Last month the editor in chief of Vogue China got me thinking. I had never before put “fashion” and “China” in the same column. When I talk with friends about shopping destinations in Asia the list will run from Hong Kong to Singapore to Tokyo or Kuala Lumpur before anyone even contemplates Shanghai. Angelica Cheung admits China was late to ...

A 2013 report of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) shows that 51 per cent of South Asia’s 1.6 billion people are directly engaged in agriculture and 42 per cent of South Asia’s landmass is under agricultural operation. The fact that only 20 per cent of South Asia’s total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is generated through ...

ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 2.64% to close at 4535.32 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED 18.9 billion attaining AED 735.69 bIllion. A total of 1.52 billion shares were traded with a total value of AED 1.95 billion during the trading session of 2016-03-06 through 16054 transactions. The number of companies which ...