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Chinese strikers weighing legal steps in Singapore
Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)
Four Chinese bus drivers facing possible jail for instigating Singapore's first industrial strike in 26 years were given more time on Wednesday to explore their...
IMF warns Hong Kong property faces price correction
Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday warned that Hong Kong could see an abrupt fall in property prices after years of dramatic increases in one of the w...
Hungary offers residency permits for 250,000 euros
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
Foreign investors can now snag themselves Hungarian residency permits for 250,000 euros ($325,000), following the approval of a bill amendment in Hungary's parl...
HSBC being punished for 'stunning failures': US
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
HSBC intentionally broke US sanctions on Iran and other countries and laundered Mexican drug money to build its business, the US said Tuesday as it socked the g...
Abramovich to pay $1.49 bn for Norilsk stake
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
Billionaire Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich is to pay almost $1.49 billion to acquire a stake in Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel to help end a feud betwee...
China to claim one-third of luxury market: survey
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
China will account for one-third of the estimated $175 billion global market for luxury goods by 2015, as growing wealth spurs demand for top-end goods, consult...
HSBC to pay $1.92 bn to settle US laundering probe
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
Banking giant HSBC said Tuesday it would pay US authorities a record $1.92 billion to settle allegations of money laundering that were said to have helped Mexic...
US to press on trade in China talks
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
The United States said Monday it would press China on intellectual property rights and other key concerns as the world's two largest economies hold top-level tr...
Chinese insurer PICC soars on Hong Kong debut
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese insurer PICC surged Friday on its Hong Kong trading debut, as the city's biggest share sale this year provided an upbeat end to a weak year in the globa...
Groupon surges on takeover chatter
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
Groupon shares surged Friday as market players reacted to chatter about a possible takeover for the troubled online deals company. Groupon closed with a gain of...
Mercosur puts a brave front on divisions
Dec 07, 2012 (UPI)
Latin America's Mercosur regional pact extended Paraguay's suspension from its ranks to April 2013 in a move set to divide the region and exacerbate tensions. A...
Chinese workers stage new protest in Singapore
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Two crane operators staged a high-rise protest at a construction site in Singapore on Thursday, its second industrial incident involving mainland Chinese worker...
Beijing to allow visa-free transit trips
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
China will allow transit passengers from 45 countries including the US, Canada and most members of the EU to spend up to 72 hours in Beijing without a visa from...
S. Korea's LG to appeal European fine for price-fixing
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
LG Electronics vowed on Thursday to appeal against a European Commission fine of nearly 500 million euros ($653 million) for price-fixing, calling the penalty u...
Hong Kong leader warns of talent drain over housing
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader on Thursday said the Chinese city needed to boost its housing supply and create more living space or the "best and the brightest" talents of ...
Paraguay's diplomatic isolation dissipates
Dec 05, 2012 (UPI)
Paraguay's diplomatic isolation is fast becoming a thing of the past as President Federico Franco receives the Organization of American States endorsement and a...
Taiwan concerned over China high-tech talent poaching
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan Wednesday voiced concern over "malicious talent poaching" in reaction to a report that a high-tech firm run by former Chinese president Jiang Zemin's son...
Activists slam Singapore crackdown on China strikers
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Activists expressed outrage Wednesday over Singapore's crackdown on Chinese bus drivers who staged the city-state's first industrial strike in 26 years to deman...
China island row takes bite out of Japan tourism
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
The sound of Mandarin-speaking tourists and the cash tills they set ringing have become rare in Tokyo's upmarket Ginza district, retailers say, since a flare-up...
SEC charges top accounting firms over China data
Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)
US market regulators charged the China affiliates of five top accounting firms Monday with violation of securities laws for refusing to provide audit data relat...
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