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China treats South Africa as business equals: Zuma
Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)
China does business with South Africa on an equal footing, unlike Western former colonial powers who still act like its master, President Jacob Zuma has said. "...
Panel to probe China compliance claim in WTO steel row
Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)
A panel of trade experts was created Wednesday at US behest to test China's claim that it has complied with WTO rules regarding duties on certain US steel produ...
Japan probing bitcoin exchange after huge reported theft
Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)
Japanese authorities were Wednesday probing the troubled MtGox bitcoin exchange after claims of a multi-million dollar theft from its digital vaults, as US pros...
Bitcoin world in turmoil after exchange goes dark
Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)
The Bitcoin community was thrown into turmoil Tuesday after the disappearance of what had been its biggest exchange, shaking confidence in the fast-growing virt...
MtGox website disappears amid huge bitcoin theft claim
Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)
The website of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange MtGox went down Tuesday amid reports of a theft of the virtual currency worth hundreds of millions of dollars, deali...
US firms in China still positive despite challenges: survey
Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)
US firms in China are largely optimistic about their prospects in the world's second-biggest economy, a survey showed Tuesday, despite a growth slowdown and a g...
Billionaire boom for Asia: Chinese survey
Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)
Asia experienced a billionaire boom last year, with more than 200 people from the continent seeing their net worth pass into 10 figures, a Chinese publisher sai...
Armani ends fashion week, Chinese firm buys Krizia
Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)
Giorgio Armani closed Milan Fashion Week on Monday, as historic label Krizia said it was being bought by a Chinese firm and luxury giant LVMH announced a deal w...
Made in USA: Pentagon to use only 100% American flags
Feb 23, 2014 (AFP)
It is the ultimate symbol of chest-thumping American patriotic pride and now the United States flag must be "100 percent made in the USA" -- at least where the ...
A canal across Nicaragua: is this for real?
Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)
It would be an engineering feat of gargantuan proportions -- a $40 billion Chinese-built canal across Nicaragua to boost the flow of ships between the Caribbean...
Obama in Mexico for less friendly 'three amigos' talks
Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama joined the Mexican and Canadian leaders Wednesday for a North American summit focused on trade but marked by friction between the "thr...
China confirms probe into Qualcomm
Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)
Beijing said Wednesday it has been probing two US companies including mobile chipmaker Qualcomm since last year over potential anti-trust violations, extending ...
US names 'notorious markets' for piracy, counterfeiting
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday named China the leading place for physical markets selling counterfeit goods, while websites in Europe, South America and Canada ...
China trade surplus rebounds in January
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
China's trade surplus surged in January, according to data Wednesday showing exports strengthened markedly in a potentially brighter note for the world's second...
Australian tycoon's tirade against Chinese firm
Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)
Outspoken resources tycoon Clive Palmer condemned the "rape and disrespect" of Australia by foreign firms Friday in a spat with a Chinese miner that warned the ...
Canada trade deficit rises to Can$1.7 bn
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
Canada's trade deficit widened to Can$1.7 billion in December as rising imports outpaced exports, the government statistical agency announced Thursday. The defi...
China to fund bridge between Guyana, Suriname
Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)
China is to fund a bridge over a river linking the neighboring South American countries of Suriname and Guyana, officials said Monday. "We Guyana, at the reques...
French president warns over Cameron's EU plans
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
French President Francois Hollande dealt a blow Friday to Prime Minister David Cameron's hopes of renegotiating Britain's membership of the EU before a referend...
Show me the money: HK in biggest ever Bitcoin giveaway
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kongers snapped up HK$500,000 ($65,000) in Bitcoin vouchers on Thursday to mark the Lunar New Year in what organisers said was the biggest ever giveaway of...
Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam over Israeli firm advert
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Scarlett Johansson has ended her role as global ambassador for Oxfam, with the aid group saying it deemed the position "incompatible" with her promotion of an I...
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