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Nicaragua, Chinese tycoon say canal work to start in 2014w/lll
Jan 12, 2014 (AFP)
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Chinese tycoon Wang Jing on Saturday said plans to start building a $40-billion canal across the Central American country...
India clears Posco steel plant ahead of S. Korean visit
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
India's environment ministry has approved South Korean multinational Posco's plans to build a long-delayed $12 billion steel plant, the company said Friday, day...
China 2013 trade passes $4 trillion: govt
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
China's annual trade in goods passed the $4 trillion mark for the first time in 2013, official data showed Friday, confirming its position as the globe's bigges...
Target says data breach hit up to 110 mn customers
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
Giant US retailer Target said Friday that up to 110 million customers have had their personal data stolen in a data breach, sharply raising its initial estimate...
Vietnam police investigate riot at Samsung factory
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
Vietnamese police said Friday they had launched an investigation into a riot at a multi-billion dollar Samsung factory that left 13 people injured, four critica...
Irate Russia accuses Senegal of 'piracy'
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
An outraged Russia on Thursday accused Senegal of engaging in "piracy" after armed naval officers from the west African nation seized 62 of its nationals on a t...
China's Fosun buys Portuguese insurer in privatisation
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
Portugal said Thursday it had picked Chinese conglomerate Fosun to buy up to 80 percent of the insurance arm of public bank Caixa Geral de Depositos, as part of...
China online marketplace Taobao to ban Bitcoins
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
China's largest online marketplace, Alibaba Group's Taobao, said Wednesday that it would ban the trading of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies from January 14...
Most China execs say cannot work with Japan firms: poll
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
About 60 percent of Chinese corporate leaders say they cannot do business with Japanese firms because of thorny relations between the two countries, a poll publ...
Spanish minister in Panama to end $1.6-bn canal impasse
Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)
A Spanish cabinet minister is to meet Panama's president Monday to help break a $1.6-billion impasse that threatens to halt work on a major expansion of the Pan...
Chinese tycoon says he is in talks to buy New York Times
Dec 31, 2013 (AFP)
First he handed out cash to victims of China's 2008 earthquake. Then he sold "canned fresh air" to residents of smog-ridden Beijing. Now Chen Guangbiao, listed ...
Rusal starts legal case against London Metal Exchange
Dec 24, 2013 (AFP)
Rusal, the world's largest aluminium producer, has triggered a judicial review of plans by the London Metal Exchange to reform how it stockpiles commodities, th...
Finland looks to old foe Russia for new investment
Dec 24, 2013 (AFP)
For generations, Finland has lived fearfully in the shadow of its giant Russian neighbour, but today Russia could be the answer to the Finnish economy's woes. A...
US cites 'many concerns' over China business practices
Dec 24, 2013 (AFP)
The United States said Tuesday it harbored "many concerns" over China's business practices, despite significant progress since the country's 2001 accession to t...
Russia files first WTO complaint against EU
Dec 24, 2013 (AFP)
Russia has accused the European Union of violating global free trade measures in its first complaint before the World Trade Organisation, the economy ministry s...
Finnish Santa Claus wants to go global, all year round
Dec 22, 2013 (AFP)
As a brand, Santa Claus has one major flaw: he is only really valuable a few weeks at the end of each year. In Finland, they're trying to do something about thi...
Sonar search for China tycoon missing after France chopper crash
Dec 22, 2013 (AFP)
French police were using two sonar units late Sunday to scan a river bed in southwest France for the bodies of a Chinese tycoon and a French winemaker missing a...
US cites progress in trade talks with China
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
The United States on Friday said progress had been made on several trade fronts in talks with China, welcoming Beijing's promise to make a fresh attempt to join...
Bitcoin recovers after slumping on China bank measures
Dec 19, 2013 (AFP)
The value of the volatile virtual currency Bitcoin leapt in China on Thursday, after falling nearly 50 percent one day earlier due to new restrictions reportedl...
Foreign investment in China up 5.48% in first 11 months
Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)
Foreign investment into China rose 5.48 percent year on year in the first 11 months of 2013, the government said Wednesday. Foreign direct investment (FDI), whi...
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