Emerging Markets
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 ...
Climate Change Winner: Warming Could Make Montana Wine Region
Climate change warnings tend to focus on the losers, but western Montana would come up a winery winner, according to a new scientific analysis of temperature trends. "Winter temperatures have been a ...
Brazil To See Weaker Growth: IMF
Brazil and other Latin American countries need to realize their economic boom could be over because of cooler global demand for their minerals and farm goods, International Monetary Fund officials ...China Moves to Curb Money Laundering; Banks Must Rate ‘Dirty’ Clients
Chinese banks must rate their clients' risk of criminal conduct on a scale of 1-5 as part of the central bank's moves to curb money laundering and fraudulent transactions estimated at hundreds of ...