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BHP warns of spending cuts as China cools
Jul 28, 2012 (AFP)
Mining giant BHP Billiton warned Saturday that it needed to reduce its cost base and slash non-essential spending as China cooled faster than expected, "signifi...
Crisis forces profit warning at German tech giant Siemens
Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)
German engineering giant Siemens said Thursday it would be harder to achieve its annual profit targets, as the gloomy global economic mood weighed on orders, es...
Indian outsourcer HCL reports 67% jump in quarterly profit
Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)
India's fourth-biggest outsourcing company, HCL Technologies, reported on Wednesday a 67 percent jump in quarterly net profit from a year earlier as client orde...
Japan posts record first-half trade deficit
Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)
Japan posted a record first-half trade deficit of $37.3 billion Wednesday as energy costs soared and exports to key markets slumped, while analysts warned of fu...
London Metal Exchange shareholders approve Hong Kong sale
Jul 25, 2012 (AFP)
London Metal Exchange shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of its proposed takeover by the Hong Kong stock exchange, the LME announced on Wednesday....
Australia bank chief upbeat on China
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
Australia's central bank chief on Tuesday played down fears of a significant slowdown in key trading partner China, describing it as "cyclical" in an upbeat ass...
EU regulators suspect worldwide cartel in CD, DVD drives
Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)
The European Commission on Tuesday said it had sent a "statement of objections" to 13 firms suspected of taking part in a cartel for optical disk drives, used t...
Where the world's perfumes come to rest
Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)
"Here it is, the little wonder, our 'Chypre' from 1917," whispers the cellar-master as he plunges a paper strip into a vial, one of the many treasures at a one-...
China's Citic Securities to buy CLSA for $1.25 bln
Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)
Citic Securities, China's top brokerage firm, will buy CLSA from Credit Agricole SA of France for $1.25 billion, in the latest move by a Chinese company to acqu...
Universities lobby for a seat at the table
Jul 20, 2012 (UPI)
In academia it takes more than prestigious faculty and ground-breaking research to win the attention of lawmakers. From 2002-11, the 10 universities that spent ...
Thailand, Cambodia pull back from temple
Jul 20, 2012 (UPI)
Thailand and Cambodia have pulled back their troops from the disputed border area around Preah Vihear, a ninth-century Hindu temple. Bangkok and Phnom Penh have...
Peru gold mine protests grow
Jul 20, 2012 (UPI)
Peru's Catholic Church intervened in reconciliation talks between the government of President Ollanta Humala and activists protesting the $5 billion Conga coppe...
Google profits surge on growing ad revenue
Jul 19, 2012 (AFP)
Google on Thursday reported a surge in quarterly profit to $2.79 billion on the back of rising online advertising revenue, beating Wall Street expectations. The...
Record tourists to France in 2011, Chinese numbers surge
Jul 18, 2012 (AFP)
A record number of foreign tourists visited France last year, with 81.4 million people travelling to the country and a surge in visitors from China, official fi...
China says 'reservations' over WTO payments ruling
Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)
Beijing said Tuesday it had "reservations" over a WTO ruling largely backing the United States in a dispute over lucrative electronic payments, in which US comp...
Australia opposition to shun 'indulgent' foreign policy
Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)
Australia's main opposition leader pledged Tuesday to avoid "indulgent" policies if in power, pointing to hesitation by the government to export cattle to Indon...
US hails WTO win vs. China on electronic payments
Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)
The United States welcomed Monday a WTO decision upholding its claim that China discriminates against US suppliers of electronic payment services, including cre...
Sydney navy base opened to cruise ships
Jul 15, 2012 (AFP)
A strategic Sydney naval base is to be used to dock large cruise liners, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday, just months after the government a...
Australia's resource boom to decline?
Jul 12, 2012 (UPI)
Australia should prepare for a downslide in the country's resource boom, the country's leading economists say. Speaking at an economic conference in Melbourne W...
HSBC to apologise over lax money laundering controls: report
Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)
Global banking giant HSBC Holdings will apologise to a US Senate hearing next week for failures in its anti-money laundering controls, a report said Wednesday. ...
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