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Protest shuts alpine transit route in Austria

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

A major alpine transit route through western Austria was partially shut to traffic on Friday, as part of a protest against excessive heavy transport and resulti...

One-third Taiwan firms in China face closure: report

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's intelligence chief on Thursday warned that one in every three Taiwanese companies based in China are facing closure this year due to rapidly decreasing...

Workers protest at Italy steel mill facing closure

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Workers staged a new protest Wednesday against the proposed shuttering of the ILVA steel mill in southern Italy, which has been accused of generating massive po...

Canada frets over foreign takeover bids

Sep 26, 2012 (UPI)

Canada fears foreign ownership of its key corporations and resource entities, officials said in private and public comments mirrored in the media. Nowhere is th...

Tourism bright spot in global economy: UN body

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Global tourism has adapted well to the economic crisis, with international arrivals expected to rise by nearly four percent this year, the head of the UN World ...

Asia must make money, not trouble: Thai PM

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Wednesday that Asia's emerging economies can help the troubled global economy, but warned against allowing conflict...

Obama mocks Romney's get tough with China vow

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

President Barack Obama Wednesday mocked Mitt Romney's get tough with China rhetoric, saying his foe's record of making money in China meant he would be like a f...

NY Times sells stake in jobs website for $100 mn

Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)

The New York Times Co. said Tuesday it would sell its stake in the jobs-listing website Indeed.com, and record a gain of $100 million. The media group said in a...

Japan business chiefs scrub China visit: official

Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)

A group of Japanese business leaders that has met top Chinese politicians regularly over 37 years will cancel this year's trip, an official said Monday, amid a ...

Nicaragua, a Taiwan friend, warms to China investment

Sep 23, 2012 (AFP)

Nicaragua's leftist government, which has diplomatic relations with Taiwan, is seeking to lure investments from China -- in part to offset a possible loss of su...

China-Canada should move toward FTA: ambassador

Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)

China's ambassador to Canada said in an interview published Saturday that the two countries should move speedily to sign a free-trade agreement if bilateral bus...

S. America mulls effect of China slowdown

Sep 21, 2012 (UPI)

China's slowing growth is causing concern in Latin America but the outlook remains stable, new analytical data indicated. SinoLatin Capital equity fund said a w...

China tightening customs inspections from Japan: firms

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

China is ramping up customs inspections for Japanese products at its ports, firms said on Friday, as a diplomatic row over disputed islands appeared to spill ov...

'Corrupt' state boss is richest Malaysian: group

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

The powerful boss of one of Malaysia's poorest states has used graft and abuse of power to amass a staggering $15 billion fortune -- making him the country's ri...

Commodity prices mixed on stimulus action, China demand

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

Commodity prices were mixed this week following volatile trading as dealers weighed the effects of new US stimulus measures against fears over weaker Chinese de...

Taiwan's export orders from China rise

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan said Thursday export orders from China in August rose for the first time in five months, even as most of the trade-dependent island's other markets remai...

Japan logs trade deficit of $9.6bn in August

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

Japan posted its second straight monthly trade deficit in August as exports fell in a sign that slowing overseas growth continues to weigh on the world's third ...

Philippine gold miner may lose $60 mn due to leaks

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

The operator of the Philippines' largest gold mine said the site is set to remain shut until the end of the year due to waste leaks, and the closure would likel...

Mozambique gets Chinese-funded sea-bridge

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

Mozambique on Thursday kicked off construction of a $980-million-dollar Chinese-funded suspension bridge across Maputo Bay as President Armando Guebuza laid the...

Hong Kong cracks down on parallel Chinese traders

Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong has launched a crackdown on the thousands of mainland Chinese who travel across the border every day to buy products to resell at a profit in China, o...