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Thaksin returns to Thailand to cheers and tears

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an emotional return from exile on Thursday, preaching reconciliation and forgiveness in a country still polarized by his five years in elected office. We can certainly have various opinions on various things, but we shall not be divided, the former telecoms tycoon told a packed news conference after arriving from Hong Kong.

Japan Stocks Dip

Japanese stocks slumped into negative territory after data showed machinery orders fell more than three times faster than expected in December.

India isolates 26 people as bird flu spreads in Asia

India has put 26 people in isolation with bird flu symptoms and hundreds more people are being monitored, officials said on Friday as Pakistan and Thailand reported outbreaks of bird flu in poultry.

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Dutch group ING wins battle for Thai TMB stake

Dutch financial group ING will buy a 25.2 percent stake in Thailand's TMB Bank, TMB officials said on Wednesday after the money-losing Thai bank rejected a last-minute rival bid.

Gold hits 28-year high on ailing dollar, strong oil

Precious metals raced higher on Tuesday, boosted by an ailing dollar and strong oil, with gold hitting 28-year highs, silver soaring to its best price in 27 years and platinum setting a record.

Gold hits 28-year high as dollar touches record lows

A tumbling dollar and strong oil prices prompted investors and speculators to buy gold heavily on Tuesday, with the metal hitting a 28-year high and trading about $30 below its record peak.

Mazda Q2 profits rise, keeps forecasts on weak yen

Mazda Motor Corp posted a 1.5 percent rise in quarterly operating profit as a weaker yen, cost cuts and sales growth offset a cutback in shipments to North America, and kept its full-year profit forecast unchanged.

Nipping into Argentina

Canadian lobster and tuna fisherman Everett Condon had never traveled further south than the United States until this year, when he spent his off-season going to tango shows and getting plastic surgery in Argentina.

Yahoo adds media playing, languages to messaging

Internet media company Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it is adding media-playing features, large file transfers, new languages and other tools to its instant messaging service.

China's Tsingtao Brewery Opens Thailand Plant

Chinaâ€™s second largest beer maker has agreed to invest 40 billion yuan ($5.3 million) to establish its first overseas plant in Thailand.

ASEAN voices 'revulsion' at Myanmar violence

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations voiced "revulsion" on Thursday at the killings in Yangon demanding a stop to violence against demonstrators.

DBS chief quits as shares fall, Asia drive slows

Singapore lender DBS Group's chief executive resigned on Monday, after a run of bad news battered the company's share price, leaving an unfulfilled quest to make the bank a big Asian player.

Growing pains dim India's outsourcing edge

Indian outsourcing companies are shifting some of their operations to China, the Philippines, Vietnam and Kenya in a bid to stay competitive as higher wages, expensive property prices and a rising rupee eat into profits.

One-Two-Go, one of Thailand's first budget fliers

One-Two-Go, the budget airline whose jet crashed on the Thai resort isle of Phuket on Sunday, killing 88 people, was one of the first low-cost operators to spring up in the southeast Asian tourist haven.

Indonesia's Sumatra has lucky escape from tsunami

Indonesia's Sumatra island was hit by a series of aftershocks on Thursday after a powerful earthquake toppled hundreds of buildings, killing at least 10 people and burying many others.

Tsunami warning issued after quake hits Sumatra

A powerful earthquake measuring 8.2 struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean and sparking panic in coastal areas across southeast Asia.

Firms, banks begin to shed subprime caution

Companies showed signs of shrugging off the caution that has enveloped the world economy since a credit crisis broke, as investors looked on Tuesday to U.S. data to gauge the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut.

Research: Recreation, leisure a top expense for affluent Chinese

A new survey says 92.6 percent of affluent families in China which annual income exceeding $25,000 spend about $10,000 in leisure and entertainment every year, according to the research released on Monday by MasterCard International.

Economic policy mistakes hurt Iraq: U.S. official

Years of economic policy mistakes after the fall of Saddam Hussein left unemployed young Iraqis easy targets for recruitment by al Qaeda and other insurgents, a U.S. Defense Department official said on Sunday.

India, China lagging behind in economic well-being: ADB

Asia's two economic powerhouses, India and the People's Republic of China (PRC), are lagging behind in terms of economic well-being and living standards, despite accounting for 64 percent of GDP in a surveyed list of 23 Asian countries, a new study by the Asian Development Bank has revealed.