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Amazon seeks relaxation of India e-commerce rules
Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)
US online retail giant Amazon said Tuesday it had asked New Delhi to consider relaxing a law that stops its Indian subsidiary from selling directly to customers...
Tech giants summoned by Australia pricing inquiry
Feb 11, 2013 (AFP)
Global technology giants Microsoft, Apple and Adobe were Monday ordered to appear before a pricing inquiry examining the often-higher cost of tech goods in Aust...
Mercosur seeks Canada deal, but Cuba looms
Feb 08, 2013 (UPI)
Mercosur is pushing a free trade deal with Canada which, if signed, will confront Ottawa with the ticklish issue of dealing with continued U.S. embargo on the r...
China's trade surplus surges in January
Feb 08, 2013 (AFP)
China's trade surplus rose in January with both exports and imports beating expectations, official data showed Friday, as the country maintained its economic re...
Kerry to meet Canadian FM in first bilateral talks
Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)
New US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold his first bilateral talks Friday, as he welcomes his Canadian counterpart John Baird to the State Department. He ...
Venezuela businesses up in arms over moves to limit profits
Feb 06, 2013 (UPI)
Venezuelan government moves to put a cap on business profits triggered protests Thursday with business leaders threatening to take the issue to court. Business ...
Google wins Australian sponsored links case
Feb 06, 2013 (AFP)
Internet titan Google was cleared Wednesday of allegations it hosted deceptive advertisements, with Australia's highest court saying it was not responsible for ...
Chinese make record foreign investments in 2012: PwC
Feb 06, 2013 (AFP)
Foreign mergers and acquisitions by Chinese investors set a record last year, while domestic purchases marked a pause, a study released on Wednesday by the acco...
Trade secrets theft linked to ex-employees: study
Feb 06, 2013 (AFP)
A big source of theft of corporate data and trade secrets is former employees of the company, a research report said Wednesday. The survey by the security firm ...
China, India tourists triple Australian visits
Feb 06, 2013 (AFP)
Australia's strong dollar has done little to dampen its popularity with Chinese and Indian visitors, with tourist numbers from those countries tripling in the p...
Panama Canal expansion work seen to be at risk after row
Feb 05, 2013 (UPI)
Work on a multibillion expansion of Panama Canal is at risk from a dispute pitting the building consortium against Panama authorities over the sharing of $1.6 b...
Global ecommerce sales topped $1 tn in 2012: study
Feb 05, 2013 (AFP)
Global Internet retail sales topped $1 trillion for the first time in 2012 with the United States holding the top spot but China rising fast, a market research ...
Walker's World: New currency wars
Feb 04, 2013 (UPI)
Ten years ago this week, one British pound bought 1.6 euros. Today it buys 1.15 euros, which means British exports are dramatically cheaper and Britain's import...
Anglo American Platinum plunges into deep loss
Feb 04, 2013 (AFP)
Strike-scarred AngloAmerican Platinum reported Monday that it lurched into huge losses revealing deep damage from a tough 2012 and warned it has to absolutely t...
Japan bookings to China still falling amid island row
Feb 04, 2013 (AFP)
Bookings on Japanese package tours to China for February and March are down around 80 percent, tourism industry data showed Monday, as a months-old territorial ...
Phosphorus used in Myanmar protest raid: lawyers
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
An independent investigation into a crackdown on a copper mine protest in Myanmar that left dozens injured has found that phosphorus was used by security forces...
China steel industry says profits plunge
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
The combined profits of China's major steelmakers crashed by more than 98 percent in 2012 as growth in the economy of the world's largest steel producer slowed,...
EU 'better than North America' for China firms: survey
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese firms consider the European Union as good or better an investment destination than North America, the EU chamber of commerce in China said Thursday, des...
Brazil's slow growth bad for sport events
Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)
Brazil's economic downturn is worrying planners that it will impact on preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the Olympics in 2016. Fewer jobs were create...
China mining firm falls on Hong Kong trading debut
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
China's Chinalco Mining Corporation fell more than 11 percent on its Hong Kong trading debut Thursday after raising $397 million in the city's first major initi...
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