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MtGox website disappears amid huge bitcoin theft claim
Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)
The website of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange MtGox went down Tuesday amid reports of a theft of the virtual currency worth hundreds of millions of dollars, deali...
Armani ends fashion week, Chinese firm buys Krizia
Feb 24, 2014 (AFP)
Giorgio Armani closed Milan Fashion Week on Monday, as historic label Krizia said it was being bought by a Chinese firm and luxury giant LVMH announced a deal w...
Made in USA: Pentagon to use only 100% American flags
Feb 23, 2014 (AFP)
It is the ultimate symbol of chest-thumping American patriotic pride and now the United States flag must be "100 percent made in the USA" -- at least where the ...
China confirms probe into Qualcomm
Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)
Beijing said Wednesday it has been probing two US companies including mobile chipmaker Qualcomm since last year over potential anti-trust violations, extending ...
Obama in Mexico for less friendly 'three amigos' talks
Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama joined the Mexican and Canadian leaders Wednesday for a North American summit focused on trade but marked by friction between the "thr...
A canal across Nicaragua: is this for real?
Feb 19, 2014 (AFP)
It would be an engineering feat of gargantuan proportions -- a $40 billion Chinese-built canal across Nicaragua to boost the flow of ships between the Caribbean...
China trade surplus rebounds in January
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
China's trade surplus surged in January, according to data Wednesday showing exports strengthened markedly in a potentially brighter note for the world's second...
US names 'notorious markets' for piracy, counterfeiting
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday named China the leading place for physical markets selling counterfeit goods, while websites in Europe, South America and Canada ...
Australian tycoon's tirade against Chinese firm
Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)
Outspoken resources tycoon Clive Palmer condemned the "rape and disrespect" of Australia by foreign firms Friday in a spat with a Chinese miner that warned the ...
Canada trade deficit rises to Can$1.7 bn
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
Canada's trade deficit widened to Can$1.7 billion in December as rising imports outpaced exports, the government statistical agency announced Thursday. The defi...
China to fund bridge between Guyana, Suriname
Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)
China is to fund a bridge over a river linking the neighboring South American countries of Suriname and Guyana, officials said Monday. "We Guyana, at the reques...
French president warns over Cameron's EU plans
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
French President Francois Hollande dealt a blow Friday to Prime Minister David Cameron's hopes of renegotiating Britain's membership of the EU before a referend...
Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam over Israeli firm advert
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Scarlett Johansson has ended her role as global ambassador for Oxfam, with the aid group saying it deemed the position "incompatible" with her promotion of an I...
Show me the money: HK in biggest ever Bitcoin giveaway
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kongers snapped up HK$500,000 ($65,000) in Bitcoin vouchers on Thursday to mark the Lunar New Year in what organisers said was the biggest ever giveaway of...
Posco profit drops on slow demand, China competition
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
South Korea's Posco, the world's fifth-largest steelmaker, said Tuesday its net profit for last year plunged 43.2 percent due to the global slowdown and intensi...
Canada and Norway appeal WTO ruling backing EU seal ban
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
Norway and Canada have appealed a ruling by the WTO that backs a European Union ban on the import and sale of seal products, the Geneva-based body announced Mon...
Bitcoin dealers charged in US with money laundering
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
US authorities Monday filed criminal charges against two operators of a Bitcoin exchange, including the head of a company with high-profile investment backers. ...
US to drop action against Deloitte over China accounting
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission moved Monday to drop its action against accountancy Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu for records on a US-listed Chinese compan...
Indian authorities threaten to demolish Coke plant
Jan 24, 2014 (AFP)
Authorities in northern India said Friday they would demolish an "illegal" Coca-Cola bottling plant at the centre of protests over accusations it is extracting ...
New deadline set in Panama Canal dispute
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
The Panama Canal authority and a consortium working on widening the waterway have given themselves until February 1 to resolve a bitter financial dispute that t...
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