GLOBAL ECONOMY-Weak demand in Asia calls for more stimulus

April 1 (Reuters) - Companies struggled in China and much of the rest of Asia in March amid persistently weak domestic and global demand, suggesting that policymakers may have to resort to more stimulus to spur growth.

Japan service sector sentiment unchanged in September: government survey

(Reuters) - Japan's service sector sentiment index was unchanged in September, staying below the 50-point threshold that separates pessimism from optimism for the second straight month, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Wednesday.

South Korea September business outlook drops to lowest in over 1 year

(Reuters) - South Korean manufacturers are significantly more pessimistic about the business outlook for September than they were for August, central bank data showed on Friday, mirroring the fragility of the recovery in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

China's GDP growth in 2013 set to be weakest since 1999

BEIJING: China's economy, the world's second largest, may have grown around 7.6 per cent in 2013, its weakest growth since 1999, with latest economic figures indicating sluggish economic activities in the last quarter.