The world has come to depend on capital from the region more deeply than many realise, saysMohamed El-Erian for the Financial Times.

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US President Donald Trump said the US and Iran had held "productive conversations” aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East,though Tehran denied any talks.

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PETALING JAYA: Banks are poised to sustain growth even if there is a prolonged conflict situation in the Middle East.

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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia had prepared and planned for the worst-case scenario for decades.

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PETALING JAYA: The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is expected to have a multifaceted impact on Asean economies.

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MUMBAI: Indian insurers are turning to state government bonds for a popular derivatives trade, locking in higher yields amid record provincial debt supply.

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SHANGHAI: China will step up efforts to improve its fiscal and monetary policy in order to boost domestic consumption and enhance people's well-being, as the country accelerates towards becoming a major hub of global demand, officials say.

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DETROIT, March 23— Sooren Moosavy wants to buy an affordable electric car in the US, motivated by environmen...

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BERLIN, March 23 — German food delivery company Delivery Hero has inked a deal to sell its platform business in Ta...

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LONDON, March 23 — Gold and silver prices continued to see sharp losses on Monday, with bullion failing to act as...

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — The Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia are the top three Asean countries most exposed to s...

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CHINA's state-run refiner Sinopec does not intend to buy Iranian oil but is pushing for permission to tap state reserves, a senior executive said on Monday, days after the U.S. waived sanctions for buyers of some Iranian crude.

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will invest 287.4b yen ($1.8 billion) in insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., marking a significant increase in the US conglomerate's exposure to the Japanese market.

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TEHRAN, March 23 — AFP teams in Tehran, Washington, Jerusalem, Beirut and Dubai The world faces an energy crisis w...

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NEW DELHI: Oil prices rose on Monday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they would target Israel's power plants and those supplying U.S. bases in the Middle East in retaliation against any attack on its electricity sector.

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SOUTHEAST Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, Grab, said on Monday it would pay $600 million in cash for Delivery Hero's Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan, in its first expansion outside the region.

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SEOUL: South Korean shares dropped more than 6% on Monday to close at their lowest level in two weeks, while the won weakened to a 17-year low, as heightened Middle East tensions dampened appetite for riskier assets.

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This would mark Grab's first expansion outside Southeast Asia.

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TOKYO: The dollar rose on Monday as escalating retaliatory threats in the Middle East conflict curbed risk appetite and lifted demand for safe-haven assets.

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CHINA will step up efforts to improve its fiscal and monetary policy in order to boost domestic consumption and enhance people's well-being, as the country accelerates toward becoming a major hub of global demand, officials said on Sunday.

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PETALING JAYA: The United States' latest trade investigations are set to heighten tariff risks for developing economies, as Washington revives a long-standing legal tool to pressure trading partners.

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SINGAPORE: Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 1.4% in February from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday.

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PHNOM PENH, March 23 — A major Cambodian energy supplier will halt sales of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Apr...

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KUALA LUMPUR: "Force majeure" is French for "major force", and in legal parlance, this means that an extraordinary event has occurred, such as the war in West Asia, which is beyond the control of a party, which excuses them from fulfilling their contra...

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