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PC maker Dell to pay dividends
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
Struggling computer maker Dell announced Tuesday it will use some of its cash stockpile to pay shareholder dividends as it pursues a shift to services. Chairman...
China faces 'severe' trade situation: minister
Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)
China's commerce minister said in comments published Monday that the country faces a "severe" trade situation this year, as the Asian powerhouse continues to fe...
China exports, imports rise sharply
Jun 10, 2012 (AFP)
China's exports and imports shot up in May, but analysts cautioned the better-than-expected data released Sunday was no cause for joy amid global economic woes ...
Australia's resources boom at risk?
Jun 07, 2012 (UPI)
The high cost of Australia's resource projects is posing a threat to the country's economy, a report says. The Business Council of Australia's "Pipeline or Pipe...
Gabon renegotiating Chinese iron mining deal
Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)
Gabon is renegotiating a deal with China for mining rights to the massive Belinga iron ore deposits and may ditch Beijing for another partner, Prime Minister Ra...
Latin America starts new regional alliance
Jun 07, 2012 (UPI)
Leaders of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru launched a new regional economic and political pact called the Pacific Alliance to rival other groupings in the area...
Outside View: Trade deficit drag
Jun 07, 2012 (UPI)
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to report Friday that the U.S. deficit on international trade in goods and services was $49.3 billion in April, down fr...
Panama -- what? Nicaragua has $30-bn plan for its own canal
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
China, Russia, Brazil and Japan are among six countries interested in funding a new $30-billion canal in Nicaragua linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the ...
Sri Lanka's Chinese-built port opens for business
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's first Chinese-built port, a strong symbol of Beijing's investment in South Asia, opened for international shipping on Wednesday with the arrival of ...
Australian shareholders OK Gloucester-Yancoal deal
Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)
Shareholders on Monday voted in favour of Gloucester Coal's tie-up with China's Yancoal, paving the way for what is expected to be Australia's largest listed co...
EU, China edge closer to hi-tech trade war
May 31, 2012 (AFP)
European and Chinese trade ministers stepped up a war of words over hi-tech subsidies Thursday in a spat that increasingly risks legal action and a potentially ...
Australian PM: miners don't own minerals
May 31, 2012 (UPI)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the country's top mining executives that Australian citizens deserve to share in the mining boom. Speaking Thursday...
Japan's NEC buys Australian IT firms
May 30, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese electronics giant NEC said Wednesday it will buy two IT firms from Australia's CSG, with a report pegging the price tag at about $252 million. The move...
U.K., Spain work on S. America investments
May 30, 2012 (UPI)
Britain and Spain vowed to work together to protect business assets and investments under threat of nationalization and unilateral seizure by governments in Lat...
Clashes over Xstrata mine in Peru leave two dead
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
At least two people were killed in Peru when police used tear gas to put down a violent demonstration against Swiss-owned Xstrata staged by striking miners and ...
Peru arrests 15 activists protesting Xstrata mine
May 29, 2012 (AFP)
Peruvian police on Tuesday arrested 15 activists spearheading a protest against Swiss mining company Xstrata over allegations it is polluting rivers. Herbert Hu...
Japan taps pop idols to sell bonds: reports
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's cash-strapped government is turning to wildly popular music group AKB48 to help it sell government bonds, as interest in the low-yield paper wanes, repo...
China challenges US trade duties
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
China signaled on Friday it will challenge anti-subsidy duties imposed by the United States on 22 products Washington deems to be unfairly subsidised by Beijing...
New canal links S. Korea capital to Yellow Sea
May 25, 2012 (AFP)
A $1.9 billion canal linking the South Korean capital Seoul to the Yellow Sea opened Friday after two decades of controversy which halted or delayed constructio...
Rio Tinto chief dismisses China 'doom'
May 24, 2012 (AFP)
Global mining giant Rio Tinto said Thursday it was not worried by talk of China's economy slowing and would press ahead with plans to expand its iron ore busine...
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