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US names 'notorious markets' for piracy, counterfeiting
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday named China the leading place for physical markets selling counterfeit goods, while websites in Europe, South America and Canada ...
China trade surplus rebounds in January
Feb 12, 2014 (AFP)
China's trade surplus surged in January, according to data Wednesday showing exports strengthened markedly in a potentially brighter note for the world's second...
Australian tycoon's tirade against Chinese firm
Feb 07, 2014 (AFP)
Outspoken resources tycoon Clive Palmer condemned the "rape and disrespect" of Australia by foreign firms Friday in a spat with a Chinese miner that warned the ...
Canada trade deficit rises to Can$1.7 bn
Feb 06, 2014 (AFP)
Canada's trade deficit widened to Can$1.7 billion in December as rising imports outpaced exports, the government statistical agency announced Thursday. The defi...
China to fund bridge between Guyana, Suriname
Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)
China is to fund a bridge over a river linking the neighboring South American countries of Suriname and Guyana, officials said Monday. "We Guyana, at the reques...
French president warns over Cameron's EU plans
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
French President Francois Hollande dealt a blow Friday to Prime Minister David Cameron's hopes of renegotiating Britain's membership of the EU before a referend...
Show me the money: HK in biggest ever Bitcoin giveaway
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kongers snapped up HK$500,000 ($65,000) in Bitcoin vouchers on Thursday to mark the Lunar New Year in what organisers said was the biggest ever giveaway of...
Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam over Israeli firm advert
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
Scarlett Johansson has ended her role as global ambassador for Oxfam, with the aid group saying it deemed the position "incompatible" with her promotion of an I...
Posco profit drops on slow demand, China competition
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
South Korea's Posco, the world's fifth-largest steelmaker, said Tuesday its net profit for last year plunged 43.2 percent due to the global slowdown and intensi...
US to drop action against Deloitte over China accounting
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission moved Monday to drop its action against accountancy Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu for records on a US-listed Chinese compan...
Bitcoin dealers charged in US with money laundering
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
US authorities Monday filed criminal charges against two operators of a Bitcoin exchange, including the head of a company with high-profile investment backers. ...
Canada and Norway appeal WTO ruling backing EU seal ban
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
Norway and Canada have appealed a ruling by the WTO that backs a European Union ban on the import and sale of seal products, the Geneva-based body announced Mon...
Indian authorities threaten to demolish Coke plant
Jan 24, 2014 (AFP)
Authorities in northern India said Friday they would demolish an "illegal" Coca-Cola bottling plant at the centre of protests over accusations it is extracting ...
New deadline set in Panama Canal dispute
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
The Panama Canal authority and a consortium working on widening the waterway have given themselves until February 1 to resolve a bitter financial dispute that t...
Global steel output rallies, dominated by China: trade data
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
Global production of steel rose by 3.5 percent in 2013 and China's share of the total grew further to 48.5 percent, trade data showed on Thursday, giving an ins...
China approves 12 new free trade zones: state media
Jan 22, 2014 (AFP)
China has approved a dozen new free trade zones months after opening its first one in Shanghai, state media said Wednesday, furthering efforts to test economic ...
Hyundai starts work on world's biggest container ships
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday it had started construction on a Chinese order for the world's largest container ships. China Ship...
China working-age population falls
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
China's working-age population continued to decline last year, the government said Monday, as Beijing grapples with a demographic time bomb that is one of its b...
HK police arrest employer of 'tortured' Indonesian maid
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
Police at Hong Kong airport Monday arrested a woman who allegedly tortured two Indonesian domestic helpers, a day after thousands staged a march to call for bet...
Thousands of Hong Kong domestic helpers rally for 'tortured' maid
Jan 19, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of domestic helpers took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday to demand justice for an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employers, the second s...
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