GlobalPost — Commerce

Asia's nuclear dilemma

Jonathan Adams — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:20:07 +0000

Nuclear power has long been opposed on safety, environmental, security and business grounds. But Asian governments are saying they can't fight global warming without more of it.

Asia's nuclear dilemma

Jonathan Adams — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:20:07 +0000

Nuclear power has long been opposed on safety, environmental, security and business grounds. But Asian governments are saying they can't fight global warming without more of it.

Greek: The language of protest

Nicole Itano — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:14:52 +0000

The language and symbols of the current demonstrations in Greece have historical resonance.

Greece crisis bolsters calls for regulation

Cindy Skrzycki — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:02:30 +0000

The same instruments that hobbled AIG concealed Greece's mounting debt problems.

The China currency flap: reading between the lines

Thomas Mucha — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:56:19 +0000

It's been a bumpy week for US-China relations. This is why it matters.

Germany: Responsible for Europe's crisis?

Cameron Abadi — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:26:47 +0000

Germans are shocked to hear their thrifty ways blamed for causing the euro's instability.

Silicon Sweatshops: What's a worker worth?

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:19:00 +0000

The cold calculus of supply chain economics

Opinion: Why the view is different from Australia

Michael Goldfarb — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:42:48 +0000

China keeps Asian economies moving, but at what cost to the US?

Silicon Sweatshops: The strange death of Li Liang

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:40:37 +0000

What killed a Chinese technology worker at the center of a supply chain firestorm?

Silicon Sweatshops: An illness in Suzhou

Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:32:52 +0000

Did the manufacture of your iPhone make someone sick?

Thailand: Bangkok blood curse

Patrick Winn — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:10:47 +0000

In a fit of class rage, Thais paint government offices in their own blood.

Yemen economy bullish, but where's the money?

Paul Stephens — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:15:06 +0000

Growth of 8 percent is expected, thanks to the energy sector, but half of Yemenis still live on $2 a day.

Morocco’s battle over booze

Solana Pyne — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:37:10 +0000

Should Morocco tolerate Muslims who drink alcohol?

Condoms in Asia: Sex sells

Sara Schonhardt — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:27:20 +0000

To boost sales in Indonesia and Thailand, condom makers market the fun aspects of sex.

Why the Greeks are protesting

Nicole Itano — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:28:38 +0000

Reductions in "bonus pay" cut into income that many civil servants rely on.

StreetLife: Rabat's mobile medina

Erik German — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:03:02 +0000

Lessons from eastern Europe's flat tax

John Dyer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:13:02 +0000

A theory in the US is reality in Bulgaria and elsewhere in the region. Does it work?

Delhi's endangered ancient heritage

Jason Overdorf — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:15:47 +0000

India's capital sits on ancient architectural wonders. Too bad nobody knows it.

Murder in Japan

Gavin Blair — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:45:57 +0000

Analysis: Killings are down. So why is anxiety up?

The Michael Jordan of India

Jason Overdorf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:57:32 +0000

Meet Sachin Tendulkar: the best athlete you've never heard of.

Russia fosters Chinese dependence

Miriam Elder — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:46:31 +0000

Moscow uses oil and investment to balance its neighbor's rising power.

Politics, economics, and "transvestites" in Indonesia. A little violence, too.

Peter Gelling — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:46:22 +0000

It wasn't a normal day in Jarkarta, thanks to the bailout of a troubled bank.

On Location: Rajasthan, India — Cat fight

Jason Overdorf and Poh Si Teng — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:33:38 +0000

StreetLife: Shanghai's bubble

Jean Yung — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:25:54 +0000

Opinion: Will Obama find China "guilty" over currency?

Douglas H. Paal — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:25:20 +0000

If so, the US and China will have one ugly year ahead.

Meet the fat cats' defender: Josef Ackermann

Cameron Abadi — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:06:51 +0000

The chairman of Deutsche Bank wants politicians to "stop the bank bashing."

China's Bubble: Is real estate about to pop?

Jean Yung — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:36:59 +0000

And what would that mean to China's booming economy? A four-part series.

China's Bubble: Living the "Shanghai Dream"

Jean Yung — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:34:11 +0000

What a hot new neighborhood says about China's looming real estate crisis. A four-part series.

China's Bubble: No house? No bride.

Jean Yung — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:30:52 +0000

Video: How one social custom is driving a big economic problem. A four-part series.

Opinion: Zimbabwe law squeezes foreign-owned firms

Andrew Meldrum — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:46:34 +0000

Mugabe's new indigenization law will enrich his followers at the expense of Zimbabwe's people.

Why Belarus isn't on investors' radar screens

Jan Cienski — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:48:44 +0000

President Lukashenko might need to enact reforms to spark an economic revival in Belarus.

Hollywood highlights Taiwan's "White Terror"

Jonathan Adams — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:25:12 +0000

Political hit-jobs. The mob and the military in cahoots. Welcome to 1980s Taiwan.