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China to claim one-third of luxury market: survey
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
China will account for one-third of the estimated $175 billion global market for luxury goods by 2015, as growing wealth spurs demand for top-end goods, consult...
US to press on trade in China talks
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
The United States said Monday it would press China on intellectual property rights and other key concerns as the world's two largest economies hold top-level tr...
Chinese insurer PICC soars on Hong Kong debut
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese insurer PICC surged Friday on its Hong Kong trading debut, as the city's biggest share sale this year provided an upbeat end to a weak year in the globa...
Groupon surges on takeover chatter
Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)
Groupon shares surged Friday as market players reacted to chatter about a possible takeover for the troubled online deals company. Groupon closed with a gain of...
Mercosur puts a brave front on divisions
Dec 07, 2012 (UPI)
Latin America's Mercosur regional pact extended Paraguay's suspension from its ranks to April 2013 in a move set to divide the region and exacerbate tensions. A...
S. Korea's LG to appeal European fine for price-fixing
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
LG Electronics vowed on Thursday to appeal against a European Commission fine of nearly 500 million euros ($653 million) for price-fixing, calling the penalty u...
Hong Kong leader warns of talent drain over housing
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's leader on Thursday said the Chinese city needed to boost its housing supply and create more living space or the "best and the brightest" talents of ...
Beijing to allow visa-free transit trips
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
China will allow transit passengers from 45 countries including the US, Canada and most members of the EU to spend up to 72 hours in Beijing without a visa from...
Chinese workers stage new protest in Singapore
Dec 06, 2012 (AFP)
Two crane operators staged a high-rise protest at a construction site in Singapore on Thursday, its second industrial incident involving mainland Chinese worker...
Taiwan concerned over China high-tech talent poaching
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan Wednesday voiced concern over "malicious talent poaching" in reaction to a report that a high-tech firm run by former Chinese president Jiang Zemin's son...
Activists slam Singapore crackdown on China strikers
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Activists expressed outrage Wednesday over Singapore's crackdown on Chinese bus drivers who staged the city-state's first industrial strike in 26 years to deman...
Paraguay's diplomatic isolation dissipates
Dec 05, 2012 (UPI)
Paraguay's diplomatic isolation is fast becoming a thing of the past as President Federico Franco receives the Organization of American States endorsement and a...
China island row takes bite out of Japan tourism
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
The sound of Mandarin-speaking tourists and the cash tills they set ringing have become rare in Tokyo's upmarket Ginza district, retailers say, since a flare-up...
Adani set to begin mining in Australia
Dec 03, 2012 (UPI)
Indian conglomerate the Adani Group said its $10 billion Carmichael coal block in Queensland, Australia, would start production in 2016. "We are going to be the...
SEC charges top accounting firms over China data
Dec 03, 2012 (AFP)
US market regulators charged the China affiliates of five top accounting firms Monday with violation of securities laws for refusing to provide audit data relat...
Singapore deports striking Chinese bus drivers
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
Singapore on Sunday deported 29 mainland Chinese bus drivers involved in the city-state's first industrial strike in 26 years. The drivers, working for state-li...
Suu Kyi to lead probe into China-backed Myanmar mine
Dec 01, 2012 (AFP)
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will lead a probe into a crackdown on a protest against a Chinese-backed copper mine which will also assess the futur...
Australia's Lynas fires up Malaysian plant
Nov 30, 2012 (AFP)
Australian miner Lynas Corp said Friday it had begun processing rare earths at a controversial new plant in Malaysia after being delayed for more than a year du...
Russia as WTO Member Must Resort to Sophisticated Methods
Nov 30, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
November marks a symbolic date which is very important though - 100 days of Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). "We should not underestim...
Australia's resources spending increases
Nov 29, 2012 (UPI)
Australia has reported record spending in major resources and energy projects. In its Resources and Energy Major Projects report this week, Australia's Bureau o...
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