So many new - and often higher- risk - companies are borrowing funds at increasingly low rates that there are growing fears about a bubble in Asia and the role of foreign money spilling out of the US and Europe.

MANILA, Philippines - Economic growth could hit no less than six percent in the first quarter of the year as consumption and investments offset a weakness in the trade sector, an official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. �We are ... An ...

That share sale attracted investors including Singapore state investment fund Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. and sovereign-wealth fund Government of Singapore Investment Corp. In Thailand, BTS Group Holdings PCL raised $2.1 billion through an IPO of its ...

News of weaker-than-expected growth in Thailand in the first quarter of the year, for example, intensified pressure on its central bank to curb the rise of its currency, the baht.

The ramshackle streets of Myanmar's capital Yangon, with its ancient Buddhist pagodas and dilapidated colonial-era buildings, are one of the last places in the world where you'd expect to find Colonel Sanders.

Evening's concert to raise funds for Bangladesh factory collapse victims ... The death toll of workers in the 8-storey building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka last month, has crossed 1,100. Besides, there are over ...

In a statement yesterday, Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima, in response to an open letter from the Philippine Hotel Federation, Inc. (PHFI) addressed to President Benigno S. C. Aquino published in newspapers last week, said that there is no need to ...

As for Asian government markets he remains cautious as low yields on offer from countries such as Thailand and Malaysia are not attractive.

Meanwhile, chief financial officer Naris Cheyklin yesterday said the company's allocation of capital-increase shares to foreign funds, especially those in the Middle East, via private placement had received strong interest from retail investors wanting ...

... Inc. (PHFI). Purisima preferred to funnel funds meant to boost tourism into infrastructure projects. ... 2013-001 states that projects on accommodation establishments located in these 4 areas that intend to register with the BOI under the 2012 ...