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Cameron offers to help China probe Briton's death

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday offered to help China investigate the suspicious death of an English businessman in a case with links to a forme...

Tourism summit opens in Japan amid 'turbulence'

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

The international travel and tourism industry's annual summit opened in northern Japan Monday, as the sector moves to recover from a year filled with economic t...

Canvas the new 'safe-haven' for Hong Kong investors

Apr 15, 2012 (AFP)

Unnerved by a febrile stock exchange and persistent rumblings of a potential dip in property prices, Hong Kong investors are seeking refuge in art and the lure ...

Patent wars plague Internet Age

Apr 15, 2012 (AFP)

The Internet Age is becoming as known for patent litigation as it is for online innovation. From the makers of computer chips to creators of smartphones and des...

Treat Latin America as an equal: Brazil tells US

Apr 14, 2012 (AFP)

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, speaking on the sidelines of a weekend summit of Western hemisphere leaders here Saturday, urged her US counterpart Barack O...

U.S. aims for better outcome with Brazil

Apr 13, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due in Brazil next week for another jab at reaching convergence on key foreign policy and global finance issues, incl...

India to accept Pakistan FDI as ties warm

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

India said Friday it would open up to direct foreign investment from Pakistan in a deepening of commercial ties that could help propel a peace process between t...

Commodity prices mixed amid weak Chinese, US data

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

Commodity prices diverged this week amid weak Chinese growth data, renewed eurozone debt worries, strong supplies of major raw materials and following poor US j...

Facebook buys startup aimed at loyal shoppers

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook on Friday confirmed that it bought a San Francisco startup that helps merchants court shoppers with rewards for checking in with smartphones during vis...

Minister says Romania to take time on Canadian gold mine

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

Romania's new environment minister said Wednesday that prudence is needed during the review of a planned Canadian-owned gold mine and the process to issue a key...

Sands opens new casino resort in Asian gaming hub

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

Las Vegas Sands Corp. opened its fourth casino in the booming Asian gaming capital of Macau on Wednesday, transforming a "swamp" earmarked for a fireworks facto...

China returns to trade surplus in March

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

China on Tuesday posted a trade surplus for March, reversing a massive deficit the previous month, but data showed exports were still weak owing to the economic...

India takes US visa fee hike to WTO

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

India is challenging the United States at the World Trade Organisation over increased visa fees for skilled workers that have hit the country's flagship outsour...

Japan electronics giants warn of massive losses

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

Sony and Sharp, two of Japan's best-known electronics giants, on Tuesday warned of record losses in the billions of dollars as they struggle to survive amid fie...

Romania president wants rapid decision on Canadian gold mine

Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)

Romanian president Traian Basescu pressed the nation's environment ministry Tuesday to take a rapid decision on a planned Canadian-owned gold mine at Rosia Mont...

Japan swings back to current account surplus

Apr 09, 2012 (AFP)

Japan posted a current account surplus in February thanks to a stronger US economy, official data said, reversing a record deficit in January although the figur...

Tycoon arrests blacken Hong Kong's clean image

Apr 08, 2012 (AFP)

A corruption case against Hong Kong's two richest property tycoons is a black mark on the city's clean image and could fuel public anger over links between gove...

Iran non-oil exports surge 29% despite sanctions

Apr 07, 2012 (AFP)

Iran's non-oil exports surged 29 percent to nearly $44 billion in the year to mid-March despite tough Western sanctions to rein in Tehran's disputed nuclear dri...

Outside View: Lebanon on the cusp

Apr 06, 2012 (UPI)

What does one say about Beirut -- a colorful, booming, blossoming city, with traffic like nowhere else, warm hospitality, burgeoning political tensions that kee...

One row too many? Argentina upsets Brazil

Apr 06, 2012 (UPI)

Did Argentina take a step too far by targeting Brazilian oil giant Petrobras in its campaign to pressure companies to invest more into producing more oil? Latin...