FT.com / China / Economy & Trade - IMF cuts forecast for Asian growth
ft.com 2/3/2009 — > The scale of the economic slowdown in Asia was starkly underlined on Tuesday when the International Monetary Fund virtually halved its 2009 growth forecast for the region. The IMF slashed its forecast to 2.7 per cent from an estimate of 4.9 per cent ...

International finance and economic growth
rodrik.typepad.com 11/20/2008 — The Commission on Growth and Development has put out a nice survey by Maury Obstfeld of the impact of international finance on growth in developing countries.  Here is the first part of the abstract: Despite an abundance of cross‐section, ...

Video: Companies Freeze Salaries to Save Money
marketnewslive.blogspot.com 1/26/2009 — 01/26/09 Faced with a hard recession more companies are instituting pay freezes in order to cut costs.

Video: Asian Markets Once Again Are Covered In Red
dailymarkets.com 1/14/2009 — Asian markets once again posted significant losses this past trading session as global economic sentiment continued to plummet. … [ visit site to read more ]

China’s economic growth
ft.com 10/23/2009 — China’s economic growth

Video: Asian Markets Rebound On Commodity Rally
dailymarkets.com 1/15/2009 — A recent rally in commodities, more specifically oil, led the way for domestic energy companies to post major gains within their respective Asian/Pacific market this session. … [ visit site to read more ]

How to Save Money in 2009
freemoneyfinance.com 1/20/2009 — Here's a list from MSNBC on 10 ways to save money in 2009 . Many of these ideas are re-hashing old suggestions, but there are a few new thoughts here as well as some old stand-bys worth revisiting. Here are the ones I liked and my thoughts on them:  ...

FT.com / Companies - AIG starts $20bn auction of Asian unit
ft.com 1/22/2009 — AIG, the stricken insurance giant, on Wednesday kicked off the sale of its Asian life assurance unit – one of its most prized assets – in the hope of raising up to $20bn to help repay the $60bn US government loan that is keeping the group alive. The ...

how did I save so much money?
themoneygardener.blogspot.com 12/27/2008 — The conventional wisdom says that your mortgage and property tax should account for no more than 28% of your gross income. Ours accounts for 14%. The conventional wisdom says that as we age and earn more money we should buy larger houses and new cars. ...

Asia Times Online :: Asian News, Business and Economy.
atimes.com 2/6/2009 — Page 1 of 2 COMMENT Little prospect of East-West accommodation By W Joseph Stroupe PART 1: The contest for global domination Popular notions being bandied about in the media portray a Russia virtually on the verge of collapse, increasingly desperate ...