US manufacturing gaining on competition: study After decades of hollowing out, US manufacturing is overtaking competitors and stands to grab up to $115 billion more in export business from rivals by 2020.
21 August 2013
South Korean businessmen rally for reopening of Kaesong Hundreds of S. Korean businessmen rallied Wednesday near the border with N. Korea, urging the swift resumption of operations at their abandoned plants in a shuttered inter-Korean industrial zone.
07 August 2013
Tourists flock to Pakistan Kashmir valley in rare boom Success stories can be rare in Pakistan, but business is booming in one Kashmir tourist spot as the region rebuilds after a devastating earthquake and shrugs off associations with violence.
Business aviation still waiting recovery to find its wings Manufacturers of business jets can look forward to climbing sales in the years to come thanks to emerging markets as they gather in Switzerland for an annual air show, having survived the turbulence of the global financial crisis.
21 May 2013
Tycoons comment rumors about leaving KazakhstanBillionaires Patokh Chodiev, Alijan Ibragimov and Aleksander Mashkevich commented rumors about their intention to sale their business and leave of Kazakhstan.
03 May 2013
N. Korea ignores overture on industrial zone: Seoul North Korea has ignored a plea by South Korean businessmen to visit a joint industrial zone on Tuesday for talks on its future, amid fears of a permanent closure.
30 April 2013
Sao Paulo rich use choppers to beat traffic jamsFormer model-turned-business mogul Cozete Gomes owns eight companies and does not really have time to be stuck in Sao Paulo's epic traffic jams.
TNT Express to shed 4,000 jobs after UPS takeover fails Dutch post and courier company TNT Express said Monday it would shed around 4,000 jobs over the next three years as it restructures after US rival UPS' takeover bid failed in January.
French minister vows to cut red tape for investors A French minister vowed Thursday to cut bureaucracy in a bid to lure foreign investors, and said her South Korean roots would help to boost France's profile in booming Asia.