India’s annual rainfall, has failed this year. ...

Emerging Markets: China

Roundup   By Thomas Clouse   WTO ruling forces China to lift import tax on car parts Despite witnessing a massive surge in lending, China will maintain its relatively loose monetary policy, China’s central bank says. Chinese banks granted 7.4 ...

Features: A Region in Transition

Economic Update Central Asia   The former Soviet republics of Central Asia are undergoing dramatic and sometimes painful change as they attempt to modernize their economies and to exploit their vast reserves of natural resources.   By Paula L. Green ...

Emerging Markets: China

Roundup   By Thomas Clouse   China’s property boom defies the recessio n China exceeded expectations across a variety of economic indicators in recent weeks, boosting hopes that the world’s third largest economy may have successfully weathered the global economic ...

BEST INTERNET BANKS IN ASIA 2009

NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 — Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the “World’s Best Internet Banks” competition in Asia. This is the 10th year Global Finance has named the World’s Best Internet Banks. Details on all ...

Emerging Markets: China

Roundup   By Thomas Clouse   All clear: Policymakers backed away from Internet filtering With China's 4 trillion renminbi ($585 billion) stimulus package starting to show real results, the World Bank has upped its estimate for the country's 2009 GDP ...