m&c Asia Pacific airline passenger numbers rose by 3.5 per cent in 2011 | Kuala Lumpur - The number of airline passengers in the Asia Pacific region rose by 3.5 per cent in 2011, thanks to the region's sustained economic growth, a regional aviation group said Thursday. | ... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
The Charlotte Observer World stocks gain on Fed's low rate pledge | BANGKOK World stock markets were mostly higher Thursday after the U.S. central bank pledged to keep interest rates low until late 2014 to nurture the country's stubbornly slow economic recovery. | B... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
The Australian Kevin Rudd ready to remake the world | KEVIN Rudd is re-enacting Shelley's intense play of the high romance period, Prometheus Unbound, in the lead role, naturally, though he could also play Jupiter. Or... (photo: AP / Martin Cleaver) BusinessFinancePhotosPolitics