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China pledges to increase trade with Thailand
Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged Tuesday to expand trade with Thailand to $100 billion annually and step up ties on a wide range of issues, including t...
Japan's Toshiba to pay $850 mn for IBM retail unit
Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said Tuesday it would pay about $850.0 million for IBM's retail products unit, with the US firm saying it would create the wo...
Brazil attacks rich nations as 'predatory'
Apr 17, 2012 (UPI)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said developed nations' monetary policies threaten to extinguish manufacturing in countries aiming to reduce dependence on in...
Outside View: China widens yuan trading
Apr 17, 2012 (UPI)
Beijing announced Sunday it was widening the daily trading range for the yuan to 1 percentage point. This news has been heralded as another indication that Chin...
Mongolia to suspend mine licences over China buyout
Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)
A Mongolian coal miner announced Tuesday authorities in the resource-rich country want to suspend some of its licences, after China's Chalco said it planned to ...
Canada streamlines environmental reviews
Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)
Canada on Tuesday unveiled plans to simplify the way it reviews major economic projects, but the opposition charged that the changes would gut the country's env...
Tourism summit opens in Japan amid 'turbulence'
Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)
The international travel and tourism industry's annual summit opened in northern Japan Monday, as the sector moves to recover from a year filled with economic t...
Cameron offers to help China probe Briton's death
Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday offered to help China investigate the suspicious death of an English businessman in a case with links to a forme...
Canvas the new 'safe-haven' for Hong Kong investors
Apr 15, 2012 (AFP)
Unnerved by a febrile stock exchange and persistent rumblings of a potential dip in property prices, Hong Kong investors are seeking refuge in art and the lure ...
Patent wars plague Internet Age
Apr 15, 2012 (AFP)
The Internet Age is becoming as known for patent litigation as it is for online innovation. From the makers of computer chips to creators of smartphones and des...
Treat Latin America as an equal: Brazil tells US
Apr 14, 2012 (AFP)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, speaking on the sidelines of a weekend summit of Western hemisphere leaders here Saturday, urged her US counterpart Barack O...
Facebook buys startup aimed at loyal shoppers
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
Facebook on Friday confirmed that it bought a San Francisco startup that helps merchants court shoppers with rewards for checking in with smartphones during vis...
U.S. aims for better outcome with Brazil
Apr 13, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due in Brazil next week for another jab at reaching convergence on key foreign policy and global finance issues, incl...
India to accept Pakistan FDI as ties warm
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
India said Friday it would open up to direct foreign investment from Pakistan in a deepening of commercial ties that could help propel a peace process between t...
Commodity prices mixed amid weak Chinese, US data
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
Commodity prices diverged this week amid weak Chinese growth data, renewed eurozone debt worries, strong supplies of major raw materials and following poor US j...
Sands opens new casino resort in Asian gaming hub
Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)
Las Vegas Sands Corp. opened its fourth casino in the booming Asian gaming capital of Macau on Wednesday, transforming a "swamp" earmarked for a fireworks facto...
Minister says Romania to take time on Canadian gold mine
Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)
Romania's new environment minister said Wednesday that prudence is needed during the review of a planned Canadian-owned gold mine and the process to issue a key...
India takes US visa fee hike to WTO
Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)
India is challenging the United States at the World Trade Organisation over increased visa fees for skilled workers that have hit the country's flagship outsour...
China returns to trade surplus in March
Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)
China on Tuesday posted a trade surplus for March, reversing a massive deficit the previous month, but data showed exports were still weak owing to the economic...
Romania president wants rapid decision on Canadian gold mine
Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)
Romanian president Traian Basescu pressed the nation's environment ministry Tuesday to take a rapid decision on a planned Canadian-owned gold mine at Rosia Mont...
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