TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

China's Zhu charms Milan with Italian vision of Krizia future

Sep 21, 2014 (AFP)

Zhu Chongyun, the glamorous Chinese entrepreneur and designer who has taken over Krizia, has vowed to maintain the historic fashion house's made-in-Italy herita...

Commodity prices roiled by stronger dollar, China

Sep 19, 2014 (AFP)

Oil prices endured a volatile week and metals futures fell as the dollar strengthened and Chinese economic data disappointed markets. OIL: World oil prices edge...

Alibaba surges in Wall Street debut

Sep 19, 2014 (AFP)

A buying frenzy sent Alibaba shares sharply higher Friday as the Chinese online giant made its historic Wall Street trading debut. Alibaba leapt from an offerin...

Border stand-off overshadows China leader's India trip

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Indian and Chinese leaders pledged Thursday to resolve a long-running border dispute that led to a bloody 1962 war, as a stand-off between troops on the remote ...

Weak yen fails to boost exports as Japan logs trade deficit

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Japan on Thursday posted its 26th consecutive monthly trade deficit, as a sharply weaker yen failed to lift exports as the world's number three economy stalls. ...

China removes top official of free trade zone: media

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

China has removed a senior official of its much-heralded Shanghai free-trade zone (FTZ) less than a year after it was opened, state media said Monday, amid repo...

Alibaba founder conciliatory over missed HK listing

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

Alibaba founder Jack Ma struck a conciliatory note Monday over its failure to list in Hong Kong, as the Chinese e-commerce giant began an Asian roadshow before ...

China's Xi touts 'maritime silk road' on South Asia tour

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

China's President Xi Jinping said he hoped the Maldives would help build a "21st century maritime silk road" as he began a South Asian tour in the strategically...

Alibaba to raise up to $25 bn with revised IPO price

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese online giant Alibaba on Monday boosted the price range for what was already expected to be the biggest stock offering on record, to as much as $25.03 bi...

China's Xi wins Maldives backing for 'maritime silk route'

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

China's President Xi Jinping secured Maldivian support Monday for a "21st century maritime silk road" as he began a South Asian tour in the strategically locate...

China's Alibaba sets new path with US IPO

Sep 14, 2014 (AFP)

With a possible record-breaking stock offering, Chinese online giant Alibaba is set to boost its role as a global company with a massive expansion potential. Th...

US judge fines HP $59 mn for bribing Russian officials

Sep 11, 2014 (AFP)

A judge on Thursday ordered US computer giant Hewlett-Packard to pay $58.8 million for bribing Moscow government officials to win a big-money contract with Russ...

Coinbase taking Bitcoin wallet platform to Europe

Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)

San Francisco-based Coinbase is taking its Bitcoin wallet to Europe with an aim of enticing more people there to use the digital currency. Coinbase on Wednesday...

Ikea reports strong sales: Chinese take to kit furniture

Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)

Swedish furniture giant Ikea reported growth in annual sales Tuesday, boosted mainly by improved performance in China and a recovery in Europe. Ikea Group, a le...

Work on Nicaragua canal to begin in December

Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)

Work on a huge project to rival the Panama Canal will begin in December with construction of a port on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, an official said Monday. ...

China August trade surplus hits fresh record of $49.8 bn

Sep 08, 2014 (AFP)

China's trade surplus surged to a record $49.8 billion in August, figures showed Monday, as imports saw a surprising fall and export growth slowed in a further ...

Panama, Suez, Nicaragua canal schemes miss trade boat: analysts

Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)

Vast projects to expand the Suez and Panama canals are being talked up as the biggest upheaval for decades in global maritime traffic, but experts say they coul...

China's Alibaba eyes record-breaking IPO

Sep 05, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese online marketplace Alibaba unveiled plans Friday to raise up to $24.3 billion in what could be the biggest stock flotation in history. The company told ...

Russia's Putin follows China's Xi to Mongolia

Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the signing of a series of agreements with Mongolia on a whistle-stop visit Wednesday, just two weeks after a trip by X...

Chinese brewer Tsingtao at lagerheads with competitors

Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)

China's most famous beer and probably its biggest global brand, Tsingtao has survived colonialism, civil war and Communist revolution. Now, it is relying on Jap...