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Question of the Week: Fishing

Ornamental fisheries are a booming business, often providing a much-needed industry in developing countries. However, they're often caught using environmentally-harmful and inhumane techniques. Cyanide fishing is illegal but a common practice in many parts of Asia with many reverting to this banned methods for cost and ease. Watch video.

Negative close to the trading week in Asia

Asian stock markets ended the week in negative territory following the latest disappointing economic reports out of the United States.

Time.com: World Markets Catch a US Cold

The world still moves in file with the US, but how badly it suffers in a coming slowdown depends on how long it lasts

Latest 'Net gold may rest in Asia's domain

A land rush is happening in Hong Kong, but it doesn't involve the high-rise properties for which the city is famous. Instead, it's the epicenter of a brand new patch of cyber real estate soon to go on the global market.

Trends: Life outsourcing

They either obsequiously kowtow to your every demand, or mutter sarcastic remarks after reasonable requests like picking up your newly-heeled brogues or collected your Pomeranian from the dog salon -- so, really, who needs a real butler or even a personal assistant anymore when you can now outsource your personal life?

Time.com: The Weinsteins Woo Asia

The influential filmmakers create a $285 million fund for Asian films, hoping to expand audiences and maybe save some money too

CNNMoney: Asian banks look to calm markets

Asia's central banks took further steps Wednesday to smooth trade in the region's currency and short-term interest rate markets, as credit fears slammed stocks and sent the yen to a 4-1/2-month high.

CNNMoney: ECB to inject more cash, Asia acts

The European Central Bank mounted a second day of action to calm panicky credit markets Friday, after Asia central banks joined a global campaign by monetary authorities to inject extra cash into banking systems.

Fortune: Global 500: The world's largest corporations

Just seven years ago Fortune was predicting that high-flying tech companies would soon displace the oil and auto giants that had been hogging the limelight at the top of the Global 500.

Time.com: Asia Braces for Sharp Cancer Rise

Asia is bracing for a dramatic surge in cancer rates over the next decade as people in the developing world live longer and adopt bad Western habits

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