Topic: Asia

Bad news got you down? Here are some things to be thankful for as 2011 winds down and a new year begins.Bad news got you down? Here are some things to be thankful for as 2011 winds down and a new year ...

South Korea's central bank head on Friday issued a fresh warning over the country's growing mountain of personal debt, a day after local banks suspended most loans to individuals."The volume of household debt is too large and it's right to move in ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China aims to expand its medical coverage to include 90 percent of its urban population by the end of 2011, China's State Council, the cabinet, said on Thursday, in an effort to strengthen the country's weak social safety net.China ...

There are some desperate places and people, even in your home town, but these are a minority. You know how you keep all your bank cards in your wallet/purse when you're at home? If you lose all your cards on the road ...

Gates Foundation brings bankers, governments, advocates together to help poor with savingThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is getting ready to do some matchmaking on a global scale.The world's largest charitable foundation is bringing together bankers, government officials, regulators, telecommunications companies and ...

>NDM-1 is an enzyme found in bacteria that resists treatment with antibiotics. 37 cases of NDM-1 have been reported in the United Kingdom , with all patients having had surgeries performed in India or Pakistan . Health insurance companies in the United ...

The Italians call them "mammon", or "mama's boys". In the United States they are known as "boomerangs", and in the U.K. they are called "KIPPERS", which is short for "kids in parents' pockets eroding retirement savings". U.S. census data for the year ...

It used to be that when a person mentioned going to Europe, everyone's ears would perk up because it involved a sizeable chunk of change, for the only the wealthy could afford to go. Ever since then, there have been gobs of ...

Our President has decided that our economy needs a kick in the butt. Bypass the items made in China, India, and Pakistan,buy only items made in the good old U.S.A. This may be more difficult than it sounds. Whenever I buy anything ...

There are some desperate places and people, even in your home town, but these are a minority. You know how you keep all your bank cards in your wallet/purse when you're in your home country? If you lose all your cards on ...