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Russia's Rusal to cut production as profit falls
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
Russian aluminium giant Rusal said Monday it would cut production after seeing its net profit fall 95.25 percent in the first six months of the year, hit by fal...
Australia's resource boom on last leg?
Aug 27, 2012 (UPI)
Australia's mining boom is far from over, a government official said. "The truth of the matter is, according to private forecasters, we're not even halfway thro...
Trade to limit harm of East Asia island spats
Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)
China, Japan and South Korea are loath to let tensions over sea claims damage their sputtering economies, analysts say, but the emotional disputes could still s...
China blamed for fake goods seized in Italy
Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)
Italy's police said Saturday they have seized so far this year 52 million counterfeit items, including train tickets, smartphones, condoms and detergents, with ...
Wen says China needs to stabilise exports: report
Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday that China needed more policies to stabilise the country's exports, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Wen, speaking duri...
Argentina under fire for protectionism
Aug 23, 2012 (UPI)
Argentina is under fire for increasing protectionist barriers and fighting criticism with countercharges against nations that complain about the trade policies ...
Record eurozone trade surplus, analysts divided on outlook
Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)
New EU data out on Friday showed the eurozone logging a record trade surplus and bumper cash earnings in what some analysts said was evidence that austerity and...
Football: Maradona in $3.2 million China legal action
Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)
Argentine football great Diego Maradona attended a Beijing court hearing Friday which was considering his $3.2 million image rights claim against two Chinese In...
Foreign investment in China declines in July
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
Foreign direct investment in China fell 8.7 percent in July, the government said Thursday, as the economy continues to feel the pinch of slowing global growth a...
Gold demand down to 2-year low: industry report
Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)
Global demand for gold has fallen to its lowest level in two years owing to less buying in the main markets of India and China, despite rising demand from centr...
Paraguay plays down suspension by Unasur
Aug 16, 2012 (UPI)
Paraguayan President Federico Franco played down the landlocked country's continued diplomatic isolation since he took office after the Union of South American ...
China, Canada bilateral investment booms, trade lags: study
Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese foreign investment in Canada has boomed over the last decade but trade lags, according to a study by both governments that was realased on Wednesday and...
Asia eyes Brazil's growing consumer market
Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)
With Europe and the United States in the economic doldrums, Asian manufacturers are setting their sights on Brazil's lucrative consumer market ahead of the 2014...
China approves Wal-Mart control of online supermarket
Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)
China said Tuesday it has approved a plan by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to gain control of a local online supermarket, but imposed conditions on the deal over concern...
Italy steel mill appeals order to stop production
Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)
Europe's biggest steel mill launched an appeal on Tuesday against a judge's order to halt production while a clean-up operation of polluting chemicals at the IL...
Japan growth slows as exports struggle
Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)
Growth in export-driven Japan slowed in the three months to June, official data showed Monday, with the debt crisis in Europe and the unsteady global economy cr...
Coldwell Banker teams up with BOC to entice rich Chinese
Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)
Coldwell Banker France said Monday it had teamed up with Bank of China to meet the growing appetite of rich Chinese for upmarket French property. "France now re...
Italian PM to dispatch ministers to disputed steel mill
Aug 12, 2012 (AFP)
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti will send three ministers to Taranto, southern Italy, to try and prevent a shutdown of Europe's biggest steel mill, Italian m...
Outside View: Of horses and narco-kingdoms
Aug 10, 2012 (UPI)
Following a 2-year investigation, U.S. prosecutors have submitted a mindboggling 30,000 pages of documentation and 2,000 recorded phone calls that paint an exte...
China says exports, imports slow in July
Aug 10, 2012 (AFP)
China's exports and imports slowed for the second consecutive month in July, official data showed Friday, highlighting worsening conditions in the world's secon...
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