Asia Pacific Business

East Java rivals Jakarta as a place to do business; Central banks scramble to deal with strong currencies, slowing growth.

East Timor's national oil company; Bougainville and copper; manufacturers leaving China; Kaesong closed perhaps permanently.

Pressure on foreign companies after Bangladesh factory collapse; Chinese companies unfamiliar with Australian laws; ASEAN common market on track.

Rio Tinto shareholders warned of continuing rough times; Australia reels from Europe carbon price collapse; on yer bike in Manila.

Australia-China FTA continues to flounder; currency convertability; Woodside shelves Browse.

India's generic drug win; China restructures steel industry; rating agencies lose immunity.

China's rebalancing challenge: a conversation with Michael Pettis, author of The Great Rebalancing.

Currency wars; commercial arbitration; Lion Air's big deal.

BHP-Billiton and Suntech: Big names in trouble.

The two sides of doing business between Indonesia and Australia.

Business and geopolitics; China's largest foreign company takeover; new Indian market for Australian lamb.

Plunging Yen stirs concerns about a 'currency war'; a Carbon Tax for China? And Asian demand for Australian seafood set to rise.

Rio Tinto's first loss; Vietnam's economic doldrums; Indonesia's beef importers defend reputation.

Rio Tinto's first loss; Vietnam's economic doldrums; Indonesia's beef importers defend reputation.

Asian companies protecting forests, Japan-China tensions damage tourism, and a luxury ad ban in China.

Business welcomes Australian election date; Caterpilla's painful lesson in China; Burma's debt rescheduled.

Indonesia's rupiah being overhauled, and international investors flock to China's stock market.

Europe remains a risk for Asia; Australia's first Islamic compliant pension fund and a  WTO bid by Indonesia's Pangestu.

PetroChina increases investment in Australian LNG; race to be best at new solar tehnology.