Emerging Markets
AIG to Invest $92.5M in China P/C Insurer
American International Group Inc. (AIG), which sold much of its stake in the Asian insurer AIA Group several years ago to help pay back the federal government for its bailout, is moving to reinvest ...
China Offers India a ‘Handshake Across the Himalayas’ to Ease Border Tension
India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday on his first official foreign trip. ...
Investment in Developing Countries to Triple by 2030: World Bank
The percentage of global investment that goes to developing countries should triple in the next two decades as emerging economies catch up to richer nations and become more integrated into financial ...
Emerging Markets Stoking Insurance Growth: Munich Re
Emerging markets will see the highest growth in premiums for insurance companies this year and next, while Europe lags, according to the world's biggest reinsurer, Munich Re. In a study published on ...
WHO Says New Bird Flu Strain Is ‘One of Most Lethal’ Viruses
A new strain of bird flu that has killed 22 people in China is "one of the most lethal" of its kind and is more easily transmissible to humans than an earlier strain that has killed hundreds around ...
China Rushes Relief After Sichuan Quake Kills 186
Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him to death in ...Analysis: Economic Rescue Plans In Doubt After Years Of Weak Growth
More than three years after the end of the global recession, sluggish activity across rich and poor economies is confounding policymakers who expected more by now and raising concerns that options ...
Earthquake Kills 157, Injures 5,700 In China’s Sichuan Province
China's worst earthquake in three years on Saturday killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5,700, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit a remote mountainous area ...