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Wigs may be increasingly out of favour among style-conscious Japanese consumers but two funds are set to fight it out over one of Japan's largest wig-makers, Aderans

Most Asia-Pacific equity markets edged higher with investors digesting both positive news from the US and a slowdown in Chinese economic growth, but Indian shares fell as the country went to the voting polls

Confidence and an appetite for risk began to return to the developing world amid signs that the global economy was stabilising, but it may be due a correction

Indian stocks bucked the broadly weaker trend in Asia as the BSE Sensex index extended its winning streak to an eighth session and closed above 11,000 for the first time since October

Hong Kong led gains in Asia-Pacific stocks as HSBC rallied on the back of plans to sell three of its buildings to raise funds and investors found new optimism for the financial sector after Goldman Sach's better-than-expected earnings

Chinese shares rose to an eight-month high, leading the region's gains, following data showing a record surge in bank lending and money supply in the country in March

Secretary Arne Duncan announced that $108.8 million in funding for targeted students and communities is now available to states under the Recovery Act.

Shares in Japan's third-largest bank fell 15 per cent, making the lender one of Asia-Pacific's worst performers in what was otherwise a good week for the region's stock markets

Asian stocks pushed back towards a six-month high as technology shares resumed their rally, while Japan's surprisingly big stimulus spending and signs of stabilising economic activity drove up government bond yields

Regional buy-out firms are increasingly looking to invest in smaller stakes through private investments in public equity

Shares fell across Asia Pacific for the second day in a row as worries grew about the global slowdown's effect on profits

Decoupling is back. But does this kind of geographic diversification actually work as an investment strategy?

South Korea is tapping international investors to raise about $2bn through its first sovereign debt sale in three years as the country seeks more dollars to pay back maturing overseas debt and to boost the weaker local currency

Australia was among the worst-performing regional bourses as resources stocks fell on the back of weaker commodity prices

Four ED Teaching Ambassadors launched an initiative to help teachers in New England have a voice in education policy development

The world faces a permanent food crisis and global instability unless countries act now to feed a surging population by doubling agricultural output, a report drafted for ministers of the Group of Eight nations has warned

Markets in the region have rallied sharply since the end of last week following G20 moves to shore up the finances of the International Monetary Fund

Hong Kong led Asian stock markets higher for a fourth successive session as investors in the region turned increasingly optimistic about the outlook for the US economy

The fall in private equity funding is spreading to emerging markets, but funds focused on some countries, such as China, India and Brazil, are still attracting investors in spite of the downturn, research will show on Monday

Investors were encouraged by the G20's agreement to fight the crisis with some broad measures and, with the help of a weaker yen, pushed stocks higher with the Nikkei 225 hitting its highest level since early January