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China city vows to protect foreigners amid scandal

Apr 21, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese authorities in Chongqing have pledged to better protect foreigners after Briton Neil Heywood's death in suspicious circumstances sparked a dramatic poli...

China to fuel world copper demand

Apr 19, 2012 (AFP)

China will continue to lead global demand for copper while Latin America will remain the world's biggest supplier, economic analysts said this week. China incre...

S. America more cautious with Asia imports

Apr 19, 2012 (UPI)

Latin American importers are more cautious with goods they buy in East Asia and are hiring quality-control services to check their imports at source, new busine...

Tourism sector eyes travellers from emerging nations

Apr 19, 2012 (AFP)

The global tourism industry, hit by natural disasters and economic turmoil, is eyeing potential travellers from emerging nations in hope that their growing midd...

Japan posts record fiscal-year trade deficit

Apr 19, 2012 (AFP)

Japan on Thursday posted a record trade deficit for the 2011 fiscal year with car and electronics exports tumbling, while energy imports soared in the wake of t...

Microsoft's earnings shine ahead of new product wave

Apr 19, 2012 (AFP)

Microsoft posted quarterly net income of $5.11 billion on record-high revenue on the cusp of what executives billed as a huge "product launch wave" promising ev...

Starbucks plans China expansion

Apr 18, 2012 (AFP)

American giant Starbucks plans to heavily invest in expansion in China as the local population starts to embrace the coffee culture, the company's Asia Pacific ...

eBay reports hot quarter as shopping goes digital

Apr 18, 2012 (AFP)

Internet auction powerhouse eBay on Wednesday reported that quarterly revenue and profit boomed due in large part to its PayPal online financial transaction ser...

Japan's Toshiba to pay $850 mn for IBM retail unit

Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said Tuesday it would pay about $850.0 million for IBM's retail products unit, with the US firm saying it would create the wo...

Brazil attacks rich nations as 'predatory'

Apr 17, 2012 (UPI)

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said developed nations' monetary policies threaten to extinguish manufacturing in countries aiming to reduce dependence on in...

Mongolia to suspend mine licences over China buyout

Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)

A Mongolian coal miner announced Tuesday authorities in the resource-rich country want to suspend some of its licences, after China's Chalco said it planned to ...

Canada streamlines environmental reviews

Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)

Canada on Tuesday unveiled plans to simplify the way it reviews major economic projects, but the opposition charged that the changes would gut the country's env...

Outside View: China widens yuan trading

Apr 17, 2012 (UPI)

Beijing announced Sunday it was widening the daily trading range for the yuan to 1 percentage point. This news has been heralded as another indication that Chin...

China pledges to increase trade with Thailand

Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged Tuesday to expand trade with Thailand to $100 billion annually and step up ties on a wide range of issues, including t...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...