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Spanish PM visits China in bid to boost trade

Sep 25, 2014 (AFP)

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday made his first visit to China, meeting with top officials in Beijing on a trip aimed at expanding trade with th...

France's Sanofi opens research hub in China

Sep 25, 2014 (AFP)

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi opened a research hub in Shanghai Thursday, the company said, as foreign drug firms face government scrutiny after drugmaker ...

Farmers protest planned $50-bn canal in Nicaragua

Sep 24, 2014 (AFP)

Hundreds of farmers Tuesday demonstrated against a new $50 billion waterway aimed at rivalling the Panama Canal, irate at plans to expropriate the land they wor...

One million Filipinos join booming Philippine outsourcing sector

Sep 24, 2014 (AFP)

The Philippines' booming outsourcing industry now employs a million people after growing almost tenfold in just over a decade, the industry association said Wed...

China travel warning hits Philippine tourism industry

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

Tens of thousands of Chinese tourists have cancelled trips to the Philippines after a travel warning by Beijing, inflicting major pain on hotels, airlines and t...

Japan business delegation visits China amid thaw hopes

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

A large business delegation left Japan Monday for China with hopes of being granted an audience with President Xi Jinping as the two countries take baby steps t...

China's Zhu charms Milan with Italian vision of Krizia future

Sep 21, 2014 (AFP)

Zhu Chongyun, the glamorous Chinese entrepreneur and designer who has taken over Krizia, has vowed to maintain the historic fashion house's made-in-Italy herita...

Alibaba surges in Wall Street debut

Sep 19, 2014 (AFP)

A buying frenzy sent Alibaba shares sharply higher Friday as the Chinese online giant made its historic Wall Street trading debut. Alibaba leapt from an offerin...

Commodity prices roiled by stronger dollar, China

Sep 19, 2014 (AFP)

Oil prices endured a volatile week and metals futures fell as the dollar strengthened and Chinese economic data disappointed markets. OIL: World oil prices edge...

Weak yen fails to boost exports as Japan logs trade deficit

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Japan on Thursday posted its 26th consecutive monthly trade deficit, as a sharply weaker yen failed to lift exports as the world's number three economy stalls. ...

Border stand-off overshadows China leader's India trip

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Indian and Chinese leaders pledged Thursday to resolve a long-running border dispute that led to a bloody 1962 war, as a stand-off between troops on the remote ...

Alibaba founder conciliatory over missed HK listing

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

Alibaba founder Jack Ma struck a conciliatory note Monday over its failure to list in Hong Kong, as the Chinese e-commerce giant began an Asian roadshow before ...

China's Xi touts 'maritime silk road' on South Asia tour

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

China's President Xi Jinping said he hoped the Maldives would help build a "21st century maritime silk road" as he began a South Asian tour in the strategically...

China removes top official of free trade zone: media

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

China has removed a senior official of its much-heralded Shanghai free-trade zone (FTZ) less than a year after it was opened, state media said Monday, amid repo...

Alibaba to raise up to $25 bn with revised IPO price

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese online giant Alibaba on Monday boosted the price range for what was already expected to be the biggest stock offering on record, to as much as $25.03 bi...

China's Xi wins Maldives backing for 'maritime silk route'

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

China's President Xi Jinping secured Maldivian support Monday for a "21st century maritime silk road" as he began a South Asian tour in the strategically locate...

China's Alibaba sets new path with US IPO

Sep 14, 2014 (AFP)

With a possible record-breaking stock offering, Chinese online giant Alibaba is set to boost its role as a global company with a massive expansion potential. Th...

US judge fines HP $59 mn for bribing Russian officials

Sep 11, 2014 (AFP)

A judge on Thursday ordered US computer giant Hewlett-Packard to pay $58.8 million for bribing Moscow government officials to win a big-money contract with Russ...

Coinbase taking Bitcoin wallet platform to Europe

Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)

San Francisco-based Coinbase is taking its Bitcoin wallet to Europe with an aim of enticing more people there to use the digital currency. Coinbase on Wednesday...

Work on Nicaragua canal to begin in December

Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)

Work on a huge project to rival the Panama Canal will begin in December with construction of a port on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, an official said Monday. ...