TRADE WARS - SINO DAILY

Jul 24, 2012 (AFP)

Australia's central bank chief on Tuesday played down fears of a significant slowdown in key trading partner China, describing it as "cyclical" in an upbeat ass...

China's Citic Securities to buy CLSA for $1.25 bln

Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)

Citic Securities, China's top brokerage firm, will buy CLSA from Credit Agricole SA of France for $1.25 billion, in the latest move by a Chinese company to acqu...

Where the world's perfumes come to rest

Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)

"Here it is, the little wonder, our 'Chypre' from 1917," whispers the cellar-master as he plunges a paper strip into a vial, one of the many treasures at a one-...

Universities lobby for a seat at the table

Jul 20, 2012 (UPI)

In academia it takes more than prestigious faculty and ground-breaking research to win the attention of lawmakers. From 2002-11, the 10 universities that spent ...

Peru gold mine protests grow

Jul 20, 2012 (UPI)

Peru's Catholic Church intervened in reconciliation talks between the government of President Ollanta Humala and activists protesting the $5 billion Conga coppe...

Thailand, Cambodia pull back from temple

Jul 20, 2012 (UPI)

Thailand and Cambodia have pulled back their troops from the disputed border area around Preah Vihear, a ninth-century Hindu temple. Bangkok and Phnom Penh have...

Google profits surge on growing ad revenue

Jul 19, 2012 (AFP)

Google on Thursday reported a surge in quarterly profit to $2.79 billion on the back of rising online advertising revenue, beating Wall Street expectations. The...

Record tourists to France in 2011, Chinese numbers surge

Jul 18, 2012 (AFP)

A record number of foreign tourists visited France last year, with 81.4 million people travelling to the country and a surge in visitors from China, official fi...

China says 'reservations' over WTO payments ruling

Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)

Beijing said Tuesday it had "reservations" over a WTO ruling largely backing the United States in a dispute over lucrative electronic payments, in which US comp...

Australia opposition to shun 'indulgent' foreign policy

Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)

Australia's main opposition leader pledged Tuesday to avoid "indulgent" policies if in power, pointing to hesitation by the government to export cattle to Indon...

US hails WTO win vs. China on electronic payments

Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)

The United States welcomed Monday a WTO decision upholding its claim that China discriminates against US suppliers of electronic payment services, including cre...

Sydney navy base opened to cruise ships

Jul 15, 2012 (AFP)

A strategic Sydney naval base is to be used to dock large cruise liners, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday, just months after the government a...

Australia's resource boom to decline?

Jul 12, 2012 (UPI)

Australia should prepare for a downslide in the country's resource boom, the country's leading economists say. Speaking at an economic conference in Melbourne W...

Paraguay not facing suspension: OAS

Jul 11, 2012 (UPI)

Paraguay is not facing suspension from the Organization of American States because of the way in which its Congress removed Fernando Lugo from the presidency, O...

Myanmar to charge Thai rubber workers

Jul 11, 2012 (UPI)

Myanmar will charge up to 61 illegal Thai nationals working on secret rubber plantations near the Thai-Myanmar border. In a detailed report, Myanmar's state-run...

40% of degree-holders from China, India in 2020: OECD

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

Emerging powerhouses China and India will lead the way in churning out university graduates by the end of the decade, the OECD said Wednesday. Forty percent of ...

Merkel pushes EU, Southeast Asia free trade pact

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said Europe must step up its efforts to establish a free trade pact with booming Southeast Asia. "I am deeply convi...

HSBC to apologise over lax money laundering controls: report

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

Global banking giant HSBC Holdings will apologise to a US Senate hearing next week for failures in its anti-money laundering controls, a report said Wednesday. ...

Australia eyes expanding Asian middle class

Jul 10, 2012 (AFP)

Asia's rapidly expanding middle class will become a key market for Australia's goods and services this decade, the country's Treasurer Wayne Swan will tell busi...

Romney lays into 'outsourcer-in-chief' Obama

Jul 10, 2012 (AFP)

Republican Mitt Romney, facing a Democratic assault over his business record and charges that he helped ship US jobs overseas, hit back Tuesday by pegging Presi...