SYDNEY / Reuters An Australian-Indian consortium wants to restart gold mining in a district that helped symbolise former British rule in India and produced some 25 million ounces over 150 years before being abandoned due to low bullion prices. Mining in the Kolar gold field in Karnataka state in Southern India ended in 2001 as gold prices slumped. But a ...

Jakarta / Bloomberg Indonesia plans to cut corporate tax to 20 percent this year, from 25 percent, as it tries to attract investment to spur the economy. The move will need parliamentary approval, Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said on Monday. A 20 percent rate will be “competitive,” he said. “If possible we will discuss it immediately, this year,” Brodjonegoro said. ...

Taipei / DPA Taiwan Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford said that exports in March showed no signs of improvement and suffered another double-digit decline in the midst of a slow economy. Chang broke the news to the Central News Agency one day before the Ministry of Finance is due to release March’s exports report. Given that adverse factors such as falling ...