TRADE WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

China firm makes offer for Australia-listed miner

Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese private equity firm Cathay Fortune Corp has made an $850 million offer for Australia-listed Discovery Metals, Dow Jones Newswires reported Thursday, as ...

Immigrant-led startups on the decline in US: study

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

The number of US high-tech startups founded by immigrants, which has long been a source of growth for the American economy, has begun to slip, according to a st...

Australia's Forrest wins High Court appeal

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest on Tuesday won a High Court appeal against a ruling that he misled investors on Chinese deals that could have seen him ...

Protest shuts alpine transit route in Austria

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

A major alpine transit route through western Austria was partially shut to traffic on Friday, as part of a protest against excessive heavy transport and resulti...

Hong Kong hails start of first free trade pact with Europe

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong on Friday said its first free trade agreement with European countries would take effect from the beginning of October, opening up business opportuniti...

Strikes hammer S. Africa's mining industry

Sep 28, 2012 (UPI)

Trouble in South Africa's mining sector has paralyzed Anglo American Platinum, the world's biggest producer of the precious metal, and other companies in a swel...

WTO appoints expert panel in long-running China-US dispute

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

International trade arbiter the World Trade Organization on Friday appointed a panel of experts to investigate the latest in a series of disputes involving Chin...

One-third Taiwan firms in China face closure: report

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's intelligence chief on Thursday warned that one in every three Taiwanese companies based in China are facing closure this year due to rapidly decreasing...

Workers protest at Italy steel mill facing closure

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Workers staged a new protest Wednesday against the proposed shuttering of the ILVA steel mill in southern Italy, which has been accused of generating massive po...

Canada frets over foreign takeover bids

Sep 26, 2012 (UPI)

Canada fears foreign ownership of its key corporations and resource entities, officials said in private and public comments mirrored in the media. Nowhere is th...

Asia must make money, not trouble: Thai PM

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Wednesday that Asia's emerging economies can help the troubled global economy, but warned against allowing conflict...

Tourism bright spot in global economy: UN body

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Global tourism has adapted well to the economic crisis, with international arrivals expected to rise by nearly four percent this year, the head of the UN World ...

Obama mocks Romney's get tough with China vow

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

President Barack Obama Wednesday mocked Mitt Romney's get tough with China rhetoric, saying his foe's record of making money in China meant he would be like a f...

NY Times sells stake in jobs website for $100 mn

Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)

The New York Times Co. said Tuesday it would sell its stake in the jobs-listing website Indeed.com, and record a gain of $100 million. The media group said in a...

Japan business chiefs scrub China visit: official

Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)

A group of Japanese business leaders that has met top Chinese politicians regularly over 37 years will cancel this year's trip, an official said Monday, amid a ...

Nicaragua, a Taiwan friend, warms to China investment

Sep 23, 2012 (AFP)

Nicaragua's leftist government, which has diplomatic relations with Taiwan, is seeking to lure investments from China -- in part to offset a possible loss of su...

China-Canada should move toward FTA: ambassador

Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)

China's ambassador to Canada said in an interview published Saturday that the two countries should move speedily to sign a free-trade agreement if bilateral bus...

Commodity prices mixed on stimulus action, China demand

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

Commodity prices were mixed this week following volatile trading as dealers weighed the effects of new US stimulus measures against fears over weaker Chinese de...

China tightening customs inspections from Japan: firms

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

China is ramping up customs inspections for Japanese products at its ports, firms said on Friday, as a diplomatic row over disputed islands appeared to spill ov...

'Corrupt' state boss is richest Malaysian: group

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

The powerful boss of one of Malaysia's poorest states has used graft and abuse of power to amass a staggering $15 billion fortune -- making him the country's ri...