Asia's finance chiefs try to untangle crisis: Asia's top finance and central bank officals gathered in Geneva on Monday for the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank where they will try to untangle the region's economic crisis and explore solutions. Finance ministers and central bank governors from most of the Asia as well as about 2,000 other participants anda small army of reporters will pack a Geneva conference centre for the April 27-May 1 meeting. A focus of gathering is likley to be Japan.

Asian business districts most expensive: Seven business districts in six Asian cities are among the world's 10 most expensive office locations despite the regional financial crisis, a joint survey by six real estate appraisers said in Singapore.