Broderick Perkins Build more conveniently located homes in walkable neighborhoods and not only will people get more housing choices, drive times will shrink and that will reduce the nation's carbon footprint. A carbon footprint isn't some forensic term for the...
A new research report from HSBC Global Research points out that property prices in Abu Dhabi are among the lowest in the world compared to per capita GDP. Rental yields obtained on Abu Dhabi property also point to significant undervaluation....
The much-hyped concept these days, which is making its rounds in global economic platforms, is how to save money through investing in real estate. Investors all across the globe are trying to come up with innovative ways and means on...
Jackson SawatanInternational speakers and leading experts in housing have gathered in Singapore on Monday and Tuesday for the first ever Asia-Pacific Housing Forum, organised by Habitat for Humanity.The forum outlined the four key areas of housing development -- housing as...
Viet Nam is claimed the highest office space occupancy rates in Asia. With a shortfall in the availability of office space and high lease prices in Ho Chi Min City, companies in other industries are eyeing investment in commercial property...
Miki TanikawaBelievers in global equities have been rewarded with 16 percent annual returns since 2004. Believers in a different asset class - real estate - received even bigger prizes.Take the tax-efficient real estate vehicles called real estate investment trusts, which...
Anything in excess of the need does create functional problem for most systems, the banking system included. At the moment, country's commercial banks are floating on a record amount of excess liquidity-an estimated Tk. 145 billion-- because of a sluggish...
Syed Fattahul AlimWhat has the future in store for the rising economic giants of Asia? The rising giants as everyone knows are the two fastest growing developing nations, China and India. China's success early on, when it took the open...
Sarah MurrayTHESE days, among the growing number of westerners flying to places such as India or China are travellers who are not on a holiday or business trip, but on a site visit to a philanthropic project to which they...
Najmeh Bozorgmehr IRAN'S reform-minded former president, Mohammad Khatami, is considering running for the 2009 elections in the apparent hope that he will be seen as a saviour who can extricate Iran from domestic and international troubles.While cautioning that it is...
THE monitoring of prices of essential commodities by the law enforcing agencies has raised hope among the consumers about the inflationary pressure not mounting up further. It has been reported that the monitoring cells have been set up in the...
THE Dhaka city is expanding from its all sides. It is also getting congested day by day. All these are happening in the absence of proper policy guidelines and strong supervision over construction of high-rise buildings. Many areas in the...
Ira Chernus A week has passed since George W. Bush announced that U.S. troops will stay in Iraq in "a security engagement that extends beyond my Presidency." Last spring, those words would have evoked howls of protest from Democratic leaders....
Marwaan Macan-Markar from BangkokBurma's Buddhist monks are threatening to turn an on-going protest against steep hikes in fuel prices into a religious and moral showdown with the country's oppressive military regime. Friday marked the fifth consecutive day that hundreds of...
Neil Buckley VIKTOR Zubkov, Russia's prime minister has said he does not rule out standing for president next year, thrusting his name on to the list of potential successors to Vladimir Putin.His comments on September 13 fuel led speculation in...
DETROIT, Sept 24 (Reuters): The United Auto Workers (UAW) union set a firm Monday morning deadline to reach a contract deal with General Motors Corp and threatened to send 73,000 GM factory workers on strike if no deal is reached.The...
BOURNEMOUTH, Britain, Sept 24 (Xinhua): Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling vowed yesterday to draw lessons from the recent bank crisis and reform the country's bank system. "There are lessons to be learnt - and I will make the...
PARIS, Sept 24 (AFP): European Central Bank (ECB) head Jean-Claude Trichet said yesterday that France's public finances were in "very great difficulty" with the worst public spending to output ratio in the European Union. "I would say that French public...
NEW YORK: A majority of the world's 500 largest publicly traded companies have implemented greenhouse-gas emission reduction plans, according to a study released Monday.The yearly report, issued by a group of investors called the Carbon Disclosure Project, looks at the...
YANGON, Sept 24 (Xinhua): Myanmar's second border trade zone of Myawaddy opposite to neighbouring Thailand will formally open later this month and preparations for the inauguration are underway, the local Voice journal reported today. The Myawaddy trade zone in southeastern...
Singapore's consumer prices rose in August at the fastest pace in more than 12 years, suggesting the central bank will maintain a policy of allowing its currency to appreciate to damp inflation. The consumer price index increased 2.9 per cent...
BEIJING, Sept 24 (Xinhua): A senior economist with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said recently that China's officially published national accounts have been greatly improved by progressive reforms over the past 25 years. The remark was made by Nishnu Pant,...
SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (AFP): Crude oil prices were lower in Asian trade Monday but stayed above 80 dollars a barrel as the peak Atlantic hurricane season remained a source of worry, dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude...
SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (AFP): The dollar slipped against the euro in Asian trading today as investors continued to fret over the state of the US economy, dealers said. There were still lingering concerns that a robust 50 basis points cut...
ABU DHABI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua): The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the energy giant of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) , will cut its oil output for a scheduled essential maintenance program in November, the official Emirates News Agency...
BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua): China may come up with more restrictions to curb steel exports, including imposing licenses to export companies, restricting steel projects in the processing sector, a senior official with the country's top economic planner said recently. Restricting...
BEIJING, Sept. 24 (CEIS): China has announced 11 measures to arouse farmers' enthusiasm for oil-bearing crop production, the Ministry of Agriculture said here yesterday. The measures will be implemented to expand the acreage for oil-bearing crops, raise the unit output...
TAIYUAN, Sept. 24 (Xinhua): Foreign companies that own clean coal technologies and work with their Chinese counterparts to tap China's coal reserves, one of the world's largest, may get good returns as China is seeking to reduce the greenhouse gas...
BEIJING, Sept 24 (AFP): China expects to export more than 500,000 vehicles in 2007, the commerce ministry said, marking an increase of about 50 per cent from 340,000 the year before. China is also seen exporting auto parts worth 8.85...
LHASA, Sept. 24 (CEIS): A hydropower plant with the biggest single-unit capacity in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region started operation yesterday. The Zhikong Hydropower Plant, located about 100 km northeast of the regional capital of Lhasa, is equipped with four...
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