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Huawei's global ambitions come under a cloud
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese telecom firm Huawei's ambitions to become a global brand rivalling Apple and Samsung have been hit by a US report claiming that the company, founded by ...
China tipped to be 2nd biggest luxury market by 2017
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
China is set to become the world's second biggest market for luxury goods after the United States in five years, overtaking France, Britain, Italy and Japan, an...
Japan current account surplus up 4.2% in August
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's current account surplus expanded 4.2 percent in August from a year earlier, official data showed Tuesday, the first monthly rise since last year's quake...
Australian PM Gillard urges Japan FTA
Oct 08, 2012 (AFP)
Australia and Japan should "seal the deal" on a free trade agreement (FTA), Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday, adding no trade pact would be more natural...
Paraguay hopeful of return to Mercosur
Oct 08, 2012 (UPI)
Paraguayan President Federico Franco said the landlocked country's restoration to Mercosur was only a matter of time because the neighboring countries that engi...
China auction house holds first sale in Hong Kong
Oct 07, 2012 (AFP)
China's oldest auction house held its first sale in Hong Kong Sunday, underscoring an intensified competition between Chinese auctioneers and their foreign riva...
US manufacturers bringing work home from overseas
Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)
Increasingly, U.S. firms are moving or considering moving their manufacturing operations back to domestic soil from overseas, finds a new study co-authored by a...
Japan insurers stop China riot coverage: report
Oct 05, 2012 (AFP)
Big Japanese insurers have stopped covering firms against riots in China, a report said Friday, a move seen likely to hit investment there as the countries rema...
Argentine retailers told to cut prices
Oct 05, 2012 (UPI)
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ordered retailers to slash prices of commodities and basic food items as part of the government's widely publ...
Russia denies sending high-tech spies to US
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
Russian diplomats and security chiefs denied Thursday sending their spies to the United States to purchase high-tech military electronics and detonators in fake...
China firm makes offer for Australia-listed miner
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese private equity firm Cathay Fortune Corp has made an $850 million offer for Australia-listed Discovery Metals, Dow Jones Newswires reported Thursday, as ...
EU unveils measures to combat biopiracy
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
The European Union on Thursday set out proposals aimed at thwarting the illegal use of genetic resources and traditional medicine, a practice known as bio-pirac...
China, S. Korea seen to attend IMF meeting in Japan
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
China and South Korea are expected to send their financial chiefs to meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Japan, despite their diplomat...
China slowdown hits services sector
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
Activity in China's non-manufacturing sectors hit a near two-year low last month, official figures showed, adding to concerns over a slowdown in the world's sec...
Australia and Mongolia mining cooperation?
Oct 04, 2012 (UPI)
Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj has encouraged Mongolian-Australian cooperation in Mongolia's mining boom. Elbegdorj, noting that Mongolian-Australian rel...
Australia's Forrest wins High Court appeal
Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)
Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest on Tuesday won a High Court appeal against a ruling that he misled investors on Chinese deals that could have seen him ...
Immigrant-led startups on the decline in US: study
Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)
The number of US high-tech startups founded by immigrants, which has long been a source of growth for the American economy, has begun to slip, according to a st...
Strikes hammer S. Africa's mining industry
Sep 28, 2012 (UPI)
Trouble in South Africa's mining sector has paralyzed Anglo American Platinum, the world's biggest producer of the precious metal, and other companies in a swel...
Hong Kong hails start of first free trade pact with Europe
Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong on Friday said its first free trade agreement with European countries would take effect from the beginning of October, opening up business opportuniti...
WTO appoints expert panel in long-running China-US dispute
Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)
International trade arbiter the World Trade Organization on Friday appointed a panel of experts to investigate the latest in a series of disputes involving Chin...
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