Korean thrillers generally mix acute realism with flamboyant strokes of imagination. And Na Hong-jin's lengthy film is a good example of an Eastern genre that matches anything the West could achieve... more
Struggling set-top boxes maker Pace wallop investors with its third profit warning of the year as severe flooding hit a major supplier in Thailand... more
Shares of fashion chain Esprit fall more than 13 percent following a media report that the company has exaggerated the number of its stores in China... more
AstraZeneca shows its appetite for grabbing a larger slice of China's $41 billion (£26 billion) pharmaceuticals market, announcing the country will become home to the most expensive factory it has ever built... more
India, the world's biggest nation of cricket fans, is set to get its own version of Wisden after publisher Bloomsbury signed a licensing deal with local firm FidelisWorld... more
Kevin Pietersen returns to the England fold for the forthcoming one-day series against India but James Anderson is being rested for the trip and will not play again until 2012... more
Iofina, the iodine supplier that claimed to have benefited from rising demand for the element in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, actually saw its revenues fall slightly in the first half of this year... more
Pakistan's foreign minister lashes out at the US for accusing the country's most powerful intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan
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The mothers of three London gap-year students killed in a horrific bus crash in Thailand have been offered just £4,000 for each of their son's lives... more
More than a million people were told to evacuate their homes today after a powerful typhoon struck central Japan, bringing the threat of flooding and landslides... more
Diamond producer De Beers expects global demand growth for rough diamonds to set a new record this year on the exceptionally strong performance of its key U.S. market and robust demand in China and India, the head of the company's distribution arm has said... more
Japan's tsunami-struck economy shrank in the second quarter at a faster pace than initially reported as companies held back on capital expenditure... more
Rescuers are searching for more than 50 missing people after Typhoon Talas hit central Japan at the weekend killing at least 27, stranding up to 4,000, triggering landslides and washing away bridges, rail and roads... more
Japan's tsunami-hit economy is likely to be shrinking even faster than the official figures suggest as companies reined in investing in their operations, it has emerged... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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