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Hong Kong stock exchange to buy LME for $2.15 bn
Jun 15, 2012 (AFP)
The Hong Kong stock exchange said Friday it had entered into an agreement to buy the London Metal Exchange (LME) for a total of 1.39 billion ($2.15 billion). Ho...
Riots follow shooting of Papuan separatist
Jun 15, 2012 (UPI)
Rioters in the capital of Indonesia's Papua province torched buildings and vehicles after police shot dead a senior official of a major separatist group. Police...
BASF sees China sales more than double by 2020
Jun 14, 2012 (AFP)
German chemical giant BASF said Thursday it expects sales in China to more than double within eight years thanks to fast urbanisation in the world's second-larg...
Study: 'Green' economies have a dark side
Jun 14, 2012 (UPI)
"Green grabbing," the appropriation of land for biofuels, carbon-offsetting schemes and conservation, is forcing people from their homelands, a report says. Res...
Germany, most appealing European market for China: study
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
China, already the top foreign investor in Germany last year, sees Europe's top economy as the most attractive country to invest in after the United States, a n...
Asylum seekers target Australia's Cocos
Jun 13, 2012 (UPI)
Australian maritime authorities are being stretched by efforts to patrol thousands of miles of ocean around the Cocos Islands, the latest territory targeted by ...
PC maker Dell to pay dividends
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
Struggling computer maker Dell announced Tuesday it will use some of its cash stockpile to pay shareholder dividends as it pursues a shift to services. Chairman...
China faces 'severe' trade situation: minister
Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)
China's commerce minister said in comments published Monday that the country faces a "severe" trade situation this year, as the Asian powerhouse continues to fe...
China exports, imports rise sharply
Jun 10, 2012 (AFP)
China's exports and imports shot up in May, but analysts cautioned the better-than-expected data released Sunday was no cause for joy amid global economic woes ...
Gabon renegotiating Chinese iron mining deal
Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)
Gabon is renegotiating a deal with China for mining rights to the massive Belinga iron ore deposits and may ditch Beijing for another partner, Prime Minister Ra...
Outside View: Trade deficit drag
Jun 07, 2012 (UPI)
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to report Friday that the U.S. deficit on international trade in goods and services was $49.3 billion in April, down fr...
Latin America starts new regional alliance
Jun 07, 2012 (UPI)
Leaders of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru launched a new regional economic and political pact called the Pacific Alliance to rival other groupings in the area...
Australia's resources boom at risk?
Jun 07, 2012 (UPI)
The high cost of Australia's resource projects is posing a threat to the country's economy, a report says. The Business Council of Australia's "Pipeline or Pipe...
Sri Lanka's Chinese-built port opens for business
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's first Chinese-built port, a strong symbol of Beijing's investment in South Asia, opened for international shipping on Wednesday with the arrival of ...
Panama -- what? Nicaragua has $30-bn plan for its own canal
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
China, Russia, Brazil and Japan are among six countries interested in funding a new $30-billion canal in Nicaragua linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the ...
Australian shareholders OK Gloucester-Yancoal deal
Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)
Shareholders on Monday voted in favour of Gloucester Coal's tie-up with China's Yancoal, paving the way for what is expected to be Australia's largest listed co...
Australian PM: miners don't own minerals
May 31, 2012 (UPI)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the country's top mining executives that Australian citizens deserve to share in the mining boom. Speaking Thursday...
EU, China edge closer to hi-tech trade war
May 31, 2012 (AFP)
European and Chinese trade ministers stepped up a war of words over hi-tech subsidies Thursday in a spat that increasingly risks legal action and a potentially ...
U.K., Spain work on S. America investments
May 30, 2012 (UPI)
Britain and Spain vowed to work together to protect business assets and investments under threat of nationalization and unilateral seizure by governments in Lat...
Japan's NEC buys Australian IT firms
May 30, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese electronics giant NEC said Wednesday it will buy two IT firms from Australia's CSG, with a report pegging the price tag at about $252 million. The move...
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