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End of China boom a challenge, not a crisis: Australia
Jul 18, 2013 (AFP)
Treasurer Chris Bowen on Thursday insisted an end to the Chinese resources boom was not a crisis for Australia's mining-driven economy, but admitted it was a ch...
'Dirty' GSK inflated China prices with bribes: paper
Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese state newspaper on Wednesday called GlaxoSmithKline, which is under investigation for bribery in China, "dirty and devious", accusing the British drug...
Chilean court halts Canadian gold mine project
Jul 16, 2013 (UPI)
An $8.5 billion Canadian project to develop gold mining in Chile was stopped by a court amid unresolved disputes over its impact on local environment. Earlier t...
Giant Posco scraps India plant in blow to investment
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
South Korean steel giant Posco scrapped Tuesday a $5.3-billion deal to build a steel plant in India due to delays, in a blow to New Delhi's efforts to woo inves...
China Construction Bank to set up in Luxembourg
Jul 15, 2013 (AFP)
The China Construction Bank is to set up its European base in Luxembourg, the latter's Finance Minister Luc Frieden announced on Monday. The third Chinese lende...
Australia at crossroads as China boom ends: PM
Jul 11, 2013 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Thursday said the China resources boom was over, leaving the economy at a crossroads, as he called for a new productivity p...
China accuses GSK staff of corruption, tax crimes
Jul 11, 2013 (AFP)
Senior managers of British drug firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in China have confessed to bribery, "serious" business offences and tax crimes, police said Thursday....
US, China see progress on investment treaty
Jul 11, 2013 (AFP)
The United States and China said Thursday they had moved forward on a treaty that would ramp up investment but the two countries clashed over hacking and the ca...
Nepal police seize smuggled gold bound for India
Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)
Nepal police seized 35 kilograms (77 pounds) of gold on Wednesday, smuggled over the border from China and bound for India, where demand for the precious metal ...
Resource boom helps Latin America improve credit ratings
Jul 09, 2013 (UPI)
Increase in earnings from commodities and other natural resources helped Latin American countries improve their credit ratings during the first half of this yea...
Mongolia's massive Oyu Tolgoi mine begins copper shipments
Jul 09, 2013 (UPI)
Mining giant Rio Tinto's $6.2 billion copper and gold Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia has started to ship copper concentrate to customers, the company said. The ...
Chinese insurer Ping An buys Lloyd's building in London
Jul 08, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese insurance giant Ping An has made a big foray into London's City financial district by buying the Lloyd's building for 260 million ($387 million, 302 mil...
Brazil blames Argentina for delaying EU trade accord
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
Brazilian agribusiness leaders are blaming Argentine government policies for delays in concluding a free trade deal with the European Union -- an accusation has...
Group wants all ocean-goinWg vessels tracked to close security loophole
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
All vessels in international waters should be identifiable by a global tracking system to close a "security loophole" on the high seas, a British group says. Th...
China, Switzerland sign free trade agreement
Jul 06, 2013 (AFP)
China and Switzerland on Saturday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) -- Beijing's first in continental Europe -- in a deal that comes against a backdrop of tra...
SLeone, China sign $8 billion in infrastructure deals
Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)
Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma said on Friday that he had signed deals for a new international airport, a railway and raft of other huge construction pr...
Pakistan PM talks business on China visit
Jul 04, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif started his first foreign visit since his May election in China Thursday looking to secure infrastructure projects to tackl...
Israeli inventor says chemical scanner will change the way we shop
Jul 03, 2013 (UPI)
Want to know what strange chemicals are in your Subway sub roll? Soon, consumers won't necessarily need to rely on investigative journalists or public safety ad...
Peru gold mine protesters want project scrapped
Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)
Protests against a $5 billion gold mining project that's set to drain three lakes in northern Peru's Cajamarca region are mounting amid warnings of a repeat of ...
Canal could make Nicaragua richest CentrAm country, official says
Jun 30, 2013 (AFP)
A proposed waterway to rival the Panama Canal could make Nicaragua the richest country in Central America, a project official was quoted as saying Sunday. Presi...
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