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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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