With crude oil fetching over $140 a barrel, these should be the best of times for resource-rich Indonesia, the only Asian oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

The battle against global warming could be a boon to investors as new technologies and industries emerge, writes Annette Sampson. It's easy to see climate change as a bad news story.

Earlier this month, after the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) released a report on the global business environment that showed Indonesia's international ranking slipping again, the Jakarta Post responded with a scathing editorial.

Argentina, one of the world's biggest breadbaskets, should be rolling in cash as world food prices soar. Instead, soy, wheat and corn have sat for weeks in silos as farmers protesting new export taxes suspended sales.

JEDDAH - A research conducted by the Global Investment House (GIH) says that the apparel business in Saudi Arabia has grown rapidly over the last few years, and with the maturing of the market, there has been a shift towards branded apparel.