TRADE WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

MtGox says co-operating with Tokyo police

Mar 26, 2014 (AFP)

Failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox said Wednesday it has submitted "electronic records" and other documents to the Tokyo police after it collapsed in February admitt...

Taiwan president agrees to meet trade pact protesters

Mar 25, 2014 (AFP)

Taiwan's president Tuesday offered to talk with protesters in a concession to student demonstrators who have occupied parliament for the past week in a bid to s...

Chinese leader means business on lavish French trip

Mar 25, 2014 (AFP)

France rolled out the red carpet for China's leader Tuesday as he arrived for a nostalgia-tinged trip due to be dominated by the signing of scores of business d...

US moves to push global trade deal on green goods

Mar 21, 2014 (AFP)

The United States said Friday it was planning to begin negotiations with other leading trading countries for a deal to cut tariffs for green goods like solar pa...

Taiwan protesters call for surrounding of ruling party offices

Mar 21, 2014 (AFP)

Student protesters occupying Taiwan's legislature to stop the government from ratifying a contentious trade pact with China on Friday called on the public to su...

Protesters occupying Taiwan's parliament issue ultimatum

Mar 20, 2014 (AFP)

Protesters barricaded themselves inside Taiwan's parliament for a third straight day on Thursday, threatening "further action" if the government pushes ahead wi...

TED backs unmasking bad actors behind shell firms

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

TED on Tuesday threw its weight behind a quest to unmask evil doers who use "shell companies" to hide illicit wealth or fund foul deeds. Global Witness co-found...

Taiwan protesters occupy parliament over China trade pact

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

Hundreds of Taiwanese activists were locked in a tense standoff with police Wednesday after they stormed parliament to try to stop the government ratifying a co...

China's MMG confirms in talks to acquire Glencore mine in Peru

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

MMG Ltd, the overseas arm of Chinese state-owned Minmetals, confirmed Wednesday it was in talks with mining giant Glencore Xstrata to buy its Las Bambas copper ...

Jan-Feb foreign direct investment in China rises 10.4%

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China increased 10.4 percent year on year in the first two months of 2014, the government said Tuesday, while the country's...

Taiwan MPs stage fast to protest at China trade pact

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

Three Taiwanese opposition legislators on Tuesday started a 70-hour hunger strike to protest at what they term illegal moves by the ruling party to ratify a con...

Bayern boss Hoeness 'hid evidence for a year'

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeness faced damaging testimony in a tax trial Tuesday when an official charged the German football legend had withheld incriminating ev...

Japan says Bitcoin not a currency, but taxable

Mar 07, 2014 (AFP)

Bitcoin is not a currency but transactions involving it should be "subject to taxation", Japan's government said Friday, in a move that could pave the way for f...

Apple sent billions offshore to avoid Australia tax: report

Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)

Apple shifted billions in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to Ireland over the past decade, a report said Thursday, as the government vowed to sto...

US businessman sold trade secrets to China: jury

Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)

A US jury convicted a California businessman Wednesday of selling stolen trade secrets to Chinese firms so they could develop a pigment used to whiten a wide ra...

Japan eyes Bitcoin regulations, taxes: report

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Japan may slap regulations on Bitcoin including taxing transactions, a report said Wednesday, as the global digital currency suffered another alleged theft that...

Chinese to splurge $39 bn on Australian homes: study

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Wealthy Chinese will pour Aus$44 billion (US$39.4 billion) into Australian real estate over the next seven years, potentially pushing prices in one of the world...

Using stolen computer processing cycles to mine Bitcoin

Mar 04, 2014 (SPX)

A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has taken an unprecedented, in-depth look at how malware operators use the computers t...

NATO chief says 'peace at risk' as Russia faces G8 sanction

Mar 02, 2014 (AFP)

NATO's chief warned that Europe's peace and security were at risk from Russian threats of a military incursion in Ukraine as Moscow faced a barrage of warnings ...

Japan factory output jumps on demand rush before tax hike

Feb 28, 2014 (AFP)

Japan's industrial output grew at its fastest rate in more than two years in January as factories cranked out goods ahead of a sales tax hike, adding momentum t...