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Court setback for controversial Canadian mine in Romania

Apr 06, 2012 (AFP)

A Romanian court invalidated a key permit for an opencast gold mine planned by Canadian company Gabriel Resources in Rosia Montana, a setback for the controvers...

Brazil's Rousseff to raise 'currency war' in US

Apr 05, 2012 (AFP)

President Dilma Rousseff will next week propose to US counterpart Barack Obama that the two countries work together to end the "currency war" that is hurting Br...

US sees promise in China economic reforms

Apr 05, 2012 (AFP)

China's leaders are sliding their toes further into the tide of economic reform, exciting ripples of cautious optimism in the United States, where Wall Street a...

Argentina escalates quarrel with Spain

Apr 04, 2012 (UPI)

Argentina escalated its quarrel with Spain over the fate of largest oil producer YPF, controlled by Spain, and threatened action against another Spanish company...

China boosts foreign investment quota

Apr 04, 2012 (AFP)

China has nearly tripled the amount of money foreign institutions can invest in stocks, bonds and bank deposits to $80 billion as it seeks to boost its capital ...

H.K. tycoon brothers in graft probe deny wrongdoing

Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong tycoon brothers Thomas and Raymond Kwok on Tuesday declared their innocence and sought to calm investors after their arrest last week as part of the c...

James Murdoch: heir apparent dogged by hacking scandal

Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)

From teenage rebel to prodigal son, James Murdoch surprised many observers when he rose to become the heir apparent to his father Rupert's global media empire. ...

World Bank chief backs BRICS bank idea

Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)

Outgoing World Bank president Robert Zoellick on Tuesday gave his backing to a new development bank proposed by the leaders of the BRICS emerging countries. Zoe...

Visa drops US payment handler after breach

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

Global Payments on Monday said that Visa has dropped the US-based payment processor after data from as many as 1.5 million credit cards was looted from its syst...

Tourism, fishing, wool fuel Falklands economy

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

Historically, the Falkland islands lived off sheep and whaling, but 30 years after Argentina and Britain went to war over the disputed islands, tourism, fishing...

Paris show bets on green, fair luxury

Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)

Luxury and sustainable development may sound like polar opposites, but green pioneers gathered at a Paris show at the weekend were betting on a cleaner, fairer ...

Taiwan doubles quota for solo Chinese tourists

Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan will double its quota of independent Chinese tourists to allow up to 1,000 visitors a day, the government announced Sunday less than a year after lifting...

Cardin showcases 'Light Palace' project in China

Mar 31, 2012 (AFP)

Legendary French fashion designer Pierre Cardin is in Beijing this weekend to present his 240-metre-high edifice "Light Palace" planned near Venice and which he...

Hong Kong property giant's shares plunge after arrests

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

Shares in Hong Kong real estate giant Sun Hung Kai Properties plunged Friday after co-chairmen Thomas and Raymond Kwok, two of the city's richest men, were arre...

India, China pledge to deepen trade links

Mar 30, 2012 (AFP)

China agreed Thursday to open its doors to more Indian exports at a meeting between the leaders of the two countries on the sidelines of a summit of emerging ma...

BRICS summit shadowed by Tibet protests

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

The leaders of the emerging world gather Thursday in India to discuss the creation of a new development bank at a summit shadowed by protests by Tibetans agains...

US-China trade disputes expected to rage

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

The recent bumper consignment of US-China trade disputes will be followed by boatload after boatload of new problems in coming years, experts predict, but that ...

BRICS summit focuses on new development bank

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Leaders of the emerging world met in India Thursday to discuss creating a new development bank, at a summit in which the bloc will seek to convert its economic ...

Chinese traders make Spain gateway to Europe

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

Hoisted from trucks and trolleys, the brown boxes keep coming, packing the warehouses with acres of jewellery, jeans and shoes. There is little sign of Spain's ...

Britain asks China to probe businessman's death

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Britain said Monday it had asked Chinese authorities to investigate the death of a British businessman in Chongqing, a sprawling metropolis at the heart of Chin...