Samsung is the number one brand among Asian consumers, according to the Campaign Asia-Pacific 2012 Asia's Top 1000 Brands report.
Kukil Bora
Jul 05, 2012
Asian markets fell Thursday with the revival of investor concerns about the euro zone?s debt crisis intensifying and the economic downturn deepening.
Bhaskar Prasad
Jul 05, 2012
At the Fourth of July Nathan's International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York, Joey Chestnut scarfed down 68 hot dogs to win the 2012 title. But across town, his competitive eating rival Takeru Kobayashi ate 68.5 at the Crif Dog Classic.
Mark Johanson
Jul 04, 2012
70 years ago Wednesday, one of the legendary fighter squadrons of World War II disbanded. A restaurant, of all things, remembers the heroic feats of the American pilots, but to find it you'll need to travel to a faraway part of China.
Jul 04, 2012
Chinese, Indian and Japanese navies in the Gulf of Aden show a sense of pragmatism and cooperation among their forces, but wariness of China's military is unlikely to lift anytime soon in East Asia.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 04, 2012
Asian stock markets mostly advanced Wednesday on hopes that major central banks around the world would act to tackle the deteriorating global economic conditions.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Jul 04, 2012
Our teachers need your help, especially when this economy is so uncertain.
Marc Joseph
Jul 03, 2012
The U.S.A. remains the world's richest country, with more wealth than the combined treasures of the next four richest nations -- Japan, China, Germany and the UK. And most of its wealth comes from the potential of its people.
Eleazar David Meléndez
Jul 03, 2012
Neither sanctuaries nor moratoriums have stopped Japanese crews from killing hundreds of whales every year in the waters surrounding Antarctica.
Jacey Fortin
Jul 03, 2012
The Kurils are a chain of islands four thousand miles from Moscow, with horrible weather and a sparse, poor population. But they are on Japan's doorstep, and promise mineral and natural riches - and that's why Prime minister Medvedev is there
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 03, 2012
Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO: 6723), a leading Japanese semiconductor manufacturer, said that it is letting go 5000 employees in an effort to restructure the organization and bring the company back to black.
Bhaskar Prasad
Jul 03, 2012
Asian markets rose Tuesday as investor confidence was boosted by expectation for stimulus measures from central banks globally.
Bhaskar Prasad
Jul 03, 2012
Asian shares inched up on Tuesday as manufacturing data around the world highlighted the drag on growth from the protracted euro zone debt crisis, raising expectations for the Federal Reserve to take further steps to underpin the fragile economy.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 02, 2012
Tokyo's firebrand governor Shintaro Ishihara and the Chinese Foreign Ministry are at it again. This time it's over the naming of a pair of panda bears. Really.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 02, 2012
Apple will pay a $60 million settlement to secure the iPad trademark in China, opening up sales to the Chinese market, Apple's most profitable after the United States.
Daniel Tovrov
Jul 02, 2012
Micron Technology (NYSE: MU), the biggest maker of memory chips in the U.S., finally signed a deal to acquire Japan?s Elpida Memory for $1.75 billion.
David Zielenziger
Jul 02, 2012
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Monday as investor sentiment turned positive with indications of improvement in business conditions in Asia and also continued optimism on the measures taken at the EU summit.
Bhaskar Prasad
Jul 02, 2012
Asian Stock markets ended flat Monday as the optimism over Europe's moves to tackle the region's debt crisis faded and lackluster data from China also weighed.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Jul 02, 2012
Most European markets rose Monday as investors were encouraged by the hopeful economic indications from Asia and also the measures taken at the EU summit last week.
Bhaskar Prasad
Jul 02, 2012
Wrapping up a mission that lasted six-and-a-half months, three members of the Expedition 31 crew undocked from the International Space Station and landed safely in the steppe of Kazakhstan in the early hours Sunday.
Kukil Bora
Jul 02, 2012
Most Asian markets rose Monday amid indications of improving business conditions in Japan and on continued optimism about the measures taken in the EU summit to alleviate the euro zone debt burden.
Bhaskar Prasad
Jul 02, 2012
A map of the world's earthquakes that plots every temblor with a magnitude of 4.0 or greater since 1898 is surprising scientists for a number of reasons.
Howard Koplowitz
Jun 30, 2012