<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Asia</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><description>Asia</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[GM, Ford Bond Ratings Cut to Junk Status]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41573-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41573-2005May6.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The two biggest U.S. automakers had their bond ratings slashed to junk status yesterday by Standard &#38; Poor's, as the rating service released a grim report on the business outlook for General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WorldSpace Sets Stock Offering]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63988-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63988-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Seeking to piggyback on the growth of satellite radio in the United States, WorldSpace, a Washington satellite radio service provider, last week registered an initial public offering of $100 million of stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B ></FONT>]]></description><author> Annys Shin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese Vendors Lose a Market They Built]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18479-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18479-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The closing of the Silk Alley market, one of the early experiments in modern-day Chinese capitalism, shows how winners and losers are still often determined by the dictates of party officials.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign Investment's Flip Side]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51650-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51650-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A torrent of overseas capital is fueling the U.S. economic engine, helping to keep interest rates low, while also causing the U.S. trade deficit to soar.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Korea To Limit Its Dollar Holdings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45703-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45703-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fears flared anew yesterday that the U.S. dollar might lose a crucial underpinning of support -- purchases by the world's central banks -- after South Korea's central bank said in a report that it plans to invest more of its holdings in the currencies of other countries.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow of Capital Soars To 'Emerging' Nations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22604-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22604-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Private investment is pouring into developing countries at the fastest rate since just before the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, according to a report released yesterday by the leading international association of financial institutions.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM Reassures Workers After Milestone Deal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49474-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49474-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Headquarters for Lenovo's PC business will be in New York, but its principal operations will be in Beijing and North Carolina, where 1,900 of the 10,000 IBM employees expected to switch to Lenovo now work.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Week Ahead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64435-2004Nov20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64435-2004Nov20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em> Nov. 21-26, 2004</em>    21  Sunday <br>President Bush attends the    Asia-Pacific Cooperation Summit    ,  where leaders of 21 Pacific Rim nations will discuss trade and, very likely, the falling U.S. dollar.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In China's Cities, a Turn From Factories]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48818-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48818-2004Sep24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The country's labor force is stalling as urban workers, tired of paltry pay and rat-infested apartments, seek higher wages and better conditions in rural areas.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Store Is an Island  Of Continuity in A Sea of Change]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56657-2004Jun20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56657-2004Jun20.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's a gray Friday morning at the Handy Dandy Market in Woodbridge. The front door is propped open and the traffic rumbles through the intersection of Occoquan and Horner roads just outside. But many of the people coming in for snacks or lottery tickets arrive on foot from the neighborhood.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Stock Benchmarks Hit '04 Lows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34537-2004May17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34537-2004May17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Stock prices plunged at the opening bell on Monday after a car bomb attack killed the head of the Iraqi Governing Council, raising questions about the planned June 30 transfer of power from coalition forces back to local officials.]]></description><author> Ben White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[G-7 Declaration Fails To Give Dollar a Boost]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27282-2004Feb9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27282-2004Feb9.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For anyone who imagined that the decline in the U.S. dollar would reverse following the weekend meeting of top economic policymakers at a posh Florida resort, reality began to set in a few hours after the start of trading in Asian markets yesterday, while most Americans were asleep.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Will Not Intervene in Dollar's Slide Against Euro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6959-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6959-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Calls are mounting from abroad for efforts to stem the fall in the U.S. dollar, especially against the euro. But U.S. officials are showing no sign of budging from their stance that the dollar's value should be left to the markets.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a Global Market,  It Takes All Kinds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48593-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48593-2003Jul25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft designers had already spent weeks creating a controller for the company's XBox gaming system when two Asian American employees made a suggestion.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider  and Dina ElBoghdady</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virus Takes Toll on Asian Dynamos]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39370-2003Apr25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39370-2003Apr25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/internationalmarkets/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SEOUL, April 25 -- The crisis over the SARS virus has begun to sap the powerhouse economies of Asia. Growth rates and stock markets sagged around the region this week, costs of the virus soared into billions of dollars and major industries struggled to cope with fears of travel.]]></description><author> Doug Struck</author></item></channel></rss>
