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Iran seizes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz
Apr 28, 2015 (AFP)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized control of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, prompting the US Navy to dis...
China opens bank card clearing sector to foreign firms
Apr 23, 2015 (AFP)
China has announced plans that will allow giants such as Visa and MasterCard to set up credit card clearing services in the country, breaking the monopoly in a ...
China to launch three new free-trade zones
Apr 20, 2015 (AFP)
China will launch three new free-trade zones on Tuesday, official media said Monday, building on a project that began in Shanghai to much fanfare but has so far...
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's popularity setback for US
Apr 20, 2015 (UPI)
Many Asians believe that the region's dramatic economic rise over the past several decades has not been reflected in global financial institutions. The internat...
Coca-Cola to buy Chinese protein drinks business
Apr 17, 2015 (AFP)
Coca Cola has agreed to buy a Chinese plant-based drinks business, renewing its push into the China market after authorities in 2009 blocked its bid for a juice...
Fast-track trade deal stirs U.S. pot
Apr 17, 2015 (UPI)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lauded a congressional measure to open international trade doors, though opponents said the measure puts the climate at risk....
Thousands of Greek miners protest feared job losses
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Around 4,000 miners demonstrated in Athens Thursday to protest job cuts they fear will result from the hard-left government's opposition to continued exploitati...
Egypt joins China-based infrastructure bank, hopes for funds
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Egypt has been approved as a founding member of the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, opening the way for it to benefit from the bank's $50 b...
FDI into China accelerates in March: govt
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Foreign direct investment into China picked up in March, official figures showed Thursday, though outbound investment from the world's second-largest economy sl...
China March exports dive as economy seen slowing further
Apr 13, 2015 (AFP)
China suffered an across-the-board decline in trade in March, the government said Monday, days ahead of GDP data expected to show another slowdown in the world'...
'Civil war' divides families in row over Greek goldmine
Apr 12, 2015 (AFP)
Scrawled on the walls of homes in the village of Megali Panagia in northern Greece are angry slogans that show how much this picturesque community has been torn...
Hong Kong defends US dollar peg as stocks surge
Apr 10, 2015 (AFP)
Hong Kong's de facto central bank intervened in forex markets for the first time in eight months to protect its currency's peg to the US dollar as a massive sur...
Chinese tycoon Liu snaps up ancient vase for $15 million
Apr 07, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese tycoon Liu Yiqian splashed out nearly HK$114 million ($14.71 million) on an ancient vase at auction in Hong Kong Tuesday -- his latest expensive purchas...
World Bank welcomes China's new bank in poverty fight
Apr 07, 2015 (AFP)
China's new development bank can have an important role in fighting extreme poverty if it establishes high standards for its projects, World Bank President Jim ...
Hard money, soft standards? Tough questions for China's new bank
Apr 01, 2015 (AFP)
China scored a diplomatic coup by enticing almost 50 countries including key US allies to join its new development bank. But analysts say authoritarian Beijing ...
When will Kazakhstan finally be allowed into the WTO?
Apr 01, 2015 (UPI)
On January 1, the World Trade Organization, responsible for 97 percent of world trade, celebrated its 20th anniversary. On its website the WTO defines its role ...
US ready to accept China-led infrastructure bank: Lew
Mar 31, 2015 (AFP)
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Tuesday that Washington was "ready to welcome" the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, backing off from tougher...
Taiwan to apply to join China-led infrastructure bank
Mar 30, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan said Monday it would make a formal application to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, becoming the latest economy to express interest in the B...
Australia moves towards joining China-led bank: government
Mar 29, 2015 (AFP)
Australia said Sunday it will sign an agreement to become a prospective founding member of a China-backed infrastructure bank, but stressed that no one nation s...
Indonesia's Widodo supports China-led investment bank
Mar 26, 2015 (AFP)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Thursday that his country is firmly behind a new China-backed regional investment bank and sees it playing a stabilisin...
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